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SHAH ALAM: Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim has defended the appointment of a non-bumiputra as the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) acting general manager, saying that she is a senior officer who has served for 33 years.
The Selangor Mentri Besar said that Low Siew Moi, who was due for retirement, had served the 44-year-old organisation as its deputy general manager (for corporate development) for the last 11 years. Low was picked from within the PKNS and not “out of nowhere,” he said, adding that she was fully aware of the organisation’s affairs. “Low is fully aware of the fact that she will have to relinquish the position as soon as the right candidate has been identified,” he told a press conference after the State Assembly sitting here yesterday. Khalid expressed surprise that some quarters had used her being a non-bumiputra as grounds to oppose her appointment. Meanwhile, the Selangor Malays Residents Action Body held a small demonstration outside the state secretariat building here to protest against the appointment. The group, led by its chairman Kamaruddin Raja Ab Wahid, said the move infringed Malay rights and insulted the Sultans. Selangor PAS commissioner Da-tuk Dr Hassan Mohamed Ali said that after meeting Khalid, it was agreed that Low’s appoint-ment would be a short-term measure. “The Mentri Besar has agreed to this proposal and therefore Low’s appointment will be on day-to-day or weekly basis,” Dr Hassan told reporters yesterday. “Now it will depend on PAS to nominate a candidate. After that, a suitable person fills up the post. “The candidate chosen must be experienced in property, accounting and auditing.” Former Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo said it was the Mentri Besar’s prerogative to choose a candidate but that it should have been done in consultation with officers. “Usually for a high post like this, the person must be a Malay. If I had done this (without consultation), then I would have been labelled as arrogant,” he said. - The Star
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They cannot clean their own backside perfectly but they will be putting extra effort to clean Singapore's backside.....very funny. 
Those who complain are really not doing PKNS any good to operate as a business unless they are not run like a business.
If Low's appointment is on a day-to-day or weekly basis, she should just quit now and retire and let PKNS go on auto-pilot! She is not appreciated for her magnanimity so why work? She doesn't even need the job, she's retiring.
So, Toyo, PAS, Selangor Malays Residents Action body, shut up and let PKNS be managed professionally and let the MB do the job. Politics cannot be in the business of running PKNS properly. Any insubordination must be treated professionally - fire them!
Best person for the job please!