Despite some fishy things going on, Wong Soon Koh pointed his fingers at others for politicising the "lehlon" of United College. He said he does not want to explain more about it in the future.
It is dictatorship, thus you can explain it only at your wish. The best way is to open up your check book and let the public make the judgement. There were indeed so many gray issues on the management of United College and then the "lehlon" of this college to become Laila Taib College. You cannot run this College as your family business.
You kept saying it is the cheapest college in Malaysia. You could be right, but the fact is its quality is also the lowest.
You mentioned that Taib's brother donated the land. I wonder how can an outsider of Sibu got so much land in Sibu.
黄顺舸：提供廉宜升学选择 联合学院建设乃为砂民
（本报诗巫26 日讯）原砂联合学院董事主席拿督斯里黄顺舸部长表示，当初砂联合学院创设时，土地和硬体建筑分别是由拿督杜菲玛目和已故拿督斯里刘会干博士的启德行集团所报效，当年捐款给该学院的人士包括丹斯里张晓卿、拿督许如泉、拿督许如衡、已故拿督陈仁华以及拿督斯里陈则颂等。
对于这些人的贡献，他感到十分感激，也表示不欲再对反对党将莱拉泰益学院政治化的种种课题再作回应。
他表示，反对党指责人联党以1令吉象征性的费用，就将联合学院过名给砂拉越基金的事，并声称这是来自人民血汗钱。
他反问既然是上述有关人士的捐献，才有联合学院，以及发展成今天的莱拉泰益学院，那是没有理由要将有关人士捐献的联合学院变卖给政府，再将收益还给捐款和捐地者。
他指联合学院的建设是为了诗巫以及砂州全民的，因为联合学院创设当初旨在为提供学子们廉宜的升学选择，因为在全马要完成一个文凭证书，最起码也要花去2万令吉，但在该院，却提供了最便宜的收费。
享全免学费条件
随着联合学院易名为莱拉泰益学院的推展礼于今年3月份举行后﹐现有在莱拉泰益学院升学的学生已有800名﹐且在砂拉越基金的奖学金计划下﹐享有全免的学费条件。
他说，800名以及明年继续入学的学生，总人数约1500名，全部是学费全免，这当中的全免数额又值多少钱？
他指，那是千千万万的钱，但如今却全免了，受惠的是学子们，现在﹑将来﹑以后的以后，下一代学子们也一样享有这个福利，只要升学条件符合要求。
全马找不到全免学费学院
推展礼期间以及首相到访莱拉泰益学院时，对于该学院能提供全免学费的事﹐高教部长和首相两人感到万分惊讶﹐因为全马再也找不到﹐在砂拉越基金奖学金计划下 ﹐提供全校学生学费全免的事。
但在莱拉泰益学院﹐在州政府和砂拉越基金的创造下，全免念书的事就达成了。
州政府和该基金已承诺将提升学院的软硬设备﹐最终会在2012年提升为大学地位。
他希望反对党停止将学院问题政治化。
也是本州第二财长暨环境与公共卫生部长的黄顺舸今早在常青酒店举行的联合学院第十一届毕业及颁奖典礼上发言时，这么表示。
这也是该院最后一届的毕业生举行毕业典礼，共有139名毕业生领取他们的毕业证书﹐惟今天出席典礼的学生只有70多位。
勿把教育政治化
他强调，教育是千秋事业，不能为了个人利益以及政治议程，把教育政治化了。
由先辈到现在的诗巫家长们，尤其是重视教育，因为惟有教育可以改变生活，带来更好的机会。
他说，教育对孩子们是非常重要的事，尤其莱拉泰益学院是一所技术学院，为砂中区的再生能源经济发展走廊提供资源人才，它将在未来几年开动。
该走廊将把诗巫、沐胶及民都鲁划为发展的三角区，涉及的领域包括各类工业、养殖业、制造业、渔业等，估计它会在2030年期间创造150万个工作机会。
“因此如何在未来10到20年里去创造这些领域的工作人才？同时政府欲在2020年达到发展的州属地位，现在是处于发展中阶段。”
他表示，今天毕业的学生将后有许多机会等待他们掌握，以及接受各方面挑战，毕业生们是明天的领袖，今天的领袖们已逐步要退休。
时间不断变迁，易了名的联合学院，将迈向更好的明天。
他希望毕业生们不论是步入社会工作，还是继续到国外升学，都要努力将自己塑造成全方位的人才，惟有如此才能确保自己在社会中立足，同时成为一名成功人士。
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
支持賭博的人怎麼有面子當副教育部長?
