Just send your child to private Chinese HS.

It's the best option you'll never regret.To hell with our local education system.

Malay language important?Have you tried applying for jobs in MNCs in Malaysia before?

Almost no one would ever look at Malay language requirement and our present government just don't have the guts to question them.If they dare voice out, the MNCs would just tell them straight in the face, accept it or I'll just leave for some other country to set up my operations.

I'm also a product of SMK with a first class Aussie degree.But till late, no chance of getting a job in Malaysia.

With the lists of many MNCs I applied for jobs in Malaysia, many are racially inclined when hiring.

You've got chinese MNCs would prefer ONLY chinese, MNCs with majority indians working in it only favoring indians, GLCs prefer Malays to hold top posts regardless of qualifications/capabilities.

Try entering into one to work which is dominated specifically by another race, you won't last and it's going to be suicide.

I'm a Chinese FYI with very weak education background in Mandarin.Even so, I still find being sidelined by the my own race sometimes when it comes to opportunities.

So where do you think people like me stand?

Give your child the best, send your child to private Chinese HS.
You'll never need to worry about tuition classes, mixing with the wrong bunch of friends, unfair treatment, further education opportunities and even doubt it's standards both in teaching and syllabus.

For some of us it wasn't our choice not to take up Chinese during my schooling years.Our education routes were determined by our parents based on convenience, availability and decisions.Isn't it discriminatory to blame us for something which we had no control over it?

Just like how they hated the Japanese for their past history/ancestors when today many have no idea of what their history is like.

This post has been edited by ark890: Aug 11 2008, 03:00 PM