Stemming the brain drain


Good friends: (from left) Maizatul, Xue Lee and Xue Yee are completely comfortable chattering among themselves in Chinese and rank the language as among their top three favourite subjects. — FOONG PEK YEE/The Star

THE bell rings and two little girls run out of a classroom, holding hands and giggling. One is wearing a baju kurung and tudung while the other is in a dark blue pinafore.

Maizatul Mior Adiie Nurul Aswad and Chan Xue Lee, both 10, are Year Four pupils of SJKC Sin Min in Tronoh Mines New Village, Kampar, Perak.

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