him — Ananda the Sri Lankan Tamil born and raised in KL, not Freddie of Zanzibar — would mean no more variety show MeleTOP.Because the mogul is also behind Astro, which owns Astro Ria, which hosts the popular show.
Our people can live in squalor and failed lifts, but will they stomach the loss of a chance to follow a village girl’s love travails with a rich heir of a business empire besotted by a spoilt girlfriend, plus a karaoke-worthy theme song?And there’s the nightmare of betraying one’s tastebuds.
All of them require remedy, which does not seek to end Chinese domination but to level the playing field. To bring about equality of opportunities, not equality of outcomes. For with a country as with a person, “What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” The reason why neither the prime minister, his heir apparent, pretender to the throne, leader of opposition nor leader in opposition to democracy stand by a Malaysian position is because they do openly pander to communal lines.