Kedah: School sports day selection on Thaipusam Day

Source : Makkez.com
Letter submitted via email

From : Jegan
Email : cgande_xxxx@yahoo.com (Edited for SPAM Prevention)
Date : 5th February 2008
Time : 10:33am (GMT +8)

Dear Sir,

I hope you can publish this in your blog. The publication can be an effective deterrent for future.

I am parent of Form 1 student of Sek Men Taman Hi-Tech in Kulim. I attended the school Sports Day yesterday and I am just shocked at what I saw.

The Malaysian government started the National Service Program, with the objective of racial integration, my foot. That 3-month stint is just a show to make money when the situation in schools are totally different.

This is what I saw yesterday.

Very few Indians participated in the sports event. Indians are suppose to be good in running, but there were very few, I asked the boys. And they said the reason is because the final selection was done on Thaipusam Day. Although it was not a public holiday, Indians took leave and went to temples that day. The school purposely chose that day to select the final participants. That was purposely done.

March Pass

It was racially divided. The army/police cadet was 100% Malays whereas Cadet
Bomba was 100% non-Malays. The army cadet uniform was perfect, 100% given, where as the Bomba was crazy, some wore T-Shirts, different kinds of shoes
because all the cost need to be borne by the parents. Why?

I really felt very saddened at what happened. It is a bullshit to say the Education Ministry is looking into ways to integrate the races, but in fact they are purposely segregating them.

Is this what the government say ‘We care for all races, we are fair to all’????