In support of Dong Zong and Jiao Zong (updated)

UPDATES at 22:36 Aug 3

Ooops....it has apparently been decided.

Just saw this,

Khat in BM curriculum can go ahead - PM

excerpts;

Referring to protests by certain quarters over the matter, the prime minister said those objecting voices were from only a small segment of society.

He said the government was steadfast in its policy of shared prosperity and had never stopped the use of other languages’ writings.

“We have never objected to other writings (including) in Chinese as this is something special in our country.

“Chinese language writings are not allowed in other countries such as Indonesia, for instance, (and in) the Philippines and Thailand, they use their own (language) writings,” he said when answering a question on the khat objections posed by a participant of the Semarak Merdeka Town Hall session with the Prime Minister here.

Well, I guess Pakatan can win some extra Malay votes for this one.

Whatever lah.

ORIGINAL POST

I'm actually supporting this,

Chinese educationists oppose 

move to introduce 'khat' writing 

for BM syllabus

excerpts;

They claim that the khat, as part of the Bahasa Melayu syllabus, is “not suitable”, saying the art of calligraphy writing has nothing to do with learning the national language which follows a romanised script.

“As such, the learning of khat does not contribute to helping students master the Malay language,” said Dong Zong and Jiao Zong, collectively known as DZJ.

The groups were quick to add, however, that their resistance to introducing khat to students should not be seen as a refusal to celebrate the country’s various cultures and languages.

“But we disagree if the learning of cultures is made compulsory for students,” said DZJ.

Yup,  we should not force people in these sort of things.

We are in Malaysia, not China, okay.

We cannot do things like this;

China’s capital orders Arabic, 

Muslim symbols taken down

excerpts;

The campaign against Arabic script and Islamic images marks a new phase of a drive that has gained momentum since 2016, aimed at ensuring religions conform with mainstream Chinese culture.

The campaign has included the removal of Middle Eastern-style domes on many mosques around the country in favour of Chinese-style pagodas.

China, home to 20 million Muslims, officially guarantees freedom of religion, but the government has campaigned to bring the faithful into line with Communist Party ideology.

Whomever at the Education Ministry that came up with this idea of introducing "khat" in the BM school subject and forcing students at Chinese schools to learn it are quite dense.

They can't even do it at sekolah kebangsaan, okay.

Seriously, how many of you all from sekolah kebangsaan who can write in Jawi, let alone do the khat?

Not many, right?

By the way, I can write Jawi, but not the khat.

I don't really understand why the NUTP supported the idea.

It only creates trouble.

Why must they disturb the Chinese schools again in this era of Malaysia Baru?

We allowed the Chinese schools to exist in this country because the Chinese community wanted their own school system.

That's to preserve their racial identity and culture.

Why then that we now want to force them to be otherwise?

It's stupid, okay.

Anyway, where are the DAP leaders?

Are they going to join the Chinese educationists' protest on Monday?

I think the MCA people will be there.

I'm alright with that.

At least they are honest about being Chinese.

At least they are not hypocrites.

Well, I believe I have been consistent when it comes to Chinese school issues.

Here's a previous post of mine ;

• Defending Chinese schools on Valentine's Day