From TODAY, quotes from Prof Tan Chin Tiong, SMU:

'NUS had always been the benchmark in the past. At NTU, apart from a few disciplines, the quality of students is still a notch lower than NUS. Even after being around for 25 years, NTU was not able to get the quality of students to compete with NUS.'

The comparison wouldn't stop there. He would further rub it in by praising SMU to the skies.

'SMU did that in just four years. It's going to be hard for the other two universities to replicate what we've done here. We are way ahead of them, infrastructurre-wise. They will have to catch up on other fronts. But this is what competition is all about.'

Sweeping statements like this are entertaining for the neutrals. People like me can only hope that NBS belongs to that 'few disciplines' this person is talking about. But of course, we shouldn't be too concern with how this fucker has pictured us. It was clearly a pathetic marketing strategy to further differentiate SMU, and ridicule the ordinaries in us. In a way, a person of his repute shouldn't be blabbering about comparisions which would distort the public perception of NTU students. IF everyone takes the point the Prof is trying to make, we, NTU students would be goners. As what my BS club mate had raised up, shouldn't the 3 universities be competing healthily towards greater heights? Sadly though, SMU has resorted to become mudslingers. I hope their students feel ashamed of their provost, though I could hardly imagine that happening. More likely, they would gleam with delight, gratefully taking every word for it, congratuating themselves that they have made the correct educational move in choosing SMU. No, not even a tinge of shame. Eventually, my BS club mate would email this fellow for an explanation of his unfair remarks. Of course, more appalling stuff would flow out of his moronic mouth.

'Any way, worst things have been said about SMU by our friendly competitors, and we just laughed over them. If I offended you in anyway, my apology.'

That is laughable. It's like child's play. Tit-for-tat. An eye for an eye. Pathetic. Prof Tan. He has a look that suggested moron. Or a victim of incest. Or both. *evil grin*