How can a deputy education minister supports gambling, while he is holding this position?
Let me vent my anger toward Wee Ka Siong. If he supports gambling, he better quit his job as deputy education minister now. This is like an uneducated proposal that is unhealthy for education, thus he is unfit (no longer relevant) as deputy education minister.
It is wrong for UMNO to say that Chinese like gambling or support gambling. It is only MCA that supports gambling. Remember, MCA represents only less than 30% of the Chinese.
I suspect MCA supports gambling because it is tied to the black money. It needs these black money to operate.
Let me vent my anger toward Wee Ka Siong. If he supports gambling, he better quit his job as deputy education minister now. This is like an uneducated proposal that is unhealthy for education, thus he is unfit (no longer relevant) as deputy education minister.
It is wrong for UMNO to say that Chinese like gambling or support gambling. It is only MCA that supports gambling. Remember, MCA represents only less than 30% of the Chinese.
I suspect MCA supports gambling because it is tied to the black money. It needs these black money to operate.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
連國陣都支持民聯議員
怎麼國陣那麼害怕補選﹐會是連續的每場惡夢吧
每場補選﹐老百姓都期待聖誕老爺的NAJIB分大紅包﹐不是糖果吧了。
這人民對他的期待是他自己製造出來的
可是﹐禮物被拿了還無法勝利。可見沒禮物的話會敗得更慘
現在聖誕老公公害怕補選﹐一直禱告國會議員請別死掉
別辭職製造補選
就連民聯議員﹐國陣也希望他(民聯)保留議員的資格
國陣害怕連場的惡夢﹐拼命踏BRAKE也已經來不及煞車了
Nazri: Parliament need not decide on Tian Chua
Jun 20, 10 6:47PM
Minister in the PM's Department Nazri Aziz said everyone should hold to the High Court decision to avoid a by-election for the Batu parliamentary seat.
每場補選﹐老百姓都期待聖誕老爺的NAJIB分大紅包﹐不是糖果吧了。
這人民對他的期待是他自己製造出來的
可是﹐禮物被拿了還無法勝利。可見沒禮物的話會敗得更慘
現在聖誕老公公害怕補選﹐一直禱告國會議員請別死掉
別辭職製造補選
就連民聯議員﹐國陣也希望他(民聯)保留議員的資格
國陣害怕連場的惡夢﹐拼命踏BRAKE也已經來不及煞車了
Nazri: Parliament need not decide on Tian Chua
Jun 20, 10 6:47PM
Minister in the PM's Department Nazri Aziz said everyone should hold to the High Court decision to avoid a by-election for the Batu parliamentary seat.
Election promise
No university for Sibu, confirmed by the Minister for Higher Education. So what are all those nice promises during election?
Who said the number of universities satisfied the need of Sibu? It is not the case. We should ditch away BN
高教部长：需求满足 政府不增设国立大学需求满足
(本报诗巫18日讯)高教部长在书面回答诗巫区国会议员黄和联时表示，鉴于目前的国立大学已能满足需求，政府没有计划增加国立大学的数目，包括没有计划在诗巫设立国立大学。
高教部长表示，政府将根据私人学院的条件，如稳健的财务状况，合格的师资，来把私人学院提升为大学。
在诗巫有四所私立学院，他们是卫理毕理学院、ITA学院、诗巫圣心学院及莱拉泰益学院还没有达到升格为大学的水平。
黄和联是询问高教部，联邦政府是否有计划在诗巫建立一所完整的大学，以克服人才外流的问题。
在诗巫，许多的学子赴外留学，就没有再回流。
巫需有素质的大学
高教部长是在6月10日回答黄和联的提问，虽然高教部没有计划在诗巫设立大学，黄和联于本月14日，再次为诗巫人请愿。
他在国会再次要求在诗巫设立一间完整的大学，而不是在补选中，为了要赢取选票，答应升格一间学院为大学。
他指出，诗巫需要有一间有素质的大学，以满足诗巫子弟的需求，因此，希望在下周的国会会议，联邦政政府会回答这问题。
他表示，诗巫有20万的人口，家长注重子女的教育，每年有1-2000名学子赴外留学，流失了上千万的外汇，要留住诗巫的人才，诗巫有必要设立一间完整及有素质的大学。
对于诗巫人才的外流，黄和联表示，昨天副人力资源部长在回答他的提问时表示，人才外流是马来西亚的趋势，不仅只有诗巫有人才外流的问题。
但是，黄和联指出，副部长并没有正面的回答他的提问，即如何阻止诗巫的人才继续外流，他就此而作出抗议。
