No directive to serve only halal food in Chinese and Tamil schools

KUALA LUMPUR: There is no directive from the Education Ministry that only halal food be sold at all Chinese and Tamil primary schools, said its Deputy Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong.
He said while under the ministry's guidelines, canteen operators must provide halal food if there was a sufficient number of Muslim students in the school concerned, Chinese and Tamil school canteen operators could also offer non-halal food to their non-Muslim students.
"However, in practice, school canteen operators usually offer pork-free food," he told reporters at the Parliament lobby Wednesday.
Dr Wee was responding to a vernacular news report stating that a circular was recently issued by the Negri Sembilan Education Department to schools in the state that only halal food be sold by canteen operators.
Based on initial feedback, he said Negri Sembilan's Education Director had confirmed that no such directive had been issued.

tunku : there should be a directive that only halal food in all schools in malaysia. there are also muslims in chinese schools or some in tamil school.