OSAC willing to accept National's dictates.

In your May 30 issue Lisa Sacksen calls for the independence of the universities to be defended because the Governement has imposed a limit on the number of private overseas students allowed entry from any one country when the Universities Amendment Act 1970 enables the Council Council of each university "to determine each year the maximum number who may be admitted in me following year as students to the university." May I be allowed through the courtesy of your columns to point out to Ms. Sacksen that the right of a university to fix maximum numbers for its overseas intake gives the university precisely that right; it does not confer on it the authority to say what number of students will be allowed to enter enter the country. That is, and must surely remain, a matter of Government policy for two reasons, both of which would seem to be obvious. First, no other body could be allowed by a Government to claim rights over and above that Government where the entry of persons from overseas is concerned, and second, only the Government can determine the level of expenditure it is prepared to sustain for the university education of a students from overseas especially when it costs on average about $2,000 a year to for each one. To do so would tant tantamount to handing over a blank cheque.

Ex- Young Nat Exposes Muldoon

The Rt. Hon. Roberts Muldiesloon used a number of well proven propaganda techniques officer) resume of the economic his think tank, or his research officier) resume of the economic situation (fast reaching crisis proportions) in last week's episode.

Looks at all the figures he gave us, GNP's and consumer price increases everywhere, inflation and many more. But he thoughtfully omitted things like STB. interest rates for loans and other vitalities, too many to mention: His many bold assertions (like "The financial position of senior citizens will be markedly improved!) were not backed what all. (What sort of argument was he putting — bloody hollow).

He didn't state our unemployment figures, but saw fit to compare them to USA, Canada, Australia and the UK, who gives two shits for their unemployment what about ours.

He said things like "much greater emphasis on... marriage guidance, in family planners!! but at the same time to cut social welfare payments to solo mums for the first six months, and to pass legislation restricting abortions.

I feel really pissed off about this and could write for hours, so I'll end here with a comparison of my own. That our dear beloved PM is as much alike Amin as textbooks are to the library (which should open longer on Friday nights).

Malaysian students in New Zealand

1977 seems to be a year where progressiveness replaced the conservatism which shadowed the campus politics for the past few years. The progressive forces are gaining full momentum and are emerging as consolidating unit throughout the Malaysians and Singaporean students in New Zealand. Just let us have a glance at various campuses in N.Z.

In Auckland. AMSSA has already forged ahead, consolidating her glorious aim by organising many healthy activities to promote social awareness among the Malaysian and Singaporean students. The strong support of AMSSA from the fellows students is obvious by it's turnout (about 200) in the orientation night held earlier of the year.

In Massey. MUMA (Massey University Malaysian Asso.) has a firm stand against the acceptance of a Malaysian House offered by the Malaysian High Commission in Wellington It is obvious that the High Com is trying to bribe the students intimidation and etc., are used to create disunity among students and achieve it's final goal by shutting their mouths.

During the International Student Congress (ISC). MUMA had portrayed a sketch depicted the plight of the squatters who defied eviction orders from the authorities. The sketch received much applause and encouragement from the audience for it's best educational performance which was prepared in a short time.

I strongly believe the MUMA can achieve a progressive role which serves the majority of her members.

Canterbury has the most Malaysians students in NZ. This year, it is a turning point for CMSA Because a new batch of committees were being elected who are willing to foster a progressive role for the welfare and interest of the students and also trying to promote social awareness among it's members. Recently social gatherings, and forum on current affairs had been organised in co-ordinating with It's aim.

Otago apparantly stayed dormant for the last few years. Only recently the OMSA (Otago Malaysian Student Association) was in turmoil because the OMSA president had been forced to resign for his incapability and inability in taking care of the welfare of the students. This is another strong evidence that the conservatism of this association for the past history is being rebutted by the majority of her members.

Parallel to other campuses, WMSSA in Wellington is coming alive and gathering momentum in uniting Malaysian and Singaporean students for her progressive role. Judging her recent committments, WMSSA has successfully organised social gatherings. Study groups, and more importantly is her involvement in the ISC and the cutback campaign. It's no doubt that WMSSA deserves the loudest applause for her keen work in looking after the welfare of the students.

