tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post2529659028058222645..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: New UM VC appointedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-19775469662860578032009-05-12T14:38:00.000+08:002009-05-12T14:38:00.000+08:00Dear all,
I was a staff of MMU until 2008. I left...Dear all,<br /><br />I was a staff of MMU until 2008. I left for good, not because Ghauth is no longer there. The fact is that Ghauth ruled MMU like iron fist! Only a few top people prospered when he was the president. These people are no longer with MMMU now. <br /><br />What else can we be proud of? Nothing actually. All unis are the same laaa...we have our own strengths and weaknesses..but ghauth weakness is of course, girls!! hahahaaa...mana boley tahan! He's the one who takut bini but has big heart to marry again!<br /><br />He's another firaun la to many MMU staff. Glad he left.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-71315400600726350132009-04-29T17:56:00.000+08:002009-04-29T17:56:00.000+08:00Nearly a year after the VP academic in UTAR had be...Nearly a year after the VP academic in UTAR had been vacated, it is yet to be filled.<br /><br />Guess it is saved for one of the Iron Man's machai, Prof. EHT. Only time will prove me wrong...or right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-55923943552689733312008-12-31T17:11:00.000+08:002008-12-31T17:11:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-40286111950612745672008-12-31T17:04:00.001+08:002008-12-31T17:04:00.001+08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-47866690907132588002008-12-31T17:04:00.000+08:002008-12-31T17:04:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1292415990536567762008-11-24T11:19:00.000+08:002008-11-24T11:19:00.000+08:00Please read the essay by David Baltimore (1975 Nob...Please read the essay by David Baltimore (1975 Nobel Laureate): A Global Perspective on Science and Technology, published in Science, 24 October 2008, Volume 322, pages 544-551. This essay is adapted from the Presidential Address David Baltimore delivered at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Boston on 14 February 2008.<BR/><BR/>(Especially page 546: ‘Five Rules for International Science Development’)<BR/><BR/>After reading it, then we will realise that it does not matter who takes over as the VC of UM. The external and internal political forces or interferences (that do not know that building excellence takes time and the right group of talented people, regardless of nationalities and racial groups) will prevent anyone, even David Baltimore, from functioning effectively as the VC of UM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-85928218734084560822008-11-24T02:34:00.000+08:002008-11-24T02:34:00.000+08:00Jasmon has 3 sons in MMU, 2 are lecturers and one ...Jasmon has 3 sons in MMU, 2 are lecturers and one in HR if I am not wrong. So may be they will also jump over, many of his cronies from MMU and Unity College would probably jump over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-7771045711730270232008-11-21T22:53:00.000+08:002008-11-21T22:53:00.000+08:00Prof. Jasmon should emulate Prof. Chuah of UTAR. S...Prof. Jasmon should emulate Prof. Chuah of UTAR. Strategy: Get his own F4 gatekeeper generals into UM and take over important positions. We will probably see another exodus of MMU staff to UM soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-87030652872648038612008-11-21T19:39:00.000+08:002008-11-21T19:39:00.000+08:00The biggest piece of deadwood UM has currently is ...The biggest piece of deadwood UM has currently is Rafiah's bag carrier, Prof Datok, etc etc Amin Jalaludin. This fella can’t string a sentence in proper English....and is yet the University's Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academics!!!!! How in God's name is UM going to improve...The medical faculty he used to head is dead and gone, and just to make sure he doesn’t loose his power base he has appointed his half baked cronies to run the show....The medic faculty with it's haphazard development and ghost buildings looks like is firmly going to be buried 6 feet under. It used to be UM's crown jewel but now with it's unwritten policy that all staff right from attendant till Matron must be Malay has destroyed the University's once prestigious name. The Minister of Education must be praised for wanting to do something to raise the standards of UM....but it is crucially at this time that he must support and not abandon Jasmon. The real battle in improving UM's standard's lie in getting rid of it's deadwood The Minister must help Jasmon in getting rid of these jokers who are just hanging on to UM and dragging it to the grave....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-74029566572847894502008-11-21T00:12:00.000+08:002008-11-21T00:12:00.000+08:00If UM will soon be monyet university, what would U...If UM will soon be monyet university, what would UTAR be next year or so? It is going to be "C" university?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-40928381792667062032008-11-18T18:34:00.000+08:002008-11-18T18:34:00.000+08:00On appointment of VC, former Universiti Malaya vic...On appointment of VC, former Universiti Malaya vice-chancellor Rafiah Salim told Malaysiakini, "They have a right to appoint a monkey if they want.."<BR/><BR/>Well, now they got one <B>monkey</B> indeed. Ghauth Jasmon had turn Multimedia University into Monkey University, it will take years for the new MMU President to correct all the mess created by GJ... rather should I say by Iron Man and his Fantastic Four while GJ busy traveling all over the world promoting MMU a.k.a. selling gems stone for G&J Gems Sdn Bhd.<BR/><BR/>Very soon, Universiti Malaya will become Universiti Monyet !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-77881128800363637712008-11-17T18:21:00.000+08:002008-11-17T18:21:00.000+08:00What to do?The Iron Man is in power now. It is his...What to do?<BR/>The Iron Man is in power now. It is his generation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-5875873688809222732008-11-17T17:22:00.000+08:002008-11-17T17:22:00.000+08:00I know that ex-prof from UM is only given Sr. lect...I know that ex-prof from UM is only given Sr. lecturer post in Monash University. This is the type of standard UTAR should seek. UTAR is a non-profit organisation. I believe the wage for academic staff is lower. But after adjustment as mention by an anonymous earlier, it is now comparable. It is a stupid act by given prof position just to get higher pay. One cannot say he pays the BMW price to buy a Kia car(if one is stupid enough), he calls that Kia car a BMW car. A Kia is Kia and a BMW is a BMW. They have different quality and value.