{"id":1455,"date":"2008-03-01T22:57:42","date_gmt":"2008-03-01T14:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2008\/03\/01\/bn-kelantan-manifesto-focuses-on-non-malays\/"},"modified":"2008-03-02T22:09:48","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T14:09:48","slug":"bn-kelantan-manifesto-focuses-on-non-malays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2008\/03\/01\/bn-kelantan-manifesto-focuses-on-non-malays\/","title":{"rendered":"BN Kelantan manifesto focuses on non Malays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hmm&#8230;looking for more temples to be demolished? \ud83d\ude42<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\nUPDATED:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thestar.com.my\/election\/story.asp?file=\/2008\/3\/2\/election2008\/20510512&amp;sec=Election2008\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not a lot. There are 70,000 non-Malays in Kelantan, which means it only <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">costs RM286 per person a year,&#8221;<\/span> he said.<\/p>\n<p>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. &#8220;It will not only benefit the Chinese community as 23.18% of the students in these schools are non-Chinese,&#8221; Dr Teo added.<\/p>\n<p>\nBN woos non-Malays in Kelantan<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thestar.com.my\/election\/story.asp?file=\/2008\/3\/1\/election2008\/20080301173949&amp;sec=Election2008\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By TEH ENG HOCK<\/p>\n<p>KOTA BARU: A blueprint on the development of the Chinese, Thai and Indian communities formed part of the Barisan Nasional&#8217;s special manifesto for Kelantan.<\/p>\n<p>The four-year plan focuses on nine aspects of the non-Malays in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Among the key issues are vernacular education, economic opportunities, property ownership and the basic rights of the non-Malays.<\/p>\n<p>The blueprint also touches on <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">burial grounds and crematoriums, religious houses, ethnic food business, development of village infrastructure and activities by non-governmental organisations<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>He said Barisan would <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">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<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Barisan&#8217;s top pick for Mentri Besar Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin said he <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">would set up and head a special committee to look into the problems faced by the non-Malay community<\/span>. He said the committee would comprise leaders from various component parties and other non-Malay groups and would be chaired by the Mentri Besar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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. &#8220;The committee will only sit when the Mentri Besar is in town so that decisions can be made on the spot,&#8221; he said. The blueprint was commissioned by the MCA and endorsed by the MIC and Thai Community Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hmm&#8230;looking for more temples to be demolished? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[131,130],"class_list":["post-1455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borninmalaysia","category-religion","tag-bn","tag-election-2008"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}