On the contrary, WMSA seemed to be in hibernation during the first term in the campus, though MSA claimed itself to be [unclear: 'b a] sommitting several activities. From the poor turnout in the annual sport tournament in Otage, it clearly tells us that how 'concerned' the Malaysian students are for the MSA activities.

Though WMSA counteracts against ISC by boycotting the conference, it is by no means another cowardice tactic trying to split the unity among the fellow overseas students — 'Cos such a dirty trick could not stop the ISC from progressing towards a big success but once again, MSA is exposing its misconducts and incapability on taxing care of Malaysian students welfare. If MSA is going to retain its obstinacy in restoring it's conservative way, it won't be long the day will come where MSA would be swept away as a heap of garbage by the progressive forces consolidated by overseas students.

Thus from a brief overview of the Malaysian and Singaporean Students Associations in various campuses, we can see clearly that Overseas Students are Setting awakening now, and a new hope and enthusiasm is forth coming from students in all campuses in ensuring a progressive student movement.

Comment on "Suara Siswa".

Allow me to comment something about MSA's recent publication 'Suara Siswa'? It is indeed just a bigoted piece of garbage which can only be produced by a group of reactionaries. Extreme reactionary in the sense that this publication is somewhat designed to in calculate fear in the minds of Asians especially if anyone had read the article written by Dr. Vasil. As far as I see it Asians here have the right to take an interest in affairs both in NZ and also at home — a right to question what is right and wrong as they see it and do something to solve the problems. One just has to sit down and question ourselves "Do we consider ourself as helping to work for the betterment or our society or are we going to be a disappointment to society by just keeping dilent about what we think is wrong?

The MSA's committee must be raving mad after being so isolated after the ISC or either they are so 'thick' in their head. The way they put forward their excuses about not not attending the recent ISC is an excuse my 3 yr. old brother wouldn't think of giving! — The only thing left to do is for other students to expose them. It is interesting enough these wankers are too preoccupied with their egotistic mania to even apologise for their Hawkers sketch.

No one will disagree that WMSA is doing something — organising dances etc. but in view of the situation at home where many of our countrymen have suffered from government repression, when many of them are suffering from malnutrition, how can we go on enjoying ourselves dancing and indulging in our personal comfort without pangs of conscience? this what WMSA is doing now -misleading the people? I wouldn't want to domment but leave it for Asians to form their judgement.

It is rather amusing to read the 'Suara Siswa' recently published by the WMSA. I find the quotations particularly interesting; suitably inserted in the appropriate places.

But perhaps the best quotation of the year could have been one inserted after 'A word by the President and read as below:

As a matter of fact...........

Bruce Robinson writes a generally factual article called "Israel moves right". OK nice one Bruce, but If you leave out some of the facts - is it still factual?

Some facts left out of Bruce's article on the "darker side of the Israeli state" include the fact that Israel moved to the right in the same way as Sweden did after a couple of decades of Social Democratic party rule as a result of democratic elections at which all citizens, Arabs as well as Jewish, could vote (how many Arab nations hold democratic elections).

I don't think anyone ever tries to deny that the new Prime Minister Begin was involved in terrorist activities, but to assert that Begin's words "......offer no hope for a peaceful solution...." is a bit off.

The problems of the Middle East are not helped by fatalists.

I won't mention Bruce's misrelated conclusions or try to [unclear: interpre] whether Mr Muldoon is not "the add man out" in Israel or New Zealand politics Which?

Good try Bruce, I'm thoroughly confused by your facts.

Bruce states... "The election of Menachem Begin as Prime Minister has demonstrated a darker side of the Israeli state".

Any nation that holds democratic elections and subsequently elects a right wing Government that holds views contrary to your own must have a darker side, right Bruce!

