ADVERTORIAL
New Straits Times
23 August 2008, page 43
HONORARY DEGREE AWARD
7TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY UNIVERSITY TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA
TO
YANG AMAT MULIA RAJA ZARITH SOFIAH BINTI ALMARHUM
SULTAN IDRIS AL-MUTAWAKIL ALALLAHI SHAH
D.K.II, S.P.M.J., S.P.C.M.Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakil Alallahi Shah has born on 14th of August 1959 in Hospital Batu Gajah, Perak. Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith is a third son to Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Sultan Perak Darul Ridzwan and Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Mazuwin binti almarhum Raja Arif Shah.
Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah get early education in Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Datin Khadijah Kuala Kangsar in the state his birthplace namely in Perak. After end of the education in primary school, Yang Amat Mulia continue the education to form one at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Raja Perempuan Kalsom Kuala Kangsar, Perak.
In the month of September 1972, Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah have set forth to England for further education in Chaltenham Ladies College, Gloucestershire to form six. Then, Yang Amat Mulia continue learning it in Davies College London in September 1977 and his following year in receive enter to Somerville College, London after having passed Oxford Entrance Examination.
After graduated at Oxford University with Bachelor of Art in June 1983 and follow the traditional University of Oxford, Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith will receive Master of Art after three years in 1986. Yang Amat Mulia also is a linguist follow several courses including language Mandarin at the tertiary level, French and Italy language.
As his father, Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah is a person that talented in picture arts. Refinement of soul, Yang Amat Mulia always watching natural beauty environment immortalize in the form photograph and painting to make look and reference. Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith performance become guide to deliver the message education to general public. Yang Amat Mulia concern on women and natural world and it custody aspect in become deep theme in painting.Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah comply have interest profoundest field documentation. Apart from producing book, Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith doubled up guest writer in the The New Straits Times newspapers and in personal column it “Mind Matters” in The Star newspaper. Besides writing, Yang Amat Mulia comply active presenting a working paper at the conference national level and international.
Education from her father and mother over concern to the people, make Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah likes engaged in voluntary activities about as Deputy President of Majlis Wanita Johor (ROSE), Chief of Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia Johor branch, Chairman of Nationalistic Community Service Red Crescent Malaysia, Patron of Spastic Children School in Johor Bahru, Patron Rotary Club of Tebrau Foundation, Advisor of Traditional Arts School International in London and become Pro Chancellor University Technology Malaysia (UTM) and becomen Royal Felllow Faculty of Language and Linguistic University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
As the appreciation towards her contributions of ideas and efforts in the development of education in Malaysia, Chancellor of University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Duli Yang Amat Mulia Tunku lbrahim lsmail lbni Sultan lskandar, Tunku Mahkota Johor, has approbation to presented the awards to Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakil Alallahi Shah the Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Education at 7th Convocation Ceremony of University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia in this year. Congratulation from us, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia members.
Click on the image to download the scanned advertorial (pdf).
#1 by boh-liao on Wednesday, 3 September 2008 - 4:44 pm
What lah, it’s already in English.
If no understand, plz go attend English classes at Hussein Onn University, sure improve and understand one.
#2 by UTHM representative on Wednesday, 3 September 2008 - 7:06 pm
Actually….UTHM using this stupid letter to make the university famous!!!so don’t over react…shock sendiri….anytimes we will welcome you all to learn english in UTHM……i love UTHM~~
#3 by takazawa on Wednesday, 3 September 2008 - 8:28 pm
Here’s a forwarded mail I received from a friend of mine and it goes like this:
We, PR Malaysians of Arab UAE were laughing loudly when we read some articles wrote by a top Malay scholar in a prestigous university in Middle East. The Malay scholar was graduated from local ITMara holding 1st class honour degree in science and mathematics. He was under your government scholarship programme to do his Master degree and PHD in an ArArab country.
What a nice joke from his article wrote by this top Malay scholar ? He wrote a simple essay about the good teaching of science and art in both English and Malay languages in the local ITM. The local university allowed combination of both languages in order to pass the public exam.
Let us share with you his short essay message here :-
” Malaysia government kini encouraged all rakyat to read more rujukan books in sains and teknologi semasa. Ini can memperkembangkan ilmu science and technology bagi semua rakyat Malaysia to compete dalam zaman globalisation sekarang. This is also because rakyat kita masih
weak in both bidang sains and teknology for bersaing with graduates from overseas unversities. Akan tetapi sikap our goverment masih kiasi dan kiasu to post many brilliant students and tak kasi many scholarship kepada other smart races pasal sistem education quota dalam Minister of
Education ”
We dont understand …. apa dia tulis ? Do you ? Maybe a First Class Professor from UITM read it with excellent answer to reward him with 1st class honour’s degree. MY GOD!
#4 by ultraman14587 on Wednesday, 3 September 2008 - 8:37 pm
I am student from UTHM.
I admit that is a real disgrace. But hey don’t do this to us, i mean UTHM student.
This is not an article written by student nor the lecturer, is the admin staff who wrote it.
Some may think we are leftover student from a leftover university and teach by leftover lecturers. Yes, i agree it at some point, but we are not stupid students. We are not rubbish, maybe some of them are.
But what I am trying to do here is to step on the rubbish and get to the highest point. Please give us who really work hard a chance.
Thank You.
#5 by de_Enigma on Wednesday, 3 September 2008 - 10:38 pm
I would think this is a ‘No-Brainer’ at work there.
If you are that bad in English language, just hire people to write them, or consider sending it perhaps to school teacher to get it corrected properly.
#6 by kerishamuddinitis on Wednesday, 3 September 2008 - 10:43 pm
hahahaha, mr bombastic is very funny. he has some gems that really should be posted on sites that feature mangled English.
‘…comply have interest profoundest field documentation.’ oh, man this is priceless!
but what’s worse, i think, is ultraman trying to distance himself from such gems with a few nuggets of his own,
‘…Some may think we are leftover student from a leftover university and teach by leftover lecturers. Yes, i agree it at some point, but we are not stupid students. We are not rubbish, maybe some of them are.
