Scholarship ratio to stay at 55:45
THE Public Service Department (PSD) scholarship ratio of 55:45 for bumiputras to non-bumiputras will not be changed to suit populist sentiments, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said.
He said the PSD introduced the quota scheme last year in which scholarships were given to deserving [...]
The people won fuel debate
AMID the squalor and unsavouriness of recent political events and Anwar Ibrahim’s sudden arrest, the televised debate on the price of fuel by the PKR advisor and the Information Minister Shabery Cheek stood out as a beacon of where we should be heading as a nation.
As I watched the two men, [...]
Sun2Surf
THE jam on Monday could have been avoided if the police had used more discretion.
Even though the people are grateful to the police for protecting the general public, but the way in which it went about setting up road blocks all over Kuala Lumpur under Ops Padam was not welcome.
Children were late to kindergarten [...]
The New Straits Times Online……..
..”They have mistakenly associated the welfare of the Malays with Umno, and that’s why there is all this talk about a crisis. So if Umno does not do well in the elections, they interpret this as the Malays being threatened.
“It was not the Malays that lost out (in the election), [...]
Subra: Give scholarship based on academic performance
The main criterion for academic scholarships should be based on scholastic results and not subjective terms like interview performance and students’ participation in extra curricular activities (ECA), said Datuk S. Subramaniam.
The president of Nesa Multipurpose Cooperative Society (Nesa) said the criteria, apart from academic excellence, should be abolished.
“No matter [...]
To the defence of Bar forum
Criticisms levelled against the Bar Council for its Social Contract Forum show a lack of mutual tolerance and is not helpful to achieving racial harmony, said the MCA Youth.
MCA Youth legal bureau chief Gan Ping Sieu said the wing was disappointed with parties who cited political sensitivity as a reason [...]
The New Straits Times Online…….
Written records of the inter-party discussions of the Alliance leaders indicate that the Constitutional provisions on the “special position” were understood more as a protective measure for the Malay community which was then socio-economically disadvantaged.
Significantly, in their oral submission to the Reid Commission, the Alliance leaders requested the insertion of [...]
An upset Sultan of Selangor has threatened to call off future Sultan of Selangor Cup matches between his state and Singapore if the protest by the state PAS Youth against two artistes performing for the event went ahead.
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah described the protest over rock queen Ella and dangdut singer Mas Idayu as [...]
FOUR students from Selangor and Johor who scored straight As in the SPM recently brought their complaint of not getting government scholarship to Parliament. They represent only a small part of the many disappointed students who bring up similar complaints every year.
At a press conference in Parliament lobby, Balik Pulau MP Yusmadi Yusof said: [...]
THE interview board that selects outstanding students for Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships must have representation from all races to dispel allegations of favouritism and preferential treatment, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Balik Pulau MP Yusmadi Yusoff said that the appointment of members of other races would ensure that the selection was not biased and would help [...]
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