TAIPING: The “race” column in government forms and paperwork will be retained, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He was clarifying an earlier announcement by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun, who had said that there would be a gradual move by the Government to drop racial categorisation in official forms and paperwork.
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