Holy Cow!
AC Mizal and Eizlan Yusof are now Dato's! And not surprisingly, like most entertainers, they got a Pahang Dato'ship.
Don't call me sour grapes but I don't think they deserve the award. I've written about this before [here] and I'll say it again - please keep the royal award prestigious and to a certain extent, desirable.
My view on the higher royal award (Dato' and Dato' Seri/Paduka/Wira etc) is that they should only be given to those who has brought glory to the state or country. It should be a reward for success, loyalty, service, achievement. No doubt, both AC and Eizlan have achieved some sort of success, done some sort of service and have achieved a lot in their fields but is it enough to warrant a high royal award. Won't an AMP suffice?
I have no problems with Ahmad Nawab, Jins Shamsuddin, P Ramlee, Sudirman, David Arumugam, Aziz Sattar, Rahim Razali and M Nasir getting royal awards. They have contributed much to the industry and more importantly they got their awards after showing their mettle over and over again. They did not get their reward halfway through their career, they got it as a recognition of their continuous success over many years.
If AC Mizal and Eizlan deserve the Dato'ship, what about Afdlin Shauki, Erra Fazira, the KRU brothers, Awie, Amy Search, AR Badul, Fauziah Nawi, Norman Hakim, Hans Issac, Latiff Ibrahim, Ning Baizura, ND Lala, Salleh Yaacob, Shafinaz Selamat ... the list goes on, don't they deserve one too? Some of them, IMHO are more deserving than AC and Eizlan put together!
Why is that when someone from the entertainment industry gets a Dato'ship, ninety per cent chance it will be from Pahang? Why is the Pahang royal house degrading the award by over-awarding it to the entertainment fraternity to the point of being ridiculous? By all means, give to deserving entertainers but not each and everyone of them. Yes, my statement not only sounds treacherous but stinks of treachery but I will say it as I see it.
Please bring the glory in Dato'ships back and restore the pride of the DIMP.
The entertainment Dato' roll of honour ...
1) Sheila Majid DIMP
2) Khadijah Ibrahim DIMP
3) David Arumugam DIMP
4) M Nasir DIMP
5) Ramli MS DIMP
6) AC Mizal DIMP
7) Eizlan Yusuf DIMP
8) Siti Nurhaliza DIMP
9) Rafeah Buang DIMP
10) Rosnani Jamil DIMP
11) Maria Menado DIMP
12) Karam Singh Walia DIMP
13) Sarimah Ahmad DIMP
14) Yusni Hamid DIMP
15) Sudirman DSAP
16) A. Rahman Hassan DIMP
17) Chef Ismail DIMP
18) Mahadzir Lokman DIMP
19) Rezza Shah DIMP
20) Wan Mohammad Sani - Sani Express DIMP
21) Yasmin Yusof DIMP
22) Tom Abang Saufi DIMP
23) Bernard Chandran DIMP
Dato' Fasha Sanda anyone?
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