But what I am trying to do here is to step on the rubbish and get to the highest point.’
ultraman, ever heard the phrase, ‘…standing on the shoulders of giants…’? know what it means? well, you are NOT going to get very far if you choose to step on rubbish
do yourself and all of us a favour – DO NOT EVER ATTEMPT TO BE A COPYWRITER…heh, heh
#7 by waterfrontcoolie on Wednesday, 3 September 2008 - 11:54 pm
Seriously, when I first read the advertorial, I thought it was a joke!!
It would be certainly a direct translation from Bahasa Malaysia. Learning the English language is not much of a problem if one takes the time to read in English, in fact any English book in the market.
Notwithstanding the statement made by takazawa, written English even in Singapore is limited to those who have taken the trouble to learn it. Even at some of the larger firms, we know that the language isn’t Queen English as envisaged by Lau Lee.
As for our local UNIs they better do something sensible instead taking to the road to demonstrate over sensible suggestion of admitting 10% non-Bumis who would surely help to bring up the standard of any UNI in the country. My fear is,the better ones will not even want to go near such low standard institution!!
This highlight by YB should set the BN Gomen thinking hard; otherwise it is a waste of all these comments put in by good Malaysians!!
#8 by rubenz on Thursday, 4 September 2008 - 2:03 am
This is what happens when we advance the triple apartheid education policy of Malay, Chinese and Tamil streams – you get lousy universities which have official use of mangled English, and people and politicians who are racists even after 50 years of nationhood.
#9 by leekb0 on Thursday, 4 September 2008 - 9:22 am
Enough been said and we all know the causes to the pathetic and chaotic state in Malaysia. The Government needs to tackle these issues immediately and no more denial. All Malaysians need to feel equal in the nation. Abolish the NEP… revamp the education system, inculcate zero tolerance towards corruption, and many many more.
I seriously do not think BN has the political will to implement sweeping reforms. I have doubts the PKR can do it too. But BN is rotten to the point of no return. I look forward to a new Government on 16th Sep and I hope for changes.
#10 by leekb0 on Thursday, 4 September 2008 - 9:37 am
# TheWrathOfGrapes Says:
September 2nd, 2008 (2 days ago) at 13: 58.49
“Who was the person who switched the language of instruction from English to Malay?”
I read in Lee Kuan Yew’s memoir and if I still remember correctly – When Singapore was still part of Malaysia and at a time when the Parliament was debating the ways to raise the standards of living of the people, someone tabled the motion of making Bahasa Malaysia the national language. LKY argued in Bahasa and in fervor questioning how making Bahasa Malaysia the national language can help raise standards of living of the people. His speech was convincing to house. It also irked the UMNO ultras. It became part of the events that led to the ouster of Singapore from Malaysia.
#11 by TheWrathOfGrapes on Thursday, 4 September 2008 - 2:13 pm
Yes, leekb0 – Lee Kuan Yew’s facility with the Malay language can put many Bumis to shame.
* * *
Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew. The Singapore Story.(Excerpts from pages 325-328 of the Abridged Edition)
The next day, I made my most important speech in the federal parliament to a hostile and tense audience, including a large number of Malay MPs who had been fed daily with anti-PAP, anti-Lee Kuan Yew and anti-Chinese propaganda by the Utusan over the past year. I moved an amendment to express regret that the King’s address did not reassure the nation that it would continue to progress in accordance with its democratic constitution towards a Malaysian Malaysia.
But Dr Mahathir’s speech implied that this could never happen. I quoted what he had said the day before about the Chinese in Singapore. “They have never known Malay rule and couldn’t bear the idea that the people they have so long kept under their heels should now be in a position to rule them”. To rule them? I drew a distinction between political equality and the special rights for the economic and social uplift of the Malays. I accepted the special rights, but if the other peoples of Malaysia were denied political equality with the Malays, we would not need Sukarno and the Confrontation to crush us.
Having reached the most sensitive part of my speech, in which I would expose the inadequacy of UMNO’s policies, I decided to speak in Malay. Although my Malay was not as good as my English, I was fluent compared with other non-Malay MPs. I said that while I accepted Malay as the sole official language, I did not see how it could raise the economic position of the people. Would it mean that the produce of the Malay farmer would increase in price, that he would get better prices? Would he get improved facilities from the government?
I said that the Tunku had frequently said in public and in private that the Chinese were rich and the Malays poor, but I used some simple examples to highlight a few points, still speaking in Malay. “Special rights and Malay as the national language were not the answer to this economic problem. If out of 4 and a ½ million Malays and another 3/4s of a million Ibans, Kadazans and others, we made 0.3% of them company shareholders, would we solve the problem of Malay poverty?”
“How does a Malay in the kampong find his way out into this modernized civil society? By becoming servants of the 0.3% who would have the money to hire them to clean their shoes, open their motorcar doors? Of course there are Chinese millionaires in big cars and big houses. Is it the answer to make a few Malay millionaires with big cars and big houses? How does telling a Malay bus driver that he should support the party of his Malay director (UMNO) and the Chinese bus conductor to join another party of his Chinese director (MCA) – how does that improve the standards of the Malay bus driver and the Chinese bus conductor who are both workers in the same company?”
“If we delude people into believing that they are poor because there are no Malay rights or because opposition members oppose Malay rights, where are we going to end up? You let people in the kampongs believe that they are poor because we don’t speak Malay, because the government does not write in Malay, so he expects a miracle to take place in 1967 (the year Malay would become the national and sole official language). The moment we all start speaking Malay, he is going to have an uplift in the standard of living, and if it doesn’t happen, what happens then?”
“Meanwhile , whenever there is a failure of economic, social and educational policies, you come back and say, oh, these wicked Chinese, Indians and others opposing Malay rights. They don’t oppose Malay rights. They, the Malays, have the right as Malaysian citizens to go up to the level of training and education that the more competitive societies, the non-Malay society, has produced. That is what must be done, isn’t it? Not feed them with this obscurantist doctrime that all they have got to do is get Malay rights for a few special Malays and theIr problem has been resolved…”
#12 by cina on Thursday, 4 September 2008 - 2:30 pm
Dear Uncle Lim,
Chinese school is not necessary good for all Malaysian Chinese.
The reasons are……
Most of those Malaysian Chinese who can’t speak and write proper English or BM were from Chinese School.
Most of those Malaysian Chinese who are low income earners ie hawkers, mechanics, contractors and etc were from Chinese school.
