How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Monday, June 23, 2008

Small-minded Napoleons in Education Ministry?

I chanced upon this matter when I visited Tony Pua’s post on The Malaysian Oil Dilemma forum.

It brought back memories of when I complained about why our MP for Batu Gajah was not invited for an official opening by our Sultan, of a new building in SMK St. Bernadette Convent. Cheng was Head Prefect then.

Donor dignitaries who were present included Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah, an old pupil of SMK Sultan Yussuf, Puan Sri Siew Yong Gnanalingam, and Datin Seri (wife of Datuk Seri Lim Gait Tong) who were both old girls of the school, because of the Sultan’s presence.

If I remember correctly, the school principal later invited YB Fong to present a souvenir to her, probably to make up for the slight.

But what happened to Hannah Yeoh is unbelievable. Details are in Tony Pua's and Hannah Yeoh’s blogsites respectively: Philosophy Politics Economics: Banned From School Reunion? and Hannah Yeoh: SMKSU Prefects' Reunion

I wish our Minister of Education will set a good example by looking into this matter and hopefully clear this ludicrous situation of ‘us’ and ‘them’. What will the students think of the adults? A bunch of big boys and girls into ‘don’t friend you’, ‘your friend is not my friend’ and so on and so forth. Shameful indeed.

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