Cutbacks Supplement

Congratulations for your excellent supplement (Vol 40 No 12) on the Asian cutback's! It is indeed very informative and really present a very revealing picture as to whats happening around. I guess that the good supplement must have been due to the great efforts put by the Editor and the Salient staff. As far as Asian news are concerned Salient has always been putting first rate articles and one cannot denied that they are supporting us in our cause of trying to educate Asians and making them aware of the truth at home. So keep it up! won't you?

More Rankine-Brown Philosophy

I would like you to publish this reply to "Rankine Brown Philosophy" published on May 30th 1977. Thankyou.

Enlightenment?

On this campus no one. Not even Tom. Dick or Harry will tell you where to go. Look around and perhaps Find an enlightened way to run to. Be involved in the plain non-political WMSA. Perhaps the opposition WMSSA could brightened your world With mind-stirring political issues. O.C.F. might give you a hand To help you sing out your frustrations Think of your future and country Find boundless ways to improve the so-called "Democratic institution" Which is phoney and dead since May 13, 1969 If these suggestions are too unpalatable Then learn about NZ's country, life and style Or better still take a DC flight Back to where you came from Perhaps these mundane things Will lighten up your in imaginative mind and soul

Bigots Corner

Why can't you write something relevant to students? I'm sick of all this stuff on Malaysia students. What relevance has their situation got to New Zealanders? There seems to be a lot of Malasians in New Zealand already. All they do is monopolise the library and the gym. The New Zealand government could spend its money better by raising the standard tertiary bursary. Also why dont we have more SGMs The last one was fun at least we got some exercise.

The Bible, Politics and Asia

It was stated that "the Bible can be used by white colonists from Europe to propagate imperialism in the -Third World' "Just an Asian" mentioned a film he/she had seep. "One Million years of Suffering", that showed that the Indonesian government "employs the Bible to force the people to believe, to subvert and resist the progressive ideas". I have not seen the film, but it should be obvious that one cannot believe everything that is seen on films, and even if what is shown is true, an isolated incident cannot always be generalised for the whole.

The principle message of the Bible is not imperialism or lining one's political views up with that of the Government. Rather, the main message is "God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son, that everyone who has faith in him may not die but have eternal life. It was not to judge the world that God sent His Son into the world, but that through Him the world might be saved. The man who puts his faith in Him does not come under judgemtn; but the unbeliever has already been Judged in that he has not given his allegiance to God's only Son". The results of placing one's faith in him does not come under Judgement; but the unbeliever has already been judged in that he has not given his allegiance to God's only Son". The results of placing one's faith — one's trust — In Jesus will have repercussions in one's life — "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law". And this is rather interesting to contrast with the hatred, violence, and outbursts of Marxism. The Bible nowhere states that Christians should never strive for changes within society, but it does say that in doing so one should, unless it conflicts with Christian principles, be subject to the law of the country in which one is living.

It is unfortunate that there have been times in the past where people who have called themselves "Christians" have taught things contrary to the Bible's teaching. But like everyone else. Christians are not perfect they are prone to do wrong things also. The teaching of Christianity comes from the Bible — anything else that is taught in the name of Christianity is not truly Christian teaching and should not be recognised as such.

"Just an Asian"suggests that certain Asian governments are encouraging Christianity in order to suppress the people. The governments of of Indonesia and Malaysia are staunchly Moslem not Christian. Since when have Moslems been happy to sooperate with Christians And perhaps "Just an Asian" could explain why it is illegal in Malaysia for Christians to try and convert anyone who is a Malay.

I suggest that "Just an Asian" and Majid" check out Just what exactly the Bible does teach. Buy a Bible and read it. Then you will have a better idea of what Christianity is about, and appreciate how It differs substantially from the views expressed in your letters.

Religions Debate Continues

We wish to simply note two things relevant to the comments in the letters of "Just an Asian" (The Bible. Politics and Asia. May 16th) and "Majit" (Dechristianizing Asia, May 23rd).

Creeping Fabianism

I am writing to enquire if I may have "The Fabian Society" advertised in your paper. We hold meetings regularly, and welcome interested persons to come along.

May I, through the courtesy of your columns be permitted to outline "Fabianism", briefly, for your readers.

