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It was strikingly obvious that the numbers provided in parliament were nowhere near the number of foreign students we see in our universities. I had remarked then that follow-up questions were called for before we could judge the significance of the answer given.
Straight away you ask, why weren’t these numbers disclosed the first time Yee asked the question? Why did Heng restrict himself to talking about scholarships for Asean students in the earlier session of parliament when Yee’s question did not confine itself to the region? Yee had asked about “the annual number of foreigners who were granted scholarships by the Ministry to study in our schools and universities and the annual cost of these scholarships”.
Once you start to ask these questions, you tell yourself: Better save a screenshot of that webpage before the ministry takes it down. (Thumbnail at right)
Ultimately you are left with a strong feeling that the government is deliberately engaging in disinformation. They are trying to hide something. They are giving us half-answers and their websites tell us only parts of what’s going on.
- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/frustrating-numbers-scholarships-for-foreign-students/
Straight away you ask, why weren’t these numbers disclosed the first time Yee asked the question? Why did Heng restrict himself to talking about scholarships for Asean students in the earlier session of parliament when Yee’s question did not confine itself to the region? Yee had asked about “the annual number of foreigners who were granted scholarships by the Ministry to study in our schools and universities and the annual cost of these scholarships”.
Once you start to ask these questions, you tell yourself: Better save a screenshot of that webpage before the ministry takes it down. (Thumbnail at right)
Ultimately you are left with a strong feeling that the government is deliberately engaging in disinformation. They are trying to hide something. They are giving us half-answers and their websites tell us only parts of what’s going on.
- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/frustrating-numbers-scholarships-for-foreign-students/