Most of those who are Chinese fanatics or the most racist Malaysian chinese were from Chinese school.
Most of those Malaysian Chinese who are unemployed were from Chinese school
Most of those Malaysian Chinese who are school dropouts were from Chinese school
Most of those Malaysian Chinese who involved in vice activities such as ah long, gangsters, bookies and etc were from Chinese school.
Most of those Malaysian Chinese who are professional or with good employment were those English educated Chinese.
Most of those Malaysian Chinese who can interact better with other races were those English educated Chinese.
Nowadays, most of the MCA members were from Chinese school that explained why MCA is full of corruptors and gangsters. Previously MCA was a good party as during that time, MCA does not has so many Chinese educated members, but now MCA is full of Chinese educated members, therefore had turned into a useless party.
Why DAP is better than MCA? Because DAP had more English educated Chinese than MCA.
#13 by aqish88 on Friday, 5 September 2008 - 9:26 pm
Assalammualaikum & salam sejahtera…
Saya ni tak fasih nak berbahasa inggeris..
Nanti mahsyuk pula tiba-tiba..
Makanya…
Izinkan saya berbahasa Melayu agar saya tak akan lupa asal usul saya sebagai rakyat Malaysia.. (memang alasan,tapi logik!)
Bagi pendapat saya sebagai rakyat malaysia..
Apa yang sedang berlaku kepada UTHM ini merupakan satu musibah akibat perbuatan khianat daripada pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawap..
Cuba anda fikirkan..
1) Logikkah kalau ada pihak atasan UTHM yang tidak tahu/ sedar mengenai kewujudan artikel berkenaan? (bagi saya logik)..
- Penganugerahan ini merupakan sesuatu yang amat disanjung dan penting! Tambahan pula untuk orang kenamaan! Mana logik kalau pihak UTHM akan biarkan. Konvokesyen UTHM ada organisasi yang ditubuhkan khas. Bagi saya.. mana logik kalau AJK Konvokesyen ni tak perasan? Kecualilah kalau PENGKHIANAT yang memang nak UTHM ni JATUH!
2) Adakah ini semua sekadar SAMPAH yang dilakukan oleh pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawab untuk menggugat Institusi Pendidikan Malaysia.
-Kita tak boleh jangka siapakah orang berkenaan kerana semua orang boleh meluahkan pendapat secara bebas.. Inikan Malaysia.. Negara demokrasi..
Saya sendiri tahu tahap Pencapaian UTHM dan insyallah semua yang pernah dilahirkan di sini tahu bagaimana situasi sebenar UTHM! Jangan kerana nila setitis, habis susu sebelanga! Cuba fikir secara terbuka! Kita semua manusia, hamba Tuhan! Hanya Tuhan yang tahu segala kebenaran…
Kepada pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawap,cubalah anda sedar! Bawa-bawalah Insaf, solat taubat, kembali ke jalan benar! Tuah itu maha Adil, DIA yang maha kuasa! Astafirullah al-Azim!
#14 by aqish88 on Friday, 5 September 2008 - 9:39 pm
Semua manusia memang ada kelemahannya..
Makanya.. Tak bolehlah kita nak salahkan sesiapa! Kebenaran akan muncul jua akhirnya!
Perbanyakkan ibadah semasa bulan Ramadhan yang mulia ini.. Kuranagkan kontroversi,tingkatkan prestasi! Insyallah Allah S.W.T. akan memberikan cahaya Taufiq & Hidayah kepada yang berkenaan! Amin!
Saya sekadar ingin meluahkan perasaan saya sebagai rakyat Malaysia! Bukan niat saya untuk melakukan sesuatu yang salah/ tidak berfaedah.. Sebagai manusia,kita hendaklah saling ingat mengingati antara satu sama lain..
Saya ingin meminta maaf jika ada yang terasa dengan komen saya, saya sekadar seorang rakyat Malaysia yang kerdil. Maafkan saya jika ada kesalahan yang telah dilakukan!
Sekian,terima kasih..
Wasalam..
#15 by sunflower on Friday, 5 September 2008 - 9:55 pm
My sister said that her student from a so called ‘elite’ school wrote in his essay about his grandmother and supergrandmother (with reference to his great grandmother). Sigh!
#16 by cc_chan on Friday, 5 September 2008 - 10:00 pm
Many thanks doggone..it’s very funny
Dear Ah Lian
Thanks you for your litter. Wrong time no see you. How everything? For me, I am quiet find.
You say in your litter your taukeh soh want you to chain your look? Somemore you must wear kick kok soo, hope you can wok properly.
You know, Ah Kau Kia working in a soft where company now. Last week, he take I, Muthu & few of his friend to MayNonut to eat barger. After that he take we all go to kalah ok. Muthu sing and sing no stop until the sky bright.
Next week, my father mother going to sellerbread 20 years annie wear sari. My father mother going to give a fist to all the kampong people. So you must come with your hole family.
I only hope one day we no need to write and send letter to you and to me. Better I e-meow you, you e-meow me.
I will ketchup with you soon. And when you got time, please few free to call me. Goo bye…..
Worm regard,
> Ah Beng
#17 by uthm student on Friday, 5 September 2008 - 10:44 pm
it’s not fair to just put the blame on students. we don’t even know who wrote the advertorial. we’re not that stupid in English anyway. But hey…we’ve been famous!!! who cares!!!! pretty good gimmick i could say…yeay!!!
#18 by kelabuasap on Friday, 5 September 2008 - 10:51 pm
Hello
I have heard that there are a lot of issues in this UNIlah…..even their Professor does not have enough quality either in research and publication or etc. See their websitelah…not much knowledge outputs…Not many papers have been published by this UNI…
How come they got soooo many Professors + Prof Madya and yet can not proofread this stupid mistake ? Duduk goyang kaki kah ? Makan gaji buta kah ? What a shame….
Siapa dia punya NC…tak malukah ?
Mana itu ahli senat UNI ? Tidorkah ?
Mana itu Dekan-dekan ? Tak tau malukah ?
Sapa itu English punya Dean, pencen saja lah….
