Penang MCA chief: MPs and excos must decide whether to include Jawi calligraphy in Chinese primary schools

By LIEW JIA XIAN

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Thursday, 01 Aug 2019
10:48 PM MYT

GEORGE TOWN: Penang MCA chairman Datuk Tan Teik Cheng urged assemblymen and MPs in Penang to state its stand on whether the teaching of Khat or Jawi calligraphy will be a part of the Bahasa Melayu curriculum for Year Four pupils in Chinese primary schools.

“The assemblymen and MPs should voice out and state their stands.

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