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Public university admission in Malaysia is based on merit and not on race or whether a student took the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) or the matriculation programme, Higher Education Department Director Datuk Prof Hassan Said said Saturday.
Commenting on newspaper reports that students who had qualified did not get places in public universities, he said, "That is not true. But they didn't get their first choice."
He advised students to make their eight choices in the application form wisely, "otherwise, you may not get the subjects which are heavily competitive."
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Sunday reminded all groups not to turn the government's practice of meritocracy when giving seats to students in public universities into an issue of racial politics.
"Under the quota system practised in the past it was difficult to get places but now it was based on meritocracy and this should be a relief to non-Bumiputeras."
"Hence no one should turn the issue of university admission into a racial issue," Najib told reporters at the Saujana Golf and Country Club here.
The then Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said in February that the ACA was investigating another 18 "high-profile" cases after the arrest of former Perwaja Steel chief executive officer Tan Sri Eric Chia and former Land and Co-operative Development Minister Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam on corruption charges. Abdullah said he had checked with the Attorney-General and was told the 18 were not individuals but corruption-prone sectors which needed to be monitored.
BINTULU: Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR), sudah menyerahkan hasil siasatannya ke atas 18 kes berprofil tinggi kepada Jabatan Peguam Negara.
Ketua Pengarahnya, Datuk Zulkipli Mat Noor, berkata kini terpulang kepada Jabatan Peguam Negara untuk membuat pendakwaan berdasarkan bukti yang dikumpul BPR atau sebaliknya.
“Ini kerana pendakwaan bukan bidang kuasa BPR, ia adalah kuasa Jabatan Peguam Negara,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan pejabat cawangan BPR di sini, semalam.
The Speaker’s striking out of my impeachment motion of no confidence against the Election Commission was most arbitrary and unparliamentary, undermining the principle of parliamentary supremacy and the doctrine of separation of powers between the Legislature, Executive and the Judiciary; as well as going against the rules of natural justice in failing to give me an opportunity to state my views before striking out the motion from the parliamentary order paper, after the Speaker had accepted it as fit and proper to be included in the order paper for more than a week and after there had been question-and-answer as well as debate on the 2004 general election in the first week of Parliament.
Abdullah reiterated that the Barisan Nasional(BN), in selecting its candidates to contest in the 11th general election in March, had ensured that all of them were free from corruption cases.
"Before we nominate them as candidates, we made sure none of them are involved in corrupt practices. I want to make this clear," he said.
"I was boxed very hard on my lower jaw and left eye. I was also boxed on the right of my head and then hit on the left side of my neck very hard. I was then slapped very hard, left and right until blood came out from my nose and my lips cracked. I was half conscious and the police helped me clean up the nose and lips."
An Israeli rabbi's ruling that human hair from India is non-kosher has not only rocked Orthodox Jewry worldwide but has also thrown a multimillion-pound industry into crisis.
Rabbi Ahron Dovid Dunner watched carefully as the barbers severed the long tresses of the women and men, and saw it fall in a trough, from which it is collected to be sold to foreign buyers.
On Wednesday last week, Rabbi Sholom Elyashiv [he is one of the most respected authorities in the ultra-Orthodox Jewry world] issued a ruling that all wigs from India were non-kosher.
Among highly Orthodox Jews, a code of modesty forbids women from displaying their hair in public once they are married. Rabbinical tradition has it that a woman's hair is her "crowning glory" and must be covered outside the home.
Across the world uproar has ensued. Men came home from synagogue to ask their wives: "Where is your wig from?" A panic flashed around the world from Israel to New York, India, Toronto and London. The international wig industry was thrown into crisis; it sells to the theatrical, medical and black communities too but Orthodox Jews represent a significant proportion of its business, especially at the pricier end of the range.
Writing in the journal, the researchers led by Dr Anna Ziersch, said: "This research indicates that involvement may not be beneficial for individual health, and that for the individuals involved there is some evidence that this involvement may in fact be detrimental for their own health.
"The relation is complex, and while we were able to consider some of the elements of the relation between civil society group involvement and health, there may be hidden differences between types civil society groups."
"The benefits of work and the social inclusion it can bring are well known.
"Volunteering offers many similar benefits."
But she added: "Volunteering, like work, has to be structured and managed to ensure that stress is minimised.
"If people are feeling over-stretched or are witnessing depressing and difficult situations they aren't trained to deal with - and if they aren't offered appropriate protection or counselling - then it is not difficult to imagine they could feel there are negative health consequences attached to volunteering.
"Volunteering is best in an environment which is planned properly to maximise the benefits to the individual as well as the organisation."
The provocative part of the answer to that question fits with theories that implicate two neurally and functionally distinct brain systems underlying the use of visual information. One brain area is involved in the visual recognition and categorization of objects ("That's a chair.") and with planning what to do with them ("I'm going to sit down."). A different area is involved in the perception of object size and in the use of visual information to control actions on objects.
The children's dramatic failures to use size when interacting with familiar objects may reflect immaturity in the interaction of these two brain systems.
"In scale errors, the usual seamless integration between the two systems in the brain momentarily breaks down, and the size of an object is not incorporated into a child's decision to act on it."
“If there are not enough classrooms to accommodate these students, then we will build more classrooms in the next few weeks,” he told reporters after launching the Teacher’s Day SMS “Sanjungi Guru Kita” (Honour Our Teacher) programme here, yesterday.
Education Minister Education Minister Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said no one would be denied entry as long as they met the minimum entry requirement.
The NS Department had not been informed earlier about the picnic the trainees were having.
“It was not in their itinerary but the trainers must have organised the outing to motivate the trainees who have been in camps since the start of their NS stint,” he said when contacted in Petaling Jaya.
On complaints about the way the body was handled, Sirajuddin said: “I have not been informed of this but I am sure the hospital staff knew what they were doing. Nevertheless, I will investigate the matter.”
"Those involved should be severely punished but the overall treatment of prisoners should also be reviewed by the US government," he told reporters after launching the Tun Razak Youth Leadership Awards Programme 2004 here.
"If we want to act in international relations and convice other people to accept our views, we must first have moral conviction that other countries can respect.
"If we, as a country, lose our moral values, and other people don't respect us, it's difficult for us to play a role in helping to resolve conflicts and so forth," he said.
Kadir said the problem of the so-called ban did not arise anymore and airing Malay songs containing English words was no more a major issue with the Information Ministry.
[......]According to Kadir, his ministry was currently drawing up their own standards on the guidelines for songs.
and “As a responsible ministry, we have a persuasive influence role. I would like to urge all those involved in the entertainment industry as well as those related to work together as a team; never mind about the laws and regulations,” he said.
He said the Government did not want the public to see how the Opposition shouted or behaved in an unruly manner in Parliament.
"They will start showing their antics. It is not possible to show all that live over television.
"Both the Labour and Conservative parties have been the Government and as such the MPs from both parties know how to behave. But in Malaysia, the DAP has never been the Government and thus they would not know what can be revealed."
Nazri also feared that the public may not understand certain parliamentary procedures such as the quorum, or lack of it.
“I invite Malaysians who have the expertise to provide a live webcast of the Parliament in the most technically competent and cost-effective manner to volunteer their services,” Mr Lim KS said, adding that he could be contacted at 012-281 2828.
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