UEC RECOGNITION - KASI BERAHI NAIK SAJA (CANTONESE: 搞到人好興奮)

I have a suggestion at the end. Please read my suggestion. It is very simple, very workable and very fair.

Higher education DG Azlinda Azman said admission into critical programmes such as medicine and engineering would continue to be based on SPM results.

Azlinda said merit assessments for admission into critical programmes such as medicine and engineering would continue to be based on SPM results rather than UEC qualifications.

My Comments at the end are brief.

1.  Here is a news clip from The Star

UEC holders to apply specifically for Chinese language and literature programmes
UEC students must pass SPM Bahasa Melayu and History
requires credit in SPM Bahasa Melayu and pass in History

Dong Zong claimed failed to reflect educational justice on UEC graduates.

2. Here is a news clip from Free Malaysia Today

• PETALING JAYA: The higher education ministry has stressed that the new entry pathway for students from Chinese independent secondary schools to public higher learning institutions does not amount to recognition of the Unified Examination Certificate’s (UEC) syllabus.
• Public varsity pathway not recognition of UEC, says higher education DG

Higher education DG Azlinda Azman said admission into critical programmes such as medicine and engineering would continue to be based on SPM results.
Azlinda Azman says admission of UEC holders subject to conditions by universities
Azlinda said merit assessments for admission into critical programmes such as medicine and engineering would continue to be based on SPM results rather than UEC 

programmes identified so far: Chinese language and linguistics-related fields, including Chinese language studies, Chinese linguistics, and Chinese language education.
three public universities have been identified – University Malaya, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris.

My Comments:

Policy making by politics again. It would appear that the General Elections are around the corner.  

To digress, did you know that the entire New Economic Policy (Dasar Ekonomi Baru) in 1970 was nothing more than a political gimmick? The jokers panicked when they almost lost the elections in 1969. The Dasar Ekonomi Baru was just their silly knee jerk reaction (a political gimmick) which soon became a monster and has now set back the Malay community by another 50 years. 

Back to planet earth, this is obviously another political gimmick - to be or not to be. 
To recognise fully or to recognise partially. 
To open the door by just a small crack or to shut the door fully. 

Here is the final analysis - will they win the votes of the Malay community or will they lose the votes of the Chinese community?

Here is my simpler suggestion. If the concern is that the UEC qualified applicants must have SPM Bahasa Melayu and Sejarah (History) then work it into the graduation requirements BEFORE the students graduate from the university. 

I suggest that if they qualify allow the UEC candidates access to university education - any courses that they want. But before they graduate make sure they pass university level coursework in History (Sejarah) and Bahasa Melayu (since that is your main concern). 

I hope your real concern is with Bahasa Melayu and Sejarah. Or are you just throwing up unnecessary obstacles? Which is which?

To my good friend the Minister YB Dato Zambry Abdul Kadir, the DG Higher Education and the other motley crew who are about to be kicked out at the next General Elections, here is a Life Principle for you. Pegangan Hidup. 

Make life easy for the people. 
Do not make life difficult for the people.
Bagi orang senang nak hidup.
Jangan menyusahkan manusia.

Otherwise you will kena this: 

WHAT? JOLO MADE A LAWATAN RAHSIA LAST YEAR?

 

"Despite such exposure, Jho Low has continued to find protection at the highest levels in China, and according to our information even attended secret talks in -------- as part of a Chinese delegation at the end of last year to draw a line under the remaining issues with China relating to 1MDB. .. by SR"

For the story click here.

MY COMMENTS:

How much money has been recovered? 
Has any of that money been paid back via official channels? 
I hope no commissions, no middle man involved.

Ilkka Juhani Lindstedt's Early Islamic Rock Inscriptions (690–710 AD)

Dug this up in ChatGpt:

Ilkka Juhani Lindstedt is a Senior Lecturer in Islamic Theology at the Faculty of Theology at University of Helsinki in Finland, with a PhD and the title of Docent in Arabic and Islamic Studies. His specialization is early Islam, Arabic historiography, Arabic epigraphy (including rock inscriptions), and Late Antiquity Arabia.

His work has examined Arabic rock inscriptions and graffiti from Late Antiquity and the earliest Islamic centuries. His research focuses on dated inscriptions from approximately the 7th–8th centuries CE, especially material from Arabia that provides direct archaeological evidence from the early Islamic period. Rather than relying on later literary traditions, these inscriptions are contemporary texts carved into stone by people living during and shortly after the formative Islamic era.

In Lindstedt’s studies of early Arabic inscriptions, he observed that the earlier inscriptions in his corpus are frequently short invocations, prayers, personal names, and expressions of piety. Based on the inscriptional material he examined, explicit references to Muhammad become visible later in the surviving record, particularly around the period 690–710 CE. His published discussions place Muhammad-related confessional formulas within this later phase of early Islamic inscriptions. 

(Note: The prophet died in 632 AD. The well-known earliest securely dated monumental inscription mentioning Muhammad is the inscription of Dome of the Rock, dated 72 AH / 691–692 CE, containing “Muhammad is the Messenger of God.” That is a monumental inscription, not a desert rock graffito. This is a distinct category of evidence - not part of Linstedt's rock inscriptions).

One inscription highlighted in Lindstedt’s discussions is a rock graffito discovered near Ṭāʾif in western Saudi Arabia, dated internally to 78 AH (697–698 CE). It is attributed to al-Rayyān ibn ʿAbd Allāh and is significant because it contains a testimony mentioning Muhammad. The inscription reads:

“Al-Rayyān son of ʿAbd Allāh testifies that there is no god but God and he testifies that Muḥammad is the Messenger of God. This was written in the year the Masjid al-Ḥarām was rebuilt, year seventy-eight.”

The date derives from the inscription itself through its historical reference to the rebuilding of the Sacred Mosque and corresponds to 78 AH / 697–698 CE.

In Lindstedt’s work, this inscription serves as an example of how early Islamic identity and confessional language appear in surviving rock inscriptions from Arabia. It is distinct from monumental inscriptions such as the Dome of the Rock and instead belongs to the category of personal desert graffiti carved into stone by individuals. Such inscriptions are valuable because they constitute primary archaeological evidence originating from the period itself.

Dr Jay Smith (watch out he is an Islamophobe) also discusses related points in his podcast here.

TRUMP XI JINPING MEETING - HOW THE CHINESE SEE IT

 

This is from the Global Times, China's no. 1 mouthpiece (aka propaganda paper). They have commented on President Donald Trump's two day official visit to China which ended yesterday Friday, 15th May 2026. Lets read between the lines. My comments in blue.

President Xi Jinping has accepted President Trump's invitation to visit the US in the autumn this year.

OSTB: This "Lets do it again" is the clearest indicator that their meeting ended in success.   

private meeting with President Xi in Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing
President Trump boarded Air Force One on Friday and departed for US
bringing this historic state visit to a conclusion.

OSTB: I believe that final "private" meeting was between the two presidents only, minus any entourage. Two translators were present and President Xi's translator (according to one source) was his  33 year old daughter  Xi Mingze. She is a graduate in psychology from Harvard University. We will not know what was discussed but the highly personal and confidential nature of this final meeting between Xi and Trump signals the beginning of another "special personal relationship" between the two presidents. Conclusion: There is little risk of tension and hostility between the US and China. 

• red carpet, impeccably PLA honor guards, students waving flags, China's high-level protocol and hospitality, grand welcome accorded to US president  
• two leaders agreed to build China-US relationship of strategic stability
• reached consensus on major bilateral and global issues
• engaged in warm interactions on multiple occasions. 
• new constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability
• important common understandings on maintaining stable economic, trade ties
• expand practical cooperation, properly address each other's concerns
• strengthen communication, coordination on international, regional issues

OSTB: I hope this is exactly what it sounds like.  Both the US and China will work together to keep waterways and sealanes open, keep the oil flowing, keep the ships moving, keep the Panama and Suez canals open, keep world trade moving. This also means they should work together to take care of troublesome regimes -  regardless of their ideology.  With a combined 23% of the world's population and a combined 42% of the world's GDP both China and the US have more to lose from monkey and pest infestation than any other country in the world. Beardo monkeys wearing skirts better take note.

• two presidents had in-depth communication, achieved fruitful outcomes 
• President Xi will visit US in autumn this year at invitation of Trump
• summit charts new course for bilateral ties
• injects certainty into complex and volatile international landscape
• positive for global economic recovery, world peace, stability
• sound interaction between global powers  

• conducive to enhancing mutual understanding
• deepening mutual trust 
• improving well-being of the two peoples 

• Trump said very grateful to Xi for inviting him 
• his China visit was very successful 
• captured world's attention and was unforgettable

• Noted that Xi is his old friend
• Trump has great respect for Xi 
• have established a good relationship
• US-China relationship will definitely get better, Trump said
• Trump to continue sincere and in-depth communication with Xi
• looks forward to hosting Xi in Washington, DC  

• Fox News: Trump toured garden in Zhongnanhai, said, "I could get used to this."
• The Diplomat: new chapter in China-US relations.
• BBC: two leaders concluded very successful talks in Beijing 
• Reuters: Trump said his visit was incredible. 
• IMF:  positive dialogue between US/China good for the world (Reuters)  

Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: US-China relations stabilise intn'l  community
Institute of International Studies of Fudan University: new starting point for China-US relations, stability and greater improvement.
China Foreign Affairs University: solid foundation for mutual interests 
practical cooperation between China/US profoundly influence globe 
stability of China-US relations a global public good
warming relationship will quickly be transmitted to global markets, supply chains

strategic guidance by US/China particularly valuable
demonstrate strategic vision, high sense of responsibility to intn'l community 
much-needed certainty and positive energy to the world
Trump shared photo: President Xi one of the World's Great Leaders!
He's led almost 1.5 billion people for a long time, and he's respected.