Biographies

Memoirs of a Doctor is a story my life. The story began from my birthday on 11th January 1952 until my retirement day on 11th Jan 2020. The purpose of my memoir is to document my life story as a legacy for my family, relatives and friends. The story traced back to the tough beginnings of the 1950s when life and society was very backward, industrialisation, computerisation and automation was unheard of. Life was slow and leisurely, letters were sent and read through the postal service, and commun.....

PARADISE LOST: Mahathir & The End of Hopetakes a critical look at Dr Mahathir Mohamad's role in Malaysia's political evolution and his ultimately destructive legacy of corruption, racism and religious extremism. He inherited a nation pregnant with promise and left it mired in division, uncertainty and instability, a grand kleptopia, a terrible kakistocracy. It also examines the role Mahathir played in Pakatan Harapan's stunning 2018 electoral victory and his subsequent betrayal of the coalit.....

 From 2 July 2018 until 24 February 2020, I had the privilege of serving in the first non-Barisan Nasional Cabinet, leading the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC). While we made considerable changes during the 20 months in office and had finished some "business", there were many items on my to-do list that could not be completed due to the sudden change of government. "The (Un)Finished Business" dives deep into the policy aspects of what.....

God loves us and has a unique blueprint for our life-but it's up to us to find it and live it out.  Mingling contemporary stories and biblical anecdotes with practical advice, Silvoso shows how God intervenes in human affairs today to transform people and nations.  He also shares five critical paradigms for transformation that are pivotal for change: Discipling Nations, Reclaiming the Marketplace, Looking at Work as Worship, Becoming Salt and Light, and Eliminating Povert.....