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From an email forward:
Subject: Fw: Malaysia vs Singapore – Why Malaysia fails miserably?
Singapore Cabinet Malaysia Cabinet PM Lee Hsien Loong
Cambridge University – First Class Honours (1974)
Harvard University - Masters (1980)PM Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi
University of Malaya - Bachelor of Arts Honours (1964)SM Goh Chok Tong
University of Singapore - First Class Honours (1964)
Williams College , USA – Masters (1967)Deputy PM Dato’ Sri Najib Razak
University of Nottingham - Bachelor of Arts Honours (1974)MM Lee Kuan Yew
Cambridge University - First Class Honours (1949)Minister of Foregn Affairs Syed Hamid Albar
(can someone tell me his univeristy? )- Bachelor of Arts [ UITM ]Minister for Law Prof. S Jayakumar
University of Singapore – Bachelor of Law Honours (1963)
Yale Univerity – Masters (1966)Ministry of Works- Dato’ Seri Samy Vellu
(Education Unknown) [ Form 6, Anderson School ]Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng
University of Singapore – Bachelor of Arts & Business Admin (1977)
London Business School – Masters (1979)Ministry of International Trade & Industry Rafidah binti Aziz
Universiti Malaya – Bachelor of Arts HonoursMinister for Foreign Affairs BG George Yeo
Cambridge University – Double First Class Honours (1976)
Harvard Business School – MBA w/ Distinction (1985)Minister of Agriculture Muhyiddin Yassin
(Education Unknown) [ Polytechnic Ungku Omar ]Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang
Cambridge University - First Class Honours w/ Distinction (1976)
Harvard University - Masters (1986)Ministry of Domestic Trade Shafie Apdal
(Education Unknown) [ Form 5, Failed English ]Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean
University of Manchester – First Class Honours (1976)
Imperial College, London – Masters w/ Distinction (1977)Minister of Education Hishammuddin Hussein
(Education Unknown) [ Bachelor of Arts, Social Science ]Minister for Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam
London School of Economics – Bachelor of Arts
Cambridge University – Masters
Harvard University – MastersMinister of Home Affairs Radzi bin Sheikh Ahmad
(Education Unknown) [ Kolej Islam Malaysia , Diploma ]**That is why they are so desperate to get Khairy Jamaluddin up so fast, because he is from Cambridge . God knows how he got in!
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I wonder how much truth this rumour holds. 
uh. my dad was a UM graduate in the late 60s, as were most of his peers. i’m not trying to defend badawi here (more of trying to stick up for my dad), but back then getting into UM was a big deal, especially when kampung boys like my dad and his friends didn’t have the financial means to get in and had to rely on others (who’ve been dutifully repaid =p ).
standards were much, much higher in the past in UM, though i don’t know anything about how much less or more of a meritocracy it was back then to enter.
khairy, on the other hand, is brilliant (if i were to use an emperor palpatine analogy). though he may have somehow deftly maneuvered his way into being where he is due to a good deal of fortuitousness, i think people definitely have to be cautious around him; as long as B is in power, he’ll always be around. he’s already secured a foothold. he’s everywhere. paranoia on my part? i hope so. (everyone likes a bit of political intrigue now and then. =p )
and i’d like to voice my approval of rafidah aziz, because she reminds me of a mamasan who gets it right, but never gets the credit. that woman is amazing. possibly a wee bit crooked (APs, anbody? =p ), but still, she gets the job done.
IMO, certain MPs here can’t get their work done because they’re simply not competent enough to get down to business and see what the people need. we’ve had huge misgivings in terms of how our taxes are put into use. and there’s the risk that these people up there are only in this for themselves. then again, everybody’s got their own agendas (i’m talking about both the majority and the opposition, btw).
these people know what they’re doing; it’s just that what they’re doing doesn’t necessarily bring any benefits to anyone but themselves. it’d be nice to see some of the fruits of their labour trickle down to the ordinary people, lah.
and to conclude my rant (it’s about fucking time, yes? =p ), i’d just like to say that i like living here. and to an extent, it’s quite exciting that our generation is (hopefully) the generation that can make things better. i’m not saying that we’re saints, but when the time comes we’ll be equipped to make things right to a degree that we’d feel better about what we’d do.
it’s just a matter of how much you really want to give, as opposed to take. altruism doesn’t mean that you lose in the end.
time IS running out; it’s just a question of when, and if we can hold out. tres idealist, non? why, yes.
ok, i’ll shut up now.
ian tai
September 14, 2007 at 3:47 am
Khairy is from Oxford, which doesn’t say much. And back then getting into UM (or MU as it was) was a much bigger thing than it is now.
bodicea: Wait. Cambridge or Oxford? (Too lazy to research at the mo)
Yeah. I’ve heard great stories of Oxford in the past.
moo
September 18, 2007 at 7:31 am
khairy is actually quite intelligent
as for najib’s degree, it’s actually an honorary one cos he dropped out of notts before he completed his education.
p/s jolin, what was with that really strange email asking for money?! O_O
bodicea: Intelligent but presumably evil. I heard he’s a racist bastard.
He dropped out and became a minister. Cool.
p/s ref. “Hacked email” in my dead blog pls kthx
pinkpau
September 19, 2007 at 12:32 am