pic found on net, satirising Dr. M's latest business venture of a bread franchise with his Japanese partner"As always, I have a radical solution" that's what Dr. M said which drew laughter from the floor when he took over the microphone in the Langkawi International Dialogue and suggesting that countries should start charging developed nations for the intellectual properties (IP) "that have been robbed from us".
This was after a delegate who aired his frustration over difficulties in getting hold of drugs for HIV/AIDS because they were too expensive for less developed countries in Africa to provide to the millions of sufferers. This is the ages-old debacle among the huge pharmaceutical companies who claimed that millions has been spent on the R&D and they need to recover the expenses hence the high price of drugs vs the humanitarian calls around the world to make these drugs accesible especially when some of these pharma giant did human testing in those less developed countries as well.
Dr. M drew example by saying that countries spent money educating our people, right from kindergarten to university only to have the brilliant ones "whisked away" by developed nations hence, he was suggesting that we charge these nations for IP.
Brilliant. I mean, put aside the logic or practicality or even whether will it be implemented or not, he did made his point acrossed and gained the attention once lost from him, back to him again.
My take on this, especially when our 50th National Day is just around the corner, I would suggest that we do more to keep the brain drain stopped. How? Keep the education system based on merits and award EQUAL opportunity to every single RAKYAT, that is!
2 comments:
Still recognize as the man who made msia today.. Cool guy! not sure Pak Awie got the same vission as him
He is always my 'all-time favorite' leader.
I thought if he was not been there for 20+ years with his full-fledge vision, we couldn't be more proud being a Malaysian
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