I guess you’re working in PRC? If so then of course it is important the learn the local language.

What’s the point of hiring him then?

here and there, not stationed in prc, just that projects are market specific

Well if you deal with authorities where the local language is Mandarin, of course it is important for you to master the language.

In malaysia, official documentation mostly can be done in BM and English, so in that aspect we are better than single language countries.

“Sicked”?

When it is a required criteria, they will expect to see some level of fluency like read and write.. or perhaps a supporting SPM result... usually can judge through interview.


Sending kids to SJK especially SJKC is not entirely for the mandarin language (afterall from 2002-2012 the teaching medium for science and maths were english). The main purpose is actually for the learning motivation and the teaching environment which is culturally similar to schools in east asia.. where their goal is to excel in exams. Almost every high performing SJKC in KL will have after school classes to further boost the main UPSR subjects and perform hours of revision on past year questions to better prepare the kids for the actual exam.

Comparatively, SJKC is so competitive that the top scorers for UPSR will even be rewarded, in some schools ... with cash from the PIBG's fund. im not joking lol...... And there will be alot of emphasis on the top classes where they are given alot of private opportunities to join competitions or apply scholarships especially the ASEAN scholarship where they will send a batch of promising students every year to take the qualifying exam.

SJKC will always use these achievements to get more students because with minimal funding from the ministry to maintain their school, they survive on "donations" and that the future of the school lies on the student's headcount.

These additional opportunities and initiatives that you dont usually see in SK is what made SJKC stand out.

This post has been edited by Bonchi: Jan 2 2020, 04:50 PM

Sure or not? Ever heard of SK Bukit Jelutong? SK Tun Syed? SK Bukit Damansara? These schools compete at international level, be in arts, science or maths. And dont start with MRSM and SBP like STAR MCKK SAS TKC even RMC boys excel in music arts robotic debate sports. They even play rugby with angmoh, win gold medal in robotic and invention comp, perform band wind orchestra in europe japan at world level competition.

Sure or not? Ever heard of SK Bukit Jelutong? SK Tun Syed? SK Bukit Damansara? These schools compete at international level, be in arts, science or maths. And dont start with MRSM and SBP like STAR MCKK SAS TKC even RMC boys excel in music arts robotic debate sports. They even play rugby with angmoh, win gold medal in robotic and invention comp, perform band wind orchestra in europe japan at world level competition.

Hahahah.. I guess?
See how Malays get so cancerous with Bahasa in talking/writing, I think the same can be said in SJK too.

of course i do, my highschool have many that came from one of the schools you mentioned .. but you also cannot rule out the sheer number of SJKCs that equally have a good streak of academic and co-curricular achievements. Not to mention the entry criteria to SJKC is not as difficult... and that they're all just average schools.

But got to note that not all SJKC are good also... deswai some SJKC with the same name but diff campus, one will be favored more than the other eventhough they are side by side.

This post has been edited by Bonchi: Jan 2 2020, 05:08 PM

No point arguing.
Half of Malaysian will perished.

See my avatar for clues.

Pls la u are comparing dongzhong to communism

Just like how ppl tie PAS to being terrorist.

Ppl like u with that stupid mindset is the epitome of idiocity in this country.

Not every chinese is like dong zhong and not every pas is terrorist. Some chinese want srjk to stick around because they know once u eradicate this that means u will end up like indon where everyone is a sohai.

Protecting srjk is the first line of defence agaisnts sohais like u.

Ps sorry ayam not dong zhong supporter but ayam think logically.

True syoreyz

Another reason why I oppose chinese schools.

New world need the contribution of intelligence people in order to achieve the Utopia (Kingdom Of Heaven) status. Moron will be eliminate.

I know so many Malays who send their kids to chinese school last time, now they are successful ppl doing own business.

The main issue here is some ppl dont want to change , but fail to realise that CHANGE is the only constant in life!

good mar... good at producing engineers, lawyers, medicine and finance people. Where the skill at reading, digest and vomit on exam papers will help them to get their papers increasing our country's occupational technical skill level the quicker way... provided they dont jump to another country.

Well I came from the best school in Kelantan but not SJK, so i can’t speak on behalf of not so performing SK.

But SK vs SJK in term of performance, just like Canon vs Nikon argument. Lower end model one brand might perform better than the other and vice versa for high end model.

In Kelantan, the “high end model”, SK always win, top school like SIC, Ahmad Maher, Naim Lil Banat is consistently better than SMJK Chung Hwa. Not sure about low end school though. And I can’t speak about school in other state too.

This post has been edited by blanket84: Jan 2 2020, 05:21 PM

in some sense yes, but in another way, if u speak their mother tongue, u have better relationship with ur team, and they willing to go extra mile for u

i do the same for people here, see different people, i use different language

This is the reason why Chinese schools are no longer the school of choice for some Chinese parents. They are too academic focus and any student who can't cope with such a system will be left behind. We always see the glory side of Chinese schools but never realize that there are a lot of failures too.

I have a friend who send his daughter to Chinese school and she was miserable for 6 years from standard 1 to 6. She was always in the weaker student class where she was neglected. Her academic results were terrible and she hated going to school. After standard 6, she was homeschooled and by the time she reach university, her results were excellent. My friend show me some of the assignments she do when she was in form 1 age and I was impressed. Homeschool gave her the freedom to study at her own pace and to her strength.

This post has been edited by Namelessone1973: Jan 2 2020, 05:30 PM

is it really true that SRJK has less funding (in terms of absolute ringgit per number of student) from federal? Has anyone has real statistic data to backup this statement?

or its just a case of perception where, they felt injustice by having better academic result while at the same time receiving same amount of funding with other SRKs.

or that better academic results can be sustained only if there are external donations from parents?

Have you seen SRKs in kampungs?