‘Foolish’ MyKad contest scrapped

Finally some sense has prevailed. The government has decided to stop the foolish act of dishing out prizes to lure people to apply for MyKad.

Home Minister Radzi Sheikh Ahmad got it right by saying that rewarding people for applying for the new identity cards was a ‘foolish’ move.

Bernama quotes him as saying:

"Hold lucky draws (and) only then the public will come - that's rubbish...It is a silly thing to do."

But the question is why halt it now, after running the contest for almost two years?

Radzi also did not explain if the Cabinet was aware of his decision.

I truly wonder why the contest was scrapped. Was it because the government can’t afford to dole out the Perodua Myvi, which was to be the grand prize?

Let’s see if the great leader will say something, anything over this. (Don’t hold your breath folks - that’s not going to happen). Thus this too will remain a mystery to us.

Read more about the origin and the working of the contest here.