MCA wants review of PSD scholarship quota

MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek urges the government to take a second look at the race-based quota.

(Free Malaysia Today) - MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek today urged the government to review the racial quotas for Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships for overseas courses.

However, he said that MCA supports quotas for the socially disadvantaged groups, students in Sabah and Sarawak and those based on merit.

“We support the quota for socially disadvantaged groups and students in Sabah and Sarawak. That’s only fair because school facilities in Sabah and Sarawak are not of the same standards as those in Kuala Lumpur or even Ipoh.

But he suggested that the 60% racial quotas should be reviewed.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Aziz, who is in charge of the PSD scholarships, said that the government had allocated 1,500 overseas scholarships to top students.

Of this, only 300 or 20% of the total were given based entirely on merit to students who score straight 9A+.

The rest of the scholarships are divided under the categories of Sabah and Sarawak (10%), the socially disadvantaged (10%), and race-based (60%).

“We fully support the 60% quota but there is a need to review it,” Chua said.

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written by guests, May 27, 2011 21:20:31

Although I think Chua Soi Lek meant well but I truly believe he will never be able to change anything.

Singapore will love this list. Does anyone has the list of top scores in Malaysia? If yes, please forward it to Singapore Embassy as I hate to see a someone future goes down the tube.

If I were the CEO of Talent Corp, I would quit as all the policies are against him and he is swimming against the tide and fighting a loosing battle.

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written by lynn, May 27, 2011 19:41:33

Wonder what is chua soi lek still doing in bn? He can't do a damn thing abt this injustice! Wonder what the fcuk is wrong with those stupid mudderfcuking chinese still voting bn via mca. I really wonder!

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written by Atheist, May 27, 2011 16:31:38

You see how stupid MCA was until I raised the quota issue ...... next step ....

go to court and find out how many rich people got PSD scholarship ........ I think even the judge will throw himself through a non-existent window !!!!

All this Malay Muslim paper work allocation by quota looks good only on paper ..... in real life ....... allocations are done under the table .... a very big one at that .... probably on Wednesdays !!!!!!!

Convert all to study loans and only for local universities and see how many rich people are interested ....... only poor dying people with no choice will take ... next to doing prostitution.

No issue .... no corruption .... and no political mileage ....... but cannot be done because no moral courage !!!!!!! smilies/angry.gif

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written by Don Corleone, May 27, 2011 15:56:13

"We fully support the 60 % quota, but there's a need to review it."

WTF are you talking about Chua Soi Lek ? It's the same as saying that you fully agree with being screwed by UMNO, but please can you be more gentle ?

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written by commonfolk, May 27, 2011 14:38:20

Aiya, ah lek, they will not change their policies lah. They do not care much for the chinese votes now as long as they can maintain a section of stupid mca and gerakan chinese votes. They are aiming for the additional malays votes, so there is no point barking out loud now, they will not listen. They will just "give them a few more (scholarship) to shut them (mca) up" lah.

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written by temenggong, May 27, 2011 11:26:57

Getting a scholarship is like getting a good screw. It makes a difference. I'm sure you appreciate that Chua.

Whatever the criteria you implement, make sure all students get a scholarship, or study loan. I would think that getting even 5 As is a good student and should not be excluded. With such a large window there is no need for another special allocation for the 'socially disadvantaged', whatever that means.

There is no need for scholarships to foreign universities. This should be phased out.

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written by Saint, May 27, 2011 11:01:57

Gerakan, MCA and MIC are not part of the government but only a member of BN to make more and more money for themselves. Their begging is also a sandiwara. REMOVE UMNOBN.

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written by educationist, May 27, 2011 10:59:37

Why can't the PSD get this scholarship issue right?
Why the recurrent controversy every year[since the award of it became acountable to the stakeholders]!!!
Precisely because the selection process is not above board: politicians' cables and racial qoutas I dare reckoned are the main reasons.

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written by jqhk, May 27, 2011 10:42:36

it actually a blessing in disguise for those who do not get a malaysian government scholarship their future will surely be brighter

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written by durianbesar, May 27, 2011 10:02:04

we have lost so many talented children... who got scholarships elsewhere and no longer want to come back... because of the fcuked up situation of racial discrimination and racial over and udertones....

the fcuking gomen of Malaysia under the fcuking UMNO Melayu seige mentality has to go....... somehone should just nuke UMNO, MCA and MIC and the rest of BN... because they are nothing but whores and corrupted bigots of religeous fcukheads and shitheads.... and failures in the society....

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written by durianbesar, May 27, 2011 09:59:22

Fcuk you Soi Lek and the Gomen.....

Just issue the scholarships on merit of the students performance. Take away the race fcuking thing....

You have fcuked up a whole nation of talented people... and this what the UMNO policies have been....

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written by syd, May 27, 2011 09:58:46

What is the use of giving overseas scholarships.
many who get this won't be coming back home anyway.

best use the money on improving local education and makibng it affordable for all. We can get the best brains from overseas and we can give the best equipment if need be. These guys will be required to spend a certain amount of time doing lectures. The rest, they can spend doing their research, using post grad students as asistants. That is how we advance forward.

And this is how we keep the best brains.

Presently, the best brains are selling insurance and doing something which are not suited to their qualification, as their job scope is not available locally.

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written by earthman, May 27, 2011 09:52:39

Give according to merits first and then according to mercy and compassion if one wants to see a great nation Malaysia. Only these truth can set us all free to prosper together . Or are we still fools who care not that we are forever quarreling about how selfish we are while the house is on fire?

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written by albert zacharias, May 27, 2011 09:38:53

Mr. Chua SoiledLeg...

You are 50 years too late.
Why you doing this now?
Podah... I already sent my children to India to do medicine. 12 A1 also cannot get proper scholarship.

Apply to PSD for medicine scholarship and they decline. Apply to MU to do medicine and they offered pharmacy. APA INI???

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written by justice seeker, May 27, 2011 09:04:34

MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek urges the government to take a second look at the race-based quota.

(Free Malaysia Today) - MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek today urged the government to review the racial quotas for Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships for overseas courses.

A BELATED SANDIWARA AFTER 20 YEARS DONT U THINK SO???
HE SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON MAKING MORE DVDS.

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written by minds, May 27, 2011 03:27:56

In the whole world i never hear that students from mid and poor family who have good result cannot get goverment scholarship to continue studies,only in malaysia we have,maybe some in zimbabwe. smilies/grin.gif

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written by minds, May 27, 2011 03:20:40

Bullshit ah leg,if base on merit,why never folo first come first serve(all the top get scholarship?still must have quota)korek korek korek just send 3 or 4a to studies lo lo,after that cannot get job finally goverment employ them lo lo.korek korek korek ka?