他指出，诗巫的许多问题，在没有诗巫的代表如数道来的情况，没有得到重视。
在这季的国会，黄和联共提出15道问题，包括5道口头提问，至今，他已得到4个提问的回答，在到7月13日，本季国会结束时，将会得到所有的答案。
Who said the number of universities satisfied the need of Sibu? It is not the case. We should ditch away BN
高教部长：需求满足 政府不增设国立大学需求满足
(本报诗巫18日讯)高教部长在书面回答诗巫区国会议员黄和联时表示，鉴于目前的国立大学已能满足需求，政府没有计划增加国立大学的数目，包括没有计划在诗巫设立国立大学。
高教部长表示，政府将根据私人学院的条件，如稳健的财务状况，合格的师资，来把私人学院提升为大学。
在诗巫有四所私立学院，他们是卫理毕理学院、ITA学院、诗巫圣心学院及莱拉泰益学院还没有达到升格为大学的水平。
黄和联是询问高教部，联邦政府是否有计划在诗巫建立一所完整的大学，以克服人才外流的问题。
在诗巫，许多的学子赴外留学，就没有再回流。
巫需有素质的大学
高教部长是在6月10日回答黄和联的提问，虽然高教部没有计划在诗巫设立大学，黄和联于本月14日，再次为诗巫人请愿。
他在国会再次要求在诗巫设立一间完整的大学，而不是在补选中，为了要赢取选票，答应升格一间学院为大学。
他指出，诗巫需要有一间有素质的大学，以满足诗巫子弟的需求，因此，希望在下周的国会会议，联邦政政府会回答这问题。
他表示，诗巫有20万的人口，家长注重子女的教育，每年有1-2000名学子赴外留学，流失了上千万的外汇，要留住诗巫的人才，诗巫有必要设立一间完整及有素质的大学。
对于诗巫人才的外流，黄和联表示，昨天副人力资源部长在回答他的提问时表示，人才外流是马来西亚的趋势，不仅只有诗巫有人才外流的问题。
但是，黄和联指出，副部长并没有正面的回答他的提问，即如何阻止诗巫的人才继续外流，他就此而作出抗议。
他指出，诗巫的许多问题，在没有诗巫的代表如数道来的情况，没有得到重视。
在这季的国会，黄和联共提出15道问题，包括5道口头提问，至今，他已得到4个提问的回答，在到7月13日，本季国会结束时，将会得到所有的答案。
Friday, June 18, 2010
Tian Chua b'u'y election?
Whenever there is a b'u'y election, the santa has to give out millions of ringgit. I don't think Najib wants to have another one, especially if it is the strong hold of the Pakatan.
My guess is the election commission will let Tian Chua go. Let's wait and see the outcome
My guess is the election commission will let Tian Chua go. Let's wait and see the outcome
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Brunei Sultan and M'sian wife
The sultans in bolehland are full of scandals (revoking Chua Jui Ming's datukships, in-fighting between the princesses in Kelantan, fightings between royal families of different states, princess abused Indonesian wife, etc.), and the sultan in Brunei is also facing his kind of problems.
After the oil fields were taken away, surrendered by Abdullah and Najib, now the Malaysian girl is ditched after having acted as little wife for 5 years. I afraid our feeling toward Brunei would be at its lowest point.
When the Indonesian beauty was abused by the Kelantan princess, the anti Malaysian emotion was at its peak. I don't know if there will be any demonstration against Brunei sultan by UMNO and Perkasa.
Young pretty girls, don't ever tried to dream of becoming a snow white!
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Brunei Sultan divorces M'sian wife
The sultan of the small oil-rich kingdom of Brunei has divorced his third wife and stripped her of all royal titles after five years of marriage.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, 63, divorced Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim, 30, a former Malaysian television journalist, whom he married in 2005, according to state television late Wednesday.
After the oil fields were taken away, surrendered by Abdullah and Najib, now the Malaysian girl is ditched after having acted as little wife for 5 years. I afraid our feeling toward Brunei would be at its lowest point.
