Quietly, Quietly...

Yes, based on the latest pictures gathered in Universiti Malaya (UM), it appears that the university authorities have begun to accept (albeit reluctantly) that the celebration of banners and buntings on the "achievement" of the university in the THES world rankings table is completely distasteful and disgraceful.

BEFORE: Pictures taken on November 13th

AFTER: Pictures taken on November 18th

As you can see from the pictures above, while there continue to be buntings scattered around the campus, the numbers appears to have declined significantly by some 80-90%.

As "hinted" by the Minister of Higher education, and deduced on this blog earlier, word has been sent to the university's vice-chancellor to remove the silliness of the celebratory billboards and buntings. Although the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, officially denied that there was such "instruction" as reported in the New Straits Times, I was certain that the denial was purely to save the vice-chancellor some face.

Let's all see what happens next.