SUPP Woman Chief, Kho Teck Wan disappointed with Hannah Yeoh unfeeling Statement

suppadmin | October 3, 2018

SUPP Woman Chief, Kho Teck Wan expressed her disappointment at the way Woman, Family and Community Development, Deputy Minister, Hannah Yeoh had asked Sarawakian to do away with Sarawak sentiment recently.

Calling her lack of understanding in Sarawak’s issues a disaster,SUPP Wanita Chief Kho Teck Wan urged Yeoh to look into the discrimination of Malaysia history in primary school text book, the discrimination of equal status as one of the three partners in the Federation of Malaysia including the discrimination of oil and gas.

She was also unhappy that Yeoh claimed that Sarawak has 7 times more reserve in the bank than Selangor and should not depends entirely on Federal Government to develop education, especially the early childhood education.

“Her first statement on Sarawak for Sarawakian sentiment showed her lack of understanding toward Sarawak’s history and politics. If YB. Hannah is sincerely worried about the Sarawak for Sarawakian’s sentiment on further discriminating Malaysian regionally, then perhaps YB should take time to find out the source of such sentiment. Sarawak for Sarawakian is an awareness movement, where Sarawakians learn and fight for Sarawak’s rights enshrined in the Malaysia Agreement 1963. There is nothing wrong in fighting for what was ours. Let’s start building as a nation by honouring the Malaysia Agreement 1963. After all, there is no Malaysia without the agreement, and there is no Malaysia without Sarawak.” she said.

Kho reminded the minister that Education is under the responsible of the federal government. Sarawakians paid federal taxes just like any other states in Malaysia and expect the federal government to perform its responsibility. “Sarawak should not be punished because the government has better financial planning than Selangor. Sarawak government even proposed RM1 billion loan to Federal Government this year to upgrade the dilapidated schools in Sarawak. If federal government is unable to manage the education, please expedite the return of education autonomy to Sarawak as promised under the Pakatan Harapan Sarawak’s election manifesto.” she added.