Last night I saw the video in which Tun Dr Mahathir said that Sultans should not be making executive decisions; he was referring to the Johore Sultan’s selling land in the sea to the Chinese from China to construct valuable properties for sale.

Coincidently, last night I also read the article by Tunku Dato Dr Hajjah Sofiah Jewa in which she was referring to the role played by Royalties and how useless they really are. 

The above 2 articles pointed out that the Sultans have no executive power under the Federal Constitutions. They cannot tell our pollical leaders, the Mentri Bersars, Federal Ministers and Prime Minister how to run the country.

Soon after Pakatan Harapan won the right to form the Perak Government, the Perak MB’s secretary called me to find out my postal address so that she could send my appointment letter as one of the Economic Adviser for the State.

Unfortunately, the Perak Sultan stopped my appointment because I posted an article namely “Is title so important” in which I said that when Sultan Aslan Shah accented the throne about 30 years ago, he sold one Datoship for Rm 100,000 and many of my business partners paid for their titles but I did not pay. If readers like to read my article, they can find it on my blog.

The Perak Sultan has absolutely no right under the Federal Constitutions to stop my appointment and he cannot tell the Perak MB and our political leaders how to manage their duties and what to do because I am fully qualified to help improve Perak’s economy as you can from my CV below.  

Date of birth: 6^th Jan. 1933

Educational qualification:

Highest educational qualification: MICE, Chartered Civil Engineer.

Highest professional achievement:

1 Member of Malaysian Board of Engineers for 3 terms of 2 years each term, maximum as permitted by law.

2 Chairman of the discipline committee for professional practice.

3 Member of the drafting committee for the conditions of construction contracts which is being used on all construction contracts.   

4 Member responsible for drafting the Malaysian Standard for Cement and Concrete in SIRIM- Malaysian Standard Institution.

5 Secretary General of the Malaysian Master Builders Association for 9 years.

6 Written and published a book in 2012: Malaysia: Road Map for Achieving Vision 2020.

Working experience:

1957-1962 Engineer for Public Works Department, now known as JKR.

1962- 1956 Engineering Consultant Practice

1956- 1983 Co-Founded Mudajaya Group Bhd, Gamuda Bhd and IJM Corporation Bhd. These are the 3 leading listed construction and property developing companies in Malaysia.

Since retirement as Director of IJM Corporation Bhd in 1998, I have been investing in public listed companies. 

Charity:

Have given scholarships to more than 300 poor students to help them complete their tertiary education in Malaysia. 

I have pledged to donate Rm 50 million to build student hostel in Penang to help poor students.

I have written in my will that all my remaining assets will be donated to charity. 

My role in changing the corrupted BN Government:

I have played a significant role in changing the corrupted BN Government. I have donated hundreds of thousand Ringgit to each of the 4 component political parties and campaigned in about 10 locations within Perak for Pakatan Harapan. 

Again coincidentally, today is the Perak Sultan’s birthday and I am writing this article.