brought to you by Foong Li Mei Picture credit: aka-sha | Creative Commons REFSA Rojak is our weekly take on the goings-on in Malaysia. We trawl the newsflow, cut to the core and focus on the really pertinent. Full of flavour, lots of crunch, this is the concise snapshot to help Malaysians keep abreast of the [...]
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Crisps of the Week (30 Mar-5 Apr)
brought to you by Sandra Rajoo REFSA Rojak is our weekly take on the goings-on in Malaysia. We trawl the newsflow, cut to the core and focus on the really pertinent. Full of flavour, lots of crunch, this is the concise snapshot to help Malaysians keep abreast of the issues of the day. Who’s the [...]
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Location map to Wawasan Open University (WOU), Penang. To reserve a seat, please RSVP to ivykwek@penanginstitute.org before 5.00pm, 5 April 2012 (Thursday). If you have reserved a seat but cannot attend, please also inform Penang Institute (ivykwek@penanginstitute.org) so that your seat can be allocated to somebody else. You may also nominate another individual to take your seat - please reply [...]
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[Infographic] A Critique of the ETP 3
Minister and PEMANDU boss Dato Seri Idris Jala told a conference of accountants that Malaysia has to reduce its reliance on the oil and gas industry. But more than half the investments in the ETP, which he is driving, is from the oil and gas sector. This third and final instalment of the infographic series [...]
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REFSA Rojak
Crisps of the Week (23-29 Mar)
brought to you by Sandra Rajoo REFSA Rojak is our weekly take on the goings-on in Malaysia. We trawl the newsflow, cut to the core and focus on the really pertinent. Full of flavour, lots of crunch, this is the concise snapshot to help Malaysians keep abreast of the issues of the day. Punched, poked [...]
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[Infographic] A Critique of the ETP 2
Part 2 of this infographic series spotlights questions on the selection of the NKEAs, the due diligence process at PEMANDU and the lack of private sector enthusiasm for the ETP. A brief glance of the graphics and charts below will illuminate the way! (Click the image for larger size) Download PDF of the infographic
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PPSMI: You cannot keep good people down
Advocates of PPSMI (Teaching and learning of Mathematics and Science in English) have not conceded defeat despite the Education Minister’s pronouncement that PPSMI is abolished effective January 2011, starting with Year 1. Though doors for appeals and discussion seem to be shut tight, PAGE’s (Parent Action Group for Education) resolve is undiminished; the quest to [...]
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