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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 8. April 23 1979

M'Sia & Spore News

M'Sia & Spore News

Poor HSC Results in Five States

A preliminary check has shown that at least five states — Selangor, Johore, Malacca, Kedah and Sarawak — recorded a drop in overall performance in last year's HSC/ STP examinations compared with the previous year. The overall results of Federal territory schools also declined. Analysis of results from the other states were not available but it is understood that Pahang and Trenggany improved on their 1977 pass rate.

In Sabah, a total of 103 or 41.2 per cent of 250 school candidates obtained full certificates. Of the six schools that fielded candidates, the La Salle School in Kota Kina-balu obtained the best results with 57.9 per cent passes. Only 40 of the 597 private candidates in the states obtained full certificates.

Meanwhile, the DAP has called on the government to conduct a full scale inquiry into the "deteriorating standards" of the HSC/STP preformances. The party's political bureau director, Mr Lee Lam Thye, said the time was "opportune for an inquiry to be held". He said there was also a need to look into the teaching of Bahasa Malaysia.

(NST 22/3/79)

More Airlines Serving Sarawak

The Royal Brunei Airlines and the Cathay Pacific Airlines (CPA) have been allowed to operate in Sarawak to improve air services there. Deputy Transport Minister Encik Ali Shariff said recently. He said although CPA had been given landing rights, it had not yet begun operations in the state. He was replying to a question by Mr Leonard Linggi, who asked what steps were being taken by the government to improve air services in Sarawak.

To another question Encik Ali said MAS has sufficient F27 and B737 planes to meet the demands of the people in Sarawak, but there were many airfields which could not be used by the B737. He said the possibility of enlarging these airports to allow the B737 to land was still under consideration.

Drawing of Malaysia

Mahathir on our System of Democracy

The government is satisfied with the present system of "democracy" in the country and has no intention of exerting firmer control over the people, claimed the Deputy Prime Minister recently. He said the situation in the country did not merit any change in our system of government. Earlier, Wan Mohamed Najib had asked whether the government would allow those who were dissatisfied with the way the country is run to leave. Dr Mahathir said the government is aware of complaints that democracy in this country is fast eroding. However he said these people should realise that the fact that they were able to complain and criticise openly showed that there was democracy in the country. These people, he said, are not grateful and are only bent on making baseless criticisms.

(NST 27/3/79)

(comment: Dr Mahathir should enrol in Pols 111 to know what Democracy is.)