Got this from felixker’s blog:
PM Lee Hsien Loong
Cambridge University – First Class Honours (1974)
Harvard University – Masters (1980)
PM Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi
University of Malaya – Bachelor of Arts Honours (1964)
SM Goh Chok Tong
University of Singapore – First Class Honours (1964)
Williams College , USA – Masters (1967)
Deputy PM Dato’ Sri Najib Razak
University of Nottingham – Bachelor of Arts Honours (1974)
MM Lee Kuan Yew
Cambridge University – First Class Honours (1949)
Minister of Foregn Affairs Syed Hamid Albar
(can someone tell me his univeristy? )- Bachelor of Arts [ UITM ]
Minister for Law Prof. S Jayakumar
University of Singapore – Bachelor of Law Honours (1963)
Yale Univerity – Masters (1966)
Ministry of Works- Dato’ Seri Samy Vellu
(Education Unknown) [ Form 6, Anderson School ]
Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng
University of Singapore – Bachelor of Arts & Business Admin (1977)
London Business School – Masters (1979)
Ministry of International Trade & Industry Rafidah binti Aziz
Universiti Malaya – Bachelor of Arts Honours
Minister for Foreign Affairs BG George Yeo
Cambridge University – Double First Class Honours (1976)
Harvard Business School – MBA w/ Distinction (1985)
Minister of Agriculture Muhyiddin Yassin
(Education Unknown) [ Polytechnic Ungku Omar ]
Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang
Cambridge University – First Class Honours w/ Distinction (1976)
Harvard University – Masters (1986)
Ministry of Domestic Trade Shafie Apdal
(Education Unknown) [ Form 5, Failed English ]
Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean
University of Manchester – First Class Honours (1976)
Imperial College, London – Masters w/ Distinction (1977)
Minister of Education Hishammuddin Hussein
(Education Unknown) [ Bachelor of Arts, Social Science ]
Minister for Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam
London School of Economics – Bachelor of Arts
Cambridge University – Masters
Harvard University – Masters
Minister of Home Affairs Radzi bin Sheikh Ahmad
(Education Unknown) [ Kolej Islam Malaysia , Diploma
The way I see it… I think Singapore’s Cabinet can safely claim to have the highest mean level of academic qualification worldwide, not just compared to Malaysia. I am saying this based on the stringent recruitment criteria imposed by our ruling party into their rank and file. Many of us will call this “elitist”, but is this system necessarily a bad thing?
What do you think?
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I think that it goes to show that it’s possible to have a somewhat functioning, stable country, without paying through the nose for it.
“somewhat” seems to be the operative word in the sentence. 😛
Today MM Lee just said that the current cabinet in Singapore is the best that we can get…
While I abhor the incompetence Malaysian ministers exhibit, I do feel compelled to point out that some of the education backgrounds of Malaysian ministers you listed are false; that the University of Malaya was once a wreath worn with honour (e.g. your beloved Ngiam Tong Dow); that the cream of the Malay crop do not enter politics; and that the PAP (unlike UMNO, and other political parties in the free world) goes around begging corporate figureheads/top talent to join their ranks in the same manner as does the Communist Party of China.
This comparison is as meaningless as it is patently stupid.