Great announcement from Dr Mahathir Mohamad! Except for the hollowness of his assurance on Chinese primary school as illustrated in this quote:

"The government could be taken to court if Chinese schools were shut down and Chinese schools are here to stay."

As a Chinese Malaysian who wants to see that my children and future generation would have the opportunity to go to Chinese primary school, I sincerely ask our prime minister to add substance to his hollow talk in the Malaysian press  Malay, English, Tamil and Chinese  for posterity by answering these two simple questions:

1) Please tell us which Malaysian law forbids the government from closing down Chinese schools and allows us to take the government to court for that? I believe you must have known or been briefed about the law in question before making this statement.

2) Which ensures that the Chinese schools are here to stay: Mahathir or our laws? If it's Dr Mahathir, what happens when a new PM takes over? If it's our laws, which law?

Yes, the Barisan Nasional government has not closed down any Chinese school by force except coerce them into a natural death. What difference is there between how the BN government treated Chinese schools then, now and in future?

Imagine not allowing any new Chinese majority township to build any school. The one or two promised during election ended up being miserably funded and treated selectively  or should I say unfairly  by the Education Ministry.

Its akin to confining a sick man in a room with no medical aid, food or water except for the occasional crumbs thrown in by kind souls. Can we then say sincerely we hope the sick man will live a long life?

If Mahathir is sincere in what he says, he should do more than tell us empty promises all over again just before a by-election.

Chinese Malaysians  and I believe these include many in MCA and Gerakan  do not believe what the BN government tells us anymore and are highly suspicious about the true intentions of the vision school.

I hope Mahathir will have the courage and honesty to answer my questions.