The recognition of the UEC was mentioned in the BN and Pakