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Sunday October 15, 2006

MCA’s moral duty to raise school issue, says Chua

JOHOR BARU: The MCA does not view the Chinese primary school issue as racially sensitive but its moral obligation to the community, party vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said.

The party would continue to work to build new Chinese schools and relocate those from rural to urban areas to meet the community’s present and future needs, he said.

Dr Chua , who is also Health Minister, said this during a ceremony to present a RM100,000 cheque to the SJK (C) Johor Jaya for its four-storey building here on Friday night.

The RM1.9mil school, with 22 classrooms, was completed last year.

Dr Chua also said the recent remarks in Parliament by Deputy Education Minister Datuk Noh Omar on the building of new Chinese and Tamil schools were wrong and did not reflect the government stand.

He said when a minister was not present in the House, his deputy would reply to questions raised in Parliament.

“The deputy minister would refer to ministry officials for details and the reply need not necessarily reflect the government stand on an issue,” said Dr Chua.

Last week, Noh told the House that the Government would not build any vernacular schools under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein had since pointed out that his deputy could not be blamed for what he (Noh) said because the matter was not under him. – Bernama

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