DAP chairperson Lim Kit Siang today called for the tabling of the National Service Training Bill 2003 to be postponed as its drafters appear to be confused over the reasons for the scheme's implementation.

Lim was referring to a report in Sin Chew Daily today quoting Education Minister Musa Mohamad as denying that the national service programme was introduced to make up for the failure of the national education system to foster racial unity.

"The denial by Musa is the latest example of the confused and muddled thinking of the ministers and government leaders. It is the most powerful reason why the passage of the National Service Training Bill in Parliament should be postponed," he said in a press statement.