<BR/>A friend from UTAR told me that existing prof of UTAR (beside the four) were once the prof of IPTA. They are given prof post as a mutual respect to the IPTA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-60388093040951370702008-11-16T23:00:00.000+08:002008-11-16T23:00:00.000+08:00UTAR has recently adjusted the salaries of all aca...UTAR has recently adjusted the salaries of all academic staff. It's now almost identical to or somehow higher than that of MMU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-30079122772706292912008-11-16T22:44:00.000+08:002008-11-16T22:44:00.000+08:00EHT who is a EM man is made Professor of IT in UTA...EHT who is a EM man is made Professor of IT in UTAR and also member of UTAR University Council just one month after reporting.<BR/><BR/>http://www.utar.edu.my/contentPage1.jsp?contentid=677&catid=1<BR/><BR/>Tell me that is not cronism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-87451646367738525192008-11-16T21:38:00.000+08:002008-11-16T21:38:00.000+08:00My view is that the president wanted to inject som...My view is that the president wanted to inject some young blood. Those in UTAR whose position were taken over are near/over retirement age. The professor position was probably given because the pay at UTAR lower compared to MMU, so how else to attract them over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-41274988528849182702008-11-16T17:49:00.000+08:002008-11-16T17:49:00.000+08:00Without 15 cited papers as first author publicatio...Without 15 cited papers as first author publications, the Fantastic Four can't hardly get an Associate Professor position in Monash U.<BR/><BR/>In UTAR, you do not need to have strong research background to be a professor under. You must be the Iron Man's crony and can talk big to be eligible for a Professorship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-32007761960083118382008-11-16T15:15:00.000+08:002008-11-16T15:15:00.000+08:00The Fantastic Four not only made to be fast track ...The Fantastic Four not only made to be fast track Prof. They also being assigned to take up important position like director, dean ....<BR/><BR/>I am very sure they do not have more than 15 cited papers as first author publication.<BR/><BR/>I also like to know how those fast track Prof able to get a similar position in Monash Malaysia or Nottingham Malaysia. <BR/><BR/>Just received a mail from a friend who is an assistants prof in UTAR. He said, many of them are not very happy with Iron Man arrangement and promotion given to Fantastic Four because they contribute nothing to UTAR and yet they received better rewards. <BR/><BR/>MAC is braking into two teams, UTAR as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-23231674402134267632008-11-16T14:53:00.000+08:002008-11-16T14:53:00.000+08:00Actually before the so-called "fantastic four" ent...Actually before the so-called "fantastic four" enter UTAR, how is the quality of UTAR staff? Are there also "deadwood" professors? Having said they are "cronies", how are their performance relative to the current UTAR staff? Any UTAR student or staff can comment about this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-55419368360551154942008-11-16T13:58:00.000+08:002008-11-16T13:58:00.000+08:00Of course UTAR's faculty members won't be happy to...Of course UTAR's faculty members won't be happy to see so many iron man's cronies fill up the professor posts there. <BR/><BR/>Do they still stand a chance to be promoted as professor there? Yes, wait until these cronies retire loh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-62624723022772008552008-11-16T13:55:00.000+08:002008-11-16T13:55:00.000+08:00If Prof. Ghauth Jasmon thinks that he can turn UM ...If Prof. Ghauth Jasmon thinks that he can turn UM around by making it to the top 100 within a few years time, then he must be dreaming!!<BR/><BR/>There is no way that UM can go into top 100 when it is full of deadwoods and jokers taking up the professor posts!!<BR/><BR/>Prof. Ghauth Jasmon, I hope you are reading this post and have the guts to sack the deadwoods. But I wonder if UMNO will allow you to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-71738071764749971132008-11-16T13:44:00.000+08:002008-11-16T13:44:00.000+08:00I'm curious about the views and feeling of current...I'm curious about the views and feeling of current faculty in UTAR about the promotion of the iron man's cronies, specially those the post held by previous faculty and suddenly being replaced by the man's cronies, how do you all feel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-78834715905963388342008-11-16T11:23:00.000+08:002008-11-16T11:23:00.000+08:00If these fantastic 4 'Professors' of UTAR who jump...If these fantastic 4 'Professors' of UTAR who jumped ship from MMU were to look for a job in Monash, they would probably end up like Senior Lecturer or at most AP only.<BR/><BR/>Truly Asia, Truly cronism!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-5029222071549524342008-11-16T09:35:00.000+08:002008-11-16T09:35:00.000+08:00Truly UTAR is not comparable to other IPT after ir...Truly UTAR is not comparable to other IPT after iron man sails this ship.<BR/>Sr Lecturer of MMU = AP of UTAR.<BR/>Feedback from MMU, CBK has less than one year of AP appointment in MMU, he was made P in UTAR in 09/08. This is the true standard of UTAR.<BR/>The MOHE assessment criteria for appointment of P are research and publication, teaching and supervision, and contribution to university and community. I wonder these Ps have met other criteria beside hardly met criterion 1, especially contribution to UTAR. They did not contribute to building of UTAR started in 2002. How about three external assessors reports? How about peer-review reports? Do they receive excellent recommendation? I do not think they have these reports needless to talk about recommendation.<BR/>A friend from a party told me that CHT was offered a job in UTAR in 2003 but he rejected the offer b'cos he thought UTAR had no hope. Every one knows where is he now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-25559557971281854862008-11-16T01:23:00.000+08:002008-11-16T01:23:00.000+08:00Educational institutions have to be free from poli...Educational institutions have to be free from political monitoring and control. I would like to see how Iron Man can do it right under the MCA power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com