What a shame

Came across a newspaper article today.

Malaysian is top law student at Cambridge University

Sounds all good right? The article is on how this student graduated top and how he's brilliant and all that. His lecturer sings praises for him. Basically what they're saying is,

'oh look, there's this totally brilliant law student in Cambridge who happens to be Malaysian and that's super rare!'

So the local media goes on some kind of frenzy and does a cover on him. As I was reading the article, all seemed good. Yeah, the kid really deserved his awards and blabla then as I reach the bottom.

Oh wait. Apa ni?

“I will also join the Singapore Legal Service in January,” said Tan, who was awarded an Asean scholarship by Singapore’s Ministry of Education after completing his A-Levels at the Temasek Junior College there.

Wah! Wtf! So this absolutely brilliant Malaysian student who might be a really good lawyer one day is gonna serve the Singapore government?

And The Star still has the face to publish about this? Diu!

I'm not blaming the kid for choosing Singapore, since what the heck, they're the one who sponsored him in the first place.

What I am blaming is, our own government who seems to be blind when recognizing talent.

Is it because of the colour of his skin?

Don't deny it. It is hard for a non bumiputra to obtain a scholarship. Especially one that would enable the person to further his or her studies all the way in the UK.

So this is the price of it. Who cares if you sponsor a whole bunch of students? Especially mediocre ones. Are you so confident that by spending so much and sending them abroad, they will definitely contribute a whole lot to the country? Probably just a minority will.

The way I see it, you lost a valuable asset, just like all the others who are working professional jobs that pay better abroad.

The only thing I can say is, another one gone. What a shame.

Keep this up and the country will really go down the drain when really talented and capable people who are really needed in the country refuse to come home. Nothing will ever improve if that happens.

For statistics, you can look here.

Hopefully our future will improve otherwise there's no incentive in working for the country.