Leading by good example
NG CHENG YEE | chengyee@thestar.com.my 
January 23, 2006
The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Politicians should always upgrade themselves and engage in self-examination to be respectable, said MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting.  

He said those who held government posts or wished to be government officers must always examine themselves to ensure that they set a good example as leaders. 

“They should be well-cultivated and continue to learn from the strengths of others to improve their own shortcomings,” he said at the opening of the MCA School of Political Studies at Wisma MCA here yesterday. 

He said they should also ensure that they were righteous as they would be decision-makers at the national, state and district levels.  

GRAND START: (From left) Ong, Ka Chuan and Chan as well as MCA vice-presidents Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek and Datuk Ong Tee Keat at the opening of the MCA School of Political Studies at Wisma MCA in Kuala Lumpur Sunday.
“If you are not a good example to others, people will not respect or listen to you when you become a leader. 

“But if you are someone with conscience and integrity, others will be willing to work with you, even before you give out the directives,” he said.  

Ong said this was in line with the party's agenda to promote a healthy political culture, which was important in laying a foundation for the growth of the party.  

He said he was confident that with the setting up of the school, more international scholars would be brought into the country to give talk to its members. 

MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said a healthy political culture would further develop the party's strength. 

“As a political worker, one must be ambitious and passionate about one's job in serving the people.” 

He said party leaders and members should also work with “one heart” to draw a strategy to lead the community in facing globalisation challenges. 

“To ensure that the party is effective in carrying out its duty, its leaders and members must be loyal to the party and care for the public,” he said, adding that discipline and team spirit were also important.  

He said it was believed that with the school, the training of leaders in the party would be more systematic and efficient.  

Secretary-general Datuk Ong Ka Chuan, who is also the school's principal, said the school would prepare its students to face the development of a globalised knowledge-economy society.  

Source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/1/23/nation/13188334&sec=nation