COMMENT | Tajuddin Abdul Rahman is Malaysia's Rip Van Winkle

COMMENT | Remember the story of Rip Van Winkle, who fell asleep for 100 years and woke up to find that there had been some very big changes? Whilst he lay sleeping, the "new" world had been re-shaped by freedom, change and progress.

On Aug 17, our very own Rip Van Winkle, the Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, finally emerged from his slumber under his tempurung. He stepped into the sunlight and found that the world was miles ahead of Malaysia.

Like Rip, can Tajuddin accept that progress can only come with change, and that change can only happen with a different mindset and attitude?

During a session in the Dewan Rakyat on Aug 17, Tajuddin was annoyed by Malaysia’s sluggish growth and lack of scientific and technological innovation...