Some background to the controversial car park near the railway station at Penang Hill.
That problematic car park near Penang Hill
Old Perak: St Michael’s Institution
St Michael’s Institution in Ipoh in the late 1940s, just a few years after the Japanese had occupied the school during the Second World War.
More eyebrows raised over Sime Darby-E&O deal
More questions are being asked about Sime Darby’s takeover of a 30 per cent stake in E&O, which also includes a three-year collaboration agreement.
Stop Lynas delegation takes campaign to Fremantle
A ‘Save Malaysia! Stop Lynas!’ is making its presence felt in Perth, Western Australia during a week-long speaking tour to raise support for its campaign against a Lynas rare earth refinery near Kuantan.
Top 25 US firms pay more to CEOs than taxes: Study
Do you wonder why some countries are posting fiscal deficits? Even as the global economy slows, top US corporations are paying more to their CEOs than to the tax department.
‘Apex university’ USM slides to 335th place
Malaysia’s ‘apex university’ has dropped 34 places to 335th spot in the QS world university rankings. Cambridge University tops the latest world ranking.
Universiti Malaya is the only Malaysian U in the top 200 coming in at 167th spot, up 40 places.
These rankings are by no means free of shortcomings but here’s the full ranking on the QS website all the same.
We are well behind other Asian universities. According to QS:
Hong Kong University repeats its 2010 performance by taking the top spot in Asia, moving up one place to 22nd and increasing the gap with University of Tokyo to three places. HKU is joined by fellow Hong Kong institutions CUHK and HKUST in the top 50, and with HKU, University of Tokyo and National University of Singapore cementing their places in the top 30, leading Asian institutions are now proving on a year-on-year basis that they operate at a comparable level to the world’s best.
Other Malaysian universities have also slid down the scale (previous year’s rankings in brackets), according to a report in The Star.
UM – 167 (207)
UKM – 279 (263)
USM – 335 (309)
UPM – 358 (319)
UTM – 401-450 (365).
IIUM – 451-500 (not ranked)
UTM – 601+ (not ranked)
The Bayan Mutiara deal and more reclamation
Ivory Properties Group Berhad has received a letter of acceptance from PDC to buy and develop 103 acres of Bayan Mutiara land, south of the Penang Bridge.
Wikileaks: Bankers speak of Labuan’s “declining prospects”
A cable on the Wikileaks website cites bankers as saying that Labuan is losing out to Singapore and Hong Kong.
Wikileaks: Missing jet engines scandal
The case of the missing jet engines was the subject of Wikileaks cables.
Wikileaks: What the US thinks of ISA
Contrary to what some rights activists might think, US officials thought the use of the ISA on suspected terrorists is counterproductive in the long-run.