把根留住 -- Malaysia Chinese 我們 擁有最滄桑的過去 與最荒涼的未來

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At 3:46 AM,  Chang Lih Kang 郑立慷 said...

赞同！这只显示我们的执政集团，有着多么肤浅的头脑。

加油！

 

At 8:33 AM,  lowintan said...

Glad to see your comments!
We fight bacause we CARE ! ^^
加油! :)

 

At 12:30 AM,  Anonymous said...

I was at the school to pick up my kids earlier. As usual, while waiting for the bell, the parents would gather around as they would in a cafe, talking about anything under the sun.

All the cock-talkers agreed that Bahasa Melayu only has its usefulness in Malaysia but not global. At least Mandarin has its usefulness in both Malaysia and foreign. But of course, English has its usefulness all over

Because of Bahasa Melayu defiency, they are denied a chance to further their education locally. Their next options would be Singapore being the nearest or further away, Taiwan.

And when countries like Singapore recognise these young talents who will contribute to the growth and well-being of their nations, they are more than willing to welcome them with open arms. More often than not, these talents will remain in those foreign countries upon their graduation. That is a brain drain that is hurting the nation that we cannot afford.

Today, we talk-cocked once more or rather, we continued talking-cock about the importance of languages.

A now common comment, graduates today can't even speak English. Many will testify to this. The erosion of the English language is so particularly pathetic that one wonders how long will it take to remedy this situation.

All because of another failed education policies from the BN ministers. And yes, wasn't it also Mahathir the claimed hero of Malaysia was responsible for this?

None were proud of the situation. All the cock-talkers heads bowed, looked at the floor and heaved a sigh.

The more anyone would discuss, the more dispirited they are. The future looks bleak. Some would even say there is no future. A school kid slogging it out to be one of the top scorers is not guaranteed a future. Mega money is well spent on mega white elephants but not human resources.

Here and then as the bell rang, we made one quick conclusion. English is important, followed by Mandarin. Bahasa Melayu not decides your eligibility to enter local universities even if the kid is the brightest in class.

All the talks of meritocracy! All the Malaysians has first world infrastructure when there isn't enough universities to cater to the growing population.

Locally and economically, FDIs are shying away from Malaysia. China and India become focus. Will they become the engine of growth, replacing the US?

And are we to deal with them using Bahasa Melayu? Or will we take a peek into the future and realise that English will play the most prominent role besides Mandarin and in all possibility maybe perhaps Tamil too? And with that, in the face of globalisation, denying bright students a chance to contribute and to serve the nation?

We shook our heads and call it another form of terrorism. The brain drain will continue for as long as the current already-failing education policies remain.

 

At 12:33 AM,  Anonymous said...

The MCA isn't there to protect the Chinese. It is there to protect Chinese businesses and interest - in short: Chinese money.

MCA is powerless……….They just speak when Umno allows them to do so. I have to say MCA is not Chinese hero at all.

Look at the MCA people. Most of them are rich businessmen hoping to get in the government good books so that their businesses will prosper. Are they in it for the people? Do they even care about making a change?

Some maybe yes but the majority is a sad no. The main rule I found out about the MCA is - if you have money, you can go to the top. I've seen many MCA branch leaders with no credentials, just money. How the heck they got to become ministers and branch leaders beat me.

Bottom line: MCA = materialistic Umno ass kissers. Plain and simple.

My father always tells me - In oversea the government is fair to everyone but the people are not nice (racism). In Malaysia the people are nice but the government is not fair.

We Chinese are angry, disappointed, disillusioned with racist policies and we have a right to be.

The question with the NEP is how to empower malays without disempowerment the Indians and Chinese. For many years, the NEP has been executed in an extremist fashion. Just give and give and give to the malays, take away and take away and take away from the Indians and Chinese.

Isn't equality the aim of NEP in the first place - to bring malays to equal the other races? How come it has become a tool of extreme discrimination and inequality?

