"Your attitudes towards economics appear capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as right-wing"
In Malaysia, perhaps, the majority of the Malaysians have one golden rule, that it may take years to amend. "You are guilty/innocent as we say so"
In the eyes of many, the prime minister Najib Tun Razak is already guilty for allegedly possessing a sum of money in his personal account which the Wall Street Journal originally-claimed as USD700 million (US$1 = MYR3.075, 2010 / US$1 = MYR4.3772, 2015).
Note that the connection of that US$700 million and the 1MDB is yet to be proven. (if there is any, be kind enough to share with me in the comment section)
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Nov (Bernama) -- Isu debat 1Malaysia Development Berhad
(1MDB) secara langsung antara anggota Parlimen Petaling Jaya Utara Tony Pua dan
Presiden serta Pengarah Eksekutif Kumpulan 1MDB, Arul Kanda Kandasamy,
mendominasi persidangan Dewan Rakyat minggu
Jangkaan terhadap debat itu mendapat reaksi positif daripada anggota
Parlimen kedua-dua pihak, dengan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia Datuk Seri Dr
Salleh Said Keruak bersetuju supaya debat itu diadakan secepat mungkin dan
disiarkan secara langsung menerusi Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM).
Bagaimanapun, isu itu mendapat reaksi sebaliknya daripada Yang Dipertua
Dewan Rakyat Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia yang membuat keputusan bahawa ia tidak
boleh diadakan bagi mengekalkan ketelusan siasatan dan prosiding yang dijalankan
Jawatankuasa Kira-Kira Wang Negara (PAC) ke atas 1MDB selaras dengan
peraturan-peraturan Dewan Rakyat.
Beliau berkata penglibatan Pua dalam debat itu, yang juga anggota PAC
sebelum laporan akhir penyiasatan dibentangkan di Dewan Rakyat, akan menjejaskan
integriti Parlimen, selain Arul Kanda yang juga merupakan saksi utama dalam
siasatan itu.
I was quite surprise to know that Malaysia actually did well in EF English Proficiency Index.
Malaysia ranked as the 14th best out of 70 countries world-wide and second best in Asia.
The top five spots were dominated by those Scandinavian countries and the only Asian country that stood ahead of us was Singapore (12/70).
Two or three days ago, I created a poll via Twitter where I asked if the Malaysian government should bring back the policy of teaching and learning of science and mathematics in English or pengajaran dan pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI).
I don't want to say that the sampling was accurate but still the result showed that 90 percent out of 583 voters said yes.
For me that was impressive.
But again, I don't want to say it was accurate because there were a few variables to be considered. Such as the main language of my Twitter followers used, and their respective followers, gender, age, et cetera et cetera.
But still, it is meaningless if nothing is to be done.
We do not need to go far to see the effectiveness of the language.
It sounds cliche but I do believe that we can learn a lot of Singapore. The only developed country in ASEAN region and it is just like a couple of miles away from Johor Bahru.
In term of EF EPI ranking, Singapore is only a notch ahead of us. That's for me is awesome. We can catch em.
But when we talk about Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), there is a lot, I mean a lot of things that need to be done by the government.
"The mathematics and science proficiency among Malaysia's 15-year-olds is comparable to counterparts in poorer and less developed countries, according to a new study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The study, based on students' test scores in the two subjects, ranked Malaysia 52nd out of 76 countries, several rungs behind Thailand (47), Kazakhstan (49) and Iran (51).
Singapore was ranked first, followed by Hong Kong and South Korea while Japan and Taiwan were joint-fourth, in an Asian dominance of the top five spots in the study" - The Malay Mail Online, May 13 2015.
Frankly speaking, I hope the government will have some solid political will to identify what has been the problem, to conduct research on the pros and cons, and to implement much needed PPSMI so that the country would not be too far behind our neighbor.
Additional: I think the Performance Management & Delivery Unit (Pemandu) is getting more serious to enhance the proficiency of English in Malaysia.
Check out the Pemandu's clip below:
