. Saw Boon Loong: June 2010

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Please Stop Decaying Our Education System



"Abolishing of UPSR and PMR will be considered in future!" Again our third minded government had carried out with its unprecedented and brilliant feat by revoking this historical public exam which had produced a lot of talents and genius people in our country that migrated to foreign country for a better and flexible environment for past of the years. Our education system was manipulated like a moron puppet by unscrupulous government as long as 50 years by their own interest and agenda where a lot of  wrong and "frog" policies had implemented or made a snap and emergency U-turn.

In fact, we should reviewed on our history started from changes made in Act Of Education 1961.Lets take an example like PMR, it was originally naming L.C.E in year 1978 and later replaced with S.R.P .Again in year 1993 it had renamed to S.R.P where it had now almost 30 years old. Hence, it was very mockery and sarcasm as current led BN government was the one who gave birth to them and also ending their life. I was in a quandary that was it really futile in improving our education system by just abolished the two exam? Can it managed to reduce the burden and pressure suffered by students in their school term?

What else can we used to measures the standard and levels of students at the end of their primary school term in both rural and urban area? According to their own school's criteria and final exam? Would there be a clash in cert and standard evaluation between West and East Malaysia? Student would certainly in dilemma when they came to the cross road on choosing subject! Besides, was there any more appropriate school mechanism can be used in the determination of subject which would indirectly lead to the future of their carrier with the abolishment of PMR? Frequency of school exams must reduced for students and teachers be more concentrated in school extra-curricular activities and relieved their tension instead of revoking the two public exams.

Another failure and controversial policy was the 6 years long English taught in Mathematics and Science where a lot of our tax-payer fund had been used in the converting of teaching medium, material ,teacher courses and programme.We had been turned into laboratory white mouse until they said "This policy had fail". A lot of grouses and protest from NGO and academic world was arousing in that period as they were preferring their original native language until another big U-turn made by our unconscious government. Anyhow, I was a bit worried that can students welly adopted and fit themselves in varsity followed by the U-turn made. Furthermore, it was also very sad to say that our government still didn't recognised independent examination diploma that had produced a of skilled and talented Malaysian. It was a big setback and unfair to them.

Moreover, the overturning teaching style and method was also another tough bramble along the path of our education. Can you imagined the condition of a teacher who undergone history courses taught in a high level physic classes with alleged excuse of lacking experiencing teacher. Besides, the slim two thousand ringgit per month for semi-subsidising school in 10th Malaysia plan would certainly not enough as it was like a few drops of water in bucket. Instead equal amount of funds should be allocated to all private and national school to prevent any marginalized and mitigated the highly burden administration cost, school facilities and relevant costs instead of only showing generously for certain state in by-election.

The most interesting and also contrasting was the "frog" policy with the erection of Talent Corp while on the other hand strictly restricting on autonomy power of Universities. It was just another superficial and pretense works to camouflage on severely leaked of  own talented oversea. What for our government was so distressed and wasting costly flight to woo for talented Malaysians of either working or studying abroad back to our nation with unresolvable rampant cronyism and limiting development space. Presumably salary and wages were not their main consideration but was there any favourable working conditions for them here?

Retardation and hampering of democracy in varsities was the most sorrowful in this beautiful land compared to other country. Oh poor students ! We were in long term under repression and quelled of Act Of University And University College and now the time had arrived for us to bury them. In particularly, we should have the right and freedom to take part in social organization and politics for the future of this country instead of keeping pressure on us. Even certain political forces had infiltrated into our campus election .Why was it so hard for student to have their freedom of expressing thought and voiced without threatening to arrest and brought punitive measures on us?

Recently in a press, Dato Sri Nazri disclosed that our government was considered to abolish Public Service Department Scholarship for alleged reducing the loan owed by some black sheep which will resulted country 's deficit to reach 46 billion ringgit in 2020. Besides it would also retained talented people in our country.
Oh gosh! How come such ignorant and naive remark can came out from our third minded minister? They are leading our country back to ancient times. How can we explore the outside world and adopt new knowledge to place Malaysia in International Stage? Don't it similar with the purpose of building Berlin wall to prevent East German escape to the other side?Zero for non Malays while MARA scholarship for native? Is this 1 Malaysia, 2 administration system? What !PERKASA! They were just some racial extremist who gained some political propagation and stubborn stone.

Anyway, if I am not dreaming, there are no parties in this country who are dare and courageous enough calling to revoke quota policy in each sector till today. MCA ,MIC and even opposition parties do not dare to clearly make their stand on this thorn issue as there are still some conservation mindset parties among them.Without this old policy, I strongly believe that a more benign and harmony competitive among each racial will certainly bringing this country a big step forward into a more progressive era.

