 I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet. |
| Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities. |
| Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development. |
| So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studies would be good. |
| We go fish, we also catch fighting fish, looking for birds and it was for kampong people, the paddy field was our the play field for the children. |
| As a child, the paddy field was my playground. |
| We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage. |
| We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is. |
| I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf. |
| When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone. |
| Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important. |
| I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family. |
| We have now recently launched the national integrity plan. |
| I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence. |
| But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained. |
| You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important. |
| I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active. |
| We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this. |
| Well, there are other aspects, I still command very good support in the party. |
| So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education. |
