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Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Photos taken after YB Manoharan was sworn in. Thank you to Damien for the pics.
Archive for May, 2008
Photos of Press Statement after YB Manoharan swearing in
May 14th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email
SPM 10A1 Kamine Devi rejected by PSD
May 14th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Not sure if the girl has been offered alternative courses or not. Anyway, PSD (JPA) had only given 12% – 25% of scholarships to normal Malaysians a.k.a second class citizens from 2004-2007. The rest went to the privileged Malaysians.
It is the time of the year where parents and students have to approach political parties in order to convince and get more places from PSD. » Read more: SPM 10A1 Kamine Devi rejected by PSD
Visit to agricultural farms
May 14th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Taken at agricultural farms near Kluang, Johor. A place called Modern Agricultural Project (Projek Pertanian Moden). The organic restaurant cum farm is along the road side. It is about 10km from Air Hitam exit, towards Kluang town.
no such thing as social contract says Ungku Aziz
May 12th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Wow…Ungku Aziz very brave ohh….Surely he have heard of Sedition Act before this? 😆
I believe the contract exists virtually, exchange of citizenship for preserving the special rights, and the details were made into articles in the constitution.
Don: No such thing as ‘social contract’
Rahmah Ghazali | May 11, 08 5:47pm
http://malaysiakini.com/news/82665
Royal professor Dr Ungku Abdul Aziz today made a startling claim today that there was no physical social contract between Malaysia’s diverse ethnic communities. “There is no such thing as social contract,” said Ungku Aziz, a panelist in the 25th Anniversary Look East Policy Forum in Shah Alam today.
Deviating from his original speech during the event, the celebrated academic said that the social contract was “a fantasy created by politicians of all sorts of colours depending on their interest”.
Ungku Aziz said the social contract should rightly be called an “economic contract” to justify affirmative action in areas of education and health for groups that needed it the most. However, he did not elaborate on the subject and said that he would save it for another forum.
Among the panelist today were former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Public Servide Department director-general Ismail Adam.
But Mahathir disagrees
Speaking at a press conference later, Mahathir however disagreed with Ungku Aziz and stressed that a social contract exists albeit not in written form. Instead, Mahathir explained that the social contract was an “understanding among founders of the alliance (government)” by Tunku Abdul Rahman.
“Tunku gave one million citizenship to the Chinese, in return, he expected the Chinese would give some support to the demand for independence and to the sharing concept. He didn’t spell it (the contract) out 100 per cent, but there was this understanding, not written,” he said. “But it is also reflected in the constitution, every time something is given to the Malays, something is also given to the Chinese and Indians,” he added.
Mahathir said the social contract was an understanding that includes sharing of political power and sharing the economic cake, which the bigger portion was given to the bumiputeras.”So eventually they can catch up with the non-bumiputeras,” he said.
Teacher absent more than 30 days since January
May 12th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Already the school are not playing on level field, now we hear this kind of news!
Perak Education Department told to investigate teacher who played truant
By : Syed Umar Ariff
source
BATU PAHAT, SUN:
IT’S usually the students who play truant, but now a teacher is under investigation for cutting class.
Deputy Education Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong said today he has told the Perak Education Department to investigate a 43-year-old Tamil schoolteacher from Ipoh, who is said to have skipped more than 30 days of school since January. “This is absolutely unacceptable,” he said, adding that the parents of his students are outraged.
He teaches physical education, English, Tamil, mathematics and science.
Wee said if the teacher is found guilty stern action would be taken. He could face dismissal. We only want quality, dedicated teachers. A teacher who would just ‘makan gaji buta’ (take a salary without working for it) is not one of them,” he said. He expects the probe to completed within the next couple of days.