When the Indonesian beauty was abused by the Kelantan princess, the anti Malaysian emotion was at its peak. I don't know if there will be any demonstration against Brunei sultan by UMNO and Perkasa.
Young pretty girls, don't ever tried to dream of becoming a snow white!
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Brunei Sultan divorces M'sian wife
The sultan of the small oil-rich kingdom of Brunei has divorced his third wife and stripped her of all royal titles after five years of marriage.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, 63, divorced Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim, 30, a former Malaysian television journalist, whom he married in 2005, according to state television late Wednesday.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
too many bright students
We are really good in producing abundant bright students. Bright in the sense that they got so many A+, leaving aside the real contents of our A+. Are we enough to create the world record?
No wonder we can afford to export so many of our bright people to overseas in the form of brain drain, because we have too many of the bright ones!
Why we give people free lunch? Let them be responsible a bit for their spending by giving them loan instead of free lunch.
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Nazri: Putrajaya has no funds for bright students
By Clara Chooi
Nazri said the academic achievements of students have outstripped the government’s ability to sponsor them. — file pic
KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz admitted today that the government did not have the “capacity” to finance the studies of the growing pool of bright students in the country.
The minister in the prime minister’s department said the public would just have to accept the reality of the situation although it was an unpopular decision.
“We have to tell the truth. We just cannot afford it. Just like how a parent cannot afford to send their children abroad to further their studies, the government cannot afford it.
“We do not have the financial capacity that permits us to send every good student abroad,” he told The Malaysian Insider at the MP’s lounge in the Parliament building here this afternoon.
Nazri, who is the minister in charge of the Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships, was explaining the Cabinet’s decision to eventually scrap the 1,500 scholarships offered to students for undergraduate studies overseas.
He said the government spent billions on scholarships annually and could no longer afford to accommodate the growing pool of bright students.
“There are two things here. One, it is financial capacity. Secondly, it is this: however we do it, whether we reclassify the As that the students get to A+, A and A-, the fact remains that in this year alone, the number of students who obtained 9A+ were over 1,200.
“This means that the boys and girls are getting more and more clever and we cannot reduce the number of scholarships we give out by re-grading the As any further,” he explained.
As a result, said Nazri, the Cabinet last week agreed that PSD scholarships given to students applying for courses in foreign universities would only go to those pursuing postgraduate courses and not undergraduate courses.
He noted that the 1,200 of the 1,500 presently offered to the students would slowly be phased out from next year onwards.
The remaining 300, which make up the quota for the Perdana Scholarships, would be retained.
“This is based solely on merit. Like this year, 80 per cent of the 300 scholarships were given to non-Bumiputras,” he said.
The Perdana Scholarships, he noted, would be given out to the cream of the crop and only to those accepted in Ivy League schools.
“For the remaining 1,200, we will phase them out completely over the years. For example, last year, from the PSD, we gave out 2,000 scholarships, including the Perdana Scholarships.
“This year, we reduced the number to 1,500. Next year, we will continue [to reduce this further],” he said.
Nevertheless, Nazri said that the extra funds would be given out as scholarships to students pursuing courses in the local universities.
“Ultimately, the purpose is also to retain our good students here in our local universities. We want our good students to study locally and this is our long-term goal.
“We want our universities to be first-class. We want to retain the money here, so we finance those in local universities — we want the talent here,” he said.
Nazri noted that one of the reasons behind the brain drain problem in the country was that many students pursued their studies in foreign universities.
“And when they are there and they have the connection, they no longer want to return,” he said.
No wonder we can afford to export so many of our bright people to overseas in the form of brain drain, because we have too many of the bright ones!
Why we give people free lunch? Let them be responsible a bit for their spending by giving them loan instead of free lunch.
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Nazri: Putrajaya has no funds for bright students
By Clara Chooi
Nazri said the academic achievements of students have outstripped the government’s ability to sponsor them. — file pic
KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz admitted today that the government did not have the “capacity” to finance the studies of the growing pool of bright students in the country.
The minister in the prime minister’s department said the public would just have to accept the reality of the situation although it was an unpopular decision.
“We have to tell the truth. We just cannot afford it. Just like how a parent cannot afford to send their children abroad to further their studies, the government cannot afford it.
“We do not have the financial capacity that permits us to send every good student abroad,” he told The Malaysian Insider at the MP’s lounge in the Parliament building here this afternoon.
Nazri, who is the minister in charge of the Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships, was explaining the Cabinet’s decision to eventually scrap the 1,500 scholarships offered to students for undergraduate studies overseas.
