Comments on: Have MARA run out of funds leaving hundreds stranded without their bumiputera student loans – and how can such a financial scandal happen?

By: m2molo

m2molo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:54:34 +0000

I think it’s nothing to do with DAP whether DAP should or not raise charity fund for scholarship. DAP does not have the obligation to do that… But it is the job of JPA and MARA to distribute the scholarship fairly as the money is from tax payer — public fund.

Good students should be awarded properly, especially if they’re poor. 15 years ago, my friend told me that what’s the point to score good result in SPM because no matter how good you score eventually you still have to sit for STPM (a very very tough exam) if you’re not so rich and wish to enter local universities.

By: TomThumb

TomThumb — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:55:01 +0000

“What is it so difficult for DAP to do some charity work as the community service to raise fund for scholarship” onlooker politics

yes, dap should put the money where its mouth is. help poor students. race does not matter.

By: TomThumb

TomThumb — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:51:03 +0000

” … suggests you have stagnant peabrain unable to see right from wrong…only oozing out dang from your rear!” wanderer

the thought of “dang oozing out of my rear” and down your throat makes me want to continue

By: Onlooker Politics

Onlooker Politics — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:23:19 +0000

“For the sake of goodness, all of us shall do charity work in accordance with our personal capability, so that we may store more wealth in Heaven!” (Onlooker Politics) ——-

“while the thieves enjoy now and burn later? what kinda religion would advocate this?” (lee wee tak)

lee wee tak,
Are you really serious that you go against doing charity work? What religion do you believe then?

Don’t you know that most Chinese name clan or dialect associations and occupational societies do support doing chariry work, especially charity work in respect of raising funds for establishing a scholarship or study loan scheme?

What is it so difficult for DAP to do some charity work as the community service to raise fund for scholarship? Just get the DAP branch chairperson to despatch some brochures with some write-up and a bank account number and with the signatures of Mr Karpal Singh and YB Kit on the brochures. I believe many DAP supporters will respond positively to DAP’s call for fund-raising for purpose of giving away scholarship, so long as DAP leaders are able to show high transparency in the selection process of the scholarship winners!

Anyway, please study the possibility and viability of the suggestion first before DAP proceeds to do so. I don’t want Najib to have any opportunity to initiate a police arrest on Mr Karpal Singh or YB Kit simply based on the ambiguous reason that these two honourable human beings have committed a criminal offence of illegal fund raising without a license from the Ministry of Finance!

By: a2a

a2a — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:29:10 +0000

YOU ALL CAN LABLE THESE SCHOLARSHIPS IS CORRUPTION.

A CORRUPTED SCHOLARSHIPS.

By: m2molo

m2molo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:18:39 +0000

Two years ago, my friend was offered TWO scholarships (MARA and JPA) at one time. As JPA offer was slightly higher, he decided to take JPA scholarship to further his postgraduate studies in UK. How many of you will have chance to ‘choose’ scholarships?

Besides the scholarship, he still received his monthly salary while he pursued his studies. So, you see how much he earned. He told me that his supervisor in UK also provided him some cash, approximately RM4000 (conversion rate GBP1=RM5.5). Imagine how much he earned every month…should be approximately RM13,000 plus! That’s why he can bought a MVP (Honda or Toyota) in UK, leaving in a double-storey house in one of the big cities in UK.

My friend is not TOP student for his SPM as he studied his bachelor degree in local universitiy. If he scored many As in SPM, I’m sure he would have offered scholarship to do his first degree in oversea. This is called LUCK or FORTUNE sometimes… same people different lucks…

By: tsn

tsn — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:49:36 +0000

To get back the loans, Mara should set up their own shoplot prisons just like Ah Longs. Guarantee those educated borrowers will queue up to repay the loans. Mara can always get good rentals discount from UDA.

By: wanderer

wanderer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:41:18 +0000

Should read “UMNO goon’s”..mistype from my previous comment

By: wanderer

wanderer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:38:25 +0000

TomThumb,

UMNO selective comment from this blog suggests you have stagnant peabrain unable to see right from wrong…only oozing out dang from your rear!

