Update (17 February 2012): Curtin University never for a moment anticipated the ferocity of the backlash from Malaysians when it awarded a ‘honorary doctorate’ to Rosmah.
The deterioration in the standard of the English language is entrenching the income divide between wealthier Malaysians, who have access to an education in the English language and hence to wider opportunities, and lower-income Malaysians, who are denied such access.
More loutish behaviour: another ceramah – this time involving students promoting academic freedom – was called off in Klang after an unknown group broke chairs and messed up the hall before the event.
Jan 092012
While most people’s attention was focused on the Anwar verdict, UPSI has suspended student activist Adam Adli for three semesters, according to lawyer Fadiah Nadwa.
The high-handed police action action against the university students at Tanjung Malim has handed the BN an awful start to the New Year.