KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 - MCA president Datuk Ong Tee Keat has wasted no time in condemning Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir's suggestion to abolish vernacular schools."Mukhriz is just one of the many who are now repeating the same polemics that are a few decades old, simply because of the advent of their party's poll," the Transport Minister said.
"It is saddening because politicians cannot think out of the box," he wrote in a blog posting.
In a press conference in Parliament today, the candidate for Umno Youth chief in the March party elections said that all schools should teach subjects in Bahasa Malaysia except for language subjects.
He said the proposal to have one unified school system could help address the problem of non-Malays misunderstanding the concept of "Ketuanan Melayu," or Malay Supremacy, which has become a source of tension between Malays and non-Malays.
Mukhriz argued that such misunderstandings were a result of a lack of national unity, which he blamed on the existence of vernacular shools.
Also in Parliament, MCA vice president Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said there was no reason to change the education system as the current one was accepted by all.
"The present system is still the best to ensure unity and harmony in our multiracial country," the Health Minister said.
He added that it was an old fallacy that vernacular primary schools caused unity problems.
He reasoned that at secondary level, the students were still able to integrate.
"He might not understand that teaching in your mother tongue is more effective at the primary level," Liow added.
tunku : ong tee kiat said that because of umno party polls, mukhriz repeating the same polemics that are a few decades old.ok, let us agree with tee kiat, so what about when mca doing the same thing, repeating the same polemics that are a few decades old simply because of the advent of their party's poll? when it come to you you jump up and down.that is why before we make any remarks or statements when must see the situation and must not hurt the feelings of the other side just to be popular. but for me what mukhriz suggestion was a good one for malaysia and it's future.if we can't do that then we must not bring up the race issue anymore. let it be like what it is now.stop talking about it.we can't accept other people suggestion so we must not force4 other people to accept ours.i'm still waiting for a school that teaches all languages so that my children will be multilingual children.hope that tee kiat and tiong lai could advice their own party leaders to stop making statements that can hurt others.
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yep right..i support mukriz 100%.
but errrr... is there any petition or something so I can cast my vote supporting this idea??
yup saya rasa kali ni MCA dah salah pilih presiden dia..timbalan presiden pun salah.. dua-dua meroyan..
kami kawan-kawan melayu,cina,india di SEKOLAH RENDAh KEBANGSAAN IBRAHIM dan SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN IBRAHIM takde masalah nak capai keputusan yg cemerlang.. masih rapat sampai sekarang..ramai dah jadi engineer,doktor,arkitek,akauntan,lawyer dan kami masih mengunjungi satu sama lain sampai sekarang dan semua berkeluarga.. dan anak2 kami pun dah kenal antara satu sama lain.. dan yg lebih membanggakan kawan-kawan kami dah jadi kawan kepada kawan juga.. so itu adalah harmoni,unity dan muhibah..
jadi saranan mukhriz adalah yg terbaik.. dan jikalau MCA dan MIC faham apa maksud unity mereka patut faham unity itu wujud pada peringkat usia muda dimana masih tiada sikap atau sifat prejudice dalam hati dan otak anak2 kita..
dear tunku,
this is a good proposal. we have to support it. as a matter of fact, i was mooted by dr khir toyo about one year ago (pls read it in my blog), so let make it a reality!
pandai pulak melompat ekkk.. tang dorang apa nak ckp takpe.. boleh.. bila kita cakap.. ooo.. bukan main melenting.....
Kalau takat nak ajar anak2 kita bahasa ibunda.. kat rumah pun boleh.. apa punya alasan lerrrrrrrrr....
Malaysian Malaysia laa tu konon... hak orang nak kikis.. hak dia nak pegang...
sekarang ni Lim Kit Siang dan pemimpin MCA macam "angkat kening" bila Mukhriz buka cadangan ni.ini baru cadangan semata-mata.belum diimplementasikan lagi.sebelum ini ada sesetengah pihak yang mahu "Malaysian Malaysia" tapi bila Mukhriz beri cadangan ini marah pulak.kalau betul nak Malaysian Malaysia maka sistem pendidikan pun kena tukar.contoh macam di US.mana ada sekolah yang ikut kaum.satu jenis sekolah untuk semua kaum.tapi masih lagi mereka mampu untuk bertutur dalam bahasa ibunda mereka juga.
Lihat senario ini .....sebuah kereta Mercedez 300 SE, didalamnya ditempat duduk belakang duduk si Towkay cina Ah Kow bersama isterinya yang baru masuk.
Si pemandu terlari2 menutup pintu belakang setelah isteri Towkay cina tadi masuk, kemudian si pemandu terlari2 pula ke tempat pemandu, masuk dan tutup pintu kereta, sambil itu bertanya kepada bossnya " Tuan dan Mem Besar, mahu pergi mana?" ....Di jawab bossnya " aaah, ini hali kita olang mau pigi simayang sana Latuk Tokong Kuan Yin".
Siapakah pemandu tu? Ahmad (melayu)
( Sepatutnya hari Jumaat Ahmad ke Masjid menunai fardu Jumaat, tapi terpaksa ke Tokong Cina kerana membawa Towkaynya.)
Siapa kah Tuannya ? Towkay Ah Kow (cina)
Berapa ramai pemandu melayu dan berapa ramai Towkay china ? Hampir semua Towkay2 china menggunakan pemandu melayu.
Siapa Tuan dan siapa macai? China adalah Tuan dan Melayu macai.
Adakah ini Ketuanan Melayu atau Ketuanan Cina ? sudah pasti KETUANAN CINA....
Inilah yang berlaku di Negeri Selangor dan Negeri Perak.....Kerajaan di kuasai oleh Cina, yang memerintah ialah Cina...walaupun kedua2 MB orang melayu, tetapi mereka hanya macai sahaja....serupa macam cerita towkay cina dan pemandu melayu di atas. Hakikatnya ialah ketuanan cina dalam semua aspek baik ekonomi maupun politik.... dan bukan ketuanan melayu.
Di India ....ketuanan India, sebab negara India.
Di Cina....ketuanan Cina, sebab negara Cina.
Di Jepun....ketuanan Jepun, sebab negara Jepun.
Di Korea....ketuanan Korea, sebab negara Korea.
Di Semenanjung Tanah MELAYU....ketuanan melayu dicabar, dimomok, di perlekeh.....ketuanan CINA makin perkasa.
Di Singapura ....ketuanan Cina, orang melayu telah terpinggir dn tersisih.
Ketuanan Cina akan mempertahankan status quo sistem persekolahan sekarang kerana hakikatnya budaya dan bahasa, disitulah terletaknya KEKUATAN mereka.
Bila orang melayu nak SEDAR?
Jangan jadi melayu Singapura....merempat di tanah sendiri.
we are still "sensitive" here.yes,we are.we are not ready to challenge our status-quo.we are not ready to be out of our comfort zone.Mukhriz just merely express his suggestion then some quarters (mostly non-malays) go all haywire about it.it's just the same when Soi Lek express his opinion and people (mostly malays) go all mad about it.
malays and non-malays should undertstand how each other feels when one got pinched.
if Mukhriz being labelled racist for his suggestion,then what about Soi Lek regarding his saying of "ketuanan Melayu"?
and btw,do Mukhriz really fit to be talking about changes of our educational system?
Saya sangat2 bersetuju dengan tunku dalam hal ini.
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