The Star: Education supplement 20 June 2010 The Higher Education Department’s recent release of the breakdown by race of successful applicants for admission to public universities raises more questions than answers. For instance, one would expect a higher percentage of Chinese students to secure places in university to study engineering. After all, they have traditionally […]
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Remember those stories we used to hear about how ghosts would walk the corridors of our schools late at night? Those stories probably had their origin in the Japanese Occupation from 1941-1945 when many schools were converted into detention and torture centres. Reading Martin Spice’s article “Unholy Halls” in yesterday’s Star brought flashbacks of my visit
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Selepas Tsunami (After the Tsunami) from Pusat KOMAS on Vimeo. Apparently this is one video documentary that the government is hoping not many Malaysians will get to see. View it and find out the reason why. Be informed about the real goings-on behind the media headlines. For a bigger screen view, click on the link
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If you think the average Malaysian youth knows little and cares little about what’s happening in the world around him, wait till you view this video clip. The answers given are so dumb, you won’t know whether to laugh or cry. Are these folks from another planet or another era? Oh well, enjoy it as
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More and more countries are coming out in the open about pension fund shortfalls, France being the latest. Back home, what’s the prognosis on our retirement funds? Has the EPF been prudently growing our money, or has it been squandering it on foolish investments? The current spate of news reports on GLCs (government-linked companies) losing hundreds of
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Yet another case of adult children abandoning their elderly parents has been reported. The MCA is proposing that these irresponsible adult children be named and shamed publicly. How effective would this be, I wonder. There are probably hundreds of such cases that go unreported. Most abused parents would rather suffer in silence than go public
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The Malaysian government’s decision to eventually scrap the 1,500 Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships has drawn much flak from all quarters. This move will deprive academically gifted students, particularly those from low income families, of an opportunity to further their education and contribute to the future development of the country. Minister in the PM’s
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The Straits Times today quoted a statement made by ex-PM Mahathir: “The position of the Malays (in Malaysia) is in deep crisis and precarious. If they do not think deeply and act wisely, one day, we could become like Malay Singaporeans, a group without power who have to terbongkok-bongkok (kowtow) before others. We do not
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Thinking of visiting the Shanghai Expo? Read this first before you finalize your travel plans. TY Pok shares his expo experience with Seniorsaloud. He writes: This has been a physically and mentally taxing journey. The splendor and scale of the exhibition is staggering. The sea of people visiting the Expo is endless. Between 450,000 and 520,000 visited the
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If you have always wanted to go back to school to acquire new skills and knowledge, but don’t fancy taking exams or being the oldest among your coursemates, Golden Age College is your answer. Officially opened by Mr Lim Boon Heng, Singapore’s Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office on May 8, 2010, and funded by Council for Third
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