Don: Be careful in ethnic relations


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006

PETALING JAYA: Ethnic relations is a sensitive subject that needs to be handled with care, and universities should not rush to get their teaching materials and content out, said historian Prof Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim yesterday. 

“Why do we always fall into the typical Malaysian pitfall of rushing into something, only to discover that the results are not up to expectations? Historical facts, for instance, need to be easily verifiable,” he said, admonishing the Ethnic Relations module prepared by Universiti Putra Malaysia, which caused a furore over its factual errors.  

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