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| Erase race category from forms in Malaysia |
| 2011-03-05 |
| [Straits Times] THE call to remove the ethnicity ('race') category from forms has received support but most said it has to be carried out gradually. Many quarters said the matter should be looked at realistically and some questioned how any review should be done. Malaysian Employers Federation executive director Shamsuddin Bardan lauded the call, saying it was in the right direction towards achieving the 1Malaysia vision. He said a gradual review was needed because change was never easy to implement. 'It needs to be done gradually so people have time to get used to it,' he said, adding that it was natural for people to initially have different or opposing views. 'We are living in one nation. So long as we are divided along racial line, we will not fully achieve the 1Malaysia aspiration.' |
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