Mindless minister

Wow, it's been a long time since my last blog entry! I really must get my act together and not let my busyness get in the way of my blog.

Anyway, I was just reading Malaysiakini.com this morning and I came across an article, "Haze conditions here better than Santiago, says minister", and it really shows how mindless even ministers can be.

Deputy Natural Resources and Environment Minister, S. Sothinathanwas, was quoted as saying, "the haze is not as bad as reported... I was in Santiago (Chile) two days ago and haze is a permanent problem there. But nobody talks about it, and not the international press."

Duh! Doesn't he realise that by the time we have such a situation in Malaysia, that means things are so bad both environmentally and socially that people couldn't be bothered anymore.

I certainly don't want to live in a society where people are apathetic towards the environment. Indeed, the apathetic attitude itself is bad for the environment.