'Gerakan's stance on breweries donating to schools disappointing', says PAS info chief


PETALING JAYA: PAS has expressed concerns over its coalition partner Gerakan's stance on the issue of donations to schools from breweries.

"Gerakan's official stance on the funding for schools from alcohol proceeds is very disappointing," said PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari(pic).

"If this is what Gerakan consistently shows, it is not impossible that we will not be in the same political coalition in the next general election," he said in a Facebook post on Sunday (July 28).

Ahmad Fadhli, who is also Pasir Mas MP, was responding to a statement made by Gerakan president Datuk Dominic Lau.

During a press conference following the Gerakan central committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (July 27), Lau did not hide his party’s stance, which concurred with DAP that alcohol or cigarette-related companies should not be exempted from funding Chinese schools.

Lau said the Education Ministry should not restrict fundraising activities by certain companies in schools if the government does not allocate sufficient funds to all streams of schools.

He added that the government should understand and not hinder the long-standing tradition of fundraising activities at Chinese schools.

"With limited government assistance, they can only rely on fundraising activities such as charity sales, charity dinners, concerts and performances to secure funding," he said.

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