Students studying abroad unable to apply for study loans
China – Shanghai 13 May 2010
Deputy Minister of Education cum MCA Youth Leader Wee Ka Siong was quoted saying holders of UCE who further their studies abroad won’t be able to apply for higher education government loans(PTPTN).
He said, according to current legislation, higher education government loans (PTPTN) is only limited government or private higher education institutions and universities in Malaysia. Therefore, any Malaysian students who studies abroad, which includes Chinese private high school students, will not be granted a PTPTN loan.
He also believe that the Malaysian and Chinese government will go one step further in their education cooperation ties, by recognizing all the university degrees from both countries.
Further he said, following PM Najib’s 3rd of June last year visit to China, education representatives from both countries education had discussions on how both China and Malaysia can recognize all their degrees across all fields.
Recognizing some degrees/certificates
Wee Ka Siong, who visited Shanghai Fudan University yesterday, had an hour long exchange with the university’s executive vice chancellor Zhang YiHua and Foreign Affairs Deputy Director Chang XinQiang. He also had an meeting with Malaysia students, and gave out a statement.
He said, when Najib visited China, he stressed the importance of education issues seriously during his discussions and bilateral talks with Chinese government officials.
Wee Ka Siong also said, at the moment, the Malaysian government only recognizes some of the Chinese universities degrees/diploma/certificate. However, this is about to change.
Wee Ka Siong also said, the talks have been up and running for both countries to recognize all their degrees/diploma/certificate. (Translation note: "正如火如荼展開". Literary a meeting of fire and tea in development)
He also took the chance to ask Fudan University to provide more opportunities and scholarships, so that more Malaysian students are given a chance to study in the no 3 (China) Chinese university.
At the moment, Malaysian government only recognizes some or few China’s famous university’s certain degrees/diplomas/certificate. This includes Beijing (Peking) University, Tsinghua university, and the Chinese language certificate of Beijing Foreign Studies University.
On the medical studies side, the government recognizes the Faculty of Medicine of Shanghai Medical university, Beijing Medical University, Zhongshan Medical University, Fudan University and Jinan University
In addition, the government also recognizes the traditional Chinese medicine degree of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
On the issue of government’s recent announcement of Chinese private high school students being able to apply for the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) Scholarship, but the students who are already studying overseas will miss out, Wee pointed that they will use MCA Youth's Chang Ming Thien Foundation to help UEC students studying in overseas Chinese institutions of higher education in helping to lessen their burden of tuition fees and living costs.
Overseas Malaysian Students hope to return Malaysia for employment
Malaysian students who are studying at Shanghai Fudan University would like to and hope to return to Malaysia for employment, and contribute to their motherland.
When interviewed, 2nd year Malaysian medical student, Tee Pao Ying (21 years) [1] said that she hoped to return and serve in Malaysian government hospitals after graduating.
She said, both the Chinese government public hospitals and private hospitals are very competitive, and it is very hard to compete with the Chinese, that’s why she’d rather choose to be working as a doctor in the Malaysian government hospital after graduating.
Tee Pao Ying is also the only international student who was awarded Fudan Uni’s scholarship for medicine this year. She said, her medical tuition fees for one year is RMB75,000(RM37,500), the total fees would be RMB 450,000(about RM225,000) over her 6 year course. All this would be covered by Fudan University through the scholarship fund.
When Fudan Uni’s Malaysian Student Association Vice President Lo Yong Jing (20yo) [2] was interviewed, also hopes to return to Malaysia to be involved in editorial work after graduating.
Lo Yong Jing is currently a 1st year student in historical studies. He/she said[3], Chinese students have better historical knowledge than the Malaysian students, even the Chinese secondary school history text books are beyond Malaysian university standard.
However, he/she is proud that Malaysian students’ organizational skills and the ability to hold activities are stronger than the Chinese students, because Malaysians were raised and brought up in a multicultural society, which resulted in stronger adaptability than the Chinese students.
2nd year Biological science student, Lim Tien Jun hopes to return and serve Malaysia and would like to be a biotechnological researcher.
There have been a lot of developments in the biotechnology secttor by the Malaysian government which requires large amount of talents.
Expectation for MCA Youth to strengthen ties
Wee Ka Siong on Wednesday led a delegation of 30+ MCA youth leaders to visit the Shanghai City Youth Communist League deputy secretary Chen Kai, and had close talks with the latter.
He hoped that MCA youth and Youth Communist League leaders in the future will have frequent visits, streghten the ties of both parties, to have better understanding between then, which also mean exchanges/discussion in different levels, which includes visits from the leaders of the Communist Youth League from the county and municipal levels.
After Wee and Chen Kai had talks, he also praised the Youth Communist League for their huge contribution to the World Expo Shanghai.
The Communist Youth League had 20,000 people registered as volunteers, who contribute greatly to the world expo.
He said, it is not easy to mobilize 20,000 people, and provide training for them to work efficiently at the world expo is no easy feat.
Wee Ka Siong thinks that, volunteers have multi task roles in the World Expo, which are as a information staff, to help maintain order, and also increase the awareness about World Expo.
He said, China’s success in hosting the Olympic games and World Expo, which require tens of thousands people as volunteers, is something that is not possible in Malaysia, and Malaysia has a lot of learn in this area from the Chinese.
Notes:
[1] Google her name. She comes up as the Malaysia Students Association in Shanghai representative in Fudan university. From Chung Hua High School Seremban.
[2] Pinyin transliteration. See here for more info:
http://malaysianinfudan.spaces.live.com/[3] Name sounds feminine, but to be honest I can't really tell.
Malaysian students who are studying at Shanghai Fudan University would like to and hope to return to Malaysia for employment, and contribute to their motherland.
When interviewed, 2nd year Malaysian medical student, Tee Pao Ying (21 years) [1] said that she hoped to return and serve in Malaysian government hospitals after graduating.
It does kinda explain the number of posts we get here asking about studying medicine in China. There are people who genuinely consider China as a destination for medical education.
As if there aren't enough universities on the Medical Act and the second schedule of the MMC list.
At the moment, Malaysian government only recognizes some or few China’s famous university’s certain degrees/diplomas/certificate. This includes Beijing (Peking) University, Tsinghua university, and the Chinese language certificate of Beijing Foreign Studies University.
On the medical studies side, the government recognizes the Faculty of Medicine of Shanghai Medical university, Beijing Medical University, Zhongshan Medical University, Fudan University and Jinan University.
In addition, the government also recognizes the traditional Chinese medicine degree of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
(original: 医学系方面，政府承认上海医科大学、北京医科大学、中山医科大学、复旦大学及暨南大学的医学系，上海中医药大学、北京中医药大学、南京中医药大学的中医学士学位，也获承认。)
This is why I can no longer read Chinese vernacular papers. I can tell you, there is going to be some Cheena "doctor" who will be brandishing their arms and trying to justify their choice of education as "but the newspaper said so!". Somehow the Chinese educated seem to take their vernacular papers as the gospel truth.
But on a more serious note, does any doctor know of any China medical graduate, practicing in Malaysia, be it public or private?
On a more personal note, as someone who has ancestors in my family history deported to China as Communists during the Communist insurgency, I find it more than a little amusing that MCA is leading a delegation to meet and praise the Youth Communist League.
Sep 13 2009, 08:14 PM
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Btw, limeuu, I'm pretty sure you're from SMC recognized uni, so what about the clinical that you do differ so much from normal IPTS?
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