Firstly, it is a very vital organisation in the UK and Australia today. Also there are branches in Ontario, Canada. Micheal Foot is Chairman of the "Young Fabians", in the UK.

There is a 'chapter' in Tauranga also. Literature and publications by the Fabian Society can be found in the Public Library. Also references in such standard works as "Pears Encyclopaedia", form which I quote briefly. "The Fabians were convinced that men are rational enough to accept in their common interest developments which can be seen as necessary; thus public opinion will come to see that socialisation of the same way they came to accept already existing acts in respect of housing, insurance, medical care, and conditions of work. — 'Gradual' "permeation" of the power groups, trade unions, political parties, managers and enlightened employers — would speed the process".

Since armed revolution seems unlike [unclear: elv] the moment and the 'elitists' remain firmly in the saddle, It seems to me that the only solution is this 'permeation'. Either the students will enter the establishemt and compromise themselves to It as is so often the case — or hassle ineffectively for a while before complete capitulation.

Short of armoured vehicles, I cannot see a more suitable one than that of Fabianism, for reform from within as well as without.

If there is a Young Fabian group for University Students we'd be most happy to meet with them. We do not ask intending members to show credentials of hyper-redicalism. We offer a forum and haven for Intellectuals Quasi- and/unrepentant.

"We must get rid of the socialists and intellectuals" — Mr Muldoon, Founders Theatre — Hamilton 1975) they may be happy to meet with others in a movement that will continue to endure beyond University days, when they need It.

Just to remind your readers that Mr M. echoes here aims similar to one Hitler, — who said — ("Speeches - Trevor Roper).

"We must get rid of the socialists and Left-wing intellectuals," Munich, 1933. — almost word perfect by Mr M., 44 yrs later.

Details of next meeting may be obtained: Box 2636, Wellington or phone (Evenings) 837-272.

SRC criticised

I am disgusted at the action taken by the Student Association in attempting to diminish to some extent, the profits for South Africa, by banning the sale of all Rothmans and their subisduary brands of cigarettes on campus. I can only assume this action was taken with the recommendation of the SRC and feel confident in stating that this action does not carry the popular consent of the majority of the student population.

It is not the theory behind this action that I object to, but the way the SRC have gone about effecting some policy of their own. The SRC it seems to me are placing themselves on equal footing with the South African government when they dictate what a majority can and can't do. Surely the SRC is suppressing the student right to choice.

May I suggest that Rothmans etc. be available and it be left up to the student conscience as to whether they continue to buy that brand. Don't say we can't.

Pull your socks up SRC. You seem to be placing yourself in the same class on your place Piggy, that of a dictator.

Citizens for Beetham

A political system which allows one Party with only 38% of all eligible vites to have 63% of the seats in Parliament is far from representative government. This is the system we have now.

In a true democracy, any Party with more than about 5% of the total vote is represented in Parliament. This is usually achieved by Proportional Representation, the system that Continental countries have.

Although there are several forms of It, the petition available at the Student's Centre is to establish the principle. You are invited to sign for a fair and accurate political system; please participate in this major political step.

Back the Proportional Representation petition with Victoria signatures. Participate in history making.

Straight As A Pole

I take strong exception to the letter written by D Duck J.C. or whatever he may refer to himself or herself as.

Obviously this person is a frustrated individual who is in balanced with deep seated problems of paranoia. I have written several letters to this paper before and I assure this writer I am not a killjoy or a homosexual.

Obviously this person has latent homosexual tendencies which he attempts to conceal by running down the gay people. Well I suggest if it is troubling you that you see a psychiatrist or failing this meet me outside the public toilets In Lambton Quay st 8.00 pm any night of the week and together we will solve your problems.

Cultural Affairs Officer Gets His Orders

Shiver M'timbers! When is the sailor responsible goin' to shake a leg and get this cruise under way.

— by organising a Waves concert (or two)?

Are such sweet strains of music only for the ears of landlubbers on the shores of Waitemata Harbour?

Godammit, when is the tide to come in ? ! ? !!!

