KUCHING, Nov 28 — The Sarawak United Association of Chinese School Boards of Management has condemned the authorities for not displaying Chinese characters on the signboards of two Chinese primary schools in Pahang.
“We demand that the Ministry of Education and the state Education Department in Pahang take immediate action to rectify the schools signboards,” said Sha Dong Zong. “Our rights to learn and use the mother tongue are enshrined under the Federal Constitution. And this incident of Chinese characters missing from the signboards of Chinese schools has once again shown that the authorities disregard the basic rights of Chinese education, thereby creating dissent and distrust among different races.”