You ask how can you have both? Simple - give equal rights to everyone but some benefits to malays that will help them advance in life. The trick is not to deprive the Chinese and Indians and overfeed the malays.

When one is hungry, one spirit dies and he/she becomes bitter and hateful. When a child is spoilt, the child becomes lazy, mediocre and stubborn.

You want the malays to catch up? Give them extra lessons and academic help. Create special programs for malays who are lagging behind so when admission into universities time comes, they will be on more equal playing field with the other races.

Instead of lowering admission requirements, the government should concentrate on how to make malays more competitive.

If the government believes that the Chinese and Indian are better off, then there shouldn't be as many poor people, right? If so, what is the problem with creating programs to help these people too? After all, it never hurts to improve our people and I think we have enough resources for human development regardless of race.

As for the Chinese, we don't want the bright and talented to be lured away by Singapore because they did not get places or scholarships in Malaysia universities. To allow this to happen is plain stupidity.

To prevent this, I say create more opportunities and more spots for the Chinese and Indians in Malaysia. Build more universities so more students can be admitted. From my experience, you can be just as smart as regardless of your race, which is why I think affirmative action should make the malays more competitive and not less so.

Of course, as with every group, there is a scale of people who are very intelligent and those who are less. Even the term intelligence is contentious.

If we want to achieve Vision 2020, we need all the professionals we can get, and not just some professionals but ones who are competitive on a global scale. So, if we allow the best students we have to cross over to another country, we are only helping the other country to prosper into a developed country while we lag behind by 30 years.

I think the government desperately needs to rethink its policies before it is too late.

 

At 12:34 AM,  Anonymous said...

Malays today are nomadic people that originated from the China as well.

The Chinese made their money before the NEP anyway. Before there was no any affirmative action. All the people like Robert Kuok and the rest of them made their money before 1957 when there was no affirmative law.

Probably it is time to take away the cane from the rich malays and give it solely to the poor ones. I am sure the nelayan and petani would appreciate the aid better.

The very reason why Malaysia has not yet to achieve a similar status like Singapore is due to the very reason that we are arguing or disputing on the malay special rights. There is just no unity among races. We manage until now is due to tolerance. And this would not get us very far.

What has become of this nation of our? Is it going to the dogs? To be fair, I don't blame it on the Pak Lah government, this all started some twenty-five years ago during Mahathir era and it has been left to rot. Twenty-two years is a long long time he ruled the country, but did he care to rectify the situation?

Umno were responsible for our Malaysia Malay, Indian and Chinese identities in their divide-and-rule policies. Racial and religious bigotry is the result of a long history of discrimination, lack of political and cultural space, and abuse of power for the non-malay Malaysians.

This nonsense and tyranny has gone on for too long. Malaysians want a clean, corruption-free, just and transparent government that ensures equal rights to all Malaysians, without the current institutionalised racism and blatant discrimination.

The New Economic Policy has degenerated into a subsidy policy and programme, benefiting a handful of Umno-members at the expense of the many bumis.

But they came across as smug, hypocritical, conceited humbugs when they lectured the people about the need to be weaned from the subsidy mentality - when they are not prepared to set an example of eradicating such a subsidy mindset in the first place

Without accountability and transparency, the record of the use of the Petronas hundreds of billions of ringgit to bail out mega-financial scandals like the repeated Bank Bumi rescues, Malaysian International Shipping Corporation and Renong, and to fund mega-projects like Twin Towers, Proton, Formula 1 Circuit, and Dayabumi - the most spectacular examples of a subsidy culture and mentality - is it any wonder that the people are not convinced by the government's case for the hefty hike in fuel prices?

They were elected through the grand subsidy of the politics of money, running into hundreds of millions and even billions of ringgit, totally against the principles of free, fair and clean elections.

Malaysian students are sadly very ignorant of what is happening around them now. When I look at some of my friends in the universities now, the most they care is how can they pass in the exams and even if they are reading the newspaper, most probably they will be reading the entertainment or sports section rather than national or international news. The things that are really affecting them are ignored.

