Sunday, May 10, 2015

We can take this new initiative for research and conservation of Biodiversity and habitat in Imbak Canyon, Sabah. We need to involve young generation, we need to expose and train 1000 young students in order to get 100-200 scientists and experts on Imbak canyon. We need to plan properly from now and not just a ceremonial and decorations. We need to have a center for tropical forest in Kota Kinabalu to support Imbak Canyon, Danum Valley and Miliau Basin. Not just a show case but a center for information and a door to those tropical forest not only the tourists and scientists from all places.

We are not behind in presenting ideas, setting SOPs and managing the rice fields. BUT we have problems in coordinating farmers, managing ploughing, managing water, managing pest such as pomacea, rats, weeds and other insects and fungus. May be they are under the same roof but different management and probably not communicating between them. They probably did their jobs but not well coordinated. a continuous R&D need to be carried out. Ask universities to help.

I have been writing many issues on university's leadership for the world class university, producing quality graduates and future intellectual society. You can refer some of them by typing university leadership or world class university. After at least for the past 5 years we are talking about that and I think Malaysia still lacking in university's leaders not just the management team headed by the vice chancellor but the Board of Directors too may be blur about the university's direction and function. We have long way to go. There are ways but we are still very far for truly world class university. This is like the ways that we are looking at the jungle trail and lost by the trails built by the orang asli or wild boar trail. We need to learn fast in order to be at the world level where others are moving very fast.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Malaysian varsities not world class? a great challenge. What professors can do to help the universities in Malaysia. Perhaps start with good leaders and focus to the criteria of world ranking universities. May be in three years we can do it.

Despite being the country’s oldest university, Universiti Malaya is lagging behind in global rankings in higher education. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, May 1, 2015.
Malaysian varsities not world class, stop using ‘flattering’ rankings, says THE - See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/malaysian-varsities-not-world-class-stop-using-flattering-rankings-says-tim#sthash.SaWmrZJQ.N1TIFnoT.dpuf

What really happens to your plastic when you throw it away? Recycle them.