The DAP has dubbed Education Minister
Muhyiddin Yassin as the most incompetent deputy prime minister in the
country's history, since he cannot even approve a Chinese high school
for the community in Kuantan.
DAP deputy publicity secretary Teo Nie Ching (right)
said when Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was education minister, he
had given approval in 1999 to Johor's Foon Yew High School to set up a
branch in Kulai.
'Why does Muhyiddin now claim he has no power to approve a new high school in Kuantan? He is the most incompetent DPM in the country's history," Teo said.
She said the root cause of the issue was the BN government's refusal to allow a new Chinese high school to be set up, since it would not be difficult to amend the existing education regulations if it so required.
Teo also wants Muhyiddin to name the leaders he claimed had agreed to "maintain the number of Chinese high schools".
"People have the right to know. Who are the MCA, Gerakan or SUPP leaders who are against the people's will and selling off the right to Chinese education?" she asked.
The Malacca Chinese Education Progressive Association also slammed Muhyiddin for his refusal to allow a Chinese independent high school to be set up in Kuantan.
The association asserted that the real reason for this, which Muhyiddin has refused to reveal, was the government's single language education policy that is aimed at closing all vernacular schools.
It wants Muhyiddin to answer three questions:
Yesterday, Muhyiddin, who is also education minister, was quoted by Bernama
and by various newspapers as saying that, while he understands the
Chinese community's demand for an independent Chinese school in Kuantan,
there are limitations in the education policy.
"My hands are tied, unless there is a change in the policy or the Education Act," he had said when asked to comment on the demand by a gathering of 5,000 people in Kuantan on Monday.
'Door is still open'
According to MCA deputy president Liow Tiong Lai, the door to approving a Chinese high school in Kuantan is still open.
He told the Chinese press today that the deputy premier had asked him to convey this message to the Chinese community.
Liow, who is also the Health Minister, said he had met Muhyiddin this morning and that the MCA was asked to follow up on the issue.
He added that the MCA central committee will discuss the issue further at its next meeting, but would not divulge any details before that.
DAP deputy publicity secretary Teo Nie Ching (right)
said when Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was education minister, he
had given approval in 1999 to Johor's Foon Yew High School to set up a
branch in Kulai.'Why does Muhyiddin now claim he has no power to approve a new high school in Kuantan? He is the most incompetent DPM in the country's history," Teo said.
She said the root cause of the issue was the BN government's refusal to allow a new Chinese high school to be set up, since it would not be difficult to amend the existing education regulations if it so required.
Teo also wants Muhyiddin to name the leaders he claimed had agreed to "maintain the number of Chinese high schools".
"People have the right to know. Who are the MCA, Gerakan or SUPP leaders who are against the people's will and selling off the right to Chinese education?" she asked.
The Malacca Chinese Education Progressive Association also slammed Muhyiddin for his refusal to allow a Chinese independent high school to be set up in Kuantan.
The association asserted that the real reason for this, which Muhyiddin has refused to reveal, was the government's single language education policy that is aimed at closing all vernacular schools.
It wants Muhyiddin to answer three questions:
- If he has no power to decide, who does?
- Which policy, law or agreement prohibits the setting up of Chinese independent high schools?
- Who made this policy, law or agreement and when did it come into force?
Yesterday, Muhyiddin, who is also education minister, was quoted by Bernama
and by various newspapers as saying that, while he understands the
Chinese community's demand for an independent Chinese school in Kuantan,
there are limitations in the education policy."My hands are tied, unless there is a change in the policy or the Education Act," he had said when asked to comment on the demand by a gathering of 5,000 people in Kuantan on Monday.
'Door is still open'
According to MCA deputy president Liow Tiong Lai, the door to approving a Chinese high school in Kuantan is still open.
He told the Chinese press today that the deputy premier had asked him to convey this message to the Chinese community.
Liow, who is also the Health Minister, said he had met Muhyiddin this morning and that the MCA was asked to follow up on the issue.
He added that the MCA central committee will discuss the issue further at its next meeting, but would not divulge any details before that.
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