BRAIN DRAIN STILL A MAJOR PROBLEM

PETALING JAYA: Despite Talent Corp’s efforts to bring Malaysians home, many still prefer to seek their future overseas.

And like the World Bank’s report on the Malaysia’s brain drain last year, the reasons for staying away are still very much the same.
In a survey involving 518 people, social injustice (80%), better career prospects (76%) and more attractive benefits (73%) were the top reasons why these Malaysians preferred not to come back.

PHILIMENA   The above information is taken from Free Malaysia Today.   It is very heartening to note that Malaysia is losing her brainy experts who could play a major role in building the economy of the country.  What is a loss for Malaysia is a gain for another country

ADAKAH BERPATUTAN BINA SEKOLAH DEKAT TEMPAT PEMBERSIHAN KUMBAHAN?

Masyarakat India Bukit Indah mengamuk sebaik saja mereka dapat maklumat tanah untuk sekolah baru Tamil Taman Bukit Indah di Skudai akan dibina berhampiran tempat pembersihan kumbahan.  Semalam, mereka berpiket untuk menentang kerajaan negeri.

Philomena: This is a just a tip of the iceberg of the various problems faced by Tamil schools in Malaysia.  Grievance and cries  by Indian NGOs and social activists that Tamil schools are neglected are almost daily reported in the Tamil newspapers.   Tamil schools lacking basic amenities,  certain schools facing flood disaster, school buildings in bad condition like some being 'destroyed' by termites and schools facing space constraint and lack of teachers.  But of the worst it has been in a Tamil daily last year that the Tamil school in Sabak Bernam  is to be built at an area close to electric cables with high voltage power.  These problems faced by Tamil schools is now been politicised by the opposition.   Just hope the BN government will  act quickly and effective to take positive measures.