{"id":6596,"date":"2010-06-13T04:27:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T20:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=6596"},"modified":"2010-06-13T04:31:04","modified_gmt":"2010-06-12T20:31:04","slug":"peanuts-for-smc-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2010\/06\/13\/peanuts-for-smc-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Peanuts for SMC Students!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some token handout (RM15,000 x 50 = RM750,000) presented<\/a><\/strong> by PM Najib at SMC’s function earlier on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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At the launch, the prime minister presented 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) academic grants to 50 SMC students to further their studies in local universities.<\/p>\n

The students had excelled in their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) examinations under the guidance of the SMC. Each received RM15,000.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Why I say token? Well, read this<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Seventeen students pursuing medicine in Egypt need no longer worry about their finances, thanks to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) which has offered RM5.1mil to sponsor their education.<\/p>\n

Under the pilot programme, students from Sekolah Menengah Agama Negeri and Sekolah Menengah Agama Rakyat who excelled in their SPM and Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia will receive RM300,000 to cover their tuition fees and living expenses during their six-year course.<\/p>\n

The scholarship comes from a partnership between the Government-owned strategic development company and the Islamic Development Department, which is responsible for selecting the scholars as well as monitoring and administering the scholarship.<\/p>\n

It aims to increase the number of religious-educated professionals in the fields of science and technology.<\/p>\n

The offer letter for the 1MDB scholarship was presented to the 17 lucky students by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is chairman of the 1MDB board of advisers in a ceremony yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

RM5.1 million for 17 students studying medicine in overseas against RM750,00o for 50 students to study locally. And the 5.1 million is pilot program!!!<\/p>\n

Do you feel happy, sad, or angry?<\/p>\n

You know, 80% of Malaysians support<\/a><\/strong> 1Malaysia concept.<\/p>\n

Oh wait, this is the article<\/a><\/strong> on PM Najib’s speech to youths earlier Saturday at another program:<\/p>\n

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The quota system and special consideration will no longer be defended in a move to harness global champions.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the philosophy of merely defending the quota system and special consideration must change.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will give aid to youths who are willing to work hard to succeed until they become global champions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they are determined, the government will assist them,\u2019\u2019 he said to the cheers of 15,000 youths participating in 1Malaysia rally organised by Barisan Nasional Youth at Stadium Bukit Jalil on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Najib said the government would also provide assistance to all citizens in need, regardless of their ethnic background.<\/p>\n

Najib also called on the youths not to be fearful in striding forward, as the government would help them overcome obstacles.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave no fear, the Barisan Nasional is here,\u2019\u2019 he said, adding the government aim to harness national, regional and global champions.<\/p>\n

\u201cYouths are idealistic. They want to do something to make the world a better place.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have idealism and energy. We can harness their latent talent to bring about great changes to the country,\u2019\u2019 he said, adding that the government\u2019s approach was to accommodate youths.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Are you ROTFL or banging your head on the wall?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some token handout (RM15,000 x 50 = RM750,000) presented by PM Najib at SMC’s function earlier on Saturday. At the launch, the prime minister presented 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) academic grants to 50 SMC students to further their studies in local universities. The students had excelled in their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil Tinggi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[112,19,84,122,278],"class_list":["post-6596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borninmalaysia","category-indian","tag-discrimination","tag-education","tag-funds","tag-najib-tun-razak","tag-ngo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6597,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6596\/revisions\/6597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}