This is in the hope of getting scraps thrown down to them. MCA has actually lost a significant amount of votes after the last UMNO General Assembly. They think that by spinning Hishamuddin's extremist agenda as a non issue, paint brushing him as a reasonable person they would get back their lost votes. In fact most voters Chinese and Non-Chinese alike do not trust the spins. They have only contempt for these Chinese apologists. We know that elections are around the corner with this spins picking up pace. Thank god for the internet.

The Star's columnist JOCELINE TAN has been spinning ever since the last UMNO meeting shamelessly. Here are some extracts: "More importantly, he gave his assurances on a number of key areas in Chinese education:

· THE government would not close down Chinese schools;

· NO objections to building new Chinese schools but the priority would be to relocate poorly enrolled schools to areas of high demand;

· RESOLVING the shortage of Chinese school teachers and

· IMPROVING the standard of Chinese primary schools.

“It went down well with the community as a whole although some of us prefer to wait and see,” said Tang Ah Chai, CEO of the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.

“What he said in the interview cleared a lot of doubts that parents and educationists had about government policy on Chinese schools,” said Sin Chew group chief editor Siew Nyoke Chow. Well, you cannot believe these , as seeing is believing. Okay, just build 20 Chinese Schools now, before the elections, then and only then should the Chinese or others believe him. The elites are not short of spinmeisters. In fact if he has them built do not vote for him or any of the BN wallahs, as no one has shown any remorse, they have only been trying to desperately justify their extremist actions and words, thus far.

It was apparently the most comprehensive statement that Hishammuddin, now into his third year as Education Minister, has made on these fundamental issues. Read the whole sickening spin here. It is Hishamuddin who should be apologising NOT the Chinese community. Instead the Chinese political elite come out apologisng for him. He has shown no remorse. Remember the "Leopard never loses it's spots"!