He said the government spent billions on scholarships annually and could no longer afford to accommodate the growing pool of bright students.
“There are two things here. One, it is financial capacity. Secondly, it is this: however we do it, whether we reclassify the As that the students get to A+, A and A-, the fact remains that in this year alone, the number of students who obtained 9A+ were over 1,200.
“This means that the boys and girls are getting more and more clever and we cannot reduce the number of scholarships we give out by re-grading the As any further,” he explained.
As a result, said Nazri, the Cabinet last week agreed that PSD scholarships given to students applying for courses in foreign universities would only go to those pursuing postgraduate courses and not undergraduate courses.
He noted that the 1,200 of the 1,500 presently offered to the students would slowly be phased out from next year onwards.
The remaining 300, which make up the quota for the Perdana Scholarships, would be retained.
“This is based solely on merit. Like this year, 80 per cent of the 300 scholarships were given to non-Bumiputras,” he said.
The Perdana Scholarships, he noted, would be given out to the cream of the crop and only to those accepted in Ivy League schools.
“For the remaining 1,200, we will phase them out completely over the years. For example, last year, from the PSD, we gave out 2,000 scholarships, including the Perdana Scholarships.
“This year, we reduced the number to 1,500. Next year, we will continue [to reduce this further],” he said.
Nevertheless, Nazri said that the extra funds would be given out as scholarships to students pursuing courses in the local universities.
“Ultimately, the purpose is also to retain our good students here in our local universities. We want our good students to study locally and this is our long-term goal.
“We want our universities to be first-class. We want to retain the money here, so we finance those in local universities — we want the talent here,” he said.
Nazri noted that one of the reasons behind the brain drain problem in the country was that many students pursued their studies in foreign universities.
“And when they are there and they have the connection, they no longer want to return,” he said.
First Lady
Najib: 'First Lady' not higher than the queen
Who can say that the first lady is not higher than the queen?
The boleh queen can last for only 5 years, but the boleh first lady can be 17 years in the case of Siti Hasmah, or almost 29 years in the case of Laila Taib.
Who can say that the first lady is not higher than the queen?
The boleh queen can last for only 5 years, but the boleh first lady can be 17 years in the case of Siti Hasmah, or almost 29 years in the case of Laila Taib.
Friday, June 11, 2010
no more public university in Sarawak
Does Taib mean that Laila Taib College will not become the next university in Sarawak? This sounds like a serious matter based on what SUPP promised to the Sibu people
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CM: No plan for another public university
June 11, 2010, Friday
KUCHING: There is no immediate plan to set up a new public university in Sarawak, said Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.
“The present population (in the state) does not justify such a big plan.
“Nevertheless, I think it is worthwhile to get reputable private universities to come in and develop their own campus in Sarawak instead,” he told reporters after a delegation from Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus visited him yesterday.
Taib pointed out that both Curtin and Swinburne were actually doing quite well, where the latter was looking forward to increase its capacity to 4,000 students next year from the present 3,000.
He said that Curtin and Swinburne universities had been conducting good programmes for undergraduates and both had been able to maintain their high standard.
“As for Swinburne, it has just receive a self-accreditation recognition from the Ministry of Higher Education, which means they now can get the accreditation for their own courses themselves,” he explained.
Taib said private universities ought to maintain their high quality of education and grow big enough to attract both local and international students.
At the same time, he also urged the various universities in Sarawak to have sufficient consultation among themselves so as to avoid conducting too many “uneconomic courses”.
He added that the present set of education programmes in the state was on the right track to meet the state’s manpower demands, particularly with the development of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE).
Meanwhile, during the visit, the Swinburne delegation, led by its chairman Datuk Amar Tan Sri Adenan Satem, presented a copy of the university’s certificate of self-accreditation status to Taib, who is the Pro Chancellor of Swinburne’s Sarawak Campus.
The Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) awarded Swinburne Sarawak the status after an audit of the campus in October last year based on the Code of Practice for Institutional Audit.
MQA is a statutory body responsible for monitoring and overseeing quality assurance practices and accreditation of national higher education.
In the audit, it looked into nine areas, namely — vision, mission, educational goals and learning outcomes; curriculum design and delivery; assessment of students; student selection and support services; academic staff; programme monitoring and review; leadership, governance and administration; and continual quality improvement.
