Curtin's got a fairly poor reputation amongst graduates; somewhat higher reputation amongst housewives who are looking for somewhere to dump their progeny for a few years.
Australia in general has a very good reputation in Malaysia despite recent politics; in the interior areas, they certainly remember the Aussies who came over in the 60s to 70s to build bridges, roads, etc.
Although the loony religious fringe would be anti-Australia (they're against anything not Muslim, the morons), most people quite like the idea of being able to go to somewhere very different, yet being able to find Malaysian restaurants everywhere. It helps that there's such a large Malaysian community there.
In fact, my brother's planning to migrate sometime in the next 5 years or so....
Re: The Grand Oz tour
Australia in general has a very good reputation in Malaysia despite recent politics; in the interior areas, they certainly remember the Aussies who came over in the 60s to 70s to build bridges, roads, etc.
Although the loony religious fringe would be anti-Australia (they're against anything not Muslim, the morons), most people quite like the idea of being able to go to somewhere very different, yet being able to find Malaysian restaurants everywhere. It helps that there's such a large Malaysian community there.
In fact, my brother's planning to migrate sometime in the next 5 years or so....