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Producing Pharmacists

I read in the news that there is a shortage of pharmacists in Malaysia recently and out of curiosity I checked on the internet for the colleges and universities in Malaysia offering courses in pharmacy.
The results show there are 24 private and government colleges and universities offering courses in pharmacy at different levels,ie. Diploma, Degree, Master and Doctorate in Malaysia.With so many colleges and universities conducting courses in pharmacy, why is there still a shortage in pharmacists? Is it because it is too costly? Too difficult to study or the entry qualification requirement too high? Or simply due to lack of interests on the part of the students?
Below is the list of colleges and universities conducting pharmacy courses in Malaysia:

1. Sunway University, Malaysia
2. SEGi University College, Malaysia
3. AIMST University, Malaysia
4. Taylor's University, Malaysia
5. INTI International University, Malaysia
6. Monash University Sunway Campus, Malaysia
7. UCSI University, Malaysia
8. University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNIM), Malaysia
9. Universiti Teknologi Mara (UITM), Malaysia
10. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
11. International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia
12. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia
13. International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia
14. Mahsa University College, Malaysia
15. Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
16. Management and Science University (MSU), Malaysia
17. Kpj International College of Nursing And Health Sciences, Malaysia
18. Lincoln College, Malaysia
19. Kolej Teknologi Geomatika, Malaysia
20. Kolej Masterskill Kampus Ipoh, Malaysia
21. Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia
22. Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University College (KLMUC), Malaysia
23. Masterskill University College of Health Sciences, Malaysia
24. Victoria International College (KUALA LUMPUR), Malaysia

My daughter is a student of KPJ International college of Nursing and Health Sciences, Malaysia, which is situated at Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. This college offers other courses in Nursing, Physiology, Medical Imaging,etc. If you intend to pursue a career in the medical field, try this college. It is specially suited for students from not so well to do background because it will not chase you for tuition fees until your PTPTN loan is disbursed which may take 9 months to 2 years ( my niece received her PTPTN loan payment after she graduated from UMS, and my own son got his payment 9 months after commencing his course). Also KPJ group owns more than 20 medical centers through out Malaysia, you may apply for sponsorship from one of them which is close by your home town.Then you do not have to worry about repaying the PTPTN loan later.
Free hostels are provided for all students.The hostels are segregated for boys and girls.

Kill that cow quick!

There is a cow by the name of NFC(Najib Falling Cow)running wild right now.Many fear that if the government is not sincere in dealing with it, the Barisan Nasional(BN) coalition would be run down by this cow.

Apparently various efforts have been put to sidetrack the issues. First a businessman is blamed for the mismanagement of NFC by accusing him of giving unsound advices to the Chairman of NFC by posing as a consultant.

Then the Auditor General Department denied using the words "in a mess" in describing the status of the operations of NFC.

The public really do not give a damn to all these, they only want to know why the close relative of a senior Federal Minister is awarded such lucrative concessions?
And they are also awed by the unabashed way the said minister responded when confronted by the public. Is this confident or arrogant?

Come next general election, surprises await.

Last day of Chinese New Year 2012

Today is the last day of the Lunar calender new year celebrations.
Happy new year, GONG XI FA CAI!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

The 13th general election will be any time now

In the UMNO general assembly yesterday,Prime Minister Datuk Najib gave very strong indication that the general election is very near.He said UMNO will field many new faces this time, and called on senior members who are not selected to remain loyal and support the new candidates. The name list will not be released too early to avoid possible problems.He is confident that the National Coalition (BN)will win back the few states lost to the opposition during the last election March 2008(308 election).

I am afraid the Prime Minister might be over confident, it might very well be the repeat of the 308 election this time also. In that election BN did not bother to clear up some issues which had been dragging on quite some time like the "Istana" house of Selangor Menteri Besar, the "close one eye" case of Jasin member of parliament. BN leaders ignored them without realizing that these are the "triggers" that hurt most during an election.
This time around there are issues always, the hottest is of course the NFC issue, the RM56,250/ pair night vision binoculars, the diamond order etc. Nobody is held responsible for all these. BN leaders are treating the voters like dumb-dumbos, by giving some lame explanations.

For example in the NFC case, Datuk Shahrizat, the Wanita UMNO Head, whose husband is involved in it, declared that it had got nothing to do with her. Her husband minds the cattle business while she minds the UMNO affairs, the two are not connected. But just answer one simple question," why her husband got the project in the first place, and not people like me and you got it?"