— for there'll be dark muttering below decks...

Why Oppose the Cutbacks

Every week there seems to be thing in Salient about Malaysian students. I always used to flip over the pages thinking there goes Salient wanking again. But the other day I sat next to a Malaysian student in the cafe; She started talking (as usual) about the grotty conditions in the cafe. Then she told me about conditions in Malaysia and why she couldn't get into a University because of the discriminatory practices of the Malaysian government against the Chinese.

The cutbacks affect her younger brother who was recently refused entry to New Zealand. I felt sympathetic but I wasn't sure if I should support, the issue of cutbacks in Malaysian students because they might be taking the place of other overdeas students, and also New Zealand students. Your supplement didn't really answer those questions. Is that because you don't know the answer?

Sociology Student Writes to Salient

In the last issue of your gorgeous (ahem) newspaper, a certain letter referred to a painting on level 2 of Rankine Brown. The scene was described as "a sadistic capitalist beating the proletariat with a whip". I feel this is a gross abuse of Marxist terminology, as a capitalist is described in this philosophy as a person controlling capital (i.e. money). In this picture, the guys with the boot administered to them are the ones with the money.

Therefore it would seem far more reasonable to say the proletariat were beating the capitalists — if indeed the painting was representing Marxist conflict. It isn't, wither, because the original dispute depicted was a moral, as opposed to a political or economic one.

Weil/Well, Well!!

Thought you'd like to know that I've Just appointed myself head of a very intellictual type group of which I am the only member, namely The Cultured Mass. As such I feel it (often) my Christian duty to report to the ignorant masses the goings-on at the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Party of Wednesday last.

The celebrations kicked off with a Beethoven number, namely Symphony No 8 in F. Well, well, well, what can one say about Beethoven apart from the fact that he died tragically of syphillis. If one refers to the intellectuals guide to musical trivia; (the program, which by the way featured an unknown musical masterpiece, called the Interval.) one will see that Beethaoven's 8'th was a short work with the incredible capability of exhausting computers.

Mozart threw in a horn concerto which was superbly handled by soloist, Barry Tuck well. The only comment I want to make concerns the audience making the poor bloke walk back to the dias three times before they would let him get back to Starsky and Hutch.

Well, well, well, what can one say about Seiber apart from the fact that he died tragically in South Africa. (At this point I should like to allude to the memory of musician Heinrick Illwuvvo poof who also died in Africa trying to teach an elephant the violin).

Wall, what can one say about Lutoslawski, apart from the fact that he's still alive. Personally Ms second movement reminded me of "A Midsummer Night's Insomnia" where one is kept awake by mosquitos. As for the third movement I thought it was full of social comment and portrayed definite images of the Fairy Godmother staggering home after a night at the pub.

Having made your little hearts runneth over with culture I'll piss off till next time.

Fools on the Hill

How could so many warped wankers, perverts and cretins be crowded into one establishment like Weir House without coming under the control of the Mental Health Act 1969? In my nominal years at this crystal University I have never encountered such a form of animal that is more degrading than the syphillis-ridden, pot gutted, cauliflower eared primates that roam the Chunder-coated hall ways of the hole on the hill, the Cistern in the Sky.

It seems our once tranquil society is no longer safe from such malignant personality disorders as the 'Boys' possess. They crash any party, bible class or orgy in town, ravish anything that is decent, and rip off any item thay can lay their poxy little appendages on. Look!, I've got nothing against Pissups, rugby, rooting or "Rice-eaters" but these fuckwits give everything they associate with a smell worse than a Vivian Street Brothel

Weir have all our screw pills and standards gone?

— Tell me David.

For what reason is the library of this esteemed university under stocked in many parts? It has been ray pleasure over the past month to find that although there are plenty of good, informative books concerned with one of my courses, Russian Civilisation, but they all appear to be either in Russian or in German, with a rew exceptions, and they seem mostly to be in French, with a very conservative limit of English written books. What kind of fuck-wit would want to read a Russian dictionary to be able to write one piddly little essay on some defunct part of Russian life past or present. If the library is abort of funds, why the hell does it persist in keeping these generally unread and not so worthwhile books when there are surely many books written in English which are as good if not better?

