MCA SEEKS APPROVAL FOR SCHOOL

KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA hopes that the approval for the setting up of a new Chinese Independent High School in Kuantan can be granted within two weeks, said its president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.

 

He said he had met Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin with other top party leaders, including Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong, over Kuala Lumpur Chong Hwa Independent High School's application to build the school.

“There are a lot of technical issues that need to be resolved so (Dr) Wee has been appointed as the chairman of a committee to fast-track (the approval process),” he said after the party's central committee meeting here yesterday.

Dr Chua also expressed the MCA's happiness with the Southern College of Johor's recent achievement in gaining university college status, adding that the party had been involved in the development of the Chinese-medium college since its inception.

“We are proud because it is a Chinese medium college. This shows that we have never stopped in our efforts to improve Chinese education in the country,” he said, stressing that the MCA would not “sell out” on Chinese education. –The Star


KD: Desas-desus mengatakan penubuhan Chinese Independent School (CIS) adalah ibarat ‘permainan tarik tali ‘di antara MCA dengan UMNO. MCA juga didakwa mengambil kesempatan di atas kekuatan Pakatan Rakyat dan kelemahan Barisan Nasional di Parlimen Kuantan dan Indera Mahkota. Sejauh mana kebenaran dakwaan itu?