Classic Get Together At Ali Maju Keramat

Some pictures from the social event.

Malaysian Schools and Universities NOT Good Enough for DPM Najib and Education Minister Hishammuddin

Malaysian Schools and Universities NOT Good Enough for DPM Najib and Education Minister Hishammuddin

Friday, July 18, 2008
22:40

1. Education Minister Hishammuddin’s son did NOT go through his education leading towards the SPM and then to STPM ( our national education system).

Instead Education Minister Hishammuddin got his son to do ‘O’ Level. And this September 2008, his son will not be attending our LOCAL University. Instead the Education Minister will be sending his son to study in UK.

2. Deputy Prime Minister Najib did not send his daughter to our national school for her school education leading towards SPM and STPM. Instead he sent his daughter, Nooryana Najwa, to an INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL so that she can complete her International Baccalaureate programme. The name of the school is the Garden International School. Najib’s son, Norashman Razak, also had his education in the Garden International School.

By the way, Garden International School does NOT follow our Malaysian curriculum. It bases its curriculum on the National Curriculum of England. It teaches the English National Curriculum through Key Stages 1 to 4 and Cambridge ‘A’ Level.

Najib’s daughter WON’T be attending any of our local University. Najib is sending her daughter to Georgetown University in Washington DC to read politics and international relations.

The question is:

Are our national schools and local universities not good enough for the children of our Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister?

Source : http://blog.thestar.com.my/permalink.asp?id=15975

Malaysia At A Crossroads

Najib Backs Ending Malay Preferences, Adopting Opponent’s View

Najib Backs Ending Malay Preferences, Adopting Opponent’s View

Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — Malaysia’s prime minister designate Najib Razak said he’s prepared to end preferential treatment of the ethnic Malay majority, a campaign pledge the opposition used to inflict record election losses on the ruling coalition in March.

There should be a “gradual” removal of the program, initiated in 1971, and still known as the New Economic Policy, Najib said in an interview that airs today on Bloomberg Television.

“If we do not change, the people will change us,” Najib, 55, said at his office in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur. “In the not-too-distant future, we will see all the elements of the New Economic Policy being replaced.” He didn’t say when that might occur.

The system was devised by Najib’s father, Abdul Razak, when he was Malaysia’s second prime minister to boost the Malays’ economic status — through job allocations, cheaper homes and other benefits — in a country where ethnic Chinese had long been more prosperous and remain so. About 65 percent of Malaysia’s 27 million people are Malay.

Rising dissatisfaction with racial politics contributed to the ruling coalition’s poor showing in the elections, which resulted in its smallest majority since Malaysia’s independence from Britain in 1957.

By offering to scrap the program, at an unspecified time, and replace it with a needs-based system, Najib is moving closer to the stance of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar, who also supports a system based on economic need, is trying to seize power but said on Oct. 22 he is finding it difficult to woo ruling coalition lawmakers to his side.

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source kicap tawar : http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aVMjnZ8s4vsU