tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post5986046161872895724..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: Sachs came, Sachs spoke, Sachs leftUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-84652067371580670592007-09-15T13:17:00.000+08:002007-09-15T13:17:00.000+08:00What so great about Sach or Soros?Over hyped??Mayb...What so great about Sach or Soros?<BR/><BR/>Over hyped??<BR/><BR/>Maybe UM should invite Donald Trump and Martha StewartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-22612345993383544292007-09-07T21:50:00.000+08:002007-09-07T21:50:00.000+08:00So typical of Malaysia -- It is all eksen saja usi...So typical of Malaysia -- It is all eksen saja using tons of taxpayers money. Spend millions here and millions there, and nobody can question them. If you ask UM what it has done to improve quality, now they can point to Sachs being one of their profs. And the UMNO govt really got its money worth by having a so-called expert on poverty praising the govt. That is priceless. Now they have been given moral authority to continue with the NEP in the name of eradicating poverty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-66460432209433122192007-09-07T20:00:00.000+08:002007-09-07T20:00:00.000+08:00Why dont make it mandatory for every lecturer in ...Why dont make it mandatory for every lecturer in the university to contribute to public knowledge by giving pro bono lectures geared for public consumption. After all their pay comes from our taxes.<BR/><BR/>One three hour lecture is not too much to ask isnt? In the end we will be all educated<BR/><BR/>MALAYSIA BOLIH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-53546518302942611522007-09-07T16:21:00.000+08:002007-09-07T16:21:00.000+08:00Many US consultants and so called "gurus" came to ...Many US consultants and so called "gurus" came to Malaysia during August to earn big money for a few hours work. They get paid upwards of a few hundred thousand US$ a time in between their holidays. Its easy money talking nothing much new. All rehash of their books. And stupid Malaysians pay good money to attend these talks.<BR/><BR/>We have invited some high profile Nobel Laureates, Kofi Annan etc and paid them top bucks to come and praise us, so we look and feel "good".<BR/><BR/>August is a holiday month, so why not get paid big time for a few hours work? All expenses paid too. And then enjoy holiday.<BR/><BR/>We Malaysians are suckers and fall for it every year. Me? I haven't attended a single one of these nonsense. <BR/><BR/>What have you gained from attending these stupid seminars? We still suffer from lack of transparancy, integrity and good governance. We still have white elephants, corruption, discrimination etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-34978079214709362007-09-06T19:40:00.000+08:002007-09-06T19:40:00.000+08:00Its "Sach came, Sach spoke, Sach left with tons of...Its "Sach came, Sach spoke, Sach left with tons of our rakyat money"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-43813466009989088792007-09-06T11:39:00.000+08:002007-09-06T11:39:00.000+08:00I like the title " Sachs came, Sach spoke, Sachs l...I like the title " Sachs came, Sach spoke, Sachs left. Reminded me of Julius Caesar's "Veni, vidi, vinci." The only difference is that Sachs did not conquer Malaysia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-85624706403825530502007-09-05T20:24:00.000+08:002007-09-05T20:24:00.000+08:00Just as KM pointed out, without staying in Malaysi...Just as KM pointed out, without staying in Malaysia for a decent amount, how can he understand the culture, the people, and the problem of poverty here? I do not want to speculate and criticise Prof Sachs, because i do not know him well enough to do it. But i can for UM, or Malaysia government.<BR/><BR/>UM is just using his name to ramp up her trademark in the academia byt spending money. That is obviously the truth. Perhaps the amount of money, only a small fraction actually goes to Prof Sachs and i guess you know where the other big portion went. Not being cynical, but in Malaysia or BN government, anything can be translated into a piece of big cake. <BR/><BR/>National Higher Education Blueprint? Apex university? All these are just bullshit, as long as meritocracy isn't fully enforced. SO long as we have undergraduates/graduates that enter based on skin color, this blueprint is just a piece of junk. Maybe KM can analyse the blueprint for us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-21167628620637611882007-09-05T12:52:00.000+08:002007-09-05T12:52:00.000+08:00>Write a newspaper article or letter-to-the-editor...>Write a newspaper article or letter-to-the-editor instead and tell how he brown-nosed (kissing the butt)the Malaysian govt by commending the govt in spite of its "apartheid" policy of marginalising the Chinese and Indian.<BR/><BR/>Best course of action suggested thus far. New York Times, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune or Wall Street Journal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-6156135199502118972007-09-05T10:48:00.000+08:002007-09-05T10:48:00.000+08:00Before you shoot yourself in the foot by complaini...Before you shoot yourself in the foot by complaining to Columbia U, you have to bear in mind that in the US, a non-admin faculty member is paid only 9 months salary. For the summer months, he must have a research grant or he teaches a summer course in order to be paid by the university. If he is not on university payroll, he can work outside and keep whatever he earns. Jeffrey Sachs came to Malaysia in the summer and left before their school year starts. So, that is legit. <BR/>On the other hand, if what some people said is right, Sachs is just another greedy person with questionable ethics. He charged the UN's Millenium Project something like $75 K a year as consultant to Kofi Annan. When people started criticising him for taking money from a program that supposedly helped poor people and eradicate poverty, he then claimed to take a token salary of $1. But that appeared to be just all show because he continued to be paid $75 K.<BR/>Writing email to him is useless. Write a newspaper article or letter-to-the-editor instead and tell how he brown-nosed (kissing the butt)the Malaysian govt by commending the govt in spite of its "apartheid" policy of marginalising the Chinese and Indian.