FEBRUARY 21 — In 1967 the National Language Act was passed with Bahasa Kebangsaan designated as the sole official language while the teaching and using of any other languages shall not be restricted.
The Alliance held 89 of the 104 parliamentary seats comprising Umno 59, MCA 27 and MIC 3, going into GE3 on May 10, 1969. MCA lost 14 parliamentary seats and the Penang state government. Umno lost eight seats and MIC one seat.The main entrance of the Tunku Abdul Rahman College campus in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. — Screen capture via Google MapStrategic thinker Khai Boh proposed the college to be named after the Tunku as a tribute to our Bapa Malaysia.
MCA had secured a matching contribution from the government. The initial RM20 million-capital expenditure was based on a “ringgit-for-ringgit” formula. It was fortuitous that at the same time the USM and UKM were also being constructed and the TARC team could use the expenditure there as a guide to back up TARC’s needs.
YS accepted and started the School of Business Studies like it was his calling. In fact he was a seminary student at the Penang General College in 1955. In his travels throughout the peninsula to interview intakes he found out there were many smart and hardworking candidates who were also equally anxious to uplift their family’s financial status. And in keeping with the essential needs of the nation, i.e.
Datuk Kum Boo, Director of Schools Kuala Lumpur who had been co-opted as the Chief Education Officer under the National Operations Council saw that TARC could play a pivotal role in promoting the nation’s education and training objectives. His personal and professional contribution and timely “nudges” to the Director of the NOC was akin to the presence of a guardian angel on earth.
The Nationalism that began after May 13 is Malay Nationalism which is based on race not nationality. How many decades will it take for MCA to understand that?