Tony answers KJ with a challenge

If you think you want to see WWE Smackdown kinda challenge, you'll be disappointed. Tony in a press conference today has asked KJ to a debate instead, with the earliest date of next Wednesday 8pm at the Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall. Of course, considering how important KJ is with his busy schedule, they are willing to let Khairy choose the time and place. Instead of fudging the issue with race and semantic, Tony has proposed the debate to focus on 3 key issues:

1. How to prevent our education system from churning out graduates who are unable to gain employment despite the large number of advertised vacancies in the market.

2. How to improve our civil service delivery system to substantially increase the satisfaction of the people and the successful completion of government projects.

3. How to streamline a bloated civil service, disproportionate to the size of the Malaysian population to reduce tremendous economic burden of the government.

After all, the gist of the supposedly offensive press statement is about the efficiency and size of the civil service. Click here for Malaysiakini's coverage on Tony's press conference.

He has also uploaded a post in his blog on the latest development in this issue. Considernig how KJ has pulled out of a public debate before with PKR's Adlan Benan Omar and PAS's Dr Dzulkifli Ahmad, I am doubtful if this debate will ever materialise. Perhaps the time when we see these two cross swords will be in that august house, provided the leak doesn't flood out the hall.