Posted by Steven Sim on December 2nd, 2008 | Categorized as Community, Malaysia, Politik | Tagged as Dato, Dato Seri
Stories from the high society of Dato-Dato (Malaysia’s equivalent to “Sir”, I guess) for the past week…
Dato’ Zaid Ibrahim, the famed founding partner of ZICO and an UMNO member, attended PKR National Congress and (with lesser press coverage) the 10,000-guest Penang DAP Victory Dinner last week.
Dato’ Yong Teck Lee, President of SAPP, BN’s [former?] component party [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on August 20th, 2008 | Categorized as Community, Government, Malaysia, Penang, Politik | Tagged as Dato, Lee Chong Wei
UPDATE: My boss, State Youth and Sports Exco’s press statement can be found here
After Dato’ Nicol David who was conferred the State title during the Yang Di Pertua Pulau Pinang’s birthday this year, another young athelete, Penangite and Malaysian Olympic hero, Lee Chong Wei will be awarded with the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri which carries the [...]