Change vernacular schools to national schools, says ex-Appeals judge

By Trinna Leong
June 19, 2013

Malaysia's vernacular schools should be turned into national schools that teach all languages, suggested former Court of Appeal judge Datuk Mohd Noor Abdullah, saying this did not mean doing ... Read More

  • Spurs’ Parker has to pass off as he is guarded by Miami Heat’s Bosh and James during Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Miami. - Reuters pic, June 19, 2013. Spurs’ Parker has to pass off as he is guarded by Miami Heat’s Bosh and James during Game 6 of the NBA Finals in Miami. - Reuters pic, June 19, 2013.
  • Protesters at an anti-government  rally in Sau Paulo, Brazil. - Reuters pic, June 19, 2013. Protesters at an anti-government rally in Sau Paulo, Brazil. - Reuters pic, June 19, 2013.
  • Children pose near a shelter in the Abu Shouq internally displaced persons camp in El-Fashir, Sudan. Reuters pic. Children pose near a shelter in the Abu Shouq internally displaced persons camp in El-Fashir, Sudan. Reuters pic.
  • A Sukhoi Su-35 fighter, takes part in a flying display, two days before the Paris Air Show, at the Le Bourget airport near Paris, June 15, 2013. - Reuters pic. A Sukhoi Su-35 fighter, takes part in a flying display, two days before the Paris Air Show, at the Le Bourget airport near Paris, June 15, 2013. - Reuters pic.
  • Gorilla mother N’Gayla holds her twins (a boy and a girl) at the Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands. - Reuters pic.
  • Students clash with riot police during a demonstration against the government to demand changes in the public state education system in Valparaiso City, Chile on June 13, 2013. — Reuters pic Students clash with riot police during a demonstration against the government to demand changes in the public state education system in Valparaiso City, Chile on June 13, 2013. — Reuters pic
  • Pippa (left) and Carol Middleton watch Dan Evans of Britain play Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina at the Queen’s Club Championships in west London June 13, 2013. — Reuters pic Pippa (left) and Carol Middleton watch Dan Evans of Britain play Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina at the Queen’s Club Championships in west London June 13, 2013. — Reuters pic
  • A police officer shoots teargas, so as to disperse student demonstrators, during a protest against the government’s plan to raise fuel prices in Makassar, June 13, 2013. — Reuters pic A police officer shoots teargas, so as to disperse student demonstrators, during a protest against the government’s plan to raise fuel prices in Makassar, June 13, 2013. — Reuters pic
  • Motorist help move away a fallen tree at Jalan Datuk Kramat after a structure fell off the Penang Umno building on Jalan Macalister, Penang, after a freak storm June 13, 2013. — Picture by K.E. Ooi Motorist help move away a fallen tree at Jalan Datuk Kramat after a structure fell off the Penang Umno building on Jalan Macalister, Penang, after a freak storm June 13, 2013. — Picture by K.E. Ooi
  • A lorry is badly damaged by a fallen structure off the Penang Umno building on Jalan Macalister, Penang, after a freak storm June 13, 2013. — Picture by K.E. Ooi A lorry is badly damaged by a fallen structure off the Penang Umno building on Jalan Macalister, Penang, after a freak storm June 13, 2013. — Picture by K.E. Ooi

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