We must educate our young on the freedom of choice and he responsibility of electing a government that truly upholds and protects the freedom of all Malaysia people through the rule of law and the constitution of Malaysia.

Any government who fails to protect the constitution and the Malaysia people could be removed from government seat.

 

At 12:36 AM,  Anonymous said...

I am writing today because I feel disgusted by the national education system in Malaysia, when I read about a news article reporting that more than 40% of the top scorers of the national exams SPM were denied a scholarship to further their studies overseas.

All of them were Chinese. Reason for rejection is unknown. Certainly it is unfair to blame everything unjust in Malaysia on racism. But I cannot be helped but think that racism is the only explanation that I could cite for this blatantly biased situation.

Many of those rejected top students filed an appeal and some managed to get what they deserved, while others could only sigh in frustration and continue crying out loud, and grabbing more attention in the national media.

Malaysia and Singapore have been competing against each other for years. It does not take a PhD to tell which country is making better progress over the other. While Singapore is aggressively building up its talent pool and making quiet efforts while 'paddling fiercely under the water', the Malaysia government is complacent enough to allow brain drain and declare to the world that it aspires to turn itself into a knowledge-based economy concurrently.

It seems to me that the Malaysian leaders do not understand that the simplest idea is often the best solution.

In my opinion, this simplest idea is to capture the right people and nurture them into the leaders of tomorrow for the country. Unfortunately, politics and money have blinded the very people who are behind the nation's education system.

We Malaysians don't have a competitive, fair and transparent education system. We Malaysians don't have a government committing its full support for the nation's deserving bright people. We Malaysians don't have a Malaysia for Malaysians.

Now, what is the next best thing to do when the country that you love and respect denies you an opportunity to make contributions? I say, have love and respect for yourself and move to a place where talents are well-appreciated.

I would weep and at the same time say goodbye.

 

At 12:37 AM,  Anonymous said...

In Malaysia, it is all about race and religion. Other than the old South Africa, I think Malaysia is the only country that officially practice racial discrimination.

There are very few countries (if any) in the world where government promotes affirmative action for the majority.

Look at the NEP, the housing discount for malays, the number of malays in all government composition of political parties. How come nobody complain to United Nation?

This proves to the world that Malaysia is one country two standards. Pak Lah said he is fair to all citizens, and he is the prime minister for all Malaysians. Is he?

No wonder, our Malaysia country has become a laughing stock to the world. What kind of message is our country sending to the media?

We are almost coming to 50 years after independence - surely the country has matured sufficiently to accept that democracy, whatever its weaknesses, works best for all.

For a 48 years old person - Malaysia is an overgrown imbecile who is clearly a very spoilt brat. What more is that it has also started to exhibit symptoms of senility.

This is a great shame for someone who has never managed to grow up to an adult. Without reaching adulthood, it has directly become senile. If that is not the fault of the government ruling parties, one cannot think of any other reasons.

The worst thing is it happening under the nose of our prime minister who had so many times pledged and promised a fair and transparent administration.

Again one shameful decision by the authorities. Anyway, it is nothing new. In year 2020, it will still be the same. This 'senility' haven been spread out by the Umno-led government. And I don't see there is a cure even in the year 2020.

For heaven sake, enough is enough, Pak Lah has the courage to remove his cabinet ministers before he make a vast mockery of our country.

 

At 12:39 AM,  Anonymous said...

Being a Malaysian, I realise that many of my countrymen don't take kindly to comparison with our friendly neighbour. In fact, when my Singaporean friends laugh at me about how corrupt, how incompetent and lately, over the faux pas of our politicians, I'd ask them to keep quiet.

But deep down, what hurt more is knows that they are right. If we don't snap out of our myopic mentality, we will forever be laughing stock and be left behind.

I stressed the last paragraph because I understand that many Malaysians don't like being compared to Singapore.

