DEMEANING EDUCATION TONGKAT.

The number of A’s that an examination candidate gets should not be the determinant in the awarding of any scholarship.
In Malaysia, it is common knowledge that pre released examination results do go through a “racial tailoring” exercise where even the less academically incline students morph from mediocrity to status of academic starlets and the more academically brilliant, super stars.
Such affirmative action may have been politically and morally correct in the early 1980’s.
But to continue to indulge in this unofficial dumbing-down of results after 30 years is plain cheating - sanctioned by the state.
There can be no more opportune time than now to throw away this demeaning “education tongkat”.

From next year, students sitting for the SPM examinations will only be allowed to sit for a maximum of 10 subjects.
The grading system for the examination will also be improved to better reflect the academic achievements of the students.
Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the ministry decided to do away with the open certificate system, which allows students to sit for as many subjects, as the majority only took 10 subjects or fewer.
“Records show that some 90% of students sitting for the SPM exam take 10 or fewer subjects,” the Deputy Prime Minister told reporters yesterday after laying the foundation stone for the new RM1.3bil Education Com-plex at Bandar Enstek near here.
“We want to streamline this as it will also be an easier way to determine the awarding of scholarships.”

"THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHOD OF ............."

Everybody says this.
Many senior ranking police have sold their freedom of conscience. And because of their blatant sell out, the people will witness the continuation of this 1st wave of tactical aggressive arrest AND the relatively quick release of detainees.
The 2nd wave may be very much different.

Nineteen people, including an MP and seven Perak assemblyman, were arrested over a planned hunger strike they organised in Wisma DAP near Jalan Istana here.
The seven assemblymen are former state assembly speaker V.Sivakumar (Tronoh) , Leong Mee Meng (Jalong), Chan Ming Kai, (Simpang Pulai) Thomas Su (Pasir Pinji), Keshvinder Singh (Malim Nawar), Lim Pek Har (Menglembu), Chang Leh Kang (Teja) and Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran.
The remaining 12 people arrested are DAP workers and staff members of an events management company hired to organise the event which was a call for the dissolution of the state assemby.

And whilst the popularity index of the police plunges, that same index for the Umno Run Federal Government (URFeG) moves up. URFeG soft selling of Najib to the populace has borne fruits. He is portrayed by their spin masters as the PM who empathizes with the common people as he oils his speech with ..... “I want to be the people’s Prime Minister. I am with the people and I will always be with them”
Each day, a little bit more Malaysians are convinced that he is Malaysia's hope .

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has voiced his preference to forgo formalities and instead be on the ground to understand the reality and needs of the people. “I want to be the people’s Prime Minister. I am with the people and I will always be with them.

In chapter 5 of “The Art of War” Sun Tzu wrote,

In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory.

The “oneness” that once binds Pakatan Rakyat with the people is slowly being pried open by the this two pronged "pincer" attack.
The by-election in N12 Penanti will bear witness to that.

JUST LIKE A WOMAN.

A woman and a man are involved in a car accident on a snowy, cold morning; it's a bad one.
Both cars are totally demolished but amazingly neither of them is hurt.

God works in mysterious ways.

After they crawl out of their cars, the man is yelling.... about women drivers.

The woman says, 'So you're a man. That's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left, but we're unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days'.

Flattered, the man replies, 'Oh yes, I agree with you completely; this must be a sign from God! But you're still at fault ... women shouldn't be allowed to drive.

The woman continues, 'And look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished but this bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune.'

Then she hands the bottle to the man. The man nods his head in agreement, opens it and drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman. The woman takes the bottle and immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man.

The man asks, 'Aren't you having any?'

The woman replies, 'No, I think I'll just wait for the police....'

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Women are clever, evil bitches. Just ask the boys who sit in PutraJaya.

NO ONE TO BLAME?

A host of contagious viral diseases now race through this land, the latest being the confirmation of a second case of H1N1.
Whilst H1N1 has been bought into this country by well heeled travelers, many of the "re-introduced" diseases and pathogens might just have a connection with the numerous medically unscreened illegal foreign workers (IFW) who now move freely in this country and may be committing a sort of "biological crime".
Since H1N1 spreads from an infected person to another person, the question that begs to be answered is - What if this new virus (for which most people have no immunity to it) leaps into the closely knitted community of IFW? They have few resources to obtain medical attention and it would take only a short while for H1N1 to spread within their community and from then on moving without - to the public.
The Umno Run Federal Government (URFeG) must prevent this "biological crime" from taking place. They have to keep a close watch on the community of IFW failing which, every other measures that they have taken to prevent the spread of H1N1 would be just a sham.

The Chikungunya viral disease detected in the Pokok Sena and Pendang districts of Kedah has spread to two more districts -- Kota Setar and Padang Terap, according to Kedah Director of Health Datuk Dr Hasnah Ismail.
She said the health department had detected two cases in Kampung Baru in the Kota Setar district and several cases in Kampung Baru Naka, Kampung Padang Kerasak, Kampung Tong Plu, Kampung Banggol Pong, Kampung Padang Setol and Kampung Malau in the Padang Terap district.

Twenty-six detainees from the Juru detention camp for illegal immigrants have been admitted to two hospitals here following an outbreak of leptospirosis at the camp.
A 21-year-old detainee from Myanmar died on Tuesday of the bacterial disease after being admitted to the Bukit Mertajam Hospital.

Ten of the 42 patients being treated in the isolation ward at the Malacca Hospital for suspected meningitis have returned home, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said.
He said in a press statement yesterday that there had not been any new cases from those infected with the disease.
He added that residents and schoolchildren in the area surrounding the academy should not worry about the disease spreading as it was only transmitted through contact with nasal fluids.

Twenty-nine trainees from the Police Training Centre (Pulapah) in Air Hitam, near here, have been placed under observation at the Jempol Hospital after a colleague died from acute pericarditis, which is inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart. The inflammation is usually caused by a viral infection.
The trainee died on Thursday.
Patients and visitors to the hospital panicked when they saw hospital staff members handling the body wearing face masks and gloves.
To allay their fears, hospital director Dr Jaafar Che Mat said the use of face masks and gloves was a normal procedure to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.

ENQUIRE FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS.

And Zambry Abdul Kadir, the illegitimate offspring of Jamaluddin, Osman and Hew takes the pole position in the Perak Legislative Assembly.
Today is Black Thursday.
It is the day when illegality and corruption triumph over each Perakian will.
It is the day when the snatch thieves of the Umno Run Federal Government (URFeG) inverts right to be wrong and wrong to be right.
It is the day where political and judicial conspiracy with brute force overcome good with evil. Yet this flight from natural justice in Perak will not stand the test of time not in Perak not in Malaysia.
URFeG has today exchanged a short term taste of victory for a long term decline into mortal moral and political death and has pawned the dreams of 1Malaysia to 1BlackMalaysia ----- Just enquire from the people in the streets.

Police enter the Dewan again, with Pakatan reps shouting that they have no right to invade the Assembly. In the midst of all the ruckus, V. Sivakumar is forcibly removed from the Speaker’s chair and Datuk R. Ganesan declares that the Assembly is adjourned. None of the Pakatan reps heed his call. There are several policemen in the hall now. They lift and remove the Speaker’s chair from the hall. Ousted mentri besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin is heard raising his voice for the first time in today’s proceedings.