Best part about the whole NS debacle and how it wrapped up is that the Prime Minister didn't even dignify Balaji's threat and demands with a response. The response ultimately came from a Majlis Bandaraya lol.
I had a designer who didn’t want to contribute during ideation phase of a DESIGN and she wanted me to do it like bro I was copywriter, content strategist, PR, etc. and she wanted me to do her job. Babes that’s literally your job?
Not to sound like a boomer but working with younger gen z is unfortunately giving me boomer mentality 😭 like im not saying you should take shit at your job but like you have to do the job???? Like you have to actually do the work in order to keep the job 😭😭😭😭😭
The Iskandar Puteri City Council has revoked the business licence of Network School and ordered the closure of its operations in Forest City, effective July 22.
The decision came after the council reviewed inspection reports, enforcement findings and the company's representations.
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Network School rented some shoplots and flats but alluded the world they got an entire island for themselves.
In all their marketing material they kept mentioning Singapore when the thing is in Malaysia.
That sort of thing really pisses people off.
Then they keep saying the island is an abandoned ghost town.
There's an actual school campus for school going kids on the island. A ghost town will not have a school with children. There are residents there.
Then there's been talks coming out of NS about making the island their own nation. Of course that's going to get any Malaysians who heard about it going wtf. Of course that'd get Malaysians scrutinising just what exactly they're doing in those shop lots.
Then the NS founder demanded to meet the Prime minister and meet their demands or else they'll pull out their RM100m (usd25m) investment and that he'd suspend future investments (doesn't matter what the amount is cos anyone can say any number).
Did he think that would collapse Malaysia? It's as if he's not aware that this country has a history tech and innovation for decades already.
Come on man. Respect is mutual.
And the Israeli passport thing? Israel and Malaysia never had diplomatic relationship and so that passport was never recognized and never allowed to enter the country.
I don't know why and how they had a couple of Israelis do social media promotions for them on location. Of course that'd pique the attention of the immigration department.
I hope the rule of law is maintained and due process is followed and things work out between all parties.