April 23, 2008
I REFER to “Grads prefer to stay on overseas” (Sunday Star, April 13) and the countless number of letters from readers that have been published over the past one week expressing their utter disappointment, disgust, dismay and astonishment with JPA and its current weak rules and regulations pertaining to scholars and borrowers sent overseas that has resulted in 230 scholars not returning home to serve the nation.
I am amazed and angry that in spite of all the letters which also outlined constructive suggestions on improving the current inadequacies, JPA has not offered any corrective measures to plug the holes and thus reassure the taxpayers and the general public that it will no longer treat taxpayers money callously and carelessly.
In the first place, it is supposed to have been proactive and should have anticipated these abuses. JPA perhaps has never heard that “preventive measures are far better than corrective actions. But what about corrective measures being better than no measure?
JPA is currently in the midst of selecting scholars for the 2008/09 term, and I hope it will be transparent by publishing in all major national newspapers the details of the successful applicants. If that is expensive, then make it available on its webpage.
May I also suggest that JPA publish in all major national newspapers or on its website the names of errant scholars and borrowers as well as the names of their guarantors and parents.
DISGUSTED TAXPAYER,Shah Alam, Selangor
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