Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="azwanb" data-source="post: 181838" data-attributes="member: 2977">I think this age limit thing is a quick fix but really too short term and not fully thought out. This is exactly the thing that I fear about Malaysia where people look at your age to determine your capability. This is rampant at the workplace and I am really not very happy with it. It should be based on pure meritocracy and nothing else. Hence what needs to be done is set a CLEAR criteria on who can be awarded Datukship. Datukship used to mean a lot in the past but in my view it means nothing these days. They should have stopped giving out Datukships like it was going out of fashion in the last 10 years. Look at what happened after the last UMNO Elections, record awards by Melaka and Pahang. But I am sure they had their reasons as most of us are not privy to the real criteria. We only hear that if you take care of someone here and there or pay money, then can get Datukship. I think awards like these should be limited in numbers anyway as it would mean something. Of course some people really deserves it and I fully support it.But hey, what the heck do I know right?</blockquote>