#19 by earthdweller on Friday, 5 September 2008 - 10:59 pm
Shame, shame. Tsk…tsk… what a shame. To quote: Stupid mistake is like erasing ink on paper, the mark is no longer there, but the paper is never as smooth as before.( or smeared with liquid paper ) Shame on you UTHO. Do you read this blog? Do you? And Tun Mahathir: shame on you. RM 5 billion for Englishing the nation goes into the drain.
#20 by m.r.ang on Saturday, 6 September 2008 - 7:51 am
Just listen to our PM, DPM and all the STUPID MINISTER talk .They rojak english with malay. If you don’t believe me pay attention during prime time news be it TV3 or RTM.Leadership by example from the “Leader from Barisan Najis”
#21 by kerishamuddinitis on Saturday, 6 September 2008 - 8:04 pm
Hey uthm student,
No, you are not that stupid in English…you are just lousy.
you wrote:
‘But hey…we’ve been famous!!! who cares!!!! pretty good gimmick i could say…yeay!!!
you are a ‘have been’?
you mean you ‘…would say..’
nice try.
#22 by Jibai on Saturday, 6 September 2008 - 9:19 pm
I feel shame to admit a student of Univ. Hussein Onn University M`sia. However, those people are really worst in their english somemore didn`t ask help from the good ones. Shame of them!~ Making this univeristy lousy. Shit!
#23 by OBSERVER_KL on Saturday, 6 September 2008 - 9:34 pm
hey keris bla bla bla..your name so long!!can’t you just put it in short??
students are innocent in this stage, they are not the person who make the mistake!!can’t you just comment on the issue?!
i would like to ask?are you an english expert?are you a Malaysian?are you a student before?you are a GOOD person all the while?
OR you just do not know the issue here, WRONGLY comment on people who respond to the issue here..
I THINK YOU ARE THE LOUSY PERSON THAT YOU ARE SAYING..
P/S : “WITHOUT PREJUDCE”
#24 by lopez on Saturday, 6 September 2008 - 9:37 pm
Since the 1970s the MOE had some radical changes planned and enforced, but silently too it added strong religious practices into the regular curriculum and applied across the citizens of bolihland whether they like it or not because their so called representatives has agreed to it or pretend not to know.
Yeah it was great years then those formative years turn out successfooly without hoo haa from other BN clubmembers and has set into as culture of bolihland incorporated . These products of the reengineered education system is now vibrant and driving the nation predominately in the government service.
The damn thorn is that we were lead round and round and round a never ending roundabout….
It is also very clear that these so called new blood as academia of bolihland also “excels” as professionals although only gets government jobs and many a millionaire were created….well who cares ..you cannot get the doe so you jealous ka?
All this at the expense of other people of bolihland, and those who are comfortable as full time academians can decorate themselves in what ever colour of their mortars board…green seemed very acceptable or gold braided songkok to go with it, one thing will and cannot be changed in the global world….if you aint up to standards you are just not there yet.
Dream on …..
#25 by OBSERVER_KL on Saturday, 6 September 2008 - 9:50 pm
As a student from our Beloved Malaysia..i am sure we have our basic education in Malaysia (Primary + Secondary) don’t you?It means that you are the same as (in term of english) the person who wrote the speech??i am sure all of you same NO!!
In my opinion, the false only came from the person who translated the speech to english..
As proverb goes: “Don’t judge a book by its cover”
Don’t you all studied before?
Come on LAR, the false is not came from the VC, of so called the “high post” staff..they will not see this SMALL matter anyway..
ONLY the SMALL potatoes are doing this EASY JOB..
if PAK LAH want to settle all the minor things, what for we need PM???we need leaders because they are the one who decide on BIG matters..
However…i say however!!
Choose our leaders correctly..we bank on them!!
Malaysia can only be a FIRST WORLD country if ALL of us contribute towards what we think is correct…especially in education!!our future generation will be the leaders, education is the key to turn tem on to be the leaders..
I appreciate Malaysia as my country..
but please…please…please (The Barison Najis don’t heard what the citizen demanded)…
MAKE A MOVE, A WISE CHOICE, BE FAIR TO EVERYONE..
P/S : “WITHOUT PREJUDICE”
#26 by Astonished on Saturday, 6 September 2008 - 11:17 pm
Dear all,
Thanks for the “brilliant” comment towards our university(UTHM). We might be poor in English, but it’s not appropriate to use the term “lousy”. How good can u be? This is an unfair comment to those who are really good (in terms of english) in our university.
Mockery and blames; is this what everyone should do? This will not bring any good to us. Why not show some concern towards the local university? Help to enhance their/our english language rather than sit back and do nothing. Government? Why blame others when we don’t even initiate the effort? Have you done your part as a Malaysian ? Lend them/us a helping hand. Mocking and blaming is just like pushing them/us into a much deeper pit. Everyone learn through mistakes.
By the way, start English young!!
p/s:
I’m still proud to be a UTHM student.
#27 by EDWARDWORLD on Sunday, 7 September 2008 - 1:36 am
To: kerishamuddinitis …kelabuasap….
i just want to say if u all don’t know anything just keep quite..
your comment is useless and not fair to other ppl….
pls do some “research” or study before u post the comment….
#28 by EDWARDWORLD on Sunday, 7 September 2008 - 1:49 am
“”"”"”How come they got soooo many Professors + Prof Madya and yet can not proofread this stupid mistake ? Duduk goyang kaki kah ? Makan gaji buta kah ? What a shame….
Siapa dia punya NC…tak malukah ?
Mana itu ahli senat UNI ? Tidorkah ?
Mana itu Dekan-dekan ? Tak tau malukah ?
Sapa itu English punya Dean, pencen saja lah….”"”"”"”From kelabuasap
=.= lll……………so sad another lousy comment from malaysian……just know how to blame and comment……
#29 by bahasamelayuku on Sunday, 7 September 2008 - 8:14 am
Hello semua. Sudahlah…semua orang sudah minta maaf. Biar UTHM selesaikan perkara ini. Mungkin ini kesilapan yang tidak diketahui apa sebabnya. Mari kita semua perkasakan Bahasa Inggeris kita okay ? Yang tulis cuma ‘seorang’…jangan salahkan semua orang. Kalau ‘seorang’ buat salah, takkanlah ‘semua orang’ nak masuk penjara ? Tolong jangan komen sesedap rasa.
