tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post3575396667415377830..comments2024-03-11T14:23:19.494+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: Saudi University Appoints Singaporean PresidentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-87636307794796225122009-07-02T08:31:42.288+08:002009-07-02T08:31:42.288+08:00"isnt it suprising how our wonderful malaysia..."isnt it suprising how our wonderful malaysian muslim academics werent even given a cursory glance to head the islamic worlds richest educational institution."<br /><br /><br />not surprising, since they also didn't care about any nonmuslim malaysian academics, or for that matter any nonmuslim chinese, nonmuslim indian, nonmuslim german, nonmuslim american, nonmuslim australian etc etc academics to lead one of the world's top 5 richest institutionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-36737945930033505862009-06-30T10:41:14.523+08:002009-06-30T10:41:14.523+08:00The salary of ordinary engineering lecturer at KAU...The salary of ordinary engineering lecturer at KAUST is USD139K per year. It's much better than US Universities for PhD Engineering Graduate with 3 years experience. Do you thing our government can pay that? Senior AP at IPTA only USD32K per year. Please don't talk much if we are not capable to do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-22381311458563637662008-03-07T11:38:00.000+08:002008-03-07T11:38:00.000+08:00Prof Chuah had taken up the offer to become the ne...Prof Chuah had taken up the offer to become the next president of UTAR if I am not mistaken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-90975048107469895542008-02-05T14:31:00.000+08:002008-02-05T14:31:00.000+08:00This man best out many people from around the worl...This man best out many people from around the world (U.S. UK, France, China, Japan and so on...) so I do not know what's the big deal behind all of it. Good for him too. The Saudi must of paid much money for him not like it'll do them any good because we all know Arabs are fat and lazy and don't care about studying and educating themselves especially when they are spoon-fed money from their parents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-89958432182871557512008-01-30T08:39:00.000+08:002008-01-30T08:39:00.000+08:00hi all i dont know what to say but this man better...hi all <BR/><BR/>i dont know what to say but this man better than us and uk prof<BR/><BR/>he can and will get what we want from him but waht make me go crazy <BR/><BR/>UM its was 1 of the best know look at it <BR/><BR/>any way i try to enorlled it i send email i even called them <BR/><BR/>but they say we still working on it than thay say why u dont come here to register what why i travel from saudi to do this wowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-16254158166156334922008-01-27T11:02:00.000+08:002008-01-27T11:02:00.000+08:00Non of our Malaysian "political" professors would ...Non of our Malaysian "political" professors would dare to take up the offer even if KAUST were to offer it to them, they know their own standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-62494783387412325392008-01-23T23:12:00.000+08:002008-01-23T23:12:00.000+08:00thats for the search http://www.kaust.edu.sa/about...thats for the search http://www.kaust.edu.sa/about/presidential-search.aspx<BR/>and on funding<BR/>um sends its academics to dog and pony shows and other assorted useless vanity parades. give it more money and u will get more of the same, <BR/>no funding without accountabilityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-30667485098235683982008-01-23T22:38:00.000+08:002008-01-23T22:38:00.000+08:00On funding, the budget of NUS is about S$1 B with ...On funding, the budget of NUS is about S$1 B with over S$0.9 B from the govt annually.<BR/>NUS has an asset of over S$3 B and it does not even need to touch that money because the govt fully funds the university annually.<BR/>How much does UM get from the Malaysian govt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-44080602875274522112008-01-23T22:29:00.000+08:002008-01-23T22:29:00.000+08:00Anon of 1/23/2008 03:49:00 PM:How did you know the...Anon of 1/23/2008 03:49:00 PM:<BR/>How did you know they did a global search? <BR/>Shih already knew the people there because he was a member of the advisory council of KAUST.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-25222644605190852302008-01-23T17:26:00.000+08:002008-01-23T17:26:00.000+08:00It is a joke that you fellas want to be a VC. Here...It is a joke that you fellas want to be a VC. Here you can't even be a District Officer ( DO ).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-11639740468268553522008-01-23T15:49:00.000+08:002008-01-23T15:49:00.000+08:00lol, how many strong candidates are there in the u...lol, how many strong candidates are there in the uk? apart from oxbridge, lse and imperial i dont think there are other great institutions there, the us of course is entirely a different matter. as for funding u can have all funding u want, if u gave um the funding that nus has i am pretty sure it wont make much of a difference. p.s a brilliant academic is not necessarily a good administrator, i think shin's success in handling nus makes him a better candidate than most, as the search for the kaust president was conducted on a global scale. isnt it suprising how our wonderful malaysian muslim academics werent even given a cursory glance to head the islamic worlds richest educational institution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-43586406469900864132008-01-23T14:29:00.000+08:002008-01-23T14:29:00.000+08:00In my opinion, it is the funding that is most impo...In my opinion, it is the funding that is most important. VC is secondary.<BR/>In the case of the National Univ of Singapore, credit for NUS's success should go to the Singaporean govt for pumping in a lot of money into its universities. Nanyang Tech Univ is also another upcoming success because of substantial funding.