UKM's Teo Kok Seong slams Dong Zong and others for undermining harmony. FMTNews TeoKokSeong DongZong
Teo Kok Seong of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia says the proposed congress by Dong Zong is not going to do any good.
Commenting on yesterday’s statement from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris about its intention to revive the use of Jawi at its two campuses, Teo Kok Seong of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia said it could be a signal of Malay anger over the Dong Zong education group’s insistence on proceeding with a congress of Chinese NGOs to discuss the introduction of the script in vernacular schools.
“Dong Zong and others who want to hold the Dec 28 congress are undermining the harmony of the country,” he said.He noted that some Malay groups were already reminding the Chinese of the 1969 race riots. Teo noted that the government had already given in to Dong Zong by halving the weight of Jawi in the Malay syllabus.“Furthermore, it is optional,” he said. “If they don’t want to teach it, they don’t have to do it.He said some Chinese groups held “imagined fears” of Islamisation creeping into the education system.“When the government wants to teach a higher level of Malay in Chinese schools, they will say it would affect the identity of the Chinese schools. They will resist.
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