UTHM sendiri ada banyak pencapaian yang hebat-hebat. Saya percaya mereka memiliki banyak Profesor, Prof Madya, Pensyarah dan para pelajar yang cemerlang. Sila layari laman web UTHM. UTHM universiti yang masih baru, tapi lihat mereka telah mencapai banyak pengiktirafan juga….masih banyak perlu diperbaiki.
Cuma berhati-hatilah dilain masa berhubung dengan isu ‘advertorial’ ini.
Kepada semua…apa kata bagi cadangan macamana nak mengatasi masalah ini ?
#30 by kelabuasapp on Sunday, 7 September 2008 - 8:32 am
Dear All,
I would like to APOLOGISE for the inappropriate comments. Yes, I agree that it was too much and not fair to other people. Feel bad and sorry to UTHM. Hope this will not happen again.
Thanks for the reminder EDWARDWORLD
#31 by OBSERVER_KL on Sunday, 7 September 2008 - 12:25 pm
Hahahahaha…
I really shame on you, “Jibai”..
You are the most lousy one..
I don’t think you are from the univ. because i strongly believe you are the uneducated person due to your BRILLIANT nick name OF “Jibai”…
HOW DARE YOU SHAME ON PEOPLE BASED ON YOU BAD ATTITUDE?
I am shame on you..
P/S:We are giving comments in a good manner, by using constructing opinions.
#32 by aqish88 on Sunday, 7 September 2008 - 8:25 pm
Alhamdulillah.. Thanks God..
Ada juga yang bagi komen yang memberangsangkan..
Tapi, ada juga yang HANYA TAHU MENYALAHKAN tanpa mencari jalan penyelesaian..
Saya rasa, baik kita sama-sama memberikan komen untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini agar semua pihak akan berpuas hati! Betul tak?
bahasamelayuku.. Awak telah menjalankan tanggungjawab sebagi seorang warga Malaysia yang bertanggungjawab.. TAHNIAH..
Sepatutnya semua RAKYAT MALAYSIA bertindak ke arah positif.. Jangan cepat melatah..
Ingat..
Kita pemimpin masa depan Malaysia.. Semua institusi pendidikan melahirkan modal insan yang berfikiran kelas pertama.. Tak kisah IPTA mana sekalipun seseorang itu berasal, namun yang pasti.. Kita mesti bersyukur dan memikirkan cara terbaik untuk menaiktarafkan modal insan untuk masa depan Malaysia..
“Jangan hanya kerana najis seketul, habis bau satu rumah” (ini kiasan,kalau tak faham.. fahamlfahamkanlah) Hidupkan semangat cinta akan Malaysia. Kita dah merdeka 51 tahun, Otak kita pun sepatutnya semakin cergas.. Rakyatnya sekmakin bertamadun & berfikiran kelas pertama.. Bukan kelas TERAKHIR!
Kuatkan semangat,semoga Allah S.W.T. akan memberkati segala usaha & kesungguhan yang kita lakukan! Semoga semuanya akan berjalan dengan lancar.. Besatulah wahai rakyat Malaysia agar kita tidak DITINDAS kemudian hari..
Pemimin Gemilang, Negara Cemerlang…
Perpaduan Teras Kecemerlangan..
#33 by lopez on Sunday, 7 September 2008 - 9:39 pm
At the outset that piece of shit address is either being translated by a fella who struggles to complete it with a dictionary and/or an electronic dictionary.
This thick skin nkp knows how to do translation but he does know the language too bad but good try. I hope the subject person is not offended.
Well they are many like him or she in todays civil service and bolihland’s acadamia, great isn’t it, we always never have funny day everyday.
And we are thankful to those who runs and leads the moe , lets look it the other way, it could be worse we may be reading arabic for all i know if those in moe did not stand firm.
#34 by Nami on Monday, 8 September 2008 - 5:07 pm
Kasihanilah kami student2 UTHM yg baru grade… Nak mencari kerja… berbekalkan segulung ijazah dari UTHM… Jangan kerana setitik nila rosak susu sebelanga….
Tidak mustahil yang menulis tu tidak belajar di UTHM… tetapi sebaliknya dari institusi lain…
Don’t judge a book by its cover…
I’ll always luv UTHM…
#35 by donhatesu on Tuesday, 9 September 2008 - 2:13 am
hello I’m was one of uthm student, got a word to say, uthm are very sorry about this, it was a careless mistakes made by one of our staff, EDWARDWORLD, U ask about where are our prof and nc right? for our information they keep in silence because their waiting for us to fight for our uni and for our name
#36 by donhatesu on Tuesday, 9 September 2008 - 2:15 am
aqish88 terima kasih sebab pertahankan u aku, betul kata kau, lagipun manusia mana yang tak pernah buat silap, everyone learn from their mistakes, right?
#37 by EDWARDWORLD on Tuesday, 9 September 2008 - 10:00 am
To: donhatesu
did u see the comment correctly? when did i say that?……….pls read it again…….thanks
#38 by aqish88 on Tuesday, 9 September 2008 - 11:17 am
Kepada: donhatesu
Saya selaku insan biasa hanya mampu memberikan apa yang terbaik untuk semua manusia. Saya tak sesempurna Nabi Muhammad S.A.W., tapi saya umat nabi & khalifah Allah S.W.T. dan kita(umat manusia) seharusnya berfikiran sedemikian..
Saling memaafi adalah satu amalan yang mulia, baru hidup aman! Tak kisah siapa pun yang bersalah dalam hal ni. Jika nawaitu PENGKHIANAT itu memang untuk menjatuhkan UTHM, maka dengan doa PENGHUNI UTHM.. Insyallah PENGKHIANAT itu akan sedar & mengakui kesalahannya.. PENGHUNI UTHM hendaklah sentiasa berdoa, buat solat hajat & terus berdoa di bulan yang mulia ini agar kes ini selesai dengan aman..
donhatesu, saya memang kagum dengan banyak pembaharuan yg dilakukan oleh UTHM, secara tak langsung telah membuka minda saya untuk menerajui bidang kejuruteraan. Saya rasa, mungkin ada banyak IPT yang tidak mempunyai kemamuan sedemikian. Walaupun UTHM masih baru & banyak yang mendengki, namun bagi saya, UTHM telah meletakkan namanya pada satu aras yang agak membanggakan. Tak semua IPT di Malaysia mungkin mengetahui kewujudan UTHM, namun saya melihat banyak syarikat dalam bidang Industri yang menggemari Graduan lepasan UTHM berbanding IPT lain.. Ini satu fakta, saya sendiri pernah melihat & mendengar pengakuan daripada pihak industri..
