Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Hmm…looking for more temples to be demolished? 🙂
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Prof Dr Teo Kok Seong, one of the researchers who helped in the blueprint, said the plan proposed that RM80mil be invested to help the communities.
“It is not a lot. There are 70,000 non-Malays in Kelantan, which means it only costs RM286 per person a year,” he said.
He said they found that the state badly needed another Chinese secondary school, as the existing two were already full, while another was privately run. “It will not only benefit the Chinese community as 23.18% of the students in these schools are non-Chinese,” Dr Teo added.
BN woos non-Malays in Kelantan
By TEH ENG HOCK
KOTA BARU: A blueprint on the development of the Chinese, Thai and Indian communities formed part of the Barisan Nasional’s special manifesto for Kelantan.
The four-year plan focuses on nine aspects of the non-Malays in the state.
Among the key issues are vernacular education, economic opportunities, property ownership and the basic rights of the non-Malays.
The blueprint also touches on burial grounds and crematoriums, religious houses, ethnic food business, development of village infrastructure and activities by non-governmental organisations.
Loud cheers greeted state Umno liaison chairman Datuk Seri Annuar Musa when he announced the plan for the non-Malays, as community leaders gave their seal of approval.
He said Barisan would help fund the 18 Chinese schools and 20 Thai-language classes at Wats (temples) in the state, and also formulate a policy to provide non-Malays with an easier way to own land.
Barisan’s top pick for Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin said he would set up and head a special committee to look into the problems faced by the non-Malay community. He said the committee would comprise leaders from various component parties and other non-Malay groups and would be chaired by the Mentri Besar.
“There will also be special officers from the Chinese, Thai, Indian and Orang Asli groups, and they can come forward with their working papers and I will look into it. “The committee will only sit when the Mentri Besar is in town so that decisions can be made on the spot,” he said. The blueprint was commissioned by the MCA and endorsed by the MIC and Thai Community Association.
And fatwas to be issued against building statues (like in Sabah)?