And I want to make it clear that I am not trying to glorify others achievements, but trying to stress the kind of anguish I felt when I look at this country, so much in common with my own, with historical and cultural ties that stretched back to the Johor Sultan, and with far less resources than we do, having overtaken us by leaps and bounds, while we continue to be saddled with myopic visions and concentrate on petty things……….like banning shorts in residential colleges.

Why?………..the government is deaf of non-malays opinion and outcry. You must join Umno and cry there. The government policy is to create "Bangsa Umno" instead of Bangsa Malaysia.

Why are we all so worked up over a million heist when hundreds of millions heist are happening at the GLCs by our elected representatives and their cronies!

I also don't understand why bring this matter up when hundreds of millions are stolen in broad daylight. Maybe for talk purpose. People here have learned that they don't have to work so hard to get anything. There are a lot of shortcuts here. So people are using them.

It is time our Malaysia government do something to stop the rot.

Let me sum up here:

When neighbour people fart, they will say "excuse me, pardon me". When Malaysians fart, they will say "not me, not me".

How can we learn with this attitude?

Please allow me to clarify that I am referring to Malaysians in general and not you in particular. I know how you feel when your Singapore friends talked about corruption and unscrupulous politician in Malaysia.

I would not expect you to defend the country. You would have put yourself into a more difficult position. You can actually do nothing except to feel the shame. I would just laugh it off with them. Well, don't take it upon yourself. After all, there is no yes comparison with our neighbour.

It would be so much easier for me to get a Singapore PR after I graduated and work in a place where my abilities are appreciated for what it is, and not having the politics of my skin to work against me.

 

At 12:41 AM,  Anonymous said...

My fellow Malaysians who live overseas please stay there because if you bring you children back home, it will the biggest blunder in your lives.

Was going through my nephews primary 6 school books, and was shocked to see the drop in the standard of education in Malaysia - this is what I found from the English book optima for the syllabus:

(1) English - Name the pictures below. Then say the words aloud - Pictures shown were of a cat, tap, tub, etc. This was kindergarten stuff when I went to school;

(2) Moral is an exam subject and so is;

(3) Physical education is now taught with books in class and is actually an exam subject - They show pictures of how to run, play football - My God this is unbelievable, no wonder Malaysia soccer sucks, I suspect this is another money-making scheme to sell books, can you imagine 20000 students every year, the best part is the books change every year, so no hand me downs.

Why we need quota in the university placing, says a lot about the failing of our Malaysia education system in primary and secondary schools, which constitutes some 10-12 years of failed education. 4 years of university education cannot be make goods the lost 12 years. Think about it.

As I mentioned, if only enough efforts and focus spent on primary and secondary education, there is no need for quota along racial lines. And they won't be 60000 unemployed graduates.

Government policies practised over such extended periods of time have given rise to a handout mentality among the average malays - clearly an unintended consequence of the NEP - but it also provides opportunities for the politically connected among the malays to abuse the system sending their off-springs for an overseas education, at government and public expense when they should show more faith in the national system their predecessors and leaders have helped to build.

So many stressed the importance of learning together in school for national unity and integration. I am afraid that is just another myth.

The wrongs and injustices to malays and non-malays alike built around a policy like the NEP has to be corrected - and corrected soon. Time is running out.

The worst one - the fact is, whatever resemblance of unity will disappear, swallowed by bitterness when your school buddy who scores much poorer grades get to be trained as a doctor, an engineer or lawyer while you can only get into a university course like basic science or geography.

I think even sleeping together since 5 years old or even sharing the same dress when young will not help a bit, when you have to spend the next 30 years of your adult life working under a less-capable boss promoted because he was of the right race and religion.

From the day everyone of the non-malays realizes that race really counts in Malaysia until the day we die, there is constant reminder everyday that the world as it is in Malaysia is unfair. Even after we die, there is still no guarantee of a fair treatment.

Unless these unjust policies are changed, forgive me if I cannot, however hard I try to be naive, believe that a common education for all is a good thing for everyone. I lost my ability to believe when I finished my secondary and left school.

