Khalid explains ‘UiTM quota’ remark

SHAH ALAM, Aug 13 — UiTM should not only focus on maintaining the admission quota system, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said today, "it must also focus on improving the university's quality and facilities”.

Yesterday, thousands of UiTM students marched to the menteri besar's office in Shah Alam to hand over a memorandum protesting Khalid's suggestion of a 10% quota for non-Bumiputra students in the university.

"The remark was made in the context of improving the quality of higher education in the era of globalisation and to widen the employment opportunities for the Malays and Bumiputeras," he said after chairing the weekly state exco meeting.

Khalid added that the state government will continue to uphold the special position of the Malays and Federal Constitution.

He regretted that his remark on implementing a 10% quota for foreign and non-Bumiputera students in the university was taken out of context and had been turned into a racial issue.

"The state government would like to clarify that the statement is not the Pakatan Rakyat or PKR government's policy," he said adding that it was made in response to a question from the media on allowing non-Bumiputeras to be admitted to UiTM.

Abdul Khalid urged all parties not to prolong the issue. "The state government hopes that students and academics can assist the state government in improving the quality of higher education in Selangor," he added.When asked whether he would apologise for his remark, Abdul Khalid said it was not necessary.

"There is no need to apologise, I just want to explain an issue that has been politicised. I will hold discussions with universities in Selangor," he added.

He said that universities must practise openness in admission process and allow the students to take part in discussions on current affairs.

The meeting today also approved increasing the monthly allowance of municipal and city council members from RM500 to RM750 effective Sept 1. The monthly allowance for district council members will be increased from RM300 to RM500.

State exco member Ronnie Liu said the last increase was in 1992.

-TMI

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Shape of the universe

Now they say it is shaped like a trumpet

6/3/2004 - Education - Article Ref: IN0405-2331
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By: Charles Arthur
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At first they thought it was flat. Then that it was shaped like a football. But now, scientists believe the universe could be shaped like a flat-sided trumpet.

That would lead to strange effects in some parts of the universe, where time and light would be so curved that you could see the back of your own head. Also, a long-held theory about the universe - that it looks much the same anywhere - would have to be abandoned. And finally, the universe would be finite, rather than extending in every direction forever.

The new shape, predicted by careful mathematical modeling to fit with known astronomical data, would have the universe stretched out into a long funnel, flaring into a bell-like shape at one end. The thin end would be infinitely long - but so narrow that it would have a finite volume.

The "bell" of the trumpet would also be peculiar: it would flare out, but a spaceship that could somehow navigate towards the open end would eventually find itself flying back along the "outside surface" of the bell.

The research by a team of German physicists led by Frank Steiner at the University of Ulm is reported in New Scientist magazine.

Their theory uses a complex mathematical model called a "Picard topology", named after a mathematician rather than the Star Trek character. It would mean the universe has a finite volume, although you would not be aware of its "edges"; they would seem to be part of the rest of space.

The concept follows a close examination of the dramatic data produced by Nasa, the US space agency, in 1996, which showed that the very faint microwave radiation left over from the Big Bang 13 billion years ago was not evenly spread throughout the cosmos. This lack of evenness - called "anisotropy" - suggested that large-scale models of the shape of the universe, previously thought to be a flat expanse of space-time, were wrong.

Ever since then, cosmologists have puzzled over what the data from the Cosmic Background Explorer (Cobe) spacecraft could tell them about the space-time "shape" of the universe. One rival group proposed last year that the universe was shaped instead like a football. But that would have left a particular pattern of background radiation - which has not been found by further experiments.

In the "flat" space of conventional cosmology, small "blobs" - hot and cold spots - in background radiation should be round. But observations show that instead they are ellipses. The curve of a horn-shaped universe can explain this, says Professor Steiner.

The "space" in any small part of the "horn" is saddle-shaped, like a Pringles potato crisp. Such a "negatively curved" space would act as a warped lens, distorting the image around the blobs so they look elliptical to astronomers.

Another property of a "trumpet" universe would be that large blobs more than about 60 degrees across would be absent. So far, scientists have also found this to be the case.

But if the team at Ulm is right, scientists will have to abandon one of the fundamental tenets of cosmology - that all parts of the cosmos are about the same. Holger Then, a member of Professor Steiner's team, told New Scientist: "If one happens to find oneself a long way up the narrow end of the horn, things indeed look very strange, with two very small dimensions."

At an extreme enough point, you would be able to see the back of your own head. Over the next year or so, astronomers will test whether large blobs really are lacking in cosmic microwave background radiation and small ones really are elliptical.



Source: The Independent

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Congratulations for telling the truth

Congratulations!!

Dr Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid from the Hospital Pusrawi is WIRA NEGARA and HONEST MUSLIM to tell the TRUTH BUT NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH IN HIS HIGHEST MEDICAL PROFESSION IN HISTORY OF MALAYSIA.

A Standing Ovation for Dr Mohd Osman kind actions in order to maintain his medical doctor reputation in ALLAH's name.

The Conspirators are panic now after the true news of non sodomy case was disclosed by a qualified private doctor today. Sleepy police instructed to wake up and charge Sdr Anwar before Sept to avoid him to become next PM in waiting now.

The report was not leaked by Dr but a good samaritan want to save any innocent victim, Sdr Anwar Ibrahim from been sodomised by the conspirators from..BE END ?

Who is the next victim ? SAPP and Yong TL will become the next sodomy victims soon, Sabahans wonder ??

SAPP reply show clause letter was in the BN dustbin already...tak payah baca sudah tau mau niat jahat mau Pak Lah - buang kerja PM. So SAPP kena tendang keluar dari BE END soon. YAHOO !

MALAY UNITY is a gimmick to deceive the turban white cap guys in believing the Corrupt Lions will share the power meat with them, it is just a dream for Pak Haji to become next PM.