The parliament select committee has proposed 9 persons to the President for appointment as NMPs. And I am NOT one of them.

9 totally new faces – great! One Eurasian and eight Chinese. No Indians or Malays. Not that it was ever stated that there should be a racial distribution. But hey, there were *three* Indians proposed (to the best of my knowledge), and none of us cut it? Again, the secrecy around the names of the 37 proposals mean that I really do not know who else was on the list.

OK. Fine.