Dato Seri Chua Soi Lek spent a whole in Kajang meeting various groups on Friday, 15 June. Not sure what was the intention and also finally what was the result. Sometimes less is more.

Until the next time, cheers.

The Star, Saturday June 16, 2012

Tri-lingual talent needed

KAJANG: The country needs more tri-lingual talent to increase its trade volume and realise its aspiration to become a high-income nation by 2020, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said.

“The trade volume between Malaysia and countries that use Chinese as their main language is about 20% of our total,” he said.

“That is why, logically, we need more people who have a good grasp of English, Bahasa Malaysia and Chinese,” he added.

Dr Chua said that in the 60s no one expected China to rise as an economic powerhouse, but nobody could deny that it was now the second economic superpower in the world.

Important discussion: Dr Chua and Dr Wee (second from left) talking to SJK (C) Yu Hua board of directors chairman Lee Hing (second from right). With them are Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Chua Tee Yong (right) and MCA Kajang division chief Jeffrey Lee Ban Seng.

 

Responding to the United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia or Dong Zong's claims that MCA and the Government had agreed to limit the number of Chinese independent schools back in 1995, Dr Chua said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who was education minister then, had assured him that there was no such agreement.

“I believe that this is an attempt to damage the reputation of MCA,” he said.

On Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's statement that such an agreement was struck in the 60s, Dr Chua said he would consult former MCA leaders on the matter.

Later, Dr Chua and Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong assured the board of directors and management personnel at the SJK (C) Yu Hua here that funds could be allocated from the Education Ministry's education fund once they received reports detailing the extent of damage caused by a fire on Tuesday.

Wee said the ministry was still waiting for the reports from its development division, the Works Department and the Fire and Rescue Department, which had conducted separate investigations hours after the fire.