首长：须具一定人口数量 砂无意再设公立大学
（古晋10日讯）砂州政府目前暂无计划再额外设立政府公立大学。
砂州首席部长丕显斯里泰益玛目表示，设立一家公立大学是属于大型计划，必须具备一定程度的人口数量，因此，本州政府无意再设立新公立大学。
继续引进国外大学设分校
他指出，虽然州政府暂无计划设立新公立大学的意愿，不过，州政府将继续努力引进国外知名大学前来砂州设立分校，有如目前位于美里的澳洲柯廷大学砂分校，及位于古晋的澳洲斯威本科技大学砂分校的成功模式。
他说，澳洲斯威本科技大学砂分校今年的学生总人数超过3000人，估计明年将突破4000人。
他说，上述两所国外分校提供的各种优质课程，吸引到许多国内外学生前往升学，例如澳洲斯威本科技大学砂分校开设的课程，成功获得我国高等教育机构大马素质委员会发出认证证书，既是一个典范。
他希望这两所国外大学分校继续扩展发展，以便能容纳更多国内外学生升学，而他也赞扬这两所国外大学分校管理良好，避免开设不符经济效益，即开办班级过小或成本过大的课程。
他认为砂大和这两所国外大学分校可进行适当配合，为砂州再生能源走廊培训足够的专业和本专业人才。
他也认为砂州现有的大专院校数量可基本满足砂州子民对深造需求。
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CM: No plan for another public university
June 11, 2010, Friday
KUCHING: There is no immediate plan to set up a new public university in Sarawak, said Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.
“The present population (in the state) does not justify such a big plan.
“Nevertheless, I think it is worthwhile to get reputable private universities to come in and develop their own campus in Sarawak instead,” he told reporters after a delegation from Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus visited him yesterday.
Taib pointed out that both Curtin and Swinburne were actually doing quite well, where the latter was looking forward to increase its capacity to 4,000 students next year from the present 3,000.
He said that Curtin and Swinburne universities had been conducting good programmes for undergraduates and both had been able to maintain their high standard.
“As for Swinburne, it has just receive a self-accreditation recognition from the Ministry of Higher Education, which means they now can get the accreditation for their own courses themselves,” he explained.
Taib said private universities ought to maintain their high quality of education and grow big enough to attract both local and international students.
At the same time, he also urged the various universities in Sarawak to have sufficient consultation among themselves so as to avoid conducting too many “uneconomic courses”.
He added that the present set of education programmes in the state was on the right track to meet the state’s manpower demands, particularly with the development of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE).
Meanwhile, during the visit, the Swinburne delegation, led by its chairman Datuk Amar Tan Sri Adenan Satem, presented a copy of the university’s certificate of self-accreditation status to Taib, who is the Pro Chancellor of Swinburne’s Sarawak Campus.
The Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) awarded Swinburne Sarawak the status after an audit of the campus in October last year based on the Code of Practice for Institutional Audit.
MQA is a statutory body responsible for monitoring and overseeing quality assurance practices and accreditation of national higher education.
In the audit, it looked into nine areas, namely — vision, mission, educational goals and learning outcomes; curriculum design and delivery; assessment of students; student selection and support services; academic staff; programme monitoring and review; leadership, governance and administration; and continual quality improvement.
首长：须具一定人口数量 砂无意再设公立大学
（古晋10日讯）砂州政府目前暂无计划再额外设立政府公立大学。
砂州首席部长丕显斯里泰益玛目表示，设立一家公立大学是属于大型计划，必须具备一定程度的人口数量，因此，本州政府无意再设立新公立大学。
继续引进国外大学设分校
他指出，虽然州政府暂无计划设立新公立大学的意愿，不过，州政府将继续努力引进国外知名大学前来砂州设立分校，有如目前位于美里的澳洲柯廷大学砂分校，及位于古晋的澳洲斯威本科技大学砂分校的成功模式。
他说，澳洲斯威本科技大学砂分校今年的学生总人数超过3000人，估计明年将突破4000人。
他说，上述两所国外分校提供的各种优质课程，吸引到许多国内外学生前往升学，例如澳洲斯威本科技大学砂分校开设的课程，成功获得我国高等教育机构大马素质委员会发出认证证书，既是一个典范。
他希望这两所国外大学分校继续扩展发展，以便能容纳更多国内外学生升学，而他也赞扬这两所国外大学分校管理良好，避免开设不符经济效益，即开办班级过小或成本过大的课程。
他认为砂大和这两所国外大学分校可进行适当配合，为砂州再生能源走廊培训足够的专业和本专业人才。
他也认为砂州现有的大专院校数量可基本满足砂州子民对深造需求。
Sunday, June 6, 2010
A+
Is this a joke for the government? The standard of the SPM examination should be raised. There is no way you can produce so many A+ students compared to that of several decades ago. You just wanted to show that the education ministry did an excellent job by giving out A+ to many students. This abusing of SPM was after the fact that most people now have secured free pass in the SPM examination. If all these A+ students were true, we are already a country full of genius people.
