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MALACCA: Science and Mathematics papers for next year’s Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examinations should be in Chinese for Chinese schools, with teachers posted there being fluent in the language.
These were among 12 resolutions passed at the 44th MCA Youth Convention here yesterday.
Some of the other resolutions called for:
• action against teachers who gave tuition to be stopped;
• more places in matriculation to non-Bumiputeras;
• a serious look into the methods of calculating co-curriculum points for STPM students;
• support for moves by the MCA to get more Public Services Department scholarships for Chinese students;
• a proper method of selecting contractors to prevent cases of shoddy workmanship in government offices and buildings with Chinese contractors encouraged to participate in tender exercises, and
• the Internal Security Ministry and the police to be more effective in public safety.
Meanwhile, Wee Meng Chee, the Malaysian undergraduate in Taiwan, whose infamous rendering of the Negaraku thrust him into the limelight, featured prominently in debates at the meeting.
MCA Youth head Datuk Liow Tiong Lai called on Malaysians to allow the attorney-general to study the case.
"We do not want this matter to be used as a racial issue. We want it to be resolved amicably," he said.
Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin, who was a guest, agreed that the issue should be resolved amicably
"We in Umno have our opinion while our counterparts in MCA Youth have their opinion. We can sit down and talk it over while allowing the law to take its course."
