MCA President Liow Tiong Lai re-affirms his party's stand on vernacular education.
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KUALA LUMPUR: “Malays will not be less Malay, and Chinese will not be less Chinese even if we learn each other’s language,” MCA President Liow Tiong Lai said today in response to calls from Umno for the abolition of Chinese vernacular schools.
Addressing the MCA general assembly, Liow made a strongly worded statement to stress his party’s support for vernacular education.
“MCA strongly opposes anyone or any quarter that challenges or questions the position of Chinese education in this country,” he said.
He maintained that Chinese education was not the reason behind the country’s racial disharmony and that calls to abolish these schools would not help Barisan Nasional (BN) gain support from the rakyat.
Urging the government to ensure the maintenance of Malaysia’s multilingual character, he paid tribute to Mandarin as “the second most-used language in the world for commerce and education”.
He also said that Chinese educational institutions had produced many professionals with impeccable skills who had contributed immensely to the country’s development.
He pointed out that vernacular schools had always been part of the national education system and reiterated MCA’s resolve to continue fighting for the right of the Chinese to pursue education in their mother tongue.
Praising Prime Minister Najib Razak for his generous budget allocation for vernacular schools, Liow said it was an acknowledgement of the government’s endorsement of the importance of Chinese education.
KUALA LUMPUR: “Malays will not be less Malay, and Chinese will not be less Chinese even if we learn each other’s language,” MCA President Liow Tiong Lai said today in response to calls from Umno for the abolition of Chinese vernacular schools.
Addressing the MCA general assembly, Liow made a strongly worded statement to stress his party’s support for vernacular education.
“MCA strongly opposes anyone or any quarter that challenges or questions the position of Chinese education in this country,” he said.
He maintained that Chinese education was not the reason behind the country’s racial disharmony and that calls to abolish these schools would not help Barisan Nasional (BN) gain support from the rakyat.
Urging the government to ensure the maintenance of Malaysia’s multilingual character, he paid tribute to Mandarin as “the second most-used language in the world for commerce and education”.
He also said that Chinese educational institutions had produced many professionals with impeccable skills who had contributed immensely to the country’s development.
He pointed out that vernacular schools had always been part of the national education system and reiterated MCA’s resolve to continue fighting for the right of the Chinese to pursue education in their mother tongue.
Praising Prime Minister Najib Razak for his generous budget allocation for vernacular schools, Liow said it was an acknowledgement of the government’s endorsement of the importance of Chinese education.
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