Sunday, July 12, 2009

Malaysia is well-known for its flip-flop policy in dealing with important issues. Every time a new education minister is appointed, a new education appears because he wants to make a mark in the book of records.

In 'Bolehland' anything is possible at the beginning but soon died off when there is not much fund left to back up the programme. Imagine the millions of ringgit the ministry has spent on the progamme all these years.

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Saturday, July 4, 2009

We saw sometime ago in the case of University Teknologi MARA the Cartesian principle applied. Why would those thousands of students embarrass themselves by championing for their rights to be chained and caged by the comfort of one-dimensional race-based thinking when their counterparts globally pride themselves with how diverse their campuses are? We saw the dangerous concept of “Ketuanan Melayu” funneled into the mind of the students; our bright young learners who ought to be socialized into a world of meritocracy and cultural democracy that values not only hard work and cognition but also inter-cultural understanding and collaboration. We should have not allowed institutions such as Biro Tata Negara to set foot on our campuses and force our children to learn its version of “citizenship”; one that is not only based on a truncated and warped history of Malaysia but also one that closes the mind of the Malays into evolving into brave souls that values multiculturalism and champions the idea of “world citizens”; a noble concept that sees poverty and dehumanization as a problem of humanity to be solved peacefully and collectively.

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Monday, June 29, 2009

OF SCHOLARSHIP AND RACE BASED QUOTA

Najib is crossing the red line on the sand when he suggested the idea of giving scholarship based on merit alone, thus scrapping the race-based quota system that favoured the Bumiputras.

I am sure that he is currently stepping on a lot of toes among his ruling party members, UMNO for proposing the idea. In fact, he might be called a traitor by his own race, just like Anwar when Anwar proposed the same idea himself.

So far, none of the top UMNO members say a thing about his proposal. His arch nemesis, Anwar has accused him of being a copy cat, hijacking the idea that has been mooted by Pakatan Rakyat under their Ketuanan Rakyat concept.

I deeply understand the frustration of the non Bumis for voicing out their disagreement about the racce-based scholarship awards.

Just imagine, a form 5 Indian student, giving his heart and soul to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor, burning the midnight oil for 2 years and regularly saying no to the pleasures that his peers are enjoying just because he wants to concentrate on his study.

Then, after scoring straight As in his SPM, only to be denied the scholarship to study abroad just because of the race difference!

I still remembered when I was interviewed by Yayasan Sarawak to do my degree at a local university with full scholarship after finishing my Form 6.

One of the interviewer was shocked to see my SPM results and utterred, 'Sayang, kenapa tak minta biasiswa JPA untuk study overseas?'. I just smiled and did not reply him (I got the scholarship to do my dengree anyway).

What he did not know was I applied for all the openings that I could think of; JPA scholarships, MARA, Matriculation programs etc.

The answers were always 'no'.

To my frustration and anger, some of my Bumi friends whom results were worst off than mine were offered full scholarships to study abroad at the university of their choices.

I felt betrayed.

After working my hearts out non stop for 2 years, the ending was just plain painful.

I did not blame my friends for getting the scholarships. I blamed the unfair system, that, to this day, I really do not understand and accept.

My anger and frustration have long been buried inside me, under all the other challenges that life has thrown towards me and my family.

I learned not to rely on government when it comes to financing one's education let alone trusting the words of a politician whom real interest, to me, is the pure survival of his job.

My wife and I are saving money for our children's education, eager and hard-learned not to repeat the same mistake that happened to me.

So, when Najib announced the scrapping of race-based quota system for government scholarships, I digest the news with plenty of salt.

However, for the sake of other poor but hardworking and bright non Bumi students, I hope I am wrong on this.

Let's see how it goes from here. Will Najib take the hard walk of his talk?

Lo
KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — DAP’s Lim Kit Siang today hit back at Khairy Jamaluddin for calling him a “borderline racist” by pointing out that even former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was opposed to the aborted Umno-PAS unity talks.

“I think Khairy wanted to call Dr Mahathir a ‘borderline racist’ but dare not do so, and is using this way to hit out at the former prime minister,” said Lim in his latest blog posting.

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak said tonight the government would introduce purely merit-based public scholarships by next year, and also indicated his administration’s intent to completely do away with race-based quotas in more sectors.

The prime minister’s remarks at a dinner organised by the Chinese community appear to be designed to win back the support of non-Malay voters for Barisan Nasional (BN).

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PETALING JAYA, June 28 – Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today questioned the sincerity of the prime minister in announcing a new merit-based scholarship programme obviously aimed at winning back Chinese voter support from Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

“Last time, when I said it, I was called a Chinese agent. Now that Najib has said it what are you going to call him? Is he now a Chinese agent and traitor to the Malays?” said Anwar sarcastically when asked today about the new scholarships to be based purely on merit.

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Saturday, June 27, 2009


“You should be proud of Malaysia because you are a modern, progressive Muslim country, able to manage a multi-ethnic and multi-religious society,” said Obama, according to Najib.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

First they robbed us of our timbers, then they made us slaves or squatters on our own land and now they want to flush us out by flooding our land by building the Baram Hydro electric dam!!!

We still support or vote them?????

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — The government has allocated RM1 million for former Ferrari Formula One team boss Jean Todt to spend over two years as Malaysia’s Tourism ambassador.

But Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Ng Yen Yen said no disbursements have been made since his appointment in May

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“The answer is to go back to the people because the people will not be satisfied until they get their result and ultimately the power does belong to the people because once the people decides, everyone will accept it,” she said.

Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan was speaking at a public lecture here last night organised by the Chevening Alumni of Malaysia.

Ambiga added that BN would be able to get back much need credibility if the ruling coalition would go to the polls and drop all charges against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Saya tidak nampak peranan ini dimainkan dan dipertanggungjawabkan ke atas surat khabar Cina. Masyarakat dan surat khabar Cina di negara ini perlu bersyukur bahawa kerajaan tidak menyekat dan membantut perkembangan kewartawanan Cina di negara ini. Terdapat lebih banyak tajuk, pengedaran dan pembacaan surat khabar Cina berbanding dengan tajuk, pengedaran dan pembacaan surat khabar Melayu.

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The most important thing these leaders should do is to inspire and encourage young Malays to face off any global challenges and become world beaters. There is nothing that cannot be achieved if there is a will and a persistent heart. A lazy and demotivated Chinese boy is definitely no better than a hardworking and persistent Malay boy.

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The transport minister made no mention of the culprits who caused PKFZ’s development cost to balloon from RM2 billion to RM12.5 billion, according to an audit report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Maaf cakap, bapak dan ibu menteri serta para wakil rakyat jangan sekadar turun padang. Tempat anda sebagai wakil rakyat adalah di padang bersama rakyat!

Kerana bapak dan ibu menteri serta para wakil rakyat terlalu jarang di padanglah maka pelbagai angkara berlaku yang tidak lagi memberikan kesejahteraan, keamanan dan kemakmuran kepada rakyat jelata.

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