I am already thinking of emigrating to USA and persuade more Malaysians to invest in education in USA for the benefit of Malaysians, and produce brilliant graduates like members of the MIT.

 

At 12:43 AM,  Anonymous said...

Just don't ask the professionals to come back and say that Malaysia is home country since we are just - penumpang.

Nice speech there……….Did Singapore pay you for that? Because you are encouraging people to go to Singapore and never look back.

You will see an exodus of people going to Singapore and Singapore will thank Malaysia for being the surrogate mother for 12 years (free education from Standard 1 - Form 6).

Managing Singapore is easy? You must be kidding me. Try to read up on the history of Singapore when they first leave Malaysia to go their own way with no signposts to their next destination.

Singapore is not a natural country, but man-made, a trading post the British has developed into a nodal point in their worldwide maritime empire - they inherited the island without its hinterland, like a heart without a body. Don't get me? Ok.

They had to build up an army from scratch, and the British had made no offer to help. They need to prevent massive unemployment when British wanted to pull out. No financial centre at the beginning, messed up the general election, the communist self-destruct was even scary……….

My history probably get the facts wrong, but what I know is that the Singapore we see today - shining, rich and modern was a poor, decrepit, colony once.

The Chinese and Indians have been in Malaysia for more than a hundred years and still some people think they are second class immigrants, not even full fledged citizens.

Let me ask you a question. If you say that the other races are second class, why collect the same amount of taxes from them? Why not has a separate taxing system for the different races? If a race contributes more to the country income, I can understand if the government decides to give that race special rights and privileges.

Otherwise, it is a silly policy that will make us lose out in the global competitive environment. How do you compete with another country, say Singapore, when you have a steady decline of human resources (the educated and technical population) to the other country? Singapore become first world within one generation. Where are we now?

It seems that they are contented by the fact that we are the leader of third world countries. Nothing to be proud of - actually - but that is their mentality……….

To be honest I rather see Malaysia economic die than see people been unequal because of their race. Most of us here are eligible to vote so say no to Umno and their BN bullshit. MCA, MIC are Umno's puppet.

I wish the pro-malay special rights people could step into a non-malay shoe for one day and taste life in Malaysia.

Show me a malay who has more than 9 A1s in SPM who was turned away in his application for scholarship, and I will show you 20 non-malays in the same situation.

I will just leave. Sooner or later, they are going to realize the massive brain drain - in fact they already have.

 

At 12:46 AM,  Anonymous said...

At least someone spoke up my thoughts. I thought I am the only person with the sentiment……….MCA and Gerakan spoke about the racial integrity and contentment that we felt which is totally untrue.

I believe, there is no protest over this treatment of us as second class citizens as everyone lives in the shadow of 13 May 1969 disaster, clouded over by the brutal murder in Indonesia of ethnic Chinese, not too far off.

As far as I can see, all policies and laws are meant to benefit only the malays, and not the bumis (other natives like in Sabah and Sarawak) as whole.

Call like asking Chinese to join the army or the government to be more patriotic, I see no reason as there is a limit to the career progression, and no reason for a 'second class citizen' to commit more than what we believe we should.

The thing is where in the world has this kind of policy to restrict and no equal to their citizens to do any business even though we pay a tax!

Following some remarks, although having many tall skyscrapers and other mega projects, while driving in the city at traffic light, I see malays open their car door to spit or to throw rubbish out of their car window, in the middle of the traffic jam.

In fast food centre, I see their little dirty bustards stomping on the table like it is their house while their ignorant malay parents chat on. It is a sore eyes and ironic these so-called 'civlised native cum owner' of the malay land……….it is a sad sad world.

We are not talking racist here. We are talking how the government is doing not fair things and unequal, to our Malaysians that we talking about even anything we do be tax by government.

If by this tax we are feeding you malay, I better feeding a dog rather than you that don't understand, at the end like in Indonesia, that they are thinking they can do better but they don't even know how the history and the process come from in first.

