#khat

COMMENT | The Ministry of Education must educate, not aggravate, propagate.

COMMENT | Harapan is recycling BN era policies and being shocked when some people reject those policies.

LETTER | The Education Ministry wants to introduce something which causes disunity and tension within our nation.

UPDATED 5.28PM | This is the mainstream view of the non-Muslim community, it says.

COMMENT | They are barking up the wrong tree.

LETTER | 'The Jawi script is a national heritage that is supposed to be respected by all.' 

UPDATED 12.55PM | This would be better for mutual respect and understanding, says the deputy education minister.

Party president Wee Ka Siong says defending multi-stream education is not racist.

The group's concerns should not be brushed aside as they are not unfounded, he says.                                    

LETTER | Policy formulation and policy implementation must be aligned with the bigger education goals.

He says this was at the time of independence when non-Malays were still unfamiliar with BM.

He cites the 'Sekolah Wawasan' programme as an example.

International secretary doesn't deny that her party is going through a rough patch.

He will raise the matter again in cabinet this week, says the DAP secretary-general.

She admits that the khat issue was not sufficiently explained to quell fear and misunderstanding.

An aide sent Mkini a statement including the minister’s comments made in a recent Tamil news interview.

UPDATED 10.20AM | Wong Shu Qi accuses Umno and MCA politicians of playing up racial sentiments over khat.

Minister says there are many other skills students need to acquire, such as coding.

Among the key figures expected to attend are sec-gen Lim Guan Eng and Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin.

He says DAP will need time to convince supporters they were not betrayed, or risk losing votes.