Saturday, December 25, 2010

From Politician to Statesman

A politician worry about election, and concern about personal advantage;

A statesman concern about citizens, and worry about social disadvantage.

If you worry about election, don't be a politician;

If you concern about citizens, go for the election.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

From cleverness to wisdom

1. There are differences in the tactics use by bank officers in debts recovery.

2. Group "C" bank officers use "cleverness" to recover bank debts.

3. Group "M" bank officers use "wisdom" to recover bank debts.

4. If the borrowers commit suicide or become bankrupt, the major losers are the banks and society.

5. "Too clever" is likes a "burnt out" bread. Not good for your health.

6. Islamic banking ensure happy borrower and happy family

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

From unlearn and unsupported, to relearn and resupported

1. A "Need for Change"-a common and popular statement or political slogan from our top leader.

2. But some other leaders continue to go back to the old habit; they continue to find comfort zone in old condition; to play ethnic game in old politic and to be protected in old system.

3. Leaders need to be unlearn to relearn, parties need to be unsupported to resupported.

4. As the saying goes people need to "lose yourself to find yourself." However, there are leaders, despite their age, experience and conscious, never relearn.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Confusing the legal procedure

It is sometime confusing, by the ordinary people on the street or even the legal professionals, the due process of legal procedure.

The three main elements of our legal system on "legal procedure" are:

1) It is for the Parliament to pass the rule of law (subject to the constitution);
2) for the respective agencies to enforce the law & to investigate; and
3) for the court of law to interpret and made judgement.

No member of parliament non minister of the government have the right to criticize the judgment.

Any court judgment can only be overruled by the higher court and/or superseded by the new Act of Parliament. However, in the event of maladministration and lack of transparency in the judicial process, the final ACTs is the people power to decide the new parliament and government.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Confusing between Efficiency and Effectiveness

1. Is is sometime confusing and to understand the meaning between efficiency and effectiveness.

2.Efficient in the civil service is important, but an effective delivery system in the public administration is critical.

3. Efficiency without effectiveness is similar to:

a. Formula 1 car moving without direction
b. Quality machine running without precision
c. Information & knowledge without wisdom
d. KPI without transparent

4. Efficient can be measured through internal changes of forms, methods and indexes; but effectiveness can only be evaluated externally by the people through changes with substance and true action.

5. It is more important to "do the right thing" (effectiveness) than "to do things right" (efficiency). (Peter Drucker). Efficiency in civil service alone (do things right) will not guarantee effective public administration and transparent (do the right thing).

6. Effectiveness is producing results now and the ability to achieve the results in the future (7th Habib). Therefore a change of form without substance is only temporary & current, and not permanent & not sustainable in the future.

7. A change of form without substance is like a slogan without action; temporary not permanent, and a current change for now not for future.

8. Malaysian civil service "need to change" (structural change) not just "need for change" (change of form).

Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Fallacy of Ambiguity

1. According to Aristotle, Greek philosopher, the fallacy arises from ambiguity in words, phrase or sentences.

2. It is always the name of a political game that leader, consciously and continuously, create an ambiguity and dilemma without a clear direction.

3. Politicians create dilemma, so they continue to lead; leaders create ambiguity so they continue to be the head.

4. Many decades of ambiguity and dilemma, yet still without a clear direction. It is a fallacy of ambiguity created by some leaders, together with the selected few, to enjoy the material benefit & the authority of power.

5. The "fallacy of ambiguity" will result in the "ambiguity of change" without a clear direction and eventual "failure to change".

6. A good leader always shown truth and clear, they are always respected by the people, morally (ethic) and spiritually (wisdom). He is a leader and spiritual leader of truth.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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