Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Honoring Moment Turned Humiliating

I came across this article in uncle Lim's blog and titled 'Horror of Malaysian Education System'.

Lets look into the advertorial quoted from NST. My English proficiency may not be considered good but it is surely sufficient enough to highlight few humiliating quote in this article.


HONORARY DEGREE AWARD AT 7TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF UNIVERSITY TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA TO YANG AMAT MULIA RAJA ZARITH SOFIAH BINTI ALMARHUMSULTAN IDRIS AL-MUTAWAKIL ALALLAHI SHAHD.K.II, S.P.M.J., S.P.C.M.

Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakil Alallahi Shah has born on 14th of August 1959 in Hospital Batu Gajah, Perak. Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith is a third son to Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Sultan Perak Darul Ridzwan and Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Mazuwin binti almarhum Raja Arif Shah.

Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah get early education in Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Datin Khadijah Kuala Kangsar in the state his birthplace namely in Perak. After end of the education in primary school, Yang Amat Mulia continue the education to form one at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Raja Perempuan Kalsom Kuala Kangsar, Perak.

...I give up. Apparently there were mistakes in every single sentence. I have difficulty understanding the great 'English' more over correcting it. For the complete article please refer to uncle Lim's blog.

And btw, RAJA ZARITH SOFIAH BINTI ALMARHUMSULTAN IDRIS AL-MUTAWAKIL ALALLAHI SHAHD.K.II, S.P.M.J., S.P.C.M. is a 'she'. Really wonder if this article's English level represents our proficiencies in general or only reflects some people and that university.

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