R and D and Business

28 January 2010
I read with interest an article in The Star "Change mind set about research, says Dr M". Tun Mahathir always make headlines with his words, including this one regarding R&D progress in Malaysia. He rightly said that, "Research is not about making profits. This kind of thinking is not up to date." He said further that research was all about acquiring information and making discoveries. He said one of the things Malaysia must do was to set up incubators for young people with ideas to create new things. This, he said, was important as the country had moved away from the labour intensive industries of the past into brain intensive industries. He said local investors should be nurtured and allowed to grow as world-class entrepreneurs. Syabas Tun M!

Malaysia -Tanah Tumpahnya Darah ku

27 Januari 2010
A month ago I saw a very interesting billboard set up by Nike along the Federal Highway. It is very much in line with the 1Malaysia concept. The billboard says " Tanah Tumpah Darah Ku " - very nationalistic, very patriotic, very heroic! Syabas to Nike and a host of other corporate organizations, like PETRONAS, Sime Darby, to name a few, which always instil and revive feelings of patriotism amongst us Malaysians by way of their advertisements in the newspapers and the electronic media. I for one is proud to be Malaysian!