I don’t know about you… but yesterday I received a couple of text messages from unknown sources urging me to “be a true Malaysian and join Yayasan 1Malaysia!”
My knee-jerk reaction was, you mean I can’t be “a true Malaysian” without joining Yayasan 1Malaysia?
The question on my mind was, who exactly is behind this Foundation?
So this Bernama report was most illuminating, as it lists down the eight-person board of trustees.
- Chandra Muzaffar (chairperson);
- Dr Jemilah Mahmood (Mercy Malaysia president);
- Mahani Zainal Abidin (ISIS director-general);
- Lee Lam Thye (NIOSH chairperson)
- Idris Jala (Malaysia Airlines CEO)
- Tony Fernandes (Air Asia CEO)
- Ismail Ibrahim (holder of the Sheikh Abdullah Fahim Chair at the Islam Hadhari Institute, UKM)
- K J Ratnam (an emeritus professor)
You can see their pictures here. And the Foundation’s objectives here.
Najib, who is the patron, has expressed happiness at the formation of the Foundation. According to Najib on his blog:
Some months ago I met with two highly-respected members of our Malaysian society, Dr. Chandra Muzaffar and Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye for a purpose: to discuss the establishment of an independent organisation that would epitomise the spirit of 1Malaysia.
Yesterday, I was happy to hear that Yayasan 1Malaysia and its Board of Trustees were officially presented to the media. I was invited to become the patron of the Yayasan, an honour I am proud to accept.
Related posts:
Its pathetic what seemingly stalwarts of society will do …
Complain about this comment
Like or Dislike:
0 
0
A few of these patrons were connected with politics before and their credibility is at stake.
Chandra was a senior member of PKR and after leaving PKR attacked the organisation and its leader viciously.Hence his credibility is at stake.
Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye was with DAP and left and was appointed to the board of quasi govt organisations.
Tony Fernandez was publicly aligned to a certain political party during the last GE.
How then can they think in terms of a Malaysia for all ?
The question is then how are they lead an organistation with tinge of politics in their thinking which supposedly to be Malaysian in outlook. In politics, you are supposed to be with this camp or that camp and for 1Malaysia to work it has to be for all Malaysians.
Anyway we are all Malaysians in heart and spirit.
No, Thanks
Complain about this comment
Like or Dislike:
0 
0
Question:
Friend Tom wants to know if it could perchance be a pesky typo as he thinks his friend,
Yahya Birt, has a son you see, although friend Tom thinks with some confused suspicion that the Birtian son may perchance be called something else other than that verily silly 
telephone calling-card like name of 1Malaysia.
WE SAY YEAH! & NO TO ISA!
AND HARIS FOR AG & RPK FOR IGP! GO FOR DSAI FOR PM & LKS FOR DPM & KIND WAN AZIZAH FOR HOME MINISTER.
2009 Resolution: Seek out all garbage and recycle or dispose post haste for a healthier life and planet!
ADDENDUM: Protect coral reefs and save all the good fishies in the seas!
Complain about this comment
Like or Dislike:
0 
0
WE ALL LOVE THIS COUNTRY, BORN HERE AND WILL DIE HERE.
SO BE IT…THE TRUTH AND JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL IN A MATTER OF TIME.
THE END IS NEAR (FOR) UMNO & BN AND ITS CRONIES…
LET THEM RULE NOW WE SHALL SEE LATER WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO HIDE?
Complain about this comment
Like or Dislike:
0 
0
go see Zunar ‘s latest cartoonkini b4 u decide on Yayasan 1M’sia issue………
Complain about this comment
Like or Dislike:
0 
0
too many yayasan…..
tunm then paklah then najib…
Complain about this comment
Like or Dislike:
0 
0
come on guys..
i Have a doubt about this matter too.. But im checking on the Yayasan website rather than buzzing here.. and i already comment to 1M site too. If nobody responding to me, the i can buzz here n there..u should do the same tho
Complain about this comment
Like or Dislike:
0 
0
not everything that Najib do is the bad thing.. dun judge ppl by its cover..
Complain about this comment
Like or Dislike:
0 
0
Yayasan 1Malaysia?? have u all heard about Rukun Tetangga, Jabatan Perpaduan Negara or Unity and National Integration Department, or about Panel Penasihat Perpaduan? i have been observing tthat all this institution is not functioning?…
Complain about this comment
Like or Dislike:
0 
0