What with library cuts and a lack of understandable books on the many unseen shelves gathering dust as well as the misguided stage one students who are still struggling to understand the books he found three years ago. Any student who can understand more than three or four pages of any of these books whether in Russian; Italian or German demands everybody's sympathy and understanding

I admit that it is sometimes hard to buy the right books, but in a situation like this they might as well give up buying any books and do away with a very misguided pack of shit-shovelling twerps behind the desks or in the order room. If they cannot get the right books (in English) they should resign and let somebody who can get the books take over.

Re the recent letters of "Just an Asian" May 16.

Hazlett said Prejudice was child of ignorance, the above letter-writer should not let their dislike of Christianity so cloud their Judgement as to forget the facts.

Stephen Neiil in his well documented book Colonialism and Christian Missions (London 1966) says "The slapdash assertions that the penetrations of the world by political power and the culture of the West has nowhere produced anything but destruction, and that Christian Missions without distinction have been involved in the guilt of that destruction will not stand up to the light of sober historical investigation" (p412)

Has "Just an Asian" ever looked positively at Christian worth. Schools, homes for mentally and physically handicapped, hospitals, credit unions. Your list of glob marxist terms (repression, cancer wart etc.) tell us more about Marxism than mere words. The millions dead in Cambodia under a "liberating" army!

There have been mistakes by missionaries (none by Socialists I suppose?) You will find many dedicated "True Christians working to correct them. To dismiss however the whole work of the Church as joining governments is not true. eg. The Church in the Philippines is clashing with the government over human rights.

Christianity has many indiginous members, who after looking at the faith, accepted it as their own. Are they agents of colonialism? Hardly likely. Do the Indian nuns of Mother Teresa of Calcutta serve colonialism by picking children out of rubbish bins? or by caring for the homeless and dying of that country? Only with Christianity has anything so "radically loving" been done for Calcutta.

You can tell a man by what he does rather than what he says. Glib slogans about bourgeois repression and anti-progressive governments mask a new imperialism. Asian's millions (traditionally spiritual) can look forward to a new set of masters (who see little beyond the temporal) if the so-called loberations of

Through the pages of your excellent periodical, I should like to make a public apology to Cyril Martin Bumtrinket of the Thorndon Anarchy League for my appalling impersonation as President of the Thorndon Apathy League. This was due to extreme confusion on my part.

I was informed by a good friend of mine, Pogo J, Ferretdown-your trousers that I have in fact, possibly been elected president of a club or something. Not bothering to find out which particular club this was, I Joyously celebrated at a much later stage, of course, by writing to whomsoever would publish my mindless drivel.

I have since been informed that I may well be president of the Johnsonville Procrastination Society which has greatly pleased my humble self. I have since received yet another complaint about this title, due to copyright, from Ecurb Rechcleb. the president of the Newlands Procrastination Fellowship, but as this was not in writing, I cannot be bothered to take notice of such threats.

Commerce Students Condemned

I am not accustomed to writing complaints to your magazine, but I am moved to do so now. I am fed up with the persistent and incessant chatter of commerce students, rugby-players and other students of this firvolous nature and seem to spend their time discussing pin-ups, ridiculous maths problems and other trivia in loud tone, in the library.

I am a part-time student and therefore normally only use the library m the evenings. However this week as I have exams etc., I have been using it during the day, seemingly to no avail as I am disturbed by their degenerate types mentioned above.

How about kicking all commerce students and the like out of the library?

Answers answers, answers!!

I was rather amused (if that is the right word for it) today, to hear Mr Gyles Beckford B.M.O.C. question Mr Russell Marshall M.P. on the subject of teachers allowances college students salaries. The general attitude of Mr Beckford to this subject seemed to me to be so much sour grapes.

Leaving aside the question of whether or not student teachers are overpaid, if Mr Beckford sees this letter could he please inform me as to how attacking student teachers salaries is going to get me a bigger bursary?