In the third installation of the deputy minister of International Trade and Industry first chat with MSN Malaysia, he opens about being a father and stepping out of his father’s shadow.

On family...
It's been tough. You get to the point when you have to schedule in family time, literally scheduling in dinners and weekends. If not, there are others who decide what I should be doing with my time! Quite a number of people have access to my schedule so, before I know it, I look at the weekly or monthly calendar and there's not a single day I'm free. I try not to break promises to my family. It's been tough but they're beginning to understand and they know the kind of sacrifices they have to make.

On hopes of being PM...
Let's put it this way, I was the son of the Prime Minister for 22 years. I know what it's like to be the person responsible for the wellbeing of 27 million people. It's no joke. The kind of decisions you have to make on a daily basis are the types (of decisions) that would make you lose sleep, if you don't have a good conscience and you're (not) confident that you're making intelligent and informed decisions. So I, at this moment, cannot imagine assuming that position.

I know some people say, "Oh yeah, you know, I'd like to be Prime Minister." I think they haven't really given much thought to what that means. Sometimes people like the power but they don't see the responsibility that comes with it. I think that came from a very profound movie - Spiderman! (Laughs)

On saying what many shy away from ...
You're not outspoken just for the fun of it. You're outspoken when you see something that's not quite right and that needs to be righted. (It) would be irresponsible if you didn't say something about it. My statements have gotten (me) into trouble (but) I'd like to think that people understood why I had to say what I did. I'd also like to think that the majority of them agreed with me, if not then, then maybe perhaps now, in hindsight.

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