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The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (MOSTI) wasted our money in sending a TOURIST into space, thus creating an artificial hero, Malaysia’s First Space Tourist, referred to as Malaysia’s Astronaut. It has plans to send a second Space Tourist into space.

See the link: Malaysia: A Second Space Tourist by 2016?

IT IS NOW INVOLVED IN SENDING TOURISTS TO THE ANTARTIC! MOSTI WILL BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE COST.

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Malaysiakini

8:38PM Jan 24, 2014

Foundation denies organising MB’s visit to Antarctica

The Sultan Mizan Royal Foundation (YDSM) today denied reports that it was organising the visit of Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Said to Antarctica.

Its executive secretary, Mohd Azrul Ismail, said the foundation was only involved in charity work to help raise the socio-economic standard and well-being of the people.

“The visit is not organised by YDSM and it is not linked to the foundation’s programme,” it said in a statement today.

http://beta.malaysiakini.com/news/252714

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DELEGATION TO THE ANTARTIC

Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said will lead a Malaysian delegation’s 15-day visit to Antarctica.

The delegation consists of eight individuals, the source said, of which three would be from Terengganu. The three would be Ahmad Said, Prof Datuk Dr Aziz Deraman from the Science and Technology Faculty University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) and the state’s senior secretary.

The source also revealed that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was about to be signed between YPASM and Instituto Antartico Chileno (INACH) was to set up a research station in Antarctica with Chile.

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I wonder what kind of record he will set by going to the Antartic? Will it be the Guinness World Record for the MOST USELESS trip to the South Pole?

Here is a boy who not only set a record but also raised money for charity.

英國16歲少年路易斯‧克拉克，成功徒步抵達南極點，成為史上最年輕完成這項壯舉的人。

他在溫度最低攝氏零下50度，風速最高每小時193公里的環境下，徒步旅行了48天。

http://www.chinapress.com.my/node/492726

United Kingdom 16 year old teenager Lewis photos by Clark, success arrived at the South Pole on foot, becoming the youngest to complete the feat in the history of man.

The minimum temperature Celsius plummets, winds of 193 kilometers per hour under the environment, hiking for 48 days. http://www.chinapress.com.my/node/492726 (Translated by Bing)

Star

Sunday January 19, 2014 MYT 8:17:58 AM

British teen claims new South Pole trek record

LONDON (AFP) – A 16-year-old British schoolboy on Saturday became the youngest person ever to trek to the South Pole, his team said.

Lewis Clarke celebrated with a bowl of pasta with fresh parmesan cheese, his first real meal since setting off on the gruelling 702-mile (1,129-kilometre) journey from the coast on Dec 2.
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Clarke, who raised money for Prince Charles’ charity for young people, the Prince’s Trust, will be back in Britain on January 24 when he hopes his record will be verified.

Guinness World Records said the record for the youngest person to trek overland to the South Pole without the use of dogs or motorised vehicles was set by 18-year-old Canadian Sarah Ann McNair-Landry in January 2005.

British teen claims new South Pole trek record

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WHAT WILL THE TERENGANU MENTRI BESAR DO THERE? NOTHING IMPORTANT UNLESS YOU CONSIDER IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR FACE BEFORE THE TELEVISON SCREEN…

And. of course, he can avoid the woes of the Terengganu people for a while…

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http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/terengganu-mb-to-lead-working-visit-to-antarctica

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Minion Pat ‏@patricklsk Jan 15

Another austerity measure? RT “@themmailonline: Terengganu MB to lead delegation to Antarctica http://dlvr.it/4jFqXz ”

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Malaysian Insider

Terengganu MB to lead working visit to Antarctica – Bernama

January 15, 2014

Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said will lead a Malaysian delegation’s 15-day visit to Antarctica beginning Saturday, organised by the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry through the initiative of Yayasan DiRaja Sultan Mizan (YDSM).

A statement from the Menteri Besar’s Office said the working visit was aimed at paving the way to assisting the government set up a research station there for joint research with the Instituto Antartico Chileno (INACH).

“The visit is initiated towards enabling Malaysia contribute to research on climate change which has become increasingly unpredictable.

“This scientific exploration visit is a follow-up to the visit by the Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin to Antarctica in October 2011, in wanting to see more local universities involved in research in the ice-covered region,” it state.

The statement also said that Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, which would be involved in the upcoming visit, had already placed a researcher for three months at South Korea’s reseach station in Antarctica.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/terengganu-mb-to-lead-working-visit-to-antarctica-bernama?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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fz.com

Cold fact: Cost of MB’s Antartica trip borne by foundation under MOSTI

First Published: 6:13pm, Jan 17, 2014

Last Updated: 6:29pm, Jan 17, 2014

PETALING JAYA (Jan 17): The yet to be known costs of the delegation heading to Antarctica is being borne ‘solely’ by the Sultan Mizan Antarctica Research Foundation (YPASM) which falls under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI).
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A source from the Terengganu Mentri Besar’s office said the cost of the 15-day expedition to the Antarctica would be borne by the YPASM.

“But the cost was not revealed to us,” he told fz.com in a phone interview.

Asked where the foundation’s funds came from, the source revealed “it was from contributors”.

According to news reports, the YPASM was incorporated as a company with limited guarantee on July 18, 2012.

During the launch, the federal government approved a RM10 million launching grant and a matching grant of up to RM500,000 a year for the Foundation to carry out its programmes and activities.

The Terengganu state government had also pledged RM2 million, while Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) pledged RM100,000 and RM50,000, respectively, to YPASM.

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