Don’t get me wrong. It’s never in the Pakatan Harapan government’s wishlist to reduce the number of civil servants. At the very least, we are not dismissing any civil servant for the sake of reducing their numbers. However, 4 months into administration, I have no reservation in opining that the way forward in reforming how our government works is to make governance work. It’s true that Pakatan Harapan has been voted in as the federal government, as well as the state governmen

“你爱马来西亚吗？” 如果你把这问题抛给任何一位小学生，你得到的答案都会是一样的。但是，随着年龄的增长，他们会变得跟我们身边很多人一样，心里的答案开始动摇，对自己眼中的国家开始有形形色色的看法和意见。 作为一个年轻的国家，我们经历了许许多多的风雨。其中一个我们今天正在面对的挑战就是很多人民会对国家失去希望，并质问自己可以为国家贡献，为国家带来改变的能力与信心。这也是越来越多人离开马来西亚的原因之一。 他们可能是基于更好的人生计划而离乡背井；他们可能觉得别的地方更有归属感；又或者，我们的国家还有一些不足之处，还不能让所有公民很骄傲地称她为家，很放心地让自己后代在这里生活下来。 但其实，他们都忘了，我们每一个人可以让我们的国家变得更好。我们既有为国家感到光荣的权利，也有爱护这个国家的责任。我们今天奋斗的目标，今天前进的方向，都是在为我们的后代设立一个重要的里程碑。不论你是谁，什么种族，什么宗教，什么职业，只要我们团结一致，一定能达到目标。 马来西亚是一个很独特的国家。她有丰富的天然资源，得天独厚的地理位置，鲜艳的文化色彩，多元种族和宗教，人材也济济。

"Do you love Malaysia?" If you pose this question to any primary students, they will all answer yes. However as they grow up, they may, just like some of us, begin to change their opinions on this place that we call home. As a relatively young country, we have come across plenty of challenges. One of the challenges that we still face today is that people sometimes lose hope in Malaysia, and they do not believe that they are capable in bringing better change to the cause t