Archive for July, 2008
Malaysian Indian – Private College
Written by rujjcoomarh on July 29, 2008 – 8:41 am
Greetings. Since everyone has shared their experience in Universities, I would like to take this opportunity to share my piece studying in private college (now its University-College). Before I could start I would like to clarify that my write up here does not reflect 100% of the happenings or attitude of every individuals in a private college. This is merely my own experience.
I graduated from APIIT a.k.a UCTI. Immediately after SPM I told my dad that I want to do audio engineering, he just showed me his middle finger and asked to study something where I can make easy money. So there I was, first year APIIT. I am someone who always wanted to go to public universities and I don’t know why. It’s more like a fascination. End of the day I have no choice; I got no balls to do STPM, so I decided to go to private college.
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Malaysian Indians in A Malaysian-Indian University
Written by Kavilan Nakaswaram on July 26, 2008 – 12:36 am
As promised.
Plenty of comments were put up on tzarina’s post on Malaysian Indians in Malaysian Universities. Since questions were put up regarding the validity of the talked about issue in private universities, I would like to regale my experiences. Furthermore, I graduated from a Indian-majority university, which was set up by an Indian-based political party. I will reserve my thoughts on the university itself for the time being, and would rather, for now, care to explain more about the student mentality there.
Entering an Indian-majority surrounding at 18 years old was a big culture shock, to say the least. Growing up as a minority in the city (so to speak), it felt kinda weird being a majority race for the first time. Since the university was still in its infancy, I got to see a bunch of colorful characters there.
Posted in Culture, Education | 10 Comments »
Preventing Preventive Detention
Written by Murugesan Sinnandavar on July 25, 2008 – 12:57 am
Preventive detention is a process of arrest and imprisonment of a person without a formal charge on the basis of the executive’s subjective assessment that the said person is a threat to security or public order.
Three major preventive detention laws in Malaysia are the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA), the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969 (EPOPCO) and the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985 (DSPMA).
The most infamous of these is the ISA.
The ISA has its legal basis under Article 149 of the Federal Constitution which enables legislation against subversion and action prejudicial to public order. Article 149(1) further states that law designed to stop or prevent that action is valid notwithstanding that it is inconsistent with any provisions of Articles 5, 9, 10 or 13 ( i.e. Articles that ‘entrenches’ Fundamental Liberties’).
The ISA has its historical origin in the Emergency Regulations Ordinance 1948. After World War II, the Malaysian Communist Party took to armed struggle and a state of emergency was declared by the then British High Commissioner to fight this insurgency.
Regulation 17 of Ordinance 1948 empowered the Chief Secretary of the Federation to direct the detention of any person named by way of an order for any period not exceeding one year.
The Emergency Regulations Ordinance 1948 did serve its purpose and was subsequently repealed when the Emergency ended on 30th July, 1960. However, the power of detention without trial under Regulation 17 was transformed into Part II of the ISA.
Posted in Education, Social | 12 Comments »
SeNet JobFair
Written by Mahendran Balakrishnan on July 23, 2008 – 11:49 pm
Job Fair this weekend @ Shah Alam. Best of luck to all those looking for employment.
http://www.senet.com.my/jobfair/
Posted in Announcement | 1 Comment »
Malaysian Indians in Malaysian Universities
Written by tzarina on July 23, 2008 – 12:12 am
Even though it has been quite some years since I finished my studies in a local Uni, I still am not able to forget my experiences. I hope what I am about to tell you may help some other out there.
Most of my school life was spent with one burning ambition; to get into University. This was my one and only thought. Nothing else. I simply wanted to graduate. It was a thought imprinted in my head I guess, since even before I was born, by my parents. So determined was I, that I competed tooth and nail with my Chinese friends to get through SRP, SPM and eventually STPM. I did not do that badly in STPM, even though I never wanted to be there in the first place (I thought I could escape through SPM to Uni, which later I found out is just a day dream for many). My results in STPM got me into a good engineering course, though, and off I went to my most favorite place on earth – University. Wow.
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