Joceline Tan from The Star spins about Tony Pua again.So, we now have another Oxfordian in our Malaysian political arena.
MalaysiaKini reported that Tony Pua will be made the economic advisor to DAP. That must be a great catch by Lim Kit Siang. Now DAP can claimed they too had an Oxfordian to match UMNO.
DAP can put claim to the fact that Tony had been a proven economic master in the world of commerce and in the words of Joceline, Pua is a self-made multi-millionaire. He did not have the NEP's gravies and at 35-year-old, he has all the exuberance to be the new wonder boy matching the son-in-law Oxfordian.
Pua sold his shares in the company he built from scratch, Cyber Village Sdn Bhd and until then was their CEO. I remembered he said he started the company with RM50,000 and part of that was borrowed from his relatives. From RM50K he is now worth millions. He did not rise and become rich from political patronage and he doesn't have the NEP to give him that head start. What he had was sheer grit and knowledge. His knowledge and skills in the business he built was the core competence that propelled him to what he is today - multi-millionaire - and his entry into politics may give us Malaysians a hope to look forward to... to a better Malaysia.
I wish Tony all the best in his new endeavour and hopefully DAP would built a new system of political management around our new kid on the block - the new whiz kid made in Malaysia. Best of luck and Kong Hee Fatt Choy, Tony!
6 comments:
Kari Jambanludin , the infamous SIL should be ashamed of himself by Tony Phua's success story.
i met tony at the aliran forum in penang. he surely doesn't look like a multi millionaire at all! (at that time i didn't know he is one anyway). very friendly guy indeed and he sure can talk very eloquently.
tony is indeed a whiz kid. i wish him all the best too as a member of DAP.
I tot he was going to join Keadilan. Well, I sure hope he will be able to bring DAP to a new level. We certainly need someone of his caliber to give the country a much needed boost!
Well, Tony ..... all the best to you..
Certainly, you are an asset to the DAP.
They sure need you more than you need them....
hey, thank you guys for all the support expressed! I'll definitely need plenty of it in time to come ;)
Just a quick note to say that I "blushed" so badly when I read Joceline's article. Gosh... I certainly wouldn't call myself a "whiz kid" or "boy wonder". And my wealth bit certainly sounds a tad inflated... but either way, the money is locked away for my family and kid's education for I'm now technically and financially unemployed. ;)
Plus, I certainly wouldn't rate myself overly successful, for looking back, there were plenty which I could have done much better, especially in taking the company further. As it is, we went through some fairly difficult episodes before only getting out of the doldrums last year.
Best regards,
Tony ;)
Let's hope the DAP makes wise use of Tony's advice. We really need credible opposition in Malaysia.
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