As for the purchase of the binoculars,the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission declared that there was no irregularities in the purchase of the binoculars by the Marine Department, just that the officials were not following the Treasury order to do a market survey before hand. That means if the officials involved had followed the Treasury order, they might be charged in court now. Therefore it is always wise not to adhere to the Treasury order because facing a disciplinary action is better than facing a jail term any time!
If these type of explanations are acceptable, you can be sure that all the politicians will rush to have their relatives grabbing whatever government tenders available and make tons of money!
If that happens, Malaysia will definitely top the list of corrupted nations in the region.
Until now, many top level leaders still think these are petty issues and advise grassroots leaders to forget them!The rakyat may be silent now, but the votes in their hands speak louder than any thing!
So be forewarned.

Cows,cows,cows.

The hottest news in malaysia these days is related to cows.

The husband of a Federal minister owns a company which aims to grow cattle in the interior district of Gemas for the purpose of proving to the world that Malaysia is capable of producing premium beef.The company,the National Feedlot Corporation(NFC), has obtained a government loan (the opposition argued that it is a grant) of RM250 millions for the project.But after 2 years, the project has fallen far far behind target. It was discovered that portion of the loan(or grant?) was used to purchase 2 PREMIUM condominium units in prime area within the Federal capital, Kuala Lumpur.

The excuse for doing this action was because the money are idling, so it was invested in property which is, in the company's opinion, better than putting it in bank fixed deposit.NCP chairman (the husband of the said minister)had called a press conference to explain why the money is idle. I could not understand what he explained, nor could many Malaysians, I guess.

PPSMI - To stay or not?

Personally I feel the issue with teaching science and mathematics in English(PPSMI) needs to be handled with care.


Now the sentiments on both sides involved in the argument are that of wanting to gain a totally win, one side wants to do away with it completely, while the other wants to embrace it stock and barrels.


They should meet half way, let the subjects to be taught in the children's mother tongue for Primary schools because they need full concentration to master their mother tongue and National Language at this stage. English should be taught as a second language.


Then when they reach Secondary school, they would have acquired enough skills in English to be able to understand the internationalization of the subjects in English fully. I strongly urge the use of English at this level because it is a very important international language.


But the government seeks the easy way out by simply abolishing it in both Primary and Secondary levels. While some English-speaking parents want it to be implemented right from the beginning stage of a child's schooling days disregarding the weakness of English of most children, especially those from the kampongs. This is pure selfishness because they know their own children are good at English and have a clear advantage over others in the class if these subjects are taught in English.


Then there are the politicians. Please don't politicize this issue for our future generation's sake.

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History to be a compulsory subject for SPM Exams

The Malaysia Minister of Education announced that History will be made a compulsory subject in the SPM Exams in 2013.
The education minister said this is to increase the awareness of nation building efforts and therefore producing younger generations who are more patriotic. This is a load of craps.
The real reason is to brain wash the youth into believing that Malaysia is built by a single race, the contributions of other races towards building our nation will be denied by replacing facts with lies in history text books. Recently there were many instances where some politicians publicly denying the existence of famous historical Chinese leaders who helped to develop our country, for example Yap Ah Loy. Now they want to go one step further, they want our children to memorize these lies as facts. Or else they will flop their whole examination, not only failing a subject only. Do you see the power of this move?
It is sad that certain Chinese scholars are also involved in this falsifying of history for personal gains and glory. Their names will go down in history as betrayers of their own ethnic group.
Does the education minister realize that not every child love history, regardless of their intelligent levels.Those who excel in science or engineering subjects may not like to memorize dates,names,places and events. They like to memorize formula or theorem instead. Likewise, even some arts stream students also do not like history.  Are we going to shut the doors of the universities to these intelligent students? How are we going to achieve our vision of a developed nation in 2020 without the help of these potential technocrats?

Happy Birthday,Malaysia!

MERDEKA!

Our nation celebrates its 53rd birthday today.
Let's work together to face new challenges in the era of "Globalization".
Discard the out-dated ideology based on racialism and religion fanaticism.

The way to go : FORWARDS.

The A-G dropped a bombshell in the Chinese community

The Attorney General charged the former president of The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) for 16 years,Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik, with 2 counts of cheating in relation to the KFTZ scandal.

