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Gerakan firm on vernacular school funding despite PAS threat to split

Outside funds necessary as allocation from government not enough, says Gerakan comms chief

Educational advantage: non-Chinese students champion Chinese vernacular schools for skills, opportunities

Speaking with Scoop, three former students say that despite the initial language barrier, the schools prepared them well for their professional lives

Most parents, Malays included, support unconditional implementation of DLP: Guan Eng 

DAP chairman says parents should get to choose if they want their children to learn science and mathematics in English

SMJK DLP issue: Fahmi assures Fadhlina, deputy will meet board, PTA of 11 schools

Comms minister says matter is about maintaining English to teach science and maths, not to eliminate BM as medium of instruction overall

PN not anti-vernacular schools, but they must reflect national identity, says Wan Fayhsal

Such institutions must be ‘enriched’ with Malaysian curriculum, says opposition MP

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Of Chinese gangs, a M’sian ex-deputy minister, and Burmese rebels: KL event ensnared in Myanmar scam centre?

Human rights group reveals event at JW Marriott for controversial Dongmei Zone, which allegedly sourced billions of ringgit in investments from prominent individuals, and reported by Chinese human trafficking victim to be rife with crime, drugs, brothels

Malaysia suffers RM2.7bil losses from online scams in 11 months, reveals CCID

Bukit Aman’s Commercial Crime Investigation Department highlights telecommunications and e-commerce fraud as the biggest culprits in rising cybercrime figures

Can Mutiara LRT line transform Penang’s transport, economy? Here’s an explainer

The RM13bil endeavour aims to tackle congestion, enhance connectivity, and spark economic growth across the island