In the 9th Malaysia Plan, the PM had promised to build new vernacular schools. Now, the deputy education minister said that there would not be any such new schools.

On DJZ: Gov't breaks promise on vernacular schools

MO8: In the 9th Malaysia Plan, the PM had promised to build new vernacular schools. Now, the deputy education minister said that there would not be any such new schools.

I'm just wondering who is calling the shots here - the PM or the deputy minister. The PM must reprimand the minister for making such a statement. Or was the deputy minister ignorant of what the PM had promised? Or is it true that the Chinese are slowly being marginalised as far as Chinese education is concerned? The same can be said about Tamil schools.

It looks like the Education Ministry is trying to force national schools on non-Malay parents. Look into the mirror and find out the root causes for non-Malay parents' preference for Chinese schools. In fact, there are also Malays and Indians who opt for Chinese schools.

Every parent has the right to choose the type of school for his or her child. As an analogy, please do not ask non-Malays to eat nasi lemak when they like to eat mee noodles or chapati.

Silent Majority Member: With reference to the above, if what Dong Jiao Zong has asserted is true, then Sinapore's mentor minister's remark about the Chinese and Indians in Malaysia being systematically marginalised by the government holds a lot of truth.

It also shows that the BN non-Malay component parties like MCA, Gerakan, MIC and whatever are nothing but a bunch of meek, compliant and sycophantic "self-preservers" who are more interested in making themselves, and their families, powerful and rich by hook or by crook.

Guy Sintar: Voters beware, don't be cheated again as nobody can wait for 47 general elections. So start with the next and send a strong signal to the government.

On Study: 30% bumi equity target exceeded

Huang: In the debate between Khairy Jamaluddin and Chua Jui Meng on TV some time back, the former stated that bumiputera's equity was 18.6% while the latter had pointed out that it was strange the figure remained at 18.6% after 30 years.

We are aware that bumiputera shares were allocated accordingly on every new share listing for several years. Logically speaking, the bumiputera equity must have increased over the years. It could not have stayed stagnant.

Asli's study revealed that the 30% equity target has been surpassed makes interesting reading. Is it true? Let us hear the facts and figures.

Meng: While the world prepares for globalisation, Malaysia continues to bicker over issues of race and protectionism. We continue to insist on finding ways to justify the NEP without realising that this is going bring us all down. Malaysia is losing out in competitiveness compared to other Asian neighbours.

It is common knowledge that a project that could cost RM100,000 is usually bloated up to RM200,000 because it has to go through three or four bumiputera companies. The last contractor may be a non-Malay, and by then his margins are so thin that he has to cut cost by short changing on materials.

Globalisation will eat us up while we continue to bicker over racial issues.

On My son had to beg 'powerful' Khairy

Ahmad Fuad: Just as I had thought - it's all about personal vendetta! I can now safely and surely conclude that it has nothing to do with rampant corruption, nothing to do with sovereignty, nothing to do with the national car, and nothing to do with the "ailing" economy! In the end, it is all about "My son having to beg his son-in-law..."

Me? Pray tell, who do I have to beg for a RM170 million project?

Sangkancil: Heh heh, isn't it a case of the pot calling the pan black? I'll leave it to god.

On Mind your own business, Gerakan tells Kuan Yew

HL Too: Both Lim Keng Yaik and his deputy, Koh Tsu Koon, claim that the Chinese in Malaysia are not being marginalised. However, Umno thinks that in Penang, the Malays are being marginalised. Does Koh agree with that?

After been verbally clobbered by Umno Youth and humiliated by both the education minister and deputy prime minister, Koh, like the complaint Chinese referred to by Lee Kuan Yew, can only support whatever his political masters in Umno says.

Lim has been a old sycophant for too long and Koh, like all the Chinese politicians in BN, is obviously more concerned about keeping his position. Speak for yourselves, gentlemen because I can assure you that you are definitely not speaking for the marginalised Chinese in this country.

YSM: The truth is that not only the Chinese and the Indians are being marginalised. The Orang Asli, who are bumiputeras, are also marginalised. The rural Malays too are marginalized. The Sabahans and the Sarawakians are marginalised. Only the elite few who are linked to Umno and those favoured by the ruling elite are not marginalised.