Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Challenge Ahead

The development of serious literature in Malaysia is inhibited because the level of discussion in society is not high enough. In general, we are not a reading society. ...
Malaysia's new literary laureate is interviewed again, this time by Andrew Sia in Starmag.

1 comment:

Jonathan / ZhongZhong said...

May be it's time for actions instead of talks? I am really inspired by this talk given by Dave Eggers at Ted.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school.html

May it be helping our kids to be better in Bahasa Malaysia or English or Chinese or Tamil or Dusun Kadazan or Iban...

I am often told where there is a will, there is a way (Di mana ada kemahuan, Di situ ada jalan). Let's empower our future generation (instead of empty lecturing and sloganing).

-Jonathan