Understanding Culture 1 Malaysia Through School

In current urban society, parents are busy with their work and no time to educate their children on understanding and respect multi racial culture in Malaysia. School through their co-curriculum activities try to introduce them from time to time. I believe parents and community should support this kind of activities.

Boleh kah gaji permulaan graduan berdasarkan universiti mana graduan mendapat ijazah atau bidang ijazah berkenaan?

Lihat contoh di bawah:

Gaji berdasarkan universiti;

School Name / Starting Median Salary / Mid-Career Median Salary
1. Dartmouth College: $58,200 / $129,000
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): $71,100 / $126,000
3. Harvard University: $60,000 / $126,000
4. Harvey Mudd College: $71,000 / $125,000
5. Stanford University: $67,500 / $124,000
6. Princeton University: $65,000 / $124,000
7. Colgate University: $51,900 / $122,000
8. University of Notre Dame: $55,300 / $121,000
9. Yale University: $56,000 / $120,000
10. University of Pennsylvania: $60,400 / $118,000


Gaji berdasarkan profesyen di AMERIKA;

Undergraduate Degree / Starting Median Salary / Mid-Career Median Salary
1. Aerospace Engineering: $59,600 / $109,000
2. Chemical Engineering: $65,700 / $107,000
3. Computer Engineering: $61,700 / $105,000
4. Electrical Engineering: $60,200 / $102,000
5. Economics: $50,200 / $101,000
6. Physics: $51,100 / $98,800
7. Mechanical Engineering: $58,900 / $98,300
8. Computer Science: $56,400 / $97,400
9. Industrial Engineering: $57,100 / $95,000
10. Environmental Engineering: $53,400 / $94,500


APAKAH UNIVERSITI YANG SENIOR DI MALAYSIA BOLEH MENIRU SISTEM "TOP UNIVERSITY" DI DUNIA? PALING KURANG BAGI SISTEM PENGAMBILAN PELAJAR YANG TERBAIK, PELAKSANAAN PEMBELAJARAN DAN PENGAJARAN, SISTEM PENILAIAN DAN LATIHAN INDUSTRI/PRAKTIKAL/KERJALAPANGAN BAGI MELAHIRKAN GRADUAN YANG BERILMU, BERANI, KREATIF DAN PRODUKTIF.

Betapa Kejam Pemotong Pokok Bakau dan Orang-orang yang Bersubahat Dengannya

Kempen Tanam Bakau Bagi Menggantikan Pokok Bakau Yang Telah Ditebang-27 Februari 2010 Di Sungai Nibong, Selangor bersama Timbalan Menteri Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air YB Hajjah Noriah Kasnon.

1. Hutan bakau merupakan habitat semulajadi kepada hidupan liar terutamanya burung-burung termasuk burung berhijrah dan burung upeh. Apabila habitat mereka sudah tiada maka tiada lagi tempat mereka untuk bersarang, membiak dan mencari makanan. Burung-burung ini dilindungi oleh undang-undang Malaysia dan barang siapa memusnahkan habitatnya akan didapati bersalah. Maka semua orang yang menebang dan memusnahkan hutan bakau bersalah.
2. Hutan bakau juga adalah tempat hidupan laut seperti udang, ketam, kerang dan ikan-ikan membiak dan membesar. Sumber perikanan ini menjadi mata pencarian penduduk di tepi pantai. Kebanyakan mereka adalah orang miskin dan perlu di bantu. Tambahan lagi mereka adalah orang Melayu yang merupakan kumpulan yang menjadi tumpuan utama kerajaan untuk dikeluarkan dari kemiskinan. Kemusnahan hutan bakau akan mengurangkan hasil perikanan dan ini akan menambahkan kemiskinan mereka. Penebang hutan bakau bukan sahaja menyebabkan rakyat di tepi pantai miskin tetapi juga musuh kerajaan yang ingin membasmi kemiskinan.
3. Tiada hutan bakau yang melindungi pantai dari hakisan ombak akan menyebabkan banyak kawasan pantai terhakis dan memusnahkan tanah tepi pantai, tanah pertanian dan air masin masuk ke darat.
4. Banyak lagi kesan penebangan hutan bakau yang memudharatkan orang ramai, merugikan negara, memusnahkan habitat hidupan liar dan sumber perikanan yang akhirnya boleh menyebabkan kepincangan ekonomi, politik dan keselamatan negara.
5. Maka kekejaman mereka perlu mendapat balasan yang sewajarnya dari masyarakat setempat, negara dan pencipta alam semesta.

