I would like to clear up few points that brought out by 'some ones' in a recent issue of Salient. Before I proceed, let me say that "these 'some ones' have been hit at the right place", for only then they would get mad and dash about using four letter words and shouting at the air. They cannot distinguish MSA and MSSA. Let's have a look at the brief history on the two organisations.

MSA has been a strong student body in Wellington. It's functions mainly centred on [unclear: dancin] parties, trips, annual sport tournament and of course the Merdeka Ball. She is used to be called 'Social Club'. During the last three years when the student movement was at it's peak, MSA was all the time behind the scene. Many expected that as a student body like MSA whould lead the student movement. Instead whe was addressed as 'licking the use of the government' during the meetings. I think most students quite aware of this.

In the past, MSSA had leas financial members than MSA, not many activities were organised. Even then, 'some ones' wanted to nip her in the bud. These people turn out to be MSA executive members. They have tried every means to dissolve MSSA, but they failed each time. Until the beginning of this year, some concerned students came out and reorganised it. The 1977 MSSA is quite different from the past, she has organised a tot of activities that concerned the [unclear: welfare] of the students. Even the people like Alex Chen is also aware of this.

I have been to some of the functions organised by MSSA. Don't tell me that MSSA rely on VUWSA or NZUSA lust because a few kiwis appear in the functions or their names are mentioned in the newsletters. According to this logic, you can say that MSSA also rely on MSA since I found that the MSA Secretary appears quite often in MSSA functions or MSA also rely on VUWSA of NZUSA since their names axe mentioned in the Suara Siswa too. Obviously, it is the same old dirty tactic used by these few irresponsible people like Alex Chen to disrupt the unity of the students. It is not surprising that the smearing campaign against MSSA is carried out by these few irresponsible people. The awakening and the growth of the Malaysian students bodies has become an irresistible trend, whether you like it or not. That can be proved by just looking at the Malaysian Students' bodies in other countries.