Oh by the way……….I remind that our government has implemented a plan to recall our talents who work in overseas to come home……….they give them tax exemption……….APs to bring their cars back blah blah blah. Can anyone tell me how many of them are still working here?

Answer: 1! (Not sure he also ran back to the country he served.)

And bear in mind there are our malays in there, ok? So, it is not the matter of racist or what - simply because of the shitty policies.

Well finally someone knows my two reasons why Malaysia fails.

The first reason, I have pointed former is 'business should be run by businessman and government being run by politician', Malaysia fails because 'politicians are running the business'.

The second reason Malaysia fails is 'the government should not have a religion'. People have religion, not the government or the country.

I am looking for the opportunity to go out of this country.

 

At 12:47 AM,  Anonymous said...

Boleh of the Bolehs but Idiot of the Idiots.

We should make the best of what we have and progress from here.

All languages can be a medium of higher learning but are we going to upset the whole system just to please someone's ego and willing to start 50-60 years behind again and play catch up.

I hope Malaysians can face up to the fact that this is a multi ethnic, multi religion and secular country and stop blaming history for what we are today.

If we are so hateful, then we should kill all the white guys on sight for the unholy occupation of Malaya by their forefathers, of their more than 400 years of cruel colonial rule or was it?

If they were cruel, I would expect most malays be Christians today instead of Muslims

Like our great Tunku said, if the British didn't bring the Chinese and the Indians here, probably we don't have the famous Twin Towers today, if you know what he meant.

But strangely enough, instead of laying their heat on the white guys, some Malaysians laid their anger on their Malaysian Chinese brothers, probably they don't like to see too many Chinese characters on shops and the many Chinese schools and temples, that make them feels small as although they were living under the Chinese.

They always say the Chinese have a secrete agenda to control Malaysia economy and ultimately to rule Malaysia.

This is a legitimate concern in 1957 but who have been ruling Malaysia for over 40 years since then and who have been trying hard to wrest control in everything and in every field?

All Malaysians including myself are a confuse lots, most have lost the directions, we don't understand the government, we don't know where we are heading.

To the outside world our government portrays Malaysia as a place full of wonderful people of various ethnicity, saturated with a potpourri of cultures, food and fun but on the other hand, the actions of the officials, point to other directions.

I would not dare and I think most Malaysian would not want to touch anything on Islam but I dare say majority of the Muslims are contended with today's Malaysia (But never, never confront them with question whether they like to see a Muslim state in Malaysia).

I don't think we are selling our country as a tourist destination to the Arabs by saying how strict a Muslim country ours are but luring them with the combination of wonderful and colorful things that they can expect here. Incidentally Genting Highland is one of the favorite spots for the Arab tourists.

Therefore I hope we should try our best to improve on what we have instead of disrupting the beautiful 'God sent system' that we are enjoying now and not ended up as becoming one of the 'Pariah countries' of the world.

Stupidity is the price for ignorance and blinkered foresight.

Stay at inertia and we will be in the fourth world.

 

At 12:49 AM,  Anonymous said...

Citizens of Malaysia, be you malay or non-malay, it is time to wake up, the earlier the better, and realize that the mother of all problems in Malaysia is not caused by ordinary citizens but by Umno, who have insatiable greed for power and money, and hence must divide this country by race and rule.

It is their insatiable greed that is ruining Malaysia, including our education system and universities. The struggle in Malaysia is not between malays or non-malays, but between Umno-malays and the crony.

The current political environment does not properly and fairly engages opposition parties to debate issues of national interest.

In this age of Internet and information technology, it will be great mistake for any government not to change quickly and try to control and manipulate information to influence the people.

It is wise to empower the people with accurate, factual, meaningful and timely information so that they could use it in a globalised and competitive world.

Information has put power and influence in the ordinary people hands, and a successful country is very much depends on the distribution of timely and accurate information to its people - the western countries are good example.