By: TomThumb

TomThumb — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:26:24 +0000

somebody suggested dap should help. i say good. time to put your money where your mouth is

By: wanderer

wanderer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:48:35 +0000

TomThumb , Onlooker Politics:

IF your UMNO PM stops paying out ang pows, buying canopies for Royal mata mata and all other items with undeclared expenditure, we should be able to help a lot more students in need…get your priority right dickhead!…stop passing the buck to DAP

By: ktteokt

ktteokt — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:29:40 +0000

MARA should in fact change its signboard to MAME – MAJLIS AMANAH MELAYU!!!!

By: ktteokt

ktteokt — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:28:27 +0000

Actually, the MARA signboard is such a racist one when you go deep into its meaning. MARA stands for MAJILIS AMANAH RAKYAT. But how come MARA has been reserved exclusively for the MALAYS only? Aren’t the other RACES in Malaysia RAKYAT too?

By: lee wee tak_

lee wee tak_ — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:31:29 +0000

——-# Onlooker Politics Says:
Yesterday at 20: 46.52

“why must DAP do the work for the tax collector?” (lee wee tak)

For the sake of goodness, all of us shall do charity work in accordance with our personal capability, so that we may store more wealth in Heaven!——-

while the thieves enjoy now and burn later? what kinda religion would advocate this?

By: kerishamuddinitis

kerishamuddinitis — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:10:46 +0000

cintanegara must really love BN more then he loves the ‘negara’ because BN = racist parties while ‘negara’ = rakyat. And like pkrisnin says, suddenly I too am worried about my EPF money…the rakyat need to worry about their EPF money while we prepare for the inevitable jump in cost of living and increase in price across almot everything due to the impending withdrawal of the subsidies for essential commodities. Besides having the price of our petrol being increased surreptitiously but nowadays consumers are smart – even the auntie can tell you it is a disguised increase in price of petrol.

And rakyat have to suffer this when Slime Ball pocketed RM500mil, the entire gang is now STILL trying to launder RM8bil, they have the gall to spend RM100mil sending 1 single tourist to space, lie to us about the economy and now manage the recession by penalising the people.

By: disapointed86

disapointed86 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:02:17 +0000

oh my …. how the hell this MARA can sponsor so many students abroad…and insufficient funds for the ones study locally??..what the fuc* the Government is doing..half past six administration..dont hope for more if you’re in boleh land…

By: ekans

ekans — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:27:51 +0000

On 2/6/09 at 16:42.04 cintanegara said:
Copy and paste part of the email and publish it on this blog wouldn’t solve the problem.

May be so but at least we are aware that YB LKS has highlighted this problem…

On 2/6/09 at 16:42.04 cintanegara said:
Why don’t the Mentor CM bring up this matter to MARA and find a way to help the student (If the email was genuinely written by a Malay). ,,,,

Who is this Mentor CM?
Anyway, YB LKS has called upon the Minister for Rural & Regional Development to look into this…

On 2/6/09 at 16:42.04 cintanegara said:
Do not have to sensationalize an isolated issue like this to gain attention and popularity……

Is it really an isolated issue?
Supporters of UMNO’s BN should first think of whether their favourite political coalition would gain popularity when things described in that e-mail happens.
Easier for students to drop out of the education system and become Mat Rempit by engaging in illegal bike races to gain attention…

By: m2molo

m2molo — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:23:08 +0000

We can’t compare the CGPAs from different local tertiary educational institutions. If A & B get CGPA 3.90 from UM and UiTM respectively, we can’t conclude that A is smarter than B or vice versa. However, we can conclude that A and B are hardworking students. The student mentioned in the article must be a hardworking student. Thus, he/she deserves a scholarship or study loan.

By: pkrisnin

pkrisnin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:19:55 +0000

Why am I suddenly worried about my EPF money.
I know at least 1 ex-MARA student who refuse to pay back the loan even though he’s doing well.

By: passerby

passerby — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:12:49 +0000

So Najib now needs a new partner to set up a new service and management company to receive the lucrative fees, since the previous chap, apa nama itu, has retired comfortably in UK. Maybe TomThumb can help!