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PSD claims cream of crop selected for scholarship

May 18th, 2008
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After Dr S.Subra suggested automatic scholarships, and many disgruntled SPM achievers gathered at Perak and Selangor, PSD comes out with explanation. How nice if this explanation is given earlier. It would answer many questions.

Now it is revealed that minimum of 13A1s is the cutoff point for academic criteria. In others, all the 140 students who complained earlier don’t stand a chance. Not qualified la! PSD should make the criteria public as soon as the closing date for application is reached. This will ensure students and parents would not wait anxiously and can make alternative plans. In fact, data on number of A1 achievers should be read from MES and matched with the number of scholarships available. In this way, it is possible to know how many A1s is needed to qualify for academic criteria. Probably, if 2000 places are available, PSD can pick the top 4000 or 5000, and do their shortlisting from there. » Read more: PSD claims cream of crop selected for scholarship

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Malaysia moves up to 19th in Competitiveness Yearbook

May 18th, 2008
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I wrote about the IMD’s Competitiveness Yearbook 2007’s results early of this year. 2008 results are just out. I’ll post the details later, but for the moment, our rankings improved 4 notches to reach 19th place. Good news indeed. However, the points this year are lower, meaning those above us previously had got much lower points – possibly due to economic stagnations? More later.

Malaysia improves on competitiveness ranking

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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has improved on its world competitiveness ranking in the International Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook 2008 (WCY08).

In a report issued by the IMD on Thursday, Malaysia moved up four spots to 19th place with a score of 73.2 points out of 100.

Last year, Malaysia was ranked 23rd with 74.1 points. The United States maintained its first placing, while Singapore and Hong Kong maintained theirs at second and third respectively.

RAM Holdings Bhd chief economist Dr Yeah Kim Leng said the ranking was a “timely boost” for the economy. He said the rise was mainly due to significant improvement in the delivery system and other measures taken by the Government to improve efficiency and competition.

Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd economist Wan Suhaimi Saidi said that while the measures taken did have an impact, the ranking only gave a “first impression” to investors. He said the country still faced a host of challenges despite moving up the rankings.

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pay rise attracts normal malaysians for government jobs

May 18th, 2008
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Not bad, an increase of  393% !!! From 12k to 47k application. Of course, the statistics won’t be complete without comparison of application from the privileged community. Also, breakdown of jobs applied, gender, qualification, age etc. Then, most importantly, the number of application successful by race, job, gender, age etc.

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MIC Saravanan against Waytha passport revocation

May 16th, 2008
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MIC’s Saravanan have come out against the revocation of Waytha’s passport. I guess other MIC people will respond likewise soon.

So far, some people from Suhakam, Suaram, Aliran, and Hindraf lawyer have disagreed with the move to cancel Waytha’s passport. All are asking for reasons. In fact the move to revoke his passport most likely will backfire since Waytha applies for asylum, clearly indication political persecution. We can expect a few more drops in popularity status and international standings. The community prays that Waytha succeeds in getting his asylum.

Hmm…maybe next step is to revoke his citizenship. Well, anything can in Bolehland!

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Dr S Subra supports automatic PSD scholarship offer

May 16th, 2008
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He is echoing what parents, students and many sane malaysian are asking, begging, cajoling for all this while. By making such a clear rule, it will serve as motivation for students, ensure transparency, and improve the perception of PSD in the eyes of the public.

Now, did the minister suggest this at the cabinet today? No point making press statement because the public can’t do much.

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