Hi, I'm Garth Liew and this is my View of Earth. I'm originally from Malaysia, a truly blessed land on this Earth. Today is a special day for the country that is one of the proofs that this country is indeed blessed - a calm and smooth handing of power from one person to another to lead the nation.
Malaysia has just had a peaceful transition of Prime Ministers today, a smooth change which not that many "Developing Countries" like Malaysia have enjoyed. Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi, Malaysia's 5th PM voluntarily retired and handed the reigns of Government to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. This continued the earlier peaceful transition trend of Tun Dr. Mahathir who retired voluntarily in 2003 and Abdullah took over then. Malaysia has never had a rebellion or violent change of government - and may it stay that way!
Just look at the history of change of Governments of most of our neighbouring countries and the point will be clear. Thailand is going through a succession of political upheavals with PMs changing within the space of months. The Philippines and Indonesia have similarly had bumpy and even questionable changes of Govt within their fairly recent histories. Singapore doesn't count as it's too tiny and the Sing.Govt is a dictatorship of a single party disguised as democracy.
Well, there's something to say about my peaceful Malay countrymen and the leaders that the Malay community has brought forth to govern this nation. I'd prefer to count my blessings and see the truly positive side of this development in Malaysia's history.
Selamat meneraju negara, Datuk Seri Najib... Hidup Negaraku !
['Negaraku' (My Nation) is also the name of the national anthem:]
Garth of Earth/
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