No reason to remove Jawi script from mission school

JAWI scripts on a school signboard in Bukit Mertajam caused a stir among some educationists, Kosmo! reporte­d.

However, Penang education director Datuk Ahmad Tarmizi Kama­ruddin said there was no reason to remove the script or replace the signboard at the SM Convent as the writings had no religious connotation.

He explained it was only the school’s name written in Jawi, along with the Malay and English in Romanised wording.

“The signboard had been there for 10 years and the school has no reason to remove or replace it,” said Ahmad Tarmizi, who was also quoted by Berita Harian over the same issue.

School principal Che Azizah Ismail said that although it was a mission school, the majority of those studying there were Malay and Muslim students.

> Having a pretty face and an attractive figure does not guarantee a fairy tale end, a 32-year-old woman found out the hard way.

Frequently beaten when she was once married to a popular actor and model, Zue (not her real name) now lives in fear of her new lover who turned out to be a drug dealer.

“When I was married, my ex-husband often hit me. Now, my boyfriend is using me as a tool when he deals with drug peddlers,” the mothe­r of two told Harian Metro.

Zue said that after her divorce she worked at a club in Kuala Lumpur. It was there she met her boyfriend who, at that time, claimed his marriage was on the rocks and heading towards a split.

“After a few months, he told me to quit my job and promised to look after me and my kids as well as help me set up a dance academy. He also said he would marry me.

“I believed all those promises and moved in with him,” she said, realising it was all a sham when he started to bring her along to his drug dealing meetings.

She decided to end their relationship when he also started seeing other women and neglected her for a year. Zue said her boyfriend was furious and began to make threatening calls and sending out SMSes that he could ruin her by saying she was a drug addict.

“Furthermore, he claimed to have contacts with the authorities and that anything could happen to me,” added Zue, who lodged a report at the Pandan Indah police station on Tuesday and was now seeking legal advice.

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