Assalamu`alaikum wr.wb menarik mengikuti diskusi tentang kekaguman terhadap Malaysia
dalam pengamatan saya, dan hasil berinteraksi dengan teman-teman Malaysia di sini, Malaysia memang ada plus dan minusnya dalam bidang perencanaan pendidikan dan ekonomi, tentu saja kita tidak dapat mengatakan bahwa negara kita lebih baik dari Malaysia saya seringkali iri melihat mereka begitu peduli dengan pendidikan anak-anak Malaysia di Kobe, rekan-rekan Malaysia kebanyakan dibiayai oleh Kerajaan Malaysia (di satu sisi memang mereka jelas lebih makmur daripada kita) sedangkan teman-teman Indonesia, hampir semua yang ada di sini dibiayai oleh pemerintah Jepang (baik melalui beasiswa langsung dari Japan Government ataupun pinjaman tidak langsung melalui pemerintah Indonesia) mungkin kita akan dengan mudah mengatakan bahwa negara kita "miskin" sehingga tidak mampu membiayai mahasiswa ke luar negeri namun kalau kita melongok dana kampanye pemilu DPR, DPD, dan Pilpres I, ditambah dengan berbagai kebocoran anggaran negara, maka sungguh akan terasa ironi bahwa kita tidak punya plan untuk memberangkatkan anak bangsa ke luar negeri dengan biaya pemerintah, tanpa pinjaman jadi masalahnya adalah pada prioritas, pendidikan atau korupsi saya pernah bincang-bincang cukup lama dengan seorang doktor elektro dari University Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) beliau merupakan contoh bentuk kepedulian yang tinggi dari pemerintah Malaysia terhadap pendidikan pribumi pemerintah Malaysia, menurut beliau, secara rutin melakukan monitoring bibit unggul pribumi sejak dari pendidikan dasar bila ada bibit unggul, maka si anak ybs akan dibiayai penuh pendidikannya oleh pemerintah sejak sekolah dasar hingga pasca sarjana di luar negeri (beliau menempuh S3 di Inggris) dan pola semacam itu memang rutin dilakukan oleh pemerintah Malaysia ini sangat bertolak belakang dengan kisah juara-juara olimpiade fisika, biologi, dan matematika dari Indonesia yang terbaru adalah kisah bingung dari seorang peraih perunggu olimpiade biologi dunia, karena setelah dinyatakan diterima di ITB, dia masih harus memikirkan biaya hidup di bandung dan biaya kuliahnya ironi oleh karena itu, sungguh natural kalau seorang mantan anggota olimpiade fisika, Nelson Tansu, sekarang sudah disabet oleh sebuah universitas di USA, dan di sana dia menduduki posisi Asistant Profesor, dengan kecepatan karya yang luar biasa ini karena, negara cerdas seperti USA tahu benar manfaat SDM yang unggul bagi kelangsungan bangsanya (note: USA cerdas dalam hal tertentu, dan sangat jahil dalam banyak hal lainnya) kembali ke komparasi pendidikan Malaysia dan Indonesia maka tidak heran kalau saat ini, beberapa perguruan tinggi ternama di Malaysia mulai mengembangkan edu-turism dan mengarahkan market nya ke Indonesia dengan biaya pendidikan yang kadang lebih murah dari perguruan tinggi BHMN (yang sekarang mahal-mahal), perguruan tinggi Malaysia bisa memberikan fasilitas riset yang jauh lebih komplit dari perguruan tinggi BHMN kita dari segi ekonomi, ambil contoh pengembangan petronas waduh, mereka sudah jauh meninggalkan mantan guru mereka, pertamina petronas saat ini sudah memiliki berpuluh-puluh sumur minyak di luar negeri sedangkan kita, masih berkutat pada undangan-undangan kepada investor untuk mengelola sumur minyak di tanah air apakah SMD kita lebih rendah dari Malaysia? saya bisa mengatakan dengan tegas, insya Allah tidak justru saya melihat bahwa SDM kita lebih kreatif dan inovatif lalu di mana masalahnya? pemerintah kita, seperti kata Kwiek Kian Gie, justru seringkali menjadi sumber masalah daripada problem solver ini bedanya dengan Malaysia namun dari segi kebebasan berpendapat & kebebasan pers memang kita lebih advance dari Malaysia kebebasan berpendapat dan kebebasan pers adalah buah reformasi yang bagi saya tidak bisa dinilai dengan materi karena kebebasan berpikir dan mengemukakan pendapat adalah naluri manusia yang tidak bisa diberangus dia akan selalu mencari cara penyaluran dalam hal itu, kita memang lebih menyenangkan saya amati, teman-teman Malaysia di sini tidak tertarik membicarakan politik dalam negeri mereka dan kalaupun kita ajak ngobrol masalah itu, mereka cenderung tidak bersemangat dan akhirnya menghindar dari topik itu berbeda dengan mahasiswa Indonesia, tanpa dipancing pun, mereka akan sangat serius memikirkan perpolitikan bangsa dengan tujuan ikut memikirkan masalah bangsa ok, bagi saya, kebebasan berpikir dan berpendapat yang sudah ada di negara kita merupakan kebanggaan yang perlu terus dipertahankan dari segala rongrongan pekerjaan rumah terbesar bangsa kita adalah dalam hal pemberantasan KKN Wassalamu`alaikum wr.wb Yuli Setyo Indartono Kobe --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], dicky riyadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bener juga mas... > > pers indonesia adalah gombal.... menggelar demokrasi sambil memamerkan paha dan pornografi......, > > menggelar sadisme, syetan, darah muncrat, bunuh diri tangan disayat, lewat televisi.. > > hebat indonesia.... > > pers indonesia juga merasa berhak mengadili tersangka tanpa proses pengadilan... sekan-akan setiap ada kasus tertentu, tersangka adalah bersalah,... nama dan foto juga digeber tanpa kode etik melindungi jati diri manusiawi.. > > inikah demokrasi? > > selalu menyerang pemerintah, sehingga di mata rakyat pemerintah adalah gombal dan sangat buruk tanpa bisa diperbaiki? > > > amin sa'doellah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bener, Bung.. > katanya restriksi thd pers di Malesia juga tinggi.. > tapi kabarnya, penduduk malesia lebih bisa kenyang ketimbang Indonesia.. > > Biarlah mulut dibungkam, asal perut kenyang.. > he he he saya kira begitu : ) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Satrio Arismunandar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:04 PM > Subject: Re: [ppiindia] Mengagumi Malaysia > > > > Boleh mengagumi, asal tidak berlebihan. Karena pers > > Malaysia masih selevel Pers rezim Soeharto, dengan > > segala represinya, yang sudah jauh kita tinggalkan... > > > > Buktinya? Tolong sebutkan satu saja suratkabar > > Malaysia yang bisa hidup tenang sambil mengritik > > Mahathir Mohamad. Pers bebas adalah salah satu tiang > > demokrasi. > > > > Satrio > > > > > > > > > > --- Mario Gagho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > dear all, > > > > > > setiap saya membaca artikel/berita di media india, > > > yg > > > wartawannya diundang ke malaysia, pasti isinya > > > selalu > > > kekaguman dan kekaguman. dari glamornya, indah > > > alamnya, bersih birokrasinya, metropolisnya, dll. > > > saya > > > tidak tau bagaimana kesan wartawan2 yg diundang > > > berkunjung ke indonesia, apakah begitu juga? Well, > > > kita pasti tahu jawabnya. > > > > > > salam, > > > > > > > > > > > > Fairways, other ways > > > - By S. Shankar Menon > > > > > > > > > > > > Here in Kuala Lumpur for golf as part of an Indian > > > media team, it is not the fairways but the other > > > ways > > > that will interest you. More so since Mahathir's > > > Wawasan 2020, gathering momentum when I was last > > > here > > > three years ago, is in full flow with his successor > > > Abdullah Badawi. The vision of this country getting > > > a > > > Newly Industrialised Country status by then, > > > includes > > > creating a common unified Malaysian identity, to > > > replace the various communal identities of Chinese, > > > Malay, Indian and so on, an educated society based > > > on > > > spiritual values. > > > > > > In the run-in from the state of the art airport, my > > > colleagues in the team, as expectedly, go to town > > > over > > > the broad roads, how we are - guess, guess - held > > > back > > > only by corruption. They do not know of my misspent > > > past, perpetually fighting these notions. Traffic > > > jams > > > of horrendous dimensions lie in wait the next day, > > > the > > > system here of adding percentages for the elected > > > and > > > selected in huge infrastructure contracts works very > > > well with the delivered, spanking product. > > > > > > Badawi actually bothers about the bureaucracy. He > > > constantly harangues the civil service to deliver at > > > the cutting edge. Has any of our Prime Ministers > > > done > > > that over the last half century? Examinations and > > > in-service screening of a deeply analytical nature > > > are > > > evolved lately for promotions, the unions are > > > predictably miffed. Awards are given by the chief > > > secretary Tan Sri Samsuddin Osman for performances > > > by > > > regional civil servants, honoured at the national > > > level. When will this ever happen at home? The new > > > PM, > > > after the benevolent dictatorship of the old one, > > > that > > > found consistent electoral support by a country who > > > knew they were on to a good thing, now pleads for > > > religious moderation. Overwhelmed at the thought and > > > breaking down in tears at a world conference on > > > faith. > > > The Petronas and Kuala Lumpur Towers, are only the > > > symbols of this huge new thrust to modernity; Bukit > > > Nanas, the equatorial forest with its swaying cable > > > cars above in the middle of town when I first came > > > here in 1978, is now preserved as a jungle trek > > > without the accents of tourists from the Mid-West > > > shrieking down from below. > > > > > > There is no time on this trip to breathe in the > > > orchid > > > or hibiscus gardens. Stumble across a clump in the > > > Cameron Highlands from where