Kita seharusnya bersyukur.. Semuanya lengkap, persekitaran pembelajaran yang konduksif, kemudahan yang lengkap.. Mungkin ada yang kurang memuskan, namun.. Itu semua memang akan berlaku di mana sahaja.. Tambahan ada Kilang yang agak merbahayakan kesihatan PENGHUNI UTHM kan?! (Tu lain ceritalah)..
Mungkin kontroversi ini akan mengundang ketidak selesaan kepada PENGHUNI UTHM & orang awam.. Malah mungkin ada dikalangan PENGHUNI UTHM yang mempertikaikan kedudukan mereka apabila bergelar Graduan nanti.. Betul? Semu yang berlaku ada hikmahnya.. Allah S.W.T. sedang menguji kita. Namun,bagi saya.. Semua itu tidak perlu dibimbang.. Bagi syarikat yang mengutamakan kualiti pekerja.. Insyallah semuanya akan diterima.. Jika PENGHUNI UTHM berkualiti, tak ada masalah untuk dipertikaikan..
Jika benarlah PENGHUNI UTHM menghadapi masalah berbahasa Inggeris. Makanya.. UTHM hendaklah mengenal pasti mereka (PELAJAR UTHM) dan membantu mereka agar peluang pekerjaan mereka akan lebih luas.. Lagi satu, UTHM juga menawarkan subjek Bahasa Asing seperti Bahasa JEPUN, GERMAN, MANDRIN, SPANYOL, & banyak lagi.. Bagi saya, isu bahasa inggeris ini tidak perlu diheboh-hebohkan kerana bukannya semua syarikat@industri di Malaysia memerlukan tenanga yang hanya tahu berbahasa Inggeris. Betul tak? Kalau tak, apa gunanya syarikat-syarikat luar yang menggajikan pekerja mereka & memberikan mereka peluang untuk mempelajari bahasa asing… Betul?
Namun, kita seharusnya memandang ke arah positif & jangan cepat melatah.. Jangan kerana nila setitis,habis susu sebelanga! Kita seharusnya ambil yang jernih, buang yang keruh.. Jadi yang terbaik,baru cemerlang dunia akhirat!
Semoga Berjaya kepada semua PENGHUNI UTHM..
Banyakkan beramal..
Kuatkan Iman..
Bersatu membawa muafakat..
#39 by aqish88 on Tuesday, 9 September 2008 - 11:33 am
Jangan asyik pertikaikan kemampuan orang lain..
Cuba duduk depan cermin, renung wajah kita dengan keadaan yang tenang.. Nilai diri kita sendri,barulah kita boleh bersuara untuk menilai orang lain..
Tak kisah taraf apa Pelajar & Pensyarah UTHM..
Namun yang pasti, mesti ada hikmah mengapa Pelajar & Pensyarah UTHM ini ditematkan di UTHM..
Tak ada kes buangan atau reject di sini..
Kalau semuanya reject..
Cuba anda nyatakan/ senaraikan IPT di Malaysia yang mempunyai Pelajar & Pensyarah yang benar-benar EXCELLENT,BERKUALITI & BERTARAF KELAS PERTAMA..
Ingatlah.. Tak ada yang sempurna dalam dunia ni! Allah S.W.T. memberikan kejayaan kepada kita bukan untuk MEMBANGGA DIRI, tapi untuk menjadi lebih BERSYUKUR.. Insaflah wahai PENGKHIANAT.. Semua yang anda lakukan akan dibalas oleh ALLAH S.W.T., jika bukan di dunia,maka mesti di akhirat! Berjaga-jagalah anda! Allah S.W.T. MAHA ESA.. Subhanallah!
#40 by aqish88 on Tuesday, 9 September 2008 - 5:22 pm
Kepada Nami:
Sememangnya awak tak perlu berasa segan/malu/takut sebagai graduan UTHM..
Jika kamu benar-benar berkualiti & layak untuk bekerja.. Tak ada masalah pun industri/ masyarakat nak terima awak.. Yang penting, awak mesti tahu cara untuk memertahankan diri awak & UTHM bila ada mulut-mulut yang mula berbunyi..
#41 by aqish88 on Tuesday, 9 September 2008 - 5:37 pm
kelabuasap Says:
September 5th, 2008 (4 days ago) at 22: 51.19
Hello
I have heard that there are a lot of issues in this UNIlah…..even their Professor does not have enough quality either in research and publication or etc. See their websitelah…not much knowledge outputs…Not many papers have been published by this UNI…
How come they got soooo many Professors + Prof Madya and yet can not proofread this stupid mistake ? Duduk goyang kaki kah ? Makan gaji buta kah ? What a shame….
Siapa dia punya NC…tak malukah ?
Mana itu ahli senat UNI ? Tidorkah ?
Mana itu Dekan-dekan ? Tak tau malukah ?
Sapa itu English punya Dean, pencen saja lah….
____________________________________________________
Ish3..
nikah komen daripada seorang rakyat Malaysia?
Alangkah malunya saya untuk mengaku awak ni sebagai sebahagian daripada rakyat Malaysia..
Awak tahukah apa yang sebenarnya sedang berlaku?
Awak cuba nyatakan IPT mana di Malaysia ni tak ada konflik@ masalah.. (Saya cabar awak!)
Ingatlah.. Semuanya tak sempurna.. Hanya ALLAH S.W.T. yang sempurna.. Subhanallah!!
Awak ada BUKTI KUKUH yang menyokong apa yang awak nyatakan?
Awak seatutnya jangan cepat melatah..
Awak pergi cermin muka dulu,renungkan apa yang awak dah tulis!
Kita mesti berfikir menggunakan akal/ otak yang WARAS!
