NKRA- finding KEY people.

 

 Its fine and dandy, talking and publicizing the concept of national key result areas ( NKRA). The key areas are already identified. Very good indeed.

But the PM needs champions to champion his cause. Corruption, poverty, high income economy etc. the targets enumerated and described in the key areas demand good people, good politicians and good government to implement and execute them. The key to implementing NKRAs is finding the KEY people.

They first of all require good people to be at the helm. This is the biggest challenge faced by the PM- To place people with stout determination, verve and dedication and most important share the beliefs of the PM to make things right.

Finding the good people must be the priority of the PM. If you don't have the good and right people, they won't be able to identify the areas where the keys are located or worse still, they don't recognize the area and the keys when they see them.

Let me narrate a personal story. When I was a serving ADUN under the DPM (as the PM then was), I had the opportunity to bring about 160 people to Kuala Lumpur. One of the things to do, was to bring these people (UMNO members) to Sri Satria to meet up with the DPM (as he was then).

I had them put up at a leading hotel in the city (a 3 star hotel) with quite modern facilities. The rooms had touch pad buttons to switch on lights, air conditioners etc. we placed 3-4 persons to a room. These are located on the console of the night lamp desk at the side of the bed.

You have the 'keys' at the key area.

I kid you not- this incident happened to many of the participants who came. The next morning, we went to fetch some people from a particular room, I was surprised to see the aircond wasn't turned on, the lights were not on. The room was very warm, humid and I could see people perspiring. Windows were fixed types permanently fastened and were not opened. Even the ceiling fan wasn't witched on.

I asked- kenapa tak pasang lampu, air-cond, kipas? Apa pasal bilik air pun gelap? Semalam AWOK seme  tidor bergelap dan berpanas ke? Bilik hotel mahal, tapi kalau tak guna kemudahan, lagi tak berguna. Poh Paleh...wabe( Pekan Slang)

YB, hotel ini tak guna- takde kipas, aircond ada, tapi switch takde. Lampu ada kat celing, tepi dinding tapi punat nak tekan pun takde.

Lain kali duduk hotel di Chow Kit Road sahaja lah. Tak guna punya hotel.

I said, mana takde. Tengok ni. Switch semua ada kat sini as I demonstrated by depressing the touch pad keys on the side table of the bed.

Awak orang dah datang Kuala Lumpur macam Kuantan Pekan berpuloh kali, tapi tak kenal rupa switch. Haha, Melayu Melayu, macam mana nak maju. Bikin Malu Dato Najib aje! Koman betul orang Pekan.

Translation:

You people didn't switch on the lights, air cond, fan? Why is the bathroom dark? Yesterday night, you people were sleeping in total darkness and humid discomfort?

YB, this hotel is useless. It looks fine on the outside. You have a fan but no switch, aircond with no starter, we see lights up the ceiling but no switches can be found.

Next time, put us up at the Chow Kit budget hotels- that would be better.

Who says no such things? I proceeded to the bed side table and demonstrated depressing the touch-pad keys. Voila! All of the amenities came around,

You see, you may have people, but do they recognise where they keys are in the first place? Announcing NKRAs is one thing, having good people, able to identify and recognise the keys is even more important.

You need KEY people to do the NKRAs.