SERDANG, Dec 5 — Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah today showed what he claims is the “racist” syllabus for courses by the Biro Tata Negara (BTN) which the federal government has agreed to revamp after an opposition outcry.
Selangor has banned its officials and state-funded students from attending the course which Ean Yong expressed shock over its “racist” contents and denounced it for clearly running counter to the goals of nation-building.
Plucking several passages from the alleged course module, the Seri Kembangan assemblyman read them aloud.
“Our leaders decided to share the country with other races … the British kept pressuring the leaders to prove that the Malays supported their stand … Our leaders allocated as many as 17 seats to other races to compete in the general elections in 1955, even though the other races qualified to compete in only two areas … 15 seats were given to the Chinese (MCA) and two seats to the Indians (MIC). This was an action that perhaps at that time was considered extreme by the original citizens of this country.
“PAS is the one Malay party outside the Alliance that did not cooperate even though the Nation needed unity from the local people to enable this Nation’s independence.
“Finally, if Bumiputera-owned companies did not have the size stated earlier, we cannot hope that other people would absorb the Bumiputera race in their company.”
The eight-page extract, written in the national language on the “Meaning of Wisdom”, is credited to one Datuk Dr Nordin Kardi, the director-general of the BTN.
Ean Yong told reporters he had stumbled upon the document while trawling the web (http://www.mediafire.com/?dzu2imynux) last night when quizzed on the source.
Unable to help himself from taking a dig at the module title, he quipped, “This course makes you wiser.”
He added that he had not personally received any complaints from the public on the BTN course and was not sure if the material is still being used.
The DAP state exco also admitted he had not informed his colleagues of his discovery.
But Ean Yong demanded the minister in charge of the programme must reveal the entire contents of the BTN curriculum and explain its racist nature.
He also insisting that the entire programme be scrapped and replaced by the Selangor government’s initiative.
Dr Halimah Ali, Ean Yong’s fellow exco in charge of education and human development, had earlier this week mooted a Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Social course, — better known by its acronym Spies — to be introduced to members of the civil service.
Though Ean Yong, who is in charge of new village development and illegal factory settlements, gave his solid backing to the PAS exco’s proposal, he also deflected questions when pressed on the state’s readiness to run the Spies programme.
He told reporters Spies was being “studied” by Dr Halimah’s department and to direct questions to her for a reply.
MI
05/12/09
Selangor has banned its officials and state-funded students from attending the course which Ean Yong expressed shock over its “racist” contents and denounced it for clearly running counter to the goals of nation-building.
Plucking several passages from the alleged course module, the Seri Kembangan assemblyman read them aloud.
“Our leaders decided to share the country with other races … the British kept pressuring the leaders to prove that the Malays supported their stand … Our leaders allocated as many as 17 seats to other races to compete in the general elections in 1955, even though the other races qualified to compete in only two areas … 15 seats were given to the Chinese (MCA) and two seats to the Indians (MIC). This was an action that perhaps at that time was considered extreme by the original citizens of this country.
“PAS is the one Malay party outside the Alliance that did not cooperate even though the Nation needed unity from the local people to enable this Nation’s independence.
“Finally, if Bumiputera-owned companies did not have the size stated earlier, we cannot hope that other people would absorb the Bumiputera race in their company.”
The eight-page extract, written in the national language on the “Meaning of Wisdom”, is credited to one Datuk Dr Nordin Kardi, the director-general of the BTN.
Ean Yong told reporters he had stumbled upon the document while trawling the web (http://www.mediafire.com/?dzu2imynux) last night when quizzed on the source.
Unable to help himself from taking a dig at the module title, he quipped, “This course makes you wiser.”
He added that he had not personally received any complaints from the public on the BTN course and was not sure if the material is still being used.
The DAP state exco also admitted he had not informed his colleagues of his discovery.
But Ean Yong demanded the minister in charge of the programme must reveal the entire contents of the BTN curriculum and explain its racist nature.
He also insisting that the entire programme be scrapped and replaced by the Selangor government’s initiative.
Dr Halimah Ali, Ean Yong’s fellow exco in charge of education and human development, had earlier this week mooted a Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Social course, — better known by its acronym Spies — to be introduced to members of the civil service.
Though Ean Yong, who is in charge of new village development and illegal factory settlements, gave his solid backing to the PAS exco’s proposal, he also deflected questions when pressed on the state’s readiness to run the Spies programme.
He told reporters Spies was being “studied” by Dr Halimah’s department and to direct questions to her for a reply.
MI
05/12/09
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