Retract remarks linking bumiputra employment to matriculation quota, Penang MCA tells Dr Maszlee


  • Nation
  • Monday, 20 May 2019

GEORGE TOWN: Penang MCA wants Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik to retract his remarks connecting bumiputra employment in the private sector to the matriculation quota.

Its chairman Datuk Tan Teik Cheng (pic) said a chain reaction has ensued following Dr Maszlee's justification in retaining the matriculation intake quota on the misguided belief that job opportunities in the private sector are denied to bumiputra on the basis of language.

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