Lee Chong Wei Get 'datuk' Title....

**huangkwokhau** · 08-21-2008, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by victory

I beg to differ with you. Silver medalist is not a loser. Silver medalist can still be a hero. In my opinion, LCW is national hero that fought hard to to win honour for the country. He fail to win gold medal but he will be remember as a sportman that inching towards the peak in this OG. He is my hero.

The point is LCW should not be conferred a datukship this early. He is probably just half way through his professional badminton career and he still has a lot of mountains to climb.

Silver Medalist or Bronze are not a loser...I wish INA MS could take any Bronze..sigh!

If Silvermedalist is a loser then Cai/Fu , XXF as well as Nova/Butet are losers....which are not true....
Alan Y....Be careful what you said here....remember that you were so confident that CHN would win more than 3 gold medals ( you said if not, you would eat your head..)....now do you think LYB is a loser by not winning all 5 Gold medals....thats not the way to measure the success....

**eaglehelang** · 08-21-2008, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by cooler

is there a citizen award that is higher than datuk?

sure -> Tan Sri, Tun.

I'm not sure if Datuk Seri is more prestegious than Datuk.

**cooler** · 08-21-2008, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by eaglehelang

sure -> Tan Sri, Tun.

i see. Then datuk is a silver equivalent

I'm not sure if Datuk Seri is more prestegious than Datuk.
ya, too many awards floating around...

Maybe datuk seri is a almost gold award like if LCW lost to LD in a close 3 set match, he would have gotten the datuk seri award

hey, i'm just an outsider looking in

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**d65up2** · 08-21-2008, 12:18 PM

How bout Dato Asbullah?? Where did he get his??? hahahahaha

then for us it should be Raden Mas Markis Kido and Raden Mas Hendra Setiawan

**cooler** · 08-21-2008, 12:19 PM

Aiyah, seem like everyone want a piece of datuk too
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LIKE MISBUN, I TOO SACRIFICE FOR THE NATION, SAYS WIFE
By Zulhilmi Supaat Bernama - 2 hours 29 minutes agoKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (Bernama) -- Each time national men's singles badminton coach Misbun Sidek is away to accompany his charge Lee Chong Wei on international tournament, Misbun's wife Latifah Sidek will be alone at home.

At times, being alone is difficult, more so due to her failing health.

But for Latifah, letting her husband go and bearing the pain alone is a form of sacrifice for the nation.

"When Lee Chong Wei was playing in the semi-final in the Olympic Games, I was in pain. My blood pressure was rising. But my husband at that time was in Beijing; so I had to face the pain alone.

"Like my husband, I too want to sacrifice for the country," she said when met here.

Latifah, 45, is undergoing a twice-weekly treatment at a dialysis centre here, costing RM3,000 a month.

She said she had accepted the fact that her husband would not always be by her side.

**huangkwokhau** · 08-21-2008, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by cooler

Aiyah, seem like everyone want a piece of datuk too
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LIKE MISBUN, I TOO SACRIFICE FOR THE NATION, SAYS WIFE
By Zulhilmi Supaat Bernama - 2 hours 29 minutes agoKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (Bernama) -- Each time national men's singles badminton coach Misbun Sidek is away to accompany his charge Lee Chong Wei on international tournament, Misbun's wife Latifah Sidek will be alone at home.

At times, being alone is difficult, more so due to her failing health.

But for Latifah, letting her husband go and bearing the pain alone is a form of sacrifice for the nation.

"When Lee Chong Wei was playing in the semi-final in the Olympic Games, I was in pain. My blood pressure was rising. But my husband at that time was in Beijing; so I had to face the pain alone.

"Like my husband, I too want to sacrifice for the country," she said when met here.

Latifah, 45, is undergoing a twice-weekly treatment at a dialysis centre here, costing RM3,000 a month.

She said she had accepted the fact that her husband would not always be by her side.

I think You should demand that too? it will be cool as Datuk Cooler...

**cooler** · 08-21-2008, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by huangkwokhau

I think You should demand that too? it will be cool as Datuk Cooler...

i can't i'm not a malaysian plus i'm aiming for a 'Tun'

***kwun*** · 08-21-2008, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by cooler

i can't i'm not a malaysian plus i'm aiming for a 'Tun'

does the Queen grant "Sir" to Canadians also?

**Pete LSD** · 08-21-2008, 02:21 PM

Yes, but Canadian Constitution no longer allows a Canadian Citizen to receive a foreign title.

Conrad Black had to renounce his Canadian Citizenship in order to receive knighthood from the Queen.

Originally Posted by kwun

does the Queen grant "Sir" to Canadians also?

**cooler** · 08-21-2008, 02:24 PM

yes, peter beat me to this..
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Conrad becomes Lord Black of Crossharbour

Life was sweet. That same year, the British government moved to make him Lord Black. This elicited strong opposition from Prime Minister Jean Chrétien who pointed to the Nickle Resolution of 1919, which ruled that foreign governments could not grant honours to Canadians that carry a title or privilege. Black challenged the ruling unsuccessfully in court. Determined to get his title, Black renounced his Canadian citizenship and was officially inducted into the British House of Lords as Lord Black of Crossharbour on Oct. 31, 2001. Crossharbour is the name of a neighbourhood as well as a subway stop on the Docklands light railway, near the Daily Telegraph building
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Now Conrad Black want to be a Canadian again

Conrad Black wants to be Canadian again
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006 | 09:22 AM ET
Conrad Black, the former media baron who famously renounced his Canadian citizenship to become a British lord, is working to regain his citizenship.

**samuel882** · 08-21-2008, 07:03 PM

LCW should be braved enouff to publicly emphasized that he does not want the Datukship title and advised the Sultan to reserve it to others.
However, i do not think he will do that... Otherwise, we will be seeing news like "LCW went missing.. Being protected by our Police and hiding himself at neighbouring country"

- that's the consequences if you against any politician's will in this country

**huangkwokhau** · 08-21-2008, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by samuel882

LCW should be braved enouff to publicly emphasized that he does not want the Datukship title and advised the Sultan to reserve it to others.
However, i do not think he will do that... Otherwise, we will be seeing news like "LCW went missing.. Being protected by our Police and hiding himself at neighbouring country"

- that's the consequences if you against any politician's will in this country

Are you serious? thats really scary.....

...hm..may be LCW should negotiate with higher titles as well...

**mmnoor** · 08-21-2008, 08:46 PM

According to BWF website, LCW is now ranked at No. 1....

http://www.internationalbadminton.or...ng_ms.asp?id=1

**cooler** · 08-21-2008, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by mmnoor

According to BWF website, LCW is now ranked at No. 1....

http://www.internationalbadminton.or...ng_ms.asp?id=1

then lcw should demand the title datuk sri

**vching** · 08-21-2008, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by huangkwokhau

Are you serious? thats really scary.....

...hm..may be LCW should negotiate with higher titles as well...

This is the sad state of Malaysia. We are even worse than when Suharto was at his worse.

I feel so ashamed to be a Malaysian now. The only way out is to kick the present government out and follow the lead of Indonesia when it kicked Suharto out...