Kongres Maruah Melayu

The Kongres Maruah Melayu proposes giving scholarships only to Malays. Why only to the Malays? Give to those who are qualified on need-based not race-based. We should give to qualified poor Malays, poor Chinese, poor Indians, poor Kadazan, poor Iban, poor Malaysians. Those who are well to do, will not need help. My many successful ex-Malay classmates will be able to render help to the needy irrespective of race or religion. It proposes to keep only Malay schools and close down on all other vernacular schools because only one language can unite the people. This is furthest from the truth. It is the racist politicians who are the one dividing the people. I propose to keep the Malay, Chinese and Indian schools. Let the people have the choices where to go. Now we have seen increasingly Malays sending their children to Chinese schools. Why? They must be so confident that it is advantageous for their children in the future to acquire Chinese language that is used by the multitude in the world. Bring back the English schools to let people have more choices. From our experience, all races from English schools have united us MALAYSIANS. Many of my ex- Malay classmates can testify to this. Moreover, English is a global language which we need to progress and there is such prediction that 100 years from now, English is going to be one of the few languages that will remain.