Last October, the UM Students’ Representative Council (MPPUM), Student Affairs & Alumni Division (HEPA) and Department of Special Affairs (Jasa) organized a 1MDB town hall forum in Universiti Malaya. It started off by an arbitrary decision by the President of MPPUM, Hazwan Syafiq in collaboration with the Student Affairs Department […]
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Malaysia’s education system not ‘fit’ for digital economy, says Munir Majid
SHAH ALAM (Sept 11): Malaysia’s education system is not preparing its people for the rise of the digital economy which could displace traditional jobs, said Asean Business Advisory Council Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Munir Majid. He said in a digital economy, robots or intelligent computer systems can replace not just […]
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Tangkap MO1 rally: Court says UM, UKM didn’t violate students’ rights
FREE MALAYSIAN TODAY KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here dismissed a bid by five student activists from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Universiti Malaya (UM) to seek a declaration that their universities’ regulations violated their rights to participate in a public rally. Justice S Nantha Balan ruled that Section 15(3) […]
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Prospect of Economic Journalism in Malaysia
Nur Hasliza Universiti Sains Malaysia Upon completing my elective subject of Economic Journalism for this semester, the pressure of the final exam creeps in. However, the prospect of Economic Journalism in our country poses a certain worries within myself. The knowledge received from the class have indeed widen up my […]