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the Chamber of Canning... 您的委托, 您的声音!

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 07:14 AM PDT

the Chamber of Canning... 您的委托, 您的声音!


促使中央政府停止核电计划 家和:社青团发动全国性签名运动

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 06:28 AM PDT

魏宗贤文打烟之声 Gwee Tong Hiang for Bentayan

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 03:05 AM PDT

魏宗贤文打烟之声 Gwee Tong Hiang for Bentayan


擔心遭濫用資料犯罪報警‧老翁遭外勞代理騙逾1萬

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 06:32 PM PDT

Lim Kit Siang

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 11:31 PM PDT

Lim Kit Siang


Najib should give full report to Parliament on the previous “bad experience” with nuclear power which former PM Mahathir had mentioned

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 10:13 PM PDT

The Cabinet meeting yesterday was a great letdown and disappointment. In the wake of the Japanese nuclear meltdown crisis triggered by the double calamity of 9.0 earthquake and tsunami last week, the failure of the Cabinet Ministers yesterday to discuss widespread concerns in the country about Malaysia's nuclear power plans is the height of irresponsibility [...]

Interlok: Time to Make a Stand

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 12:03 AM PDT

by Dr. Lim Teck Ghee | CPI As the drama over the Interlok textbook issue continues to unfold, it is important for Malaysians to understand the context and the stakes involved, and to make a stand. There are some defenders of the book who have argued that withdrawing or even just editing it will rob [...]

Charles Santiago

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 11:31 PM PDT

Charles Santiago


Interlok: Time to make a stand

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 03:01 AM PDT

LIM TRECK GHEE

COMMENT
As the drama over the Interlok textbook issue continues to unfold, it is important for Malaysians to understand the context and the stakes involved, and to make a stand.

There are some defenders of the book who have argued that withdrawing or even just editing it will rob Malaysian writers of their artistic freedom and integrity. To these people, I would like to say "hello, where have you been" – Interlok has already been edited twice, in 2005 for Edisi Pelajar and in 2010 for Edisi Murid. Its literary integrity was already compromised by the shedding of some 85 pages even before this latest controversy.

In fact, copyright for the edition distributed free to schools no longer belongs even to Abdullah Hussain but to Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Hence Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s statement that his ministry "will ensure that any amendments made will not affect the storyline of the novel and the noble message that the author wants to convey" is nothing short of whitewash. According to reports, Muhyiddin is not permitting anything beyond deletion of the word ‘pariah‘.

This concession is like slicing off one tentacle from a hundred-headed hydra – a totally pointless exercise. Make no mistake; Interlok is a work that must not be permitted into the nation’s classrooms as a compulsory literature text. Anything less is a vital failure to grasp the gravity of the threat it poses.

The quarrel is not merely with vocabulary or spelling (for example, of ‘tali‘ vs ‘thali‘) but the overall suitability of the novel with its overt and covert racial messages as a school text.

Starting ‘em young and younger

Concern by many Malaysians that Interlok has been intentionally selected by the authorities to fulfill the Umno/Biro Tata Negara objective of indoctrinating young minds with a warped worldview and national view is hardly misplaced.

Before these concerns are dismissed as imaginary or overwrought, let us not forget that education has long been and continues to be the most politicised sector of the country. Far from being neutral institutions, many of our public sector colleges and universities consciously and consistently promote a narrow nationalism.

It is in the educational sector where proponents of the ketuanan Melayu dogma have sought to impose their will and polarise our communities.

Their missionary zeal focuses on use of race-based criteria at all levels and in all aspects. It is no surprise therefore that the propagation of the ideology of super-ordination and subordination has now been extended to the schools, and to the curriculum and text books.

As has been pointed out by those who have analysed the Interlok content, why are all the villains and nasty characters Chinese and Indians? One of the key plots turns on the rapacious Chinese merchant swindling the easily duped Malay of his inheritance.

Touted as a ‘historical novel’, Interlok is constructing a version of BTN history and racial stereotypes to influence young minds. Its government-mandated and authorities-supported dissemination and circulation appears to further a carefully thought-out agenda to fan racial animosity.

Drawing line in the sand

Because Interlok is the first round battle (in tandem with the History curriculum revamp), it is important for conscientious objectors to send a strong signal to the Education Minister and his bureaucratic and academic cronies that Malaysians will not be cowed into acquiescence.

We must exercise our right to openly discuss, criticise and protest on this crucial matter. To remain mute will only embolden the apologist wolves wrapped in their sheep clothing of educational good intention and defence of literary freedom.

DR LIM TRECK GHEE is director of the Centre for Policy Initiatives.


Philosophy Politics Economics

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Philosophy Politics Economics


Hishamuddin Must Apologise to Malaysians

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 01:41 AM PDT

DAP condemns the violation and defacement of the Al-Kitabs impounded by the Home Ministry in Port Klang and calls for the Home Minister to apologise to Malaysians nationwide on its complete lack of sensitivity

We read in horror in yesterday evening's news in The Malaysian Insider and Malaysiakini which reported that "Al-Kitab defaced" and "Port Klang's BM Bibles 'violated'". The Bible Society of Malaysia has claimed that the 5,100 bibles which were seized two years ago have been stamped by the Home Minister with a serial number space and the text '"Al Kitab Berita Baik" ini untuk kegunaan penganut agama Kristian sahaja dengan perintah Menteri Dalam Negeri'.

The action above has been done without any consultation or agreement from the importer or the Church.

We condemn the complete lack of sensitivity of the Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein in the actions taken by the Ministry which had added salt to injury already suffered by the Christian community in Malaysia. Firstly, their bibles have been impounded for no valid reasons, restricting their freedom of religion and now, their holy book is being treated as anything but holy by the authorities.

In addition, the insistence on serial numbers to "control" the circulation of these bibles are as if they are subversive documents which are a threat to national security. The titular head of the Malacca-Johor diocese, Catholic bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing have denounced the condition as "crass forms of censorship redolent of the communist era".

The actions by the Barisan Nasional Government to date proves that the call for "1Malaysia" which promotes a multi-racial and multi-religious inclusive society under our federal constitution which guarantees freedom of religion under Article 11 which provides that every person has the right to profess and to practice his or her religion and (subject to applicable laws restricting the propagation of other religions to Muslims) to propagate it, is but an empty slogan.

We call upon the Home Minister to immediately apologise to all Malaysians for insulting the faith of the Christian community, and provide an unconditional guarantee that such incidences, including the arbitrary confiscation of Al-Kitabs will never again happen in the future.

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