Friday, January 06, 2006

Note this day in history

The session court has ruled that the developer has every right to demolish the Sin Chung Chinese Primary School. Note this day in history as the day a fully operational school in MALAYSIA first to be legally demolished in front of the public. Let's not get into the details of legal issues here,I am not trained for it. Let's talk about the humane side. The eagerness of the developer to tear down the school frigtening young school childern to cry is inhumane. Can't they wait for school seesions for the day to be over ? The session court judge should have thought of this and order the developer to wait a day or two. Fortunately the school managed to get an order in time from the high court judge to delay the demolition. Umm....the session court judge is a Malay,while the high court judge is a Chinese. Is it a coincident or am I being too sensitive? Don't get me wrong I am not trying to stir up sensitive racial issues, am just thinking if the two judges were to interchange positions, the court decision might still be the same. But the way it was to be handled could be much more subtle,much more humane. The learned leaders of Malaysia are emphasizing the importance of education towards nation building, towards acheiving the 2020 vision. But here we see court judges ordering the tearing down of schools,how ironic! Is making money all important? Must commercial deals get higher priority than providing education for our younger generation? I don't know who is right or wrong,and I don't care. What sends chill down my spine is the way the whole thing is handled.

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