Bukannya CETEK.. Jangan cakap pakai HEMBUS(cakap ikut perasaan)! Bayangkan awak adalah salah seorang daripada PENGHUNI UTHM.. Apa awak rasa???
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover..
Tak ada yang sempurna selain ALLAH S.W.T…
#42 by syuhada87 on Tuesday, 9 September 2008 - 5:47 pm
to aqish88:
assalamualaikum…..
thanks aqish88 for your comment…actually im one of the UTHM student.i was shocked when i knew about the advertorial but no one perfect in this world right?….so please to everyone else…don’t just post your comment and condemn us without knowing the truth….
“budaya Malaysia kaya dengan budi dan bahasa….apabila hati telah ditawan dengan arus kemodenan yang melampau sikap angkuh dan takbur menguasai diri…kemana perginya budi bahasa yang dipertahankan oleh nenek moyang kita selama ini?tidakkah kita malu dengan ALLAH dan pesuruhNya dengan keangkuhan dan kelebihan yang telah ALLAH kurniakan kepada kita?sedangkan dosa yang kita lakukan ALLAH ampunkan dengan bertaubat inikan pula kesalahan sebegitu dan seperti tiada kemaafan bagi pihak terbabit dalam menyelesaikan isu tersebut…kita dicipta untuk saling mengingati dan memperbetulkan kesilapan antara satu sama lain demi keharmonian sejagat bukan untuk memperkecil-kecilkan maruah orang lain dan mengharu birukan lagi keadaan yang sedia tegang…so,fikir-fikirkanlah….”
#43 by donhatesu on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 - 5:48 am
to: EDWARDWORLD
sorry nif i’m mistaken your word, i;m in a little bit upset about this, sorry edward
#44 by donhatesu on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 - 5:54 am
to: aqish88
betul kata anda, walaupn uthm masih lg baru namun sekurang-kurangnya u ini cuba untuk memperbaiki kelemahannya, tentang kilang yg merbahaya itu xleh kata ape kerana dh dekat sangat kedudukannya,bagi aku kalau salah berbahasa inggeris xpe tp kalo salah bahas melayu nya itu yg teruk, tunggu 5 tahun lg dan lihatlah uthm yg membangun
#45 by donhatesu on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 - 5:56 am
to:nami
jgn malu kita budak uthm, nam x membawa sebarang makna, dimana pn kita belajar selagi ade usaha kita akan berjaya, aku rasa syarikat2 kt luar xkisah sngt sebab kesalahan itu hanya kecil jer
#46 by aqish88 on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 - 6:11 am
takazawa Says:
September 2nd, 2008 (2 weeks ago) at 23: 22.11
In terms of the English standard, this country in general is very much lacking behind in comparison to Singapore where I just came back from. Average students in Singapore are able to communicate and express in decent English without much difficulty although they speak Singlish most of the time. This shitty piece of advertorial is not even up to Singlish standard to say the very least. The irony is, however, some Malaysians even have the cheek to condemn the standard of English among Singaporeans when their own fellow countrymen’s English proficiency level is not even half as good as theirs. They think every Singaporean speaks like Phua Chu Kang which is pure bollocks. The children of my uncles and aunts over in Singapore can communicate and express themselves so articulately, unlike those average Malaysian students who are either Malay or Chinese educated speak horrendous English even though they could be master degree holders! Thanks to our rotten education ministry and on top of all, the architect of modern Malaysia – TDM.
________________________________________________________
takazawa..
Awak ambil Singapura sebagai contoh..
Awak pernah fikir tak?
Berapa bilangan penduduk di Singapura dibandingkan dengan Malaysia? Cuba kira?
Macam mana nak dibandingkan dengan Malaysia? Sila berfikiran jauh.. Saya bukan nak marah, tapi kecewa dengan orang yang tidak berwawasan..
Lagi satu…
Singapura tu majoritinya berbangsa cina..
Awak cuba try tanya…
ramai tak dikalangan rakyatnya yang boleh berbahasa mandrin? Sedangkan, asal usul mereka adalah dari China, betul?
Bahasa mandrin itu digunakan meluas di China (untuk semua bidang)…
Ada pernah awak tengok Lin Dan berbahasa Inggeris?
Sedangkan dia Pemain Badminton No 1 dunia! Ramai lagi rakyat negara lain yang tidak berbahasa Inggeris untuk berkomunikasi..
Namun,mereka tetap disegani atas kejayaan mereka!
Kalau awak nak bandingkan Malaysia..
Cubalah bandingkan dengan negara yang mempunyai bilangan penduduk yang lebih kurang sama bilangannya dengan Malaysia..
Bukannya yang sedikit daripada Malaysia..
Jangan sempitkan pemikiran..
Cuba explore dunia ni…
Banyak lagi negara yang boleh awak bandingkan dengan Malaysia!
*Sila berikan idea yang bernas untuk pertingkatkan penguasaan bahasa Inggeris di Malaysia..
P/S: Saya bukan nak jatuhkan sesiapa, tapi.. kita semua boleh fikir sendiri.. Malaysia ni negara yang bebas bersuara.. Maka, fikir-fikirkanlah..
#47 by OBSERVER_KL on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 - 8:24 pm
wau wau..
i am glad there are some of you who still support local education system..in fact i think our education system is good but stiil can be improved!!
but please brush up your language here, at lease please leave a comment in english LAR..
i don’t say Malays language is not good, but just do not neglect English, for those who say we need not to learn English!!!
Why our PM want the Maths and Science subject to be in Eng??
Why other most established countries such as Japan, Korea and China start to learn Eng, since they “langsung” don’t use Eng for a decade ago???
can some one explains to me why English is not important?
aqish88 and donhatesu can you??
To aqish88:
I don’t see any reason why we can’t compared to Singapore?this is a compatative world, don’t give reasons to escape from comparing to other..
For example,
Can i say you are stupid because you are simply shorter as compared to a person who are taller than you???
I am sure you say CAN NOT….!!am i right?
AGAIN, Don’t judge a book by its cover..
i saw this sentence from your comments; just the same as my previous comments..
then why are you judging Malaysia is a bigger country and can’t be compared to S’pore???why, why, why???
regardless of the size, we are evaluating the performance our what we call “hasil”….can you understand English??
we should take up the lesson from the advertorial and improve on the education system in M’sia..please anyone, don’t deny that..don’t deny the English language standard in IPTA is low..
meanwhile, i don’t deny those students who have good command of english in IPTA..i respect YOU, keep up the good work!!
especially moving towards 2020…so please wake up!!
to those academicians who took a “SILENT” glance on this blog!!
