45000 Vacancies at 'Mamak and Indian Restaurant' in Malaysia.
Is this true? or just another gimmick for some cronies to import more foreign workers?
Well if the paper is just talking about 'mamak restaurant' what about other eating places which had sprouted like mushroom all over the country.
If at one time only in plantation sector such problem exist, has it migrated to other sectors. Again I wonder what is the purpose of creating ministries such as 'human resources' 'education' and 'higher education' if such problem is getting worse. Foreign workers are bringing new problems and here we are talking shortage of them (foreign workers).
It is very clear there is a mismatch between what kind of workers our country produced and the requirement. Our children had not been told that they might have to work in this sector upon finishing their tertiary education. They are not being trained or prepared for such career. In fact they are not encouraged to go for such job as it had no future. Many are just too shy to admit that they are working as a waiter. No wonder if you go to many restaurant such as those at Sunway Pyramid you are being greeted by foreign waiter.

10 Richest Person in Malaysia.
There are 22 billionaires in Malaysia. Majority are non bumi. Now who says non bumi are not well treated in Malaysia. In fact non bumi stand a better chance of making it in this country. Just look at top 40 richest man in Malaysia you will see what I meant.
Sugar king Kuok lead the list with more than 42B followed by Astro king Ananda with more than 27B. There is only one bumi in the top 10 and he is Syed Mokhtar valued at more than 6B.
There is one common factor among them. They all are Tan Sri. So do you get a title when you become a billionaire or do you have to be a Tan Sri to become a billionare. Chicken and egg situation my friend but who cares if you have that much money. (from the STAR)

Padi field.
I was standing beside 'Mahsuri Well' yesterday and looking at this padi field. The harvesting season was over and the field was left unproductive till the next planting season I suppose. I wonder why there is no irrigation system like other places in Malaysia like Tanjung Karang where they practice three replanting in a year. I could see many buffaloes wandering around the field having their feed uninterrupted. I think in other countries like Japan or Indonesia they would not let the land idle for long period like us. Are we making the best of our asset?