<BR/>Prof Shih was just a regular prof at Brown before returning to Singapore. I think his publication and citation only increased rapidly while working in Singapore. Obviously he has a lot more research money in Singapore than at Brown. <BR/>With a $20 billion endowment for KAUST, that is huge. Using a rule-of-thumb of using only 10% of annual income from that endowment means a guaranteed budget of at least $2 billion annually. That is a lot of money. With that much money, even a mediocre VC can do wonders. With so much money, I wonder why KAUST could not find a stronger candidate from the US or UK. They could pay Jeffrey Sachs full time, for instance. Probably not many people would want to work in Saudi Arabia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-26959684180432071022008-01-22T21:21:00.000+08:002008-01-22T21:21:00.000+08:00to left foot laughing, theres a difference between...to left foot laughing, theres a difference between this guy and sachs. sachs is an academic celebrity, hes the sort of person that someone who watches mtv would know, although he is a brilliant academic hes mainly famous for his non academic work, like appearing on ur tv for example, furthermore um didnt actually get the guy, they only got him for maximum a month as hes primamry appointment is still at columbia. the shin choong fong guy is not an academic celebrity and he actually has a full time appointment at kaust. if we could get sachs on a full time appointment i dont think there would be this big a fuss on his thing with um.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-57371773449925092082008-01-21T10:09:00.000+08:002008-01-21T10:09:00.000+08:00Don't even have to talk about their VC ler.I visit...Don't even have to talk about their VC ler.<BR/><BR/>I visited the NUS with some of my colleagues. We visit the NUS admissions to try to spy and learn things. I tell you, we were nothing short of impressed.<BR/><BR/>Even their admin officers are so professional and intellectual! They know the education conditions in Malaysian, basically ASEAN, USA, Europe, China, Japan! And they know the economies too! And they can give you a detail analysis of your stength by speaking to you and telling you of jobs even outside SG!<BR/><BR/>Try asking our University reps about jobs and economies, you probably get some bulls****. I am sorry but I am one of them.<BR/><BR/>I have become very embarassed. Here I am a Master degree from a good Malaysian University, and I cannot even comapre to a Singaoprean NUS admin who only has an NUS Bachelor degree! I vowed to work hard, but then, our media all so wrapped up in Bumiputra bagus, we can hardly understand the world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-58650859140607616422008-01-21T10:02:00.000+08:002008-01-21T10:02:00.000+08:00"of course the saudis probably paid him a bomb."If...<I>"of course the saudis probably paid him a bomb."</I><BR/>If he is good ,and SG allows him to go, what do you think of his successor?<BR/><BR/>If Saudi is paying him a bomb (no pun intended), what did you think NUS paid him? Should we be protesting paying Sachs then?<BR/><BR/>Should we try to headhunt Singaporeans for our own Universities VCs? But that so goes against our BIG BROTHER Malaysian pride!<BR/><BR/>Points to ponder for our own Universities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-75388112680296249692008-01-19T21:07:00.000+08:002008-01-19T21:07:00.000+08:00http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelo...http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/323580/1/.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-46684358077415937012008-01-19T11:53:00.000+08:002008-01-19T11:53:00.000+08:00maybe UM should have tried to get this guy, he cer...maybe UM should have tried to get this guy, he certainly sounds better than any malaysian v.c, but of course the saudis probably paid him a bomb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-5610625039174198152008-01-18T00:23:00.000+08:002008-01-18T00:23:00.000+08:00go old folks home? impossible right?they are just ...go old folks home? impossible right?they are just 40 or 50 something only...still can contribute in teaching and research..I heard they are going to other private universities..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-25929954165877543912008-01-17T20:48:00.000+08:002008-01-17T20:48:00.000+08:00Malaysia will only have a chance of change at the ...Malaysia will only have a chance of change at the coming general election. Make it visible, rather than talking craps here. Remember that action speaks louder than words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-91883034158538773142008-01-16T15:27:00.000+08:002008-01-16T15:27:00.000+08:00They go to Old Folks Home laa!They go to Old Folks Home laa!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-59505540264767344952008-01-16T11:13:00.000+08:002008-01-16T11:13:00.000+08:00I think Ghauth and Chuah after 10 years in power, ...I think Ghauth and Chuah after 10 years in power, the change is a healthy move, one cant be in power for so long...just hope that the new leaders can give same momentum as the last 10 years when ghauth in position..<BR/><BR/>Another interesting issue is I wonder there do Ghauth and Chuah go after they resign?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-76322082316632847592008-01-16T09:32:00.000+08:002008-01-16T09:32:00.000+08:00The 1st VC Prof HT Chuah and 2nd VC Assoc. Prof SL...The 1st VC Prof HT Chuah and 2nd VC Assoc. Prof SL Tan have been resigned :( The new FOE (Engineering) Dean will be Assoc. Prof SW Lee. <BR/><BR/>I see the changed is more towards political needs, rather than the educational requirements :(<BR/><BR/>sooner or later, MMU will just like another IPTA :(<BR/><BR/>The Student.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-64547597994028948082008-01-16T07:59:00.000+08:002008-01-16T07:59:00.000+08:00Everywhere politics....maaaaaa!Everywhere politics....maaaaaa!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-35672099798153340972008-01-16T00:56:00.000+08:002008-01-16T00:56:00.000+08:00It is true. Ask any MMU staff. New president just ...It is true. Ask any MMU staff. New president just re-shuffle the whole power game. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-80203709939041765112008-01-16T00:21:00.000+08:002008-01-16T00:21:00.000+08:00Prof Chuah has resigned? is it true? where do you ...Prof Chuah has resigned? is it true? where do you get the information?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com