Origin of Malay dislike for the UEC

This was what had been posted on 18 July 2020, quoting a news article from Malaysiakini that PM hopes for government recognition of UEC, says Huazong:

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin personally hopes that the government will one day recognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC), said the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia (Huazong).

The association said the premier expressed this aspiration during a meeting with Huazong representatives at the Parliament building yesterday.

In its statement today, the association said that Muhyiddin expressed the government’s willingness to negotiate with Huazong and other Chinese civil society groups on the UEC issue, but had urged all parties to understand the country’s policies and circumstances.

It said the prime minister told the meeting that the government and Chinese civil society groups could use national policies and current conditions as a foundation for further negotiation and study.

This would lead to a win-win solution for all parties, said the statement, which added that Muhyiddin expressed hope the issue could be “deradicalized” and handled in a rational manner.

So what were written?

Muhyiddin ... personally hopes

the government will one day

but had urged all parties to understand the country’s policies and circumstances

hope the issue could be “deradicalized” and handled in a rational manner ...

Before the dust could settle, whoa, the ultras (ranging from Muhyiddin's own Youth Division to ISMA to Mahathir), all came out in droves to attack the issue as if Muhyiddin had already okay-ed the UEC. And in the gleeful pack of excoriate-rs has been none other than my visitor 'TS', wakakaka.

'TS' saw fit to pen (see for yourself in the 18 July posting on UEC mentioned above) such remarks as:

KT's Guppy-Tail is wagging because of Muhyiddin's "personal hope". But instead KT is putting the spotlight and pressure on MCA, which now holds the Deputy Education Minister post.

When in Opposition and holding no government position MCA's Ti Lian Ker was so "panas" about UEC. He offered advice to Teoh Nie Ching, who was then Deputy Education Minister, asked her to keep quiet about UEC.

What the hell can a 2-MP MCA do when a 42-MP DAP and "in" government did NOTHING? Puhleeeze lah, don't compare buah langsat (MCA) to buah bangsat (DAP).

Ferocious as a Tigress prior to GE14, mewing as a kitty when deputy to Maszlee

ISMA came out with a fierce Jangan tunduk tuntutan Hua Zhong (don't submit to Hua Zhong's demand, as if there had been any demand). And WTF has ISMA, an Islamic organisation which monitors its bête noires, namely, the influences of 'liberalism', 'Shia presence' and 'Christianization' in Malaysia, has to do with vernacular education?

Just sheer hatred, suspicions and disdain for non-Malays and their interests. Guess who started all these?

And right behind them (or perhaps even ahead of them, came the man who started the hatred towards UEC. Mahathir talked about 'Malay sensitivity' as  an excuse for dismissing the UEC. The Edge Markets reported:

In an interview with Sin Chew Daily published today, Dr Mahathir said his administration also has to resolve the issue of unequal wealth distribution in the country before getting into UEC recognition.

"Recognising UEC is easy, just sign. But we need time to bring two to three racial groups, including natives in Sabah and Sarawak, onto a same position of economic development. They (Malays) feel that they are getting lesser, and this kind of imbalance is getting bigger," he said.

What kerbaus - his administration??? Wakakaka.

And that usual lie of his that They (Malays) feel that they are getting lesser, and this kind of imbalance is getting bigger, when many Malays including/especially his sons are already multi-billionaires. Just yesterday, we read about the appointment of the CEO of Prasarana - of course it has to be a Malay, not that we resent Muhammad Nizam for getting the post.

It's just that under a Mahathir-ised Malaysia (with all his BTN-ised policies), non-Malay plebeians can only dream of obtaining any government or GLC positions, or of achieving their interests (eg. government recognition of the UEC).

Dream Dream Dream that's all!

The UEC is a standardised test for Chinese independent high school students organised by the UCSCAM (United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia) since 1975. This Malaysian Chinese educational Certificate is accepted by overseas countries such as the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, etc on top of Chinese speaking nations like China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

It seems that the only country not accepting the Malaysian UEC is Malaysia.

Why?

Under Mahathir and his sad divisive policies, the Malaysian government has long been indoctrinated, whatever, however, as ever*, not to recognize, or dare not recognise the UEC, which has already been recognize by 400 foreign tertiary educational institutions throughout the world, including universities in France, Germany and Russia, let alone the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, NZ and Chinese speaking nations like China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

* Yes, as ever, because it all started back in 1975 with Mahathir, when he was Education Minister, He threatened the Chinese educationists about issuing the UEC.

Dr Kua Kia Soong enlightened us on the UEC via FMT:

The litany of reasons given by the government for not recognising the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) through the years gets more and more bizarre.

They used to say that the UEC’s curriculum was not up to mark. The latest reason is the answer given by Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan in the Dewan Rakyat that the Cabinet, in a meeting on Nov 6 last year, had decided not to recognise the certificate.Dr Kua quoted Kissy-Hand-some Kamala saying:

“For now, the government can’t recognise UEC as it is not based on the national curriculum and education philosophy. This is a reality that needs to be accepted as it’s related to the nation’s interests and sovereignty.”

Dr Kua also went back into history to inform us that Mahathir was the man who first threatened the Chinese schools on the UEC and warned them not start this private line of educational accreditation.

Dr Kia said via FMT:

At independence in 1957, there were 86 Chinese secondary schools in Malaya.

It was only after the 1961 Education Act that many of these schools were forced to become English-medium (yes, not Malay-medium) at the time. Only 14 Chinese secondary schools remained as “independent” schools.

It was after the “Independent Schools’ Revival Movement” in the 1970s that the number of MICSS climbed to 60 schools.

In 1975, when the MICSS decided to hold its first Unified Examination, the Chinese education leaders were summoned to Parliament by then Education Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and were told in no uncertain terms to cancel the examination “or else…!”

The Chinese education leaders carried on regardless of the consequences and the UEC has been held every year since. To date, there has never been a leak in any UEC examinations and the curriculum and marking of exam scripts are carried out every year with professional precision.

Finally, Dr Kua gave a flying kick into the face of our so-called Education Ministry by telling us:

Malaysians should also know that there are hundreds of non-Chinese students in the MICSS and more than 80,000 non-Chinese students in Chinese-medium primary schools of Malaysia.

This is in sharp contrast to Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) that does not admit ANY “non-Bumiputeras” into this public institution even though “non-Bumiputera” taxpayers have also paid for this institution.

Does UiTM violate national sovereignty? This Bumiputeras-only policy definitely violates the International Convention for the Eradication of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).

Strangely thus far, the DAP has been unusually quiet on Putrajaya's rejection of (former the late Sarawak CM) Adenan's recognition of the UEC, though Lim Guan Eng has urged Adenan to hire Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) holders for the state civil service.

But to recapitulate, it started with Mahathir's very very strong and fierce opposition against the UEC, and which now is still perpetuated by his 'UMNO-descendants'.

Muhyiddin is currently in a politically precarious position, so it's little wonder he has his PMO spelt out that there was NO promise of recognising the UEC, and which was exactly what has been reported - but alas, leave it to the ultras like ISMA and Mahathir to come out with 'Malay sensitivities' and 'economic disparities' what with all those filthy rich Chinamen virtually owning all Malaysian towns and cities. 

Related - read how Mahathir sings the same song over and over again vis-a-vis the UEC:

UEC - the Chinese education certificate that strangely terrifies some Malays