just as i thought

- An excerpt from "Many issues about UNSW Asia unresolved as school shuts on Friday" featured on the Channel NewsAsia website 28 June 2007 -

Over 330 applications were submitted to the local universities by students from UNSW Asia.

Many had to spend a lot of time on the applications, just a few days before their UNSW examinations.

Foreign students even had to sit for qualifying exams.

But Channel NewsAsia understands that the local universities are offering only about 20 places.

"They feel very disappointed because they felt that special consideration was not given to them as promised by the various authorities," said Angeline Tan, a UNSW Asia student.

"As a foreign student, I don't really know how the authorities work in Singapore. But when I first came here, I was quite confident they would be very reliable. But when this whole thing happens, it seems like there's no help offered from the government," said Indonesian student Teddy Setiardi, UNSW Asia.

One university said it was already bending backwards to accommodate the students, as university places are already taken up by the larger "dragon year" cohort.

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Read the different coloured text and laugh along with me. Not at the poor displaced students but at the local universities.

In an earlier post, I have already mentioned about the 'wayang' PR act put up by the local universities. And well, it has just been confirmed!

It is just cruel. Fine, you have a certain standard to uphold. That I can understand. BUT don't attempt to show that you're 'actually' considering such students when you're actually not!

Cruel. Cruel. Cruel.