What’s up, doc?


It’s bad enough that there are already so many Tan Sris and Datuks, now we have more Tan Sri Dr and Datuk Dr. And most of them may not have earned their titles academically.

MANY of us must have noticed. There seems to be more and more Malaysians, mostly businessmen, using honorary doctorate titles as designations on their names. It’s bad enough that there are already so many Tan Sris and Datuks, now we have more Tan Sri Dr and Datuk Dr.

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