New Advisor for MH

[Radzi 2]

Shall I be happy, or be scared?

 

From here

 

Pak Lah made MAS advisor as Najib avoids potential minefield

 

By The Malaysian Insider

 

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — The Najib administration has manoeuvered around a potentially delicate situation: making Tun Abdullah Badawi the advisor to Malaysia Airlines today and keeping Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as Petronas advisor.

 

Tradition is for a recently retired prime minister to be given the prestigious advisor position in the national oil company.

 

But the government did not want to stir a hornet’s nest.

 

To avoid friction between the two former prime ministers and their supporters, Abdullah will also not use the Perdana Leadership Institute as his office but instead operate from another house in Putrajaya.

 

The Perdana Leadership Institute was set up in 2003 and Dr Mahathir has been using it as his office since.

 

The Malaysian Insider understands that at last week’s cabinet meeting, a discussion was conducted about the positions to be offered to Pak Lah.

 

The cabinet of Datuk Seri Najib Razak had also decided that Abdullah would play an advisory role at the Malaysian Islamic Understanding Institute (IKIM) as well as serve as an advisor for the various growth corridors which were set up during his tenure as PM.

 

The idea is for Abdullah, as a former chairman of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), to strengthen the economic linkages between the Middle-east and Malaysia, especially in Islamic finance as well as oil and gas.

 

In that capacity, Abdullah will be making his first trip this week to Saudi Arabia.

 

Ties between Dr Mahathir and Abdullah had soured during the latter’s tenure as PM.

 

Dr Mahathir had grown increasingly critical of Abdullah’s leadership and had even suggested his hand-picked successor was dismantling his legacy.

 

Last year, Dr Mahathir blamed Abdullah for Barisan Nasional’s (BN) worst ever electoral performance.

 

He also quit Umno and only rejoined recently when Najib took over as the new PM.

 

Najib’s administration has been mindful of the sensitivities surrounding the two former leaders and is eager to be seen as inclusive in handling the two men and their supporters.

 

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[Mulyadir Fitri 0]

I'd say, be VERY scared. Not a fan of him. <_>

[T Azahan 1]

I do not think such position is suitable to him. Unless it is mere ceremonial.

[Naim 6]

 

Why can't these old people just *retire* and fade away?

Edited May 4, 2009 by Naim

[Li Ren 2]

Lets see what will be AAB's first advise to MH then

[BC Tam 2]

Long shot guess here, but anyone else get the feeling this is another step towards a MH-AK merger ?

[Naim 6]

Long shot guess here, but anyone else get the feeling this is another step towards a MH-AK merger ?

 

Bro, mechanics of MH-AK merger is way beyond AAB.

 

[BC Tam 2]

Bro, mechanics of MH-AK merger is way beyond AAB.

Be that as it may, stranger things have transpired in this land of ............. well, opportunities

[Azri M. 0]

Be that as it may, stranger things have transpired in this land of ............. well, opportunities

I hope this will never happen. With the merger, there won't be a healthy competition like we have now. And you know what that means, we will be the loser end: the fare will climb up, the service will suck beyond imaginable etc.

[M. Sofian H. 0]

aduhai.... Penasihat MAS??? for what?

[KK Lee 5]

Guess someone and family has been given unlimited F class travel or use of ‘idling’ aircraft as his private jet. Wonder what will be his personalize flight number? MH8013?

 

 

[Nizam 0]

Why him ?

Some of my friends in MAS already said "Habis kita" haha

[KK Lee 5]

As for the advisory role, believe his famous son-in-law will exert plenty of advises on his behalf.

 

MH paying one price for 2 brains (or 1 ½ brains, ooops! ) could be a bargain after all

 

 

[Sri Ramani K. 0]

why do they have to go back to the same circle? couldn't he just be the advisor for FAMA or MARDI or something that is of his interest?

[Khaled 2]

We might be looking at BTP 10.

[Walter Sim 1]

Whats the jobscope of an advisor?

[Rozhan 0]

Lingkup lah MAS

 

I wish he would just fade away.....

[Ja Singh 2]

Advisors plan:

 

create BTP3 to turn around BTP2 then create BTP 4 to turn around BTP3 and so on. At BTP 4 stage Mh pax donr get any food fo for flights shorter than 3 hours, cut cost, no headset too...

[mohd sukri abd hamid 0]

come on guys..think positif ok...

[Mushrif A 3]

Perhaps the advisor may suggest to pilots that taking naps whilst handling those jets may be good to one's health.

[Cheng Long 0]

as advisor, he can give advice but no one necessarily has to follow them, just like Dr M as advisor to petronas. so unless he gives some enlightening advice (which im very doubtful of, may fall asleep in meetings), i doubt it will make any difference to MAS.

[Azri M. 0]

Perhaps the advisor may suggest to pilots that taking naps whilst handling those jets may be good to one's health.

Haha, good one.

 

Maybe he will suggest to have more frequent flights to Perth, as his second home is in Perth.

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

as advisor, he can give advice but no one necessarily has to follow them, just like Dr M as advisor to petronas. so unless he gives some enlightening advice (which im very doubtful of, may fall asleep in meetings), i doubt it will make any difference to MAS.

 

Agreed. No one's twisting the mgt's arm to follow his advice now does it?

[Azrin A 2]

A father/mother-in-law can be made an adviser too, (in a company) mind you

[Denny Yen 0]

Why can't these old people just *retire* and fade away?

There are people who're "thick skin" and could never feel ashamed of doing it at the taxpayer's expense...