{"id":475,"date":"2007-08-06T23:45:10","date_gmt":"2007-08-06T15:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2007\/08\/06\/students-boo-um-vice-chancellor\/"},"modified":"2007-08-09T12:52:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-09T04:52:00","slug":"students-boo-um-vice-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2007\/08\/06\/students-boo-um-vice-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Students boo UM Vice Chancellor!"},"content":{"rendered":"
this came out in NST<\/a>, but not in other papers. She was quoted as responding to the booing as below:<\/div>\n
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Hearing their disapproval, Rafiah retorted: "Behaviour like this is exactly what causes people not to respect you. You won't even give me a hearing. And you won't get respect. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Well, as popularly known, one can only earn respect and not demand it. I suppose it works both ways. the students not targetting the VC personally, but actually the establishment.<\/div>\n
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I suppose that without any other channel, the weak can only resort to using basic tools such as their vocie when others trod on them with impunity. i still remember while in local university, we are treated like 3rd class citizens or a burden to the officers. Everytime we go to HEP (student affairs) or hostel office, we get the feeling of not welcomed. Get scolding, harsh comments etc…all in the name of discplining students…and these are the people that smoke in the toilet \ud83d\ude42 . so much for kepimpinan melalui teladan (leadership by example!). <\/div>\n
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On another note, this shows that the current generation do have some idea of whats happening around them. probably influenced by all those evil bloggers and internet forums. poor souls.. \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
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From NST:<\/p><\/div>\n

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FIRST MALAYSIAN STUDENT LEADERS SUMMIT 2007: Students boo over remarks that they can freely express views <\/div>\n

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KUALA LUMPUR: Boos and catcalls greeted Datuk Rafiah Salim when she said public university students had the freedom to express their thoughts and ideas. <\/p>\n\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Several hundred dissenting voices rang out when the Universiti Malaya vice-chancellor, when taking a question from the floor, said there was "no such thing as students being unable to address their concerns". <\/p>\n

Hearing their disapproval, Rafiah retorted: "Behaviour like this is exactly what causes people not to respect you. You won't even give me a hearing. And you won't get respect.<\/p>\n

"If you behave like that, nobody will listen to you because it is not worth listening. You are not respecting others." <\/p>\n

Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, who attended the summit, was also not spared hard questions.
He was asked if universities created thinking students and if there was a platform for students to discuss issues.<\/p>\n

Mustapa replied: "Our education is still exam-oriented and we are in the process of changing. But, the change cannot be done overnight." <\/p>\n

He added that Malaysia was a young country and there were a lot of sensitive issues because of the multiracial and multireligious nature of Malaysian society.<\/p>\n

He said the ministry had organised opportunities for students to discuss issues with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. <\/p>\n

"They voiced radical opinions and stated what they expected from the government."
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