...I recently had a good chat with the chairman of a very successful agency...very few government agencies are as successful and many actually failed...he has been leading the agency for about 8 years now...together with the management team, they have transformed the agency from a modest beginning (started with a small grant from the government) into a successful one (with its own building and other assets and a big savings)...its existence has benefited many especially poor families in the rural areas (and they are beginning to help urban poors too)...few have in fact become a millionaire and more than 90% of its members are now out of poverty...that success doesn't come easy, it certainly requires hard work and commitment from all...and its noble spirit of helping the poor...their hard work have put a smile on many faces of the poor families...its success has been recognized by many both local and abroad...however sharing its success story comes with a big price as many now notice its potential...it creates envy among many interested parties including greedy politicians...who would like to take over the agency...claiming that they can do better bla bla bla...he told me that the government would review the board members and management team...I wonder why...corporatization certainly won't help...it would deviate from its main objective...with this kind of agency, profit certainly is not the main objective...in fact should never be one...while profitability would help sustain its existence (in fact that shouldn't be the issue as it is always profitable and manages to pay 6 months bonus to its staff members last year) but it has bigger agenda...to help the poor people...we have had many examples of the failure of corporatization (though I don't want to name them here)...so why change when the current model is proven to be successful...life can be so unfair sometimes...
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