In my stances, our education system should be more fluctuating and waving instead or having stagnant teaching medium land pattern like water in a dead lake by producing bookworms. In fact, teachers and students should have a good communication and interaction platform but not the rigid and firm barrier. From here, I even bravely suggest that we should have a tremendous breakthrough by bringing election process into secondary school in preliminary state and extend it to primary school. Students should have the chance to vote for candidates who are eligible and fulfill the criteria contesting for higher level posts like president, vice president and treasurer instead of just fawning on teachers or write a few piece of resumes to recommend yourself. Of courses, this plan should be probe into more detail with all parties like having a 40 % of voting right and another 60 % will be determine by teachers or relevant sides. This will prevent some students to vote according to their own interest or just simply giving a hand to friends.

10 years to go for us to achieve 2020 vision. Will it be a dream fruitlessly wait by people or reality? It was in our hand to change and reform.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Voice Inside The Prison Bar! 铁窗里的心声!







Just when people were celebrating their birthday with either families , friends or beloved with rejoiced and rapturously in parties and eating luxuriously, there was a woman helplessly staring at the sky behind the bar and accompanied with broken piano and cold  brick wall years and years .She didn't keen for any sumptuous present but waiting hopefully for the seed of democracy and freedom to grow in her nation. Supposed this woman should became nation premier in year 1990 after the tough and hard striving and struggling , but it was very regret to say that the first bud of democracy and hope of Burmese had been demolished and buried by the autocracy military government. Actually I was so in fuzzy and did not understand why a lot efforts carried out by United Nation and streets demonstration in world also seem futile to this merciless and beast military government .

Who was she? Aung San Suu Kyi ! Initially ,this woman was just having a peace and  wonderful life with his family in Oxford after her 15 years of marriage. Anyway the life was reality, Aung San Suu Kyi was facing a huge dilemma between her families and the future of Burmese , but she had expressed that " once I had participated in , I would not gave up in halfway". From that moment, this thin and soft appearance woman had became the intensive thorn in the eye of military government . The most touching and sigh for me and also people in the world was the rough and paths marriage with her husband in UK where their love path were tougher than conquered Everest ." I will never stand between you and your country" this remark had totally being embodied through the death of her husband , Aris.

Aung San Suu Kyi was the most outstanding and tougher woman that I had ever met ! I can't imagined how could a soft wrist woman emitted her brilliant light in this cruelty jungle law political arena! Compared to current teenagers , majority of they were like a little tender flower under the coverage of large trees. Actually in the early time, she can choose to quit and renounced her people when her husband passed away, but she had persisted to stand in line with Burmese resulting her to undergo life in prison. I was full of queried and doubted on how a woman like her can possessed such holy and majestic strength during her 14 years custody since being placed under house arrest in July 1989.

In fact, today many peaceful seekers and non violence protesters in many countries that were either passed away or still alive had gaining their victory and bringing a ray of democracy to their nation and people . Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, non violent protester Gandhi ,civil right activist Martin Luther, Abraham Lincoln and Roosevelt in United States, anti fascist fighter Car Von Ossietzky and also peace pursuing Andrei Sakharov  had brought fruitful to their country. If people can develop will power , we will be more stronger than army forces. Recently, people in Philippine, Japan ,Indonesia and United Kingdom had proved to the world that they were the real owner of their nation by toppling down the dictatorship and tyranny government. Even Malaysian who had been repressed under a corruption and cronyism government for almost 50 years managed to give a devastating blew and tsunami in order for the healthier growth of two party system .

Oh ya! A very familiar image had just surfaced in my mind.Sun Yat-sen, a democracy revolutionist who had brought tremendous changes to the whole political system in China by ending up Monarchy system that turned to be a tumour for century.Hence I truly believe and wish for Burmese to take out their spirit of courage and struggle ,bring the changes they want in their nation together with Aung San Suu Kyi. Indeed people should not skipped the dark pages on book and did not gave up any available sources to maintain democracy. Aung San Suu Kyi , you are not alone, together people in the world will back you and exert greater pressure on this stubborn military government .

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Stop Pushing Us Into Deadly Fire Pit !


I am really wondering that our society problems like family disruption, paint splash on homes and properties and murdering by loan shark runner will stealthy increased days to days without the conscious of people followed by the legalisation of gambling by our BN Government in order to curb illegal underground illegal gambling .Together me and all Malaysians had been cultivated and taught of the bad consequences that caused by all sorts of gambling since pre-school. Even a lot of campaign, seminar and talk organised either by our teachers, parents ,NGO or law implementation units from BN government department with just only one consensus ,that was never made your first step into the hole of gambling. Why BN government was now in opposite direction with it.Overall, its just our tax payer money!