the black lapwing Rajah > > > Brooke butterflies rise like shreds of an umbrella. > > > While doing the Kinabalu climb on an earlier visit, > > > there was the largest flower in the world next to > > > the > > > path as you panted upwards. In the forests of Sabah, > > > the > > > > > > rafflesia is a metre in diameter in full bloom, > > > taking > > > many months to develop; the open bloom lasts a few > > > days, is a parasite, has seven species altogether. I > > > am more obsessed with not missing putts smaller than > > > that on the unbelievably zippety greens of Impian. > > > Our > > > scratch teaching pro in the team is partying till > > > four > > > every morning, while I hit balls at a driving range > > > as > > > thunder and lightning and rain sweep outside. Ajay > > > Gujral and I have the same net score on the first > > > day, > > > he is asked to look for babes later, crackles in the > > > second round at Saujana, while I sag miserably in > > > the > > > heat. > > > > > > It is all good fun. My playing partner, a lady > > > photographer from Delhi, has completely different > > > playing rhythms and I grit available teeth, > > > generally > > > silently. Our Golfline magazine business head, Anil > > > Dev produces a great effort on the second of three > > > days, but unless I deliver in the final round over > > > three courses, chances of making it to the finals in > > > October in Terengannu are bleak. An inter-team > > > amateur > > > world championship is being played a lot more > > > seriously while the rest of us hack. Malaysian > > > Tourism > > > has splurged on hospitality. To be accompanied by a > > > police escort for the media bus as we make our way > > > to > > > the venue of the day, reminds me of getting the > > > President of Seychelles from Santa Cruz airport to > > > Taj > > > Hotel in Mumbai in 25 minutes flat. > > > > > > This country has a population less than twice that > > > of > > > Mumbai. The capital is at 1.6 million people, only > > > twice that of a town where I was chief cook and > > > bottle > > > washer 20 years ago. Time being a function of > > > interest, I still try to find the bookshop where > > > under > > > an atrium, there are waterfalls and ferns in the > > > garden section, children sit around on park benches > > > reading about the botanical and natural wonders of > > > this amazing country. In the process, I find again > > > the > > > elaborate Kournikaya, where a small lift only for > > > one > > > wheel-chair, takes you straight to the poetry > > > section > > > in the fourth floor of a shopping mall. > > > Unfortunately, > > > Toni Morrison and her contemporaries are cellophaned > > > from the itching hands of the seeking public. > > > > > > The MPH book-store in the Mid-Valley shopping mall, > > > has no flowing water any more, but the garden chairs > > > and the children are still there. There is also a > > > competition to describe their outlets in three > > > words. > > > Comprehensive, delightful, romantic, I say and wait > > > for the first prize of a car to be shipped to > > > Prabhadevi. > > > > > > Malaysia gets 6 1/2 million tourists in six months, > > > we > > > get 2 1/2 a year. Their infrastructure is > > > spectacular, > > > from mountain biking to endurance events in Sabah > > > around tea estates, the executive sportsmen in our > > > stressed cities, have an ideal venue for combing > > > back > > > their disappearing hair. The charm of the people in > > > the service industries is a magnificent plus. Though > > > their wages are good, prices are reasonable, the > > > bio-diversity, carefully preserved, takes the > > > visitor > > > through the enthralling countryside of Sabah and > > > Sarawak in a fragile environment. > > > > > > Last time here, on the trail of Jim Thompson the > > > maverick bringer of silk to this country and > > > possibly > > > a CIA agent straight out of Somerset Maugham, I saw > > > a > > > few of the Orang Aslis come down from the tea > > > gardens. > > > The original inhabitants will be dazed at modern > > > Malaysia. The government looks after them as well > > > without condescension. The press here may not welter > > > in our great freedoms, which include rotten golf > > > scores for our media team, but Mahathir has created > > > a > > > genuine nation. It is not about too many countries, > > > including China or us, that we can say that. > > > > > > Hope to play better golf in Bangkok this morning, > > > hopes [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > === message truncated === > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************* ****** > > Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. 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