MCA and Chinese educators welcome Najib’s assurance

Pupils of SJK(C) Yong Peng 2 celebrating after the offcial ceremony of the school by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yaasin for in Yong Peng.AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star (YONG PENG)

PETALING JAYA: MCA leaders and Chinese educationists have lauded Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s repeated verbal support for Chinese vernacular schools.

MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the multi-stream education system was decided by the nation’s forefathers before independence.