A craving for unworthy awards

Mushrooming ‘recognition’: Malaysians are far too easily impressed by certificates, awards, plaques and honorary accolades, even when these honours are questionable, says the writer. — 123rf

IF there is an award for an Asean member country with the highest number of titled persons, we can be fairly certain that Malaysia will win hands down.

In fact, Malaysia could even win the APEC record – we can beat everyone in the Asia Pacific region.

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