Without the practise of free thinking, speech and actions, we have a huge problem to overcome the shortcoming of our students and employees. Students and eventually employees that don't know how to work around different circumstances and goals will remain just clogs in an economic machinery controlled by someone else.

And of course the government goes on pretending like they don't exist, or they are cavemen from the jungle. So much for bumis policy.

The Internet is but a reflection of real life. Racists exist in Malaysian societal structure, therefore racists will exist in the Malaysian Internet realm as well.

Oddly although, as long as the government of the day practices institutionalised racism through preferential policies, this racism won't go away. The government can't see that, and therefore Malaysia deserves what it gets.

I am a Malaysian. And stop bad-mouthing Chinese, because part of me is Chinese. If malays end up being slaves, it is their own fault. Stupid, typical malays.

First thing to be blamed is the politic which spoilt them so much that they would never learn to stand on their own 2 feet. Politic is about uniting people in a country, not just a certain race and then be racist.

Leave those comments here as reminder why the malays have to work so hard. The younger ones never had to face those sentiments and it is good that they come to grips with it.

As for harmony, there was never real harmony in Malaysia. There was tolerance - thus faked harmony, but not true acceptance which bring about true harmony.

The directions set out in the first place was wrong. We are living the consequences.

Maybe I should. But wait, I do have a life. Do I need to reconsider that? Don't think so. It is my rights anyway to live how I want to, as long as it is ethically and morally right.

This thread is just a place for discussion just like a cafe. But I see anger. I see hatred. I see un-satisfaction. And I want to see changes so that all these don't continue.

Enough said. I am drawing the line here. Focus on the topic at hand, or shut up if you don't have anything better to say but stupid stuff like emotional, blah, angry, etc.

I apologise for the language. I am tolerant of many things, but not incompetence fueled by misplaced bravado.

For those who plan to move away, pray go with all our blessings. Good luck. There is nothing to be sad about for this country does not even value you. Go and give your children a chance to breath true freedom and justice.

Don't ever thought of coming back for, there are not much pleasant things to return to, even if the government invites you back.

 

At 12:51 AM,  Anonymous said...

The existing government of Malaysia, seriously hasn't an inkling what depths we, as a country has plunged in educational standards, from pre-school to tertiary levels.

Or maybe, the powers-that-be do in fact know, but are completely bankrupt of ideas on what must be done to climb back out of this bottomless hole, and what they are lip-preaching is just so that they will continue their jobs, and hand the reins of a near-death nation to the next unfortunate successor.

Don't waste your time and ours. As long as your administrators, students, and teaching staffs that are chosen based on colors and religions, and not based on merits and performances, there is no way they can even be in the top 100.

Just have a look at the qualifications of all your politicians as compared to those of Singapore. Even our prime minister has no credible qualification except being a crony of Mahathir.

What is the important of building university which is not recognised by neighbouring country, i.e. Singapore!

Talk is cheap. What are the ministers strategies to make our world class universities? If you admit mediocre malay students to fill quotas, insist on having a malays as the vice chancellor (VC) and promote lecturers based on skin color rather than ability, there is no way we can move even one notch up the ranking ladder.

For a change, put a Chinese or an Indian as the VC, that is if the minister is sincere in bringing about change, I am sure there will be progress. Most importantly, bar Umno politicians from interfering in university affairs.

This is a gigantic asking. Just dream on, man……….Pray more, you may get money but not world class universities!

All talk only but in reality can't achieve. It needs patient and understanding on the education systems. The proper guideline and implementations. Not easy to do. Talk can. To do it cannot.

Sadly it seems to be that the best education system Malaysia has ever had was under the British time. Since then it has gone downhill until where it is today. Malaysia is not famous for raising standards, but for lowering standards incessantly. Now 15 A1s is nothing but rote learning bookworm.

What else have we got to lose? We are almost at the bottom and dropping, and the only way to go is up. If you have children planning university education, start looking elsewhere.

Save money if we have and send our children overseas, just like Mahathir and all our ministers have done for their children.

 

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