a hazy situation

YEAR in year out we have issues that surround us. Everyone knows it’s a problem but yet little, or at times nothing is being done to explain to the masses to rectify the issue.
Every wondered how every year the country becomes a little ‘misty’, no thanks to the open fires in Indonesia. The smog that envelops the whole country, which at times threaten schools and offices to shut down, sees little rectifying works been done.
Our Republic ‘friends’ only apologise. They know it’s a problem yet all only words are offered.
The Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) issue has been the talk of the fraternity since time in memoriam. Yet nothing is done to explain how the marks are awarded and the method of answering. Heck even the registration fee for four sittings even baffles many as the board seems to suggest a “see you again” attitude.
Even more baffling is how certain parties look at the Mat Rempit issue. Instead of taking a stricter approach, parties like Putera Umno and certain articles in our dailies seem to glorify these troublemakers. It has been a menace throughout the year yet nothing solid is done to get rid of them.
What about deaths in police custody? Yes, often then not such reports still exists where so called offenders are picked up and hardly 24 hours later pronounced dead in their cell, most often claimed to have taken their own lives.
Most recently the family of a 26 year old odd job labourer from Rawang cried foul over how the police handled the matter. The deceased, Suresh Kunasekaran, was said to be held in a ladies cell before found dead with a saree wrapped around his neck.
Job opportunities are declining. Degree holders are finding it tough to secure a stable income, an income which can pay their study loan and perhaps finance their small little car or humble little home they plan to stay in. Yet nothing is done to open up the market in making more jobs available at every level and not just in the industrial field only.
There are so many other issues that surround us, we talk about it but sadly it ends there. Newspaper reports have not often been kind, citing one sided stories and are most often spun for personal reasons. Well, that’s the reality in Malaysia, at the very least.

Pic above was taken on Oct 22, 2006. Red circles indicate the Twin Towers (left) and the KL Tower.

-The Man Who Sold The World-