Many Chinese are stunned by the News because it is just unbelievable that their leader will be charged. It shamed all Chinese.

On the other hand,it is a clear message to those who are in power, no one is above the law. The long arms of the law will reach you sooner or later.

It is crytal clear, why puzzle?

Prior to 2 by-elections all sorts of efforts were applied to ensure a victory for BN just for ego sake.Particular attentions were given to win the Chinese voters like approval of special funds for Chinese medium primary schools. Applications for renovations,maintenance,extensions, building of additional class rooms,etc,etc which had been pending for over 10, or 20 years were approved within weeks.Facility in the villages were suddenly improved.For example, an application to build an iron bridge which has been pending for years was speedily approved.
The government has done all there is to be done to win the Chinese votes,but why didn't they reciprocate. why? why? why?...
The answer is very simple,as clear as the crystal.
By doing so much for the people,especially the Chinese community, in such a short span of time, the government has aroused the resentment of the Chinese community. It was interpreted by the Chinese as they had in the past been kept waiting unnecessarily for the approval to various pressing needs not because there was a valid reason for the delay but because somebody up there was trying to show his authority or simply because of discrimination. They asked,"If it can be approved within weeks, why are we kept waiting for 20 years?"
The voters are smarter now,you know.

Still got people refuse to accept IT nowadays?

What happened at SJK(C)Desa,Kepong really sadden me. There are still people who refuse to embrace new technology such as information technology(IT).

A handful of parents went all out to stop computer classes to be taught in the school against the will of the majority of the parents, against the will of most of the parents of surrounding schools in the area for that matter.

So much so they brought it to the court,citing it was against the education law to conduct computer classes during regular teaching hours because computer classes are not considered core subject. What, computer is not important? Why the government build the MSC and brags so much about it then? Is it just hot air?

This group of parents also claims it is harmful to let children to learn IT at early age, citing a research done by the Comsumer Association of Penang (CAP) which shows they will suffer brain damage,lack of execises and poor health as a result of exposing them to computers usage at early age. What loadful of craps. Of course, too much of any thing is bad. Even you eat too much or sleep too much is bad. One should have the wisdom to exercise control over any thing you do to avoid indulgence.

Who is CAP anyway, they are just another association out of thousands of association out there. What make them so full of authority? Must we listen to every word they say?

How are we going to achieve the 2020 vision if we are lagging behind in technology? How would we dare to crawl out of our own shells and step into the global village if we are not properly equipped?

Don't drag everybody down because of your personal differences. If you are so righteous and full of justice, go find something else to fix. There are so many things not right in our country, surely you can find something to prove how smart and righteous you are, just leave the children's future alone.

Church burners are narrow minded people

I am sad to read about 4 churches in the Klang Valley area were arsoned in one day. Except for one at Melawati, the damage to property is not severe and no one is hurt. But the heart of every Malaysian is deeply hurt.
Those who did it must be coming from a place called "The Narrow-minded Street"!

Merry X'mas !

Wishing all my Christian friends a Merry Christmas!

Multi-streams education system is protected by Malaysia's Constitution

YBhg Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr Khoo Kay Kim, a well known historian in Malaysia, proposed that Malaysia, for the sake of national unity, should consider abolishing the present multi-streams education system and to adopt a uni-stream education system instead recently. This proposal has drawn harsh criticisms from the Chinese community, and reminded Dr Khoo that the multi-streams education system is protected by Malaysia's Constitution, and no one should ever try to abolish it. The critics said Dr Khoo is obviously only well verse with Malays historic events but not of the other races. They suspected he knew very little about Chinese history in Malaysia for, even as a Chinese, he is not educated in Chinese hence not able to study Chinese history in depth. If he did, he should realize that education is the core concern of the Chinese community and the only one thing they are very sensitive about, their struggles in the past all centred around the education system. In the eyes of the Chinese community, Dr. Khoo is not a true Chinese, he is just a person who happens to have a Chinese name, and who has sold himself to the government for the glamorous title and positions he is holding now. The naive argument that multi-lingual and multi-cultural are the stumbling stones to nation unity holds no water. If this is true, countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Burma, Korea and Philipines where uni-stream education system is adopted should be very united and peaceful. But are they? My advice to Dr. Khoo is to start learning Chinese, then study the history of the Chinese community in Malaysia in depth.