#48 by aqish88 on Thursday, 11 September 2008 - 10:18 am
Kepada OBSERVER_KL
Saya langsung tidak menyatakan bahawa bahasa Inggeris “HARUS/MESTI/WAJIB” TIDAK dipelajari di mana-mana Institusi Pendidikan di Malaysia(Sila baca & fahami apa yang saya tulis).. Saya juga dah nyatakan, kita seharusnya dibandingkan dengan negara lain! Ambil contoh negara yang pada dasarnya menggunakan bahasa ibunda mereka & berubah ke bahasa Inggeris dalam sistem pendidikan. Sama seperti anda nyatakan Japan, Korea & China.. (saya rasa,anda kurang faham bahasa Malaysia.. Sila pertingkatkan penguasaan anda,TQ!)
Memang benar, saya KURANG setuju apabila Malaysia dibandingkan dengan Singapura. Hal ini kerana
1) Sekali lagi,bilangan penduduk di Malaysia jauh lebih banyak dibandingkan dengan Singapura. Jika ditambah dengan Sabah & Sarawak.. Besar tu kawasannya,macam mana nak kawal?!
2) Malaysia kekurangan tenanga pelatih yang fasih berbahasa Inggeris. (Tak semua tenaga pelatih di SK,SMK,IPT yang mengajar dalam bahasa Inggeris!)
3) Faktor bahasa pertuturan seharian. (Sedangakan orang KL pun kurang faham bahasa UTARA..Inikan pula bahasa Sabah & Sarawak yang mengikut kaum & etnik mereka..) Sila fikirlah dengan tenang apa maksud saya!
4) Faktor budaya & adat resam. Jika dibandingkan dengan Singapura yang Majoritinya Cina! Kita ni terdiri dari pelbagai kaum & bangsa. Pemikiran pun berlainan! Mungkin anda kurang faham tentang hal ini, tapi anda boleh jalankan survey di kawasan-kawasan pedalaman & anda akan faham..(Sila rujuk siri Cerika Rama,filem Good Morning,Teacher)
5) Mentaliti yang berlainan.. Mentaliti rakyat Malaysia bukannya 100% TAHAP KELAS PERTAMA/ EXCELLENT..Semua rakyat malaysia ada pemikiran yang berlainan. Rambut sama hitam,hati lain-lain(fahamkan!)
Jika ini tak cukup mempertahankan mengapa saya tidak setuju mengapa dibandingkan dengan Singapura.. Saya tak ada komen. Mungkin anda lebih arif & bijaksana! Saya RESPECT anda!
Saya juga TIDAK mengatakan penguasaan bahasa Inggeris ini MUSTAHIL untuk rakyat Malaysia & salah jika menggunakan Bahasa Inggeris! Cuma usaha ini akan memakan masa untuk dicapai.. Anda juga jangan cepet melatah, anda harus berfikiran terbuka.
Anda juga harus faham.. Banyak yang perlu diperbaiki & diberi tunjuk ajar. Ubah mentaliti rakyat Malaysia! Kita sebagai generasi sekaranglah yang mencorakkan apa yang terbaik untuk generasi masa akan datang.
Anda seharusnya bagi komen yang dikatagorikan sebagai “CADANGAN UNTUK MEMPERBAIKI INSTITUSI PENDIDIKAN DI MALAYSIA”. Agar generasi masa depan & termasuk anak-anak anda juga terjamin,boleh kuasai semua bahasa, terutama bahasa Inggeris! Betul? Kan kita nak masuk tahun 2020..
“AGAIN, Don’t judge a book by its cover..”
Tak semestinya jika saya berbahsa Malaysia, saya TIDAK TAHU berbahsa inggeris. Cuba renung diri dulu, jangan terlalu prajudis terhadap orang lain.. Fikir-fikirkan!
P/S:Tak semua manusia sempurna, hanya Allah S.W.T. yang semurna!
#49 by donhatesu on Thursday, 11 September 2008 - 12:23 pm
to: OBSERVER_KL
maaf kalau sya menggunakan bahasa malaysia di sini tapi sya xgemar berbahasa inggeris,saya tak menggunakan bahasa inggeris x bermksd saya xreti tp ckplah berbahasa inggeris di kuliah dan majlis2 yang kena berbahasa inggeris,macam saudara katakan, kerajaan menggalakkan pengajaran mate n sains dan itu saya sokong kerana dpt menarik mnat pelajar dgn bahasa inggeris,ini dpat menghasilkan modal insan yg berkualiti nanti, saya xbermaksud bahawa bahasa inggeris xwajib tp ada masa dan ketikanya kita menggunakannya, bg saya pengunjung blog ini kebanyakkannya org malaysia dan sebab itulah sya menggunakan bahasa kita semua
#50 by aBg_rOnGak on Thursday, 11 September 2008 - 1:14 pm
Kepada OBSERVER_KL
I shamefully have to admit (make an announcement actually) that, I worked at THE university (you know….)… what I’m going to ask you is, does French or Japanese even bother about talking in English, even to tourist like we did? I know English is the world’s international language, it bridges this and that and all sort of things, but what’s more important is how we view it, use it in our daily life.
Yes, I do agree that our education system isn’t that good, and something has to be done. English proficiency level…. well, is low, but that fact does not necessarily show our overall performance. Our doctors, scientists, engineers etc. were taught in Malay, yet they were very good in their respective field(s). If you can still remember about scholars from time more ancient than ours, they all use their own mother language.
What I want to point out is, out mindset has to be re-set. Period. If you want to blame some people, like Malays or Orang Asli who can’t speak and write in English properly, I also can blame others. Why Chinese and Indian can’t speak Malay properly? How many years have they lived on Malaysian soil?
Finger pointing won’t settle the problems at hand. Furthermore, with corrupt, stupid and arrogant leaders, we can only voice out our opinion…. individually or collectively… this is OUR responsibility, not down to one particular person only (or perhaps a bunch of monkeys in expensive dress and cars)