Public Forum : JPA Scholarships – Seeking A Fair & Equitable Policy

[khengte...@dapmalaysia.org]

Dear friends of DAP,

DAP is organising another forum hardly a week after the May 13 forum.
We look forward to your support and participation in the important
issue of JPA Scholarships award, which has been turn into "annual
begging season".

I reproduced here the announcement by our MP Tony Pua from his blog
(http://tonypua.blogspot.com) below. For those who could not join us
physically, you will be able to follow the forum live at http://tv.dapmalaysia.org.

Thank you, and all are welcome!

regards,
Goh

Tony's announcement :

Read about all the renewed controversy over the JPA scholarships
recently?

Well, in the light of the neverending controversy over the award of
government scholarships by Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) of the
Prime Minister's Department, DAP will be holding a forum/dialogue
session to obtain feedback from:

* aggrieved students
* current and former local and overseas scholars
* academics
* the general public

The forum/dialogue will be held as follows:

JPA Scholarships – Seeking A Fair & Equitable Policy
Venue: KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
Date: 19th May 2009 (Tuesday)
Time: 8.00 pm

The panelists will include:

* Lim Kit Siang, DAP Parliamentary Leader and MP for Ipoh Timor,
* Anthony Loke Siew Fook, MP for Rasah and DAPSY Chief,
* Tony Pua, MP for Petaling Jaya Utara,
* Dr Dzulkifli Ahmad, PAS Research Centre Director and MP for
Kuala Selangor
* Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Selangor ADUN for Seri Setia

Dr Goh Cheng Teik, eminent academic, former deputy minister and
interviewer for Harvard University admission programme in Malaysia
will also be a special guest for the evening.

In addition, for students and scholars who are not able to make it for
the forum (e.g., if you are overseas or if you live outstation, you
are welcome to submit written submissions to the panel. Please write
to: dapscholarship (at) rocketmail (dot) com.

Please forward details of the above forum to all parties concerned,
especially those who have failed to secure scholarships despite
outstanding results. We will be making a compilation of the
complaints, appeals and suggestions made during the evening.