Habitat Should be Established First before Talking about Conservation and Fisheries Products

Prof Naito from National Polar Research Institute, Japan participating in mangrove planting activities at Sungai Nibong and Sungai Nipah, Sungai Besar Selangor. He is here for his third visit to Malaysia on collaboration research on milky stork conservation programme in Malaysia. The projects headed by Prof Ahmad Ismail from UPM involve The University of Tokyo (ORIBLS), National Polar Research Institute, Wildlife Department Malaysia and Zoo Negara Malaysia. Professor Naito who is emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo, believe that before we are talking on milky stork conservation, better we provide habitat for them first. Mangrove is the specific habitat for milky stork.

Mangrove Protection and Reclaimation Continue

27 February 2010. Sungai Nibong/Sungai Nipah, Sungai Besar, Selangor. Jabatan Alam Sekitar Negeri Selangor, Jabatan Parit dan Saliran, Jabatan Perhutanan, Malayan Nature Society bersama menganjurkan program penanaman anak bakau kurap di Pantai Sungai Nibong dan Sungai Nipah Sungai Besar Selangor. Program dirasmikan oleh YB Hajjah Noriah Kasnon Timbalan Menteri Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air. Sebanyak 2500 anak bakau telah di tanam di kawasan berkenaan bagi menambah kepada pokok-pokok yang sedang membesar yang ditanam sebelumnya. Turut terlibat dalam penamaman hutan bakau itu adalah pelajar sekolah sekitar simpang lima, pennduduk tempatan dan wakil dari UPM. Prof Dr. Ahmad Ismail dan Prof Naito dari National Polar Research Institute, Japan dan pasukannya juga turut terlibat. Prof Naito berada di Malaysia dalam rangka kerjasama jangka panjang pemuliharaan burung upeh UPM, The Universiti of Tokyo, National Polar Research Institute, Jabatan Perhilitan dan Zoo Negara. Program kerjasama ini diketuai oleh Prof. Dr. Ahmad Ismail dari Universiti Putra Malaysia. Hutan bakau adalah penting dalam pemuliharaan burung upeh yang hampir pupus di Malaysia.

Pengantarabangsaan Universiti Awam di Malaysia

Mungkin kita perlu lihat sejarah pembentukan universiti awam di Malaysia dan program latihan kakitangan universiti termasuk yang telah dan sedang menerajui universiti, fakulti, jabatan, pusat-pusat atau bahagian.
Sudah pasti asas pemikiran pembentukan universiti berdasarkan universiti di luar negara dari segi struktur asas pentadbiran, kurikulum dan perlaksanaannya. Malah ramai pegawai akademik dan sebahagian pegawai tadbir mengalami sistem pembelajaran di universiti luar negara dan ada yang dari universiti yang terkemuka di dunia. Sudah tentu mereka telah menjalani proses penerimaan surat tawaran, pendaftaran program dan kursus, pengajaran kursus berkaitan, suasana di universiti termasuk perkhidmatan yang diberikan bagi kesejahteraan mereka semasa belajar dahulu, kehidupan di luar negara dari segi suasana kemasyarakatan dan interaksi antara mereka (termasuk pergi pasar, car boot sale, strawberry picking, pizzaboy, menghantar dan mengambil anak sekolah, membeli pyrex, mercerdes, pedang samurai dll.), penerimaan ijazah dan kembali ke Malaysia berkhidmat di universiti awam sebagai pensyarah atau pentadbir.
Sudah tentu mereka sudah mengalami suatu yang berbeza dan menganalisis pengalaman yang dialami semasa belajar di luar negara menceritakan kepada kawan-kawan atau cuba mengamalkan semasa di Malaysia. Ada pula pensyarah yang berulang kali ke luar negara melawat universiti samada lawatan sekejap-sekejap, berkursus, penyelidikan, menghadiri seminar atau konferens dan sabatikal. Pengalaman ini juga telah sudah tentu di analisis oleh ramai pegawai akademik termasuk naib canselor, timbalan-timbalan naib canselor, dekan-dekan dan sebagaiya. Persoalannya apakah pengalaman ini masih tidak cukup untuk mengantarabangsakan universiti awam? Apakah sistem yang diamalkan di universiti awam sekarang sesuai dengan pengalaman ramai pensyarah atau pentadbir semasa mereka di universiti di luar negara? Apakah infrastruktur yang ada setaraf dengan universiti bertaraf antarabangsa? Apakah budaya dan politik kita berperanan dalam pengantarabangsaan universiti awam kita? ATAU kita membenarkan orang yang tidak pernah mengalami pengantarabangsaan mengantarabangsakan kita? ATAU semua orang mesti diantarabangsakan dahulu? ATAU terlampau banyak konflik antarabangsa dan budaya tempatan dalam pentadbiran,pengurusan dan perancangan masa hadapan? Banyak lagi yang boleh diperkatakan.
Mungkin kita perlu fikirkan semula pengantarabangsaan universiti awam kita.

