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Higher
education in crisis: Bidding farewell to Dr Terence Gomez
Media
Statement
by Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew
(Kuala
Lumpur,
Thuraday):
Apart from those who know how to get
alternative news from www.malaysiakini.com, www.malaysia-today.net,
www.dapmalaysia.org, www.harakahdaily.net and other alternative sources,
most Malaysians were still in the dark about the predicament of UM Associate
Professor Dr Terence Gomez.
The BN-controlled mainstream
media has not reported a single word about the ill-treatment and
discrimination subjected to Dr Terence Gomez and his wife (who’s also
lecturing in UM).
Dr Terence Gomez has finally
thrown in his towel and decided to get on with his life with the new job
offered by the United Nations in Geneva.
Higher education is indeed in
great crisis in this country. The man who used to say “work with me” and
“tell me the truth” has chosen to keep mum over such a glaring mistake
committed by his men. He is, after all being said and done, a leader for no
more than a single race.
He has also chosen not to say a
word over the denial of government scholarship for a score of 13A’s
achievers. Has he forgotten that these fine kids have lunched with him in
one of the PR exercises organized by his think thank not long ago?
May be he’s too engrossed
with a conspiracy theory- that syndicates and banks are working together to
mess up the KLSE to embarrass his administration.
Malaysians are urged to express
their solidarity with Dr Terence Gomez by attending a dinner hosted by Lim
Kit Siang, the Malaysian Parliamentary Opposition Leader. They can reserve
their tickets with the DAP headquarter (Ms Yong Tel: 79578022/ 012 201
3656).
Several prominent professors
from various local universities will join other right-minded Malaysians to
bid farewell to Terence on Monday night at the Kelana Seafood Centre, SS7,
Petaling Jaya.
We hope Dr Terence Gomez will
return to serve Malaysia after a two-year stint in Geneva. We want him to
know that he has done well as a social scientist, and that his service is
still very much needed by Malaysians.
(9/6/2005)
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Liu Tian Khiew, DAP International
Secretary and NGO bureau chief
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