Saturday June 5, 2010
Too many top scorers, too few PSD scholarships
By LOH FOON FONG
newsdesk@thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: It is not possible to award Public Services Department (PSD) scholarships to all of the SPM straight-A students because there are too many of them.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said 7,800 students obtained straight As while the PSD could only offer 1,500 scholarships.
Engrossed: Pupils Lai Siew Shan (left) and Chin Xin Yee looking at a book at the Read Malaysia fair in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
However, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and Dr Wee, who is also MCA Youth chief, said they had appealed to the PSD during a recent meeting to give out more scholarships in view of the high number of top scorers.
During the meeting with PSD director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam, Dr Chua and Dr Wee brought up the case of 1,304 top SPM scorers who did not get scholarships from the department.
“Currently, 1,500 scholarships are given out, 214 to students with A+s,” said Dr Wee after launching the Read Malaysia 2010 book fair yesterday.
Dr Wee hoped that in future students with the most number of A+s would be given priority in the awarding of scholarships.
He also said that the DAP should not hit out at him because the awarding of the scholarships was not under his ministry.
At the book fair, Dr Wee said that the Malaysian Reading Profile Study 2005 by the National Library found that the number of books read by Malaysians in the past 10 years improved to two books each a year compared to the average of only two pages in 1996.
“Despite the improvement, the figure is still minimal for a nation that has a population of 28 million, and we hope Malaysians will also choose books that are of substance to read,” he added.
Saturday June 5, 2010
Too many top scorers, too few PSD scholarships
By LOH FOON FONG
newsdesk@thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: It is not possible to award Public Services Department (PSD) scholarships to all of the SPM straight-A students because there are too many of them.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said 7,800 students obtained straight As while the PSD could only offer 1,500 scholarships.
Engrossed: Pupils Lai Siew Shan (left) and Chin Xin Yee looking at a book at the Read Malaysia fair in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
However, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and Dr Wee, who is also MCA Youth chief, said they had appealed to the PSD during a recent meeting to give out more scholarships in view of the high number of top scorers.
During the meeting with PSD director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam, Dr Chua and Dr Wee brought up the case of 1,304 top SPM scorers who did not get scholarships from the department.
“Currently, 1,500 scholarships are given out, 214 to students with A+s,” said Dr Wee after launching the Read Malaysia 2010 book fair yesterday.
Dr Wee hoped that in future students with the most number of A+s would be given priority in the awarding of scholarships.
He also said that the DAP should not hit out at him because the awarding of the scholarships was not under his ministry.
At the book fair, Dr Wee said that the Malaysian Reading Profile Study 2005 by the National Library found that the number of books read by Malaysians in the past 10 years improved to two books each a year compared to the average of only two pages in 1996.
“Despite the improvement, the figure is still minimal for a nation that has a population of 28 million, and we hope Malaysians will also choose books that are of substance to read,” he added.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Pasar Sibu
Did you notice that all the main politicians came to the Central Market? Is this place the centre of population concentration?
Photos from See Hua Daily News (used without permission)
Photos from See Hua Daily News (used without permission)
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Samy vs Taib
So many people are pushing Samy to retire. Even Mahathir is suggesting Samy to retire, since Samy's term far exceeded his. Samy has been president of the MIC for 31 years.
However, Samy has never been a prime minister. How can that satisfy him?
Taib is in power for 30 years and is enjoying more wealth than Samy. Why no one from the federal is asking Taib to go? Mahathir mentioned about Samy but never mentioned about Taib. That was not fair.
Besides the opposition, who else dared to ask Taib to go?
However, Samy has never been a prime minister. How can that satisfy him?
Taib is in power for 30 years and is enjoying more wealth than Samy. Why no one from the federal is asking Taib to go? Mahathir mentioned about Samy but never mentioned about Taib. That was not fair.
Besides the opposition, who else dared to ask Taib to go?
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