Bismillah [hidayahnet] Re: Set up institute to 'Umno-ise' university students

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:23:01 -0700

Today, I've just learned a new word: Umno-ise. I think I know what it means, but fail to locate it in the dictionary. Anyway, no offence meant for the non-muslims, but all this while I thought only Christians baptise their new-borns and re-borns.
 
Then again, the more I look at it, the more I see the similarity between Umno and the Communist - mass indoctrination of a set of belief. Whether Soviet, North Korea, Indo-China or China, the daily forced injection of their idealogy to the people is paramount to everything else. In North Korea for instance, they attach electronic speakers to poles placed in public areas, to grind their message across. In Malaysia, off course, the Umno government goes several notches up by using the media which is under their control.
 
TV3 and 8TV together with the NST belong to companies which is under Umno. Now, they may just buy over natseven, though irrespective of the circumstances. Who does Astro belong to, if not a man who was closely associated with the former PM. What about RtM 1 & 2? Well, since Umno is the leading party in the ruling coalition, they think these 2 stations belongs to them and use it according to their whims and fancy.
 
Day in, day out, Malaysians are bombarded with news of the heroic achievements of the Umno-led government; of their leaders unfailing devotion to the nation and their inaffalibality. An example of this is the term 'glocal' which the media attribute to the DPM as the excerpt from the posting below would testify:"Umno deputy president Najib Abdul Razak had on Tuesday coined the term ‘glocal’ in his opening address to signify the ‘brave new Malay’ who is global in outlook but local in his actions."
 
(Roslan_S commented on this in one of his postings, but I would like to add a bit of my own: As far as I am aware, HSBC had put it into practice for quite some time now with their tagline: The World's Local Bank.)
 
Day in, day out, Malaysians are bombarded with the 'evilness' of the opposition and the 'forked-tongue' they possess. Nothing good, it seems, comes from the opposition.
 
In fact, when looked at closely, the propaganda the ruling coalition use is identical to those used by the Communist, especially during the Cold War.
 
Umno is in shreds now. What, with the ongoing spat between Dr.M and Rafidah, they know they're losing their grip, if they've not already. Their latest move below can be equated to an act of desperation. Hail our leader, the great....
 
 
 
From:Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 16:21:21 +0800 (CST)

Set up institute to ‘Umno-ise’ university students
Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
Jul 23, 05 5:35pm


While heads of schools have their Aminudin Baki Institute and civil servants the National Institute of Public Administration (Intan), the government has yet to set up an institute to ensure that university academicians and staff toe the Umno line, a party delegate told the assembly today.

“We are very concerned that the next generations (will graduate) without having been Umno-ised,” said Kedah representative Mohd Kamal Saidin.

Two public universities, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) and the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), were highlighted by Kamal as opposition strongholds which stood in the way of goals set by the Umno-led government.

“These lecturers’ role is to shape the thinking of our students. They must support the government, they must support the policies that it has set and not oppose them,” he added.

“If heads of schools have Aminudin Baki Institute and government officials Intan, where can we place our lecturers and professors?” asked Kamal.

He urged the government to set up a National Academy of Higher Education so that “academics can absorb and be reminded of the policies of the government”.
Students identified with opposition parties won campus elections last year in UIA and UPSI, together with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).

Student factions seen as ‘pro-establishment’ won, however, at Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and Universiti Institut Teknologi Malaysia (UiTM).

Monitoring body

Meanwhile, a Puteri Umno member in her speech called for the establishment of a monitoring body to monitor Malay university students and ensure that they are effectively molded into ‘glocal’ Malays.

Puteri representative Azlina Mehtab Mohamed Ishaq said the body should also ensure that these students do not lag behind academically while enabling them to compete at the national and international levels, according to a Bernama report.

"This matter, if ignored, will cause Malay students to continue to lag behind although we are aware that the educational level of each person differs," said Azlina, a Puteri exco member and leader of the wing’s Penang division.

Umno deputy president Najib Abdul Razak had on Tuesday coined the term ‘glocal’ in his opening address to signify the ‘brave new Malay’ who is global in outlook but local in his actions.

The monitoring body, Azlina added, should also look into the nurturing of glocal Malays from as early as the kindergarten level when seconding the motion on religion and education

It should also look into the weaknesses of kindergartens run by the Community Development Department and make a comparative study on how private kindergartens could produce better pupils.A Kedah delegate expresses concern that future generations of Malay students will graduate without being ‘Umno-ised’ and will not support the policies of the government.

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