<BR/>---------------------------------------------------------------------<BR/>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Sachs)<BR/>Sachs has received personal payments from the United Nations totaling $75,000 a year since (at least) 2002 for his work on the Millennium Development Goals, as revealed by a UN investigative blog (www.innercitypress.org) He initially claimed to be working pro bono for the UN and stopped accepting such personal remuneration only in 2006 when it was discovered. The research project that he headed (the Millennium Project) is the most expensive in the history of the United Nations, which continues to heavily subsidize his research. Most recently it has been alleged that his researchers from that project were hired as UN staff members without competitive tendering...............<BR/>--------------------------------------------------------------------<BR/>(http://www.innercitypress.com/undp120206.html)<BR/>In UNDP Series, Questions of Jeffrey Sachs and Associates Payments, From $1 to $75,000<BR/>Byline: Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press at the UN - 4th in a series<BR/>UNITED NATIONS, December 2 -- In the wake of UNDP's sudden "re-assignment" of its head of Human Resources Brian Gleeson on November 29, questions have multiplied concerning UNDP's recruitment and hiring practices, including for well-paid, part-time work. UNDP sources on November 30 told Inner City Press to inquire if the UNDP-supported UN Millennium Project was paying economist Jeffrey Sachs, and to investigate "how many associates of Jeffrey Sachs have been hired onto the UN payroll outside of normal channels and at levels above those their resumes qualify them for," according to these sources.<BR/>Inner City Press has now been told of a $75,000 a year salary to Jeffrey Sachs from the UN Millennium Project, alongside -- covered by, one source says -- the loudly announced $1 a year for serving as Kofi Annan's Special Representative on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).................Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-86665116157510934512007-09-05T10:12:00.000+08:002007-09-05T10:12:00.000+08:00With due respect, I don't think poverty can ever b...With due respect, I don't think poverty can ever be eradicated ( although I enjoy reading Sachs' writings on this issue ) and IMH, having Sachs ( and Stiglitz and other economists ) as conference speakers is very motivating for audience who appreciate.<BR/><BR/>Thx KM for your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Glamour GalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-9661476588227932422007-09-05T08:01:00.000+08:002007-09-05T08:01:00.000+08:00BTW, was he made to sign the "Aku Janji" pledge li...BTW, was he made to sign the "Aku Janji" pledge like all other civil servants?clkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700265260371403083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-11350424178153459102007-09-05T01:59:00.000+08:002007-09-05T01:59:00.000+08:00Columbia could well not know that he has taken up ...Columbia could well not know that he has taken up this appointment at UM. Maybe someone should shoot an enquiry to their Provost, could get him sacked over this.Tek Seanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045590888958242437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-87897551652439418582007-09-04T21:37:00.000+08:002007-09-04T21:37:00.000+08:00Minor nitpick: Krugman's been in Princeton for sev...Minor nitpick: Krugman's been in Princeton for seven years already, which isn't exactly recent, at least in layman's terms. :pJohn Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16316489754000191267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-68393355224689264042007-09-04T20:49:00.000+08:002007-09-04T20:49:00.000+08:00I suggest instead of UM paying millions to Sach fo...I suggest instead of UM paying millions to Sach for a few hours of his time, use the money to repair the Experimental Theatre behind DTC.<BR/><BR/>The experimental theatre has been the for years in suspended state of renovation. The only difference every year before convocation the zinc partition or barrier got a fresh blue paint.<BR/><BR/>This year the blue zinc wall got a artwork in the form of a sun?? Must be due to Visit Malaysia year!<BR/><BR/>We must make effort to congratulate the VC....he heAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-46044686061256671352007-09-04T20:11:00.000+08:002007-09-04T20:11:00.000+08:00The public address Sachs gave fully obliterated wh...The public address Sachs gave fully obliterated whatever respect I had for him (which was not much to begin with). So much for his rhetoric on poverty elimination and his feeble analysis begottened through the narrow lenses of an economics textbook.<BR/><BR/>Recruiting Sackage was a terrible idea. <BR/><BR/>Can we have Jomo back, please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-55188470868093725682007-09-04T18:38:00.000+08:002007-09-04T18:38:00.000+08:00Kian Ming, thanks for highlighting this issue from...Kian Ming, thanks for highlighting this issue from time to time, and providing us with updates. Am wondering whether do you attempt to email Prof. Sachs on this? Perhaps even share with him the link of this blog. I believe he would check his email and perhaps respond.Chen Chowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00936368584754749865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-7021610403013877582007-09-04T16:31:00.000+08:002007-09-04T16:31:00.000+08:00Yes, but perhaps UM got more for their money from ...Yes, but perhaps UM got more for their money from Dr Sachs than UUM did from Drs Azly and Mutiara.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-49576886824275343212007-09-04T13:58:00.000+08:002007-09-04T13:58:00.000+08:00Yes, agree with you entirely about the wastage in ...Yes, agree with you entirely about the wastage in employing a professor that doesn't contribute much to the nation. As for UM they are a bunch of bureaucrats and third rate professors i.e. those that are left, who have nothing more to do than to wield the unhealthy practice of setting low benchmarks that are easily achieved but are not worldclass.<BR/><BR/>Really, a spoon feed mentality from top to bottom and it is the top that needs to have a brain scan and check first to set the record straight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-80865365712903422482007-09-04T12:52:00.000+08:002007-09-04T12:52:00.000+08:00Dont blame Sach! UM is just like our country, like...Dont blame Sach! UM is just like our country, like to enter into anything by the fastest, cheapest way....<BR/><BR/>1 Pay the Russians millions so that we can claim to be the first nation to send a bumiputra to space (albeit as a paying passenger)<BR/><BR/>2 So many MOU's signed but no action<BR/><BR/>The Malay folk lore has similar lessons learnt in the guise of Pa Pandir..<BR/><BR/>Menang sorak sajer, kalah sabung!<BR/><BR/>Maybe that is what the nation wantsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com