Mandarin proficiency is what some jobs require, nothing to do with ethnicity, says MCA


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 18 May 2019

PETALING JAYA: Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik should not have picked the example of requiring Mandarin proficiency when applying for a job as this was what certain jobs require and is unrelated to the ethnicity of the applicant, says MCA.

Party vice-president Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker said companies in Malaysia, irrespective of ownership, hire talents that are best equipped to improve the company's performance.

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