a model for public participation in conservation

Saturday February 20, 2010
Hornbills become a common sight in Kg Sg Panjang
By LIM CHIA YING
chiaying@thestar.com.my

THE female hornbill waits patiently inside a clay jar for her male partner to return. Lying low, with only her long beak peeking out of the small entrance, she is like the faithful wife waiting longingly for the safe return of her husband.
Her anticipation heightens as she hears a familiar sound from the sky but her mate stands perched on a tree branch, monitoring the human presence and ensuring that we had left before finally landing on the ground and moving closer to the clay jar while calling out to his partner.
Ahmad takes a peek inside the clay jar covered with mud that has become a nesting site.
The male hornbill then fed his mate a long centipede through the narrow opening of the jar that was half covered in mud.
Not until she has finished the meal does he leave her side to find more food, flying back and forth for at least the next three months while the female cares for their newborn inside the nest.
The scene played out at Kg Sg Panjang in Selangor and the birds are from the Southern Pied Hornbill species (Anthracoceros albirostris convexus), which is said to be common in Malaysia.
It is a sub-species of the Oriental Pied Hornbill and, according to Associate Professor Dr Ahmad Ismail from Universiti Putra Malaysia’s (UPM) biology department, are commonly found at the Sg Karang forest reserve.
“Four other species also thrive at this forest reserve and they are all totally protected under the Protection of Wildlife Act 1972.
Touching sight: A male hornbill getting ready to feed his mate.
“However, past clearing has put pressure on the forest and its surroundings which, in turn, has forced the birds to move to other areas like oil palm plantations and villages,” said Ahmad, who has been carrying out research on the adaptability and public acceptance towards the birds.
One of Ahmad’s Masters students, Nurul Hudha Mohd Jamil said she had been speaking to the villagers, getting their support and organising hornbill programmes for children like colouring activities to instill a sense of love and protection for the birds.
She said she could identify at least five pairs of hornbills in the area and some even flocked in groups of five to six.
Villager Mohammad Ali Ngah said the male would often peck at his window in the mornings.
Reaching out: A colouring contest being organised for the children as part of the hornbill educational programme in the village
“I’ve been staying here with my family for the last seven years but the hornbills have been around longer than that.
“They even chose this clay jar as their nesting spot until the fledgling can fly four months later. They are quite picky about their nesting spot as I’ve tried putting other items around but they are not tempted to move,” Mohammad Ali, 63, said.
He added that he had noticed that once the young bird was fully grown, the mother would leave the nest and the now adult fledgling would take over the jar as its own nesting site.
Villager Mokhtar Sulaiman, 48, said the locals there had grown accustomed to the birds in their village.
“If I’m not mistaken, there are probably between 30 and 40 of them. When we sit down for drinks at the coffee shops, they will be on the tree nearby.
“But we do not disturb them. Why should we, when they don’t cause us any harm?
“I hope the state government or other authorities could gazette this area for hornbill conservation,” said Mokhtar, who has been living there for 20 years.
Moving on to another home, villager Mohamad Said Aman was seen feeding oil palm seeds to another female hornbill nesting inside a clay jar.
There seems to be a sincere connection between the villagers and the hornbills for now, but Ahmad is still concerned over the possibility of conflict.
“When the number of hornbills increases and they start to feed on the fruit trees, it may make the villagers angry.
“I have proposed that the Agriculture Department distribute fruit plants to the villagers so that there will be more sources of food for the birds. The villagers will also benefit from the extra trees.
“When you have the support of the villagers, this place can be developed into a tourist attraction and the village, a model for public participation in conservation,” Ahmad said.
“What is also important is maintaining the ecology of the Sg Karang forest reserve, with regular monitoring of all ecological parameters, biodiversity and surrounding activities like irrigation systems.
“The change in water levels may result in dying trees which are needed by hornbills to build their nests and support their diet. Otherwise, the birds will migrate elsewhere,” Ahmad said.
He added that for a conservation programme like this to work, it required the support from agencies like the Wildlife Department, the Agriculture Department, the Forestry Department and also the tourism authorities.


Updated : 20 February, 2010

Hornbills become a common sight in Kg Sg Panjang
THE female hornbill waits patiently inside a clay jar for her male partner to return. Lying low, with only her long beak peeking out of the small entrance, she is like the faithful wife waiting longingly for the safe return of her husband.