August 19, 2011 http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/173503 UM Ranking is a Plus Factor, not a Personal Obsession, says Vice Chancellor Ghauth Jasmon Universiti Malaya (UM) Vice-Chancellor Ghauth Jasmon has shot down suggestions that he is obsessed with the institution’s ranking. “I am not crazy about rankings, though this is a plus factor and a marketing point to sell [...]
Archive for August 2011
UM Ranking is a Plus Factor
August 19, 2011Why America Is in Dire Need of a Good Hedgehog
August 18, 2011August 18, 2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com Why America Is in Dire Need of a Good Hedgehog by Arianna Huffington (August 17, 2011) What the country needs right now is a good hedgehog. Back in 1953, British philosopher Isaiah Berlin famously laid out two opposing styles of leadership — hedgehogs and foxes — taking his cue from a [...]
Leave University of Malaya (MU) Alone
August 18, 2011August 18, 2011 Leave the Vice Chancellor, UM alone to get on with his Duty to MU and its Alumni by Din Merican As an alumnus of MU/UM (Class of 1963), I am encouraged to learn that under Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Gauth Jasmon, the University of Malaya’s global ranking has improved and will continue [...]
The Rural Heartland: UMNO’s Bastion
August 18, 2011August 18, 2011 http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com The Rural Heartland: UMNO’s Bastion by Douglas Tan Over the past couple of days, the Merdeka Center appears to be publishing a lot of their findings, dampening optimism that Pakatan Rakyat could potentially win enough parliamentary seats in the 13th General Election to form a new government for the first time [...]
In Animation: The Collapse of the American Dream
August 18, 2011August 18, 2011 In Animation: The Collapse of the American Dream Here are two interesting videos of what is happening in the United States in recent years, following the end of George W. Bush militaristic era, for all of us to watch and reflect. The 2 Wars –Iraq and Afghanistan–have been costly not only to [...]
Arrogance has a price
August 18, 2011August 18, 2011 Arrogance has a price says The Malaysian Insider You would think that by now the Najib administration will act with some humility and acceptance that Malaysia has grown up faster than the politicians in its fold. After all, since the Sarawak polls the government has been drifting, floundering, from one mistake to [...]
From Art Harun to Ezam Mohd Nor: “Islam does not need your kind of infantile Jihad”
August 18, 2011August 17, 2011 http://art-harun.blogspot.com From Art Harun to Ezam Mohd Nor: “Islam does not need your kind of infantile Jihad” August 16, 2011 Dear Ezam, With reference to your manic and almost maniacal spewing of hatred last Friday, I just have this to say to you. You are an embarrassment. This is Ramadhan. Muslims fast [...]
Sodomy 2: Former IGP Musa Hassan refuses to cooperate
August 17, 2011August 17, 2011 Sodomy 2 : Former IGP Musa Hassan refuses to cooperate By Hafiz Yatim@www.malaysiakini.com Aug 17, 11 3:35pm Former IGP Musa Hassan refused to answer to questions posed by Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyers – just as they were getting into the merits of the case during the interview with him today. Lawyer Sankara Nair [...]
Rosmah Mansor not a liability to the Prime Minister
August 17, 2011August 17, 2011 Rosmah Mansor not a liability to the Prime Minister, says Merdeka Center Oracle by Hazlan Zakaria@www.malaysiakini.com Aug 17, 11 10:34am INTERVIEW Despite negative connotations hovering over ‘First Lady’ Rosmah Mansor, a pollster believes she may not be the liability to husband, premier Najib Abdul Razak, that many think she is. “A lot [...]
The Malaysian Economy Falters
August 17, 2011August 17, 2011 The Malaysian Economy Falters By Lee Wei Lian@www.themalaysianinsider.com Malaysia’s economic growth decelerated to its slowest pace since the 2009 recession as the country was hit by a slowdown in external demand and a moderation in government spending, said Bank Negara today. This was the fifth consecutive decline in quarterly growth and down [...]
Indonesia: A G-20 Nation Now
August 17, 2011August 17, 2011 Indonesia no longer a Third-World economy, says SBY Esther Samboh, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 08/16/2011 3:22 PM Indonesia is no longer a Third-World economy as has been labeled in the past, and is moving closer to becoming one of the world’s ten largest economies, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says. In [...]
Happy Independence Day, Indonesia
August 17, 2011August 17, 2011 Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. Happy Independence Day (August 17, 2011): The Republic of Indonesia To the President, HE President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the People of the Republic of Indonesia, Your friends, my wife Dr. Kamsiah and I in Malaysia extend to you our warmest wishes and congratulations on the occasion of your [...]
How We Became the Center of the Universe
August 16, 2011August 16, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/ NY TIMES SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW Explaining it All: How We Became the Center of the Universe By David Albert Published: August 12, 2011 David Deutsch’s “Beginning of Infinity” is a brilliant and exhilarating and profoundly eccentric book. It’s about everything: art, science, philosophy, history, politics, evil, death, the future, infinity, bugs, [...]
Healing an ailing Malaysian society
August 16, 2011August 16, 2011 Healing an ailing Malaysian society by Azly Rahman@www.malaysiakini.com What is ailing our society? Are we moving into the final stages of social, political, and moral annihilation, judging from the levels and forms of violence we are seeing emerging? We see no respect for the rule of law, an increasing gap between the [...]
Bersih says ‘immediate’ polls reform possible
August 16, 2011August 16, 2011 Bersih says ‘immediate’ polls reform possible By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal@www.themalaysianinsider.com Bersih 2.0 disputes a Deputy Speaker’s prediction that electoral reforms will take at least a year, instead it issued a list of “immediate” reforms possible by March 2012. Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said earlier today that it [...]
Bipartisan Select Committee on Electoral Reforms Yet to be Formed
August 16, 2011August 16, 2011 Bipartisan Select Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms Yet to be Formed: How to Meet? S Pathmawathy & Joseph Sipalan@www.malaysiakini.com Aug 16, 11 1:41pm The bipartisan select committee on electoral reforms will not be meeting for the first time tomorrow, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz clarified today. This [...]
Good Move, Mr Prime Minister, but Follow Through needed
August 16, 2011August 16, 2011 In nod to Bersih, PM announces vote system relook By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal (08-15-2011)@www.themalaysianinsider.com Datuk Seri Najib Razak today said a parliamentary select committee will be formed “as soon as possible” to examine the current electoral system, the key demand of the Bersih July 9 rally.Najib’s announcement is a major concession that [...]