But today, I am totally feeling contradiction and frustrated as our government had jeopardising us by legalising gambling in order to increase the country's revenue .Why  are there so many alternative channels that can be applied like combating corruption ,cronyism or tendering project that are not transparency instead of letting Vincent Tan and Ascot Sport Company belly laughing at one side while people are facing tragedy and washing their face with tears everyday. Moreover, the most ever disgraceful and foolish things was the pretense donation of slim fund by Vincent Tan which aimed at quell the outrage of people was totally insult and assassinate the wisdom of Malaysian. This kind of act are totally resemble and similar with UMNO style. .
Besides when our former minister of treasurer expressed that only non Muslim are allowed to bet and gamble while Muslim were prohibited! Although we know that our Muslim compatriots were prohibited from gambling, but his terms of remarks was likely encouraging other races to go and gambling with relieved as government had approved where they were exactly slowly pushing us into fire pit. Have they give up on us? In order to curb this unhealthy custom, BN government can basically starts from educating and instilling people with good values at different level, strictly law implement and act amendment or the best is imitating Pakatan Rakyat Government by building up a concrete brick wall to say goodbye to Vincent Tan and Ascot Sport. Please do not intensify our social problem and think twice. Don't wait and say regret when the tremendous and severe chain was slowly emerging to the surface. 

Haha, wait a second! Where were the voice of MCA and Gerakan. They seem remain too silent and sat at one side on this time! Of course for Koh Tsu Koon, all Malaysians especially Penangites were too familiar with him. He even did not dare to make his stand clear and hardly strike back when his own poster was being tore by UMNO . Maybe I should have more understanding on Chua Sok Lei as he had to take care on rice bowl of several MCA ministers and his son. Any way if Najib intend to carry on with his preliminary stand,  presumably Malaysians will not have to wait so long till 2012 as what presented in movie to face with doom.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

We Are Jeopardise Ourself! 对不起! 我们的朋友






























Crystal blue of sea had changed its appearance. The birds were no longer flying and fishes were groaning. Shells no longer pure white and beaches became deeply black. Oil spill in Mexico Bay had persisted for almost one month after an explosion and fire on a drilling rig on April 20 that caused 11 workers dead . Despite a  lot of measures like burning the flow oil on sea surface, using sea robotic to cut down the leaking well that had been taken by BP, it seems futile as preliminary investigation and assumption was the oil leaking at a rate of 5000 barrel a day. The life of fishermen and other industries that have chain relation with sea product are dropping to the end of tunnel while hopelessly facing the black and oily sea everyday. Not only human , but other innocence living organisms also facing their nightmare and inevitable from this tremendous human made disaster. According to central TV reports, oil stain may flow to other country followed by blowing of monsoon wind.

The high  tempered and boiling emotion of people where a lot of street demonstrations, protest and signature petition , burning the flag of BP company ,criticism and slam towards Obama had became more intensively. Even though if BP manage to cover the leaking oil well and clearing the large surface of oil in coming months, presumably it would take a decade or even longer time for a new and complete ecosystem to reborn. If Obama can not handle this hot potato discreetly and carefully, I am very sorry to say that his political career will be marking a full stop like the Morak Typhoon that bring severe devastation and impact to MaYing-Jeou In Taiwan .

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Its All My Fault! Please Eliminate Me!

Recently, our government had threw out a timing bomb for all Malaysian. Our country will suffer from financial ruins and follow the back step of Greece by 2019 years if the incentive system don't comes to halt. Oh gosh! I can't believe that my beautiful and full of various natural resources country will be bury under the coverage of  long term debt oppression! Even the huge mini budget used to stimulate our country economic also does not seem futile ! Moreover, the most tremor was our government still pledge seriousness that the excess fund gaining from the repealing of incentive can be used in other aspect for us to approach 2010 vision. I really wonder and worry for our daily life in future where we have to bear the high living and tax cost! Can the Sarawakian, Sabahan, where majority live in long house and low income group in West Malaysia manage to carry out their normal life under the inflation. How can we ensure that the extra fund being cut out from incentives are fully utilise for the development and welfare of people without being pick up along the path by certain parties. 

In my opinion, a neutral and independent commission comprising of representative of government, opposition parties and NGO should be erect in order to monitor and avoid the huge fund from accidentally fall into other people's  pocket! Besides ,I also doubted when Najib voiced that survey carried out showed majority of people were widely accepting this policies! Did the public being conducted just from some meritocracy groups or people living in rural area. Najib should felt ashamed of BN and himself  as a political party that ruling this country for almost 50 years  had led us to the end of the tunnel.Oh! Maybe our honour P.M had overused our tax money in the recently Hulu Selangor and Sibu by-election in order to ensure the victory of BN.Oops! wait a minute!Does MACC seek into the report lodged against BN for bribing people by generously giving out sweet policies? I really hope that our government can put in more effort in combating corruption, bribe, grafts, embezzlement and partisan rather than increasing the burden of people by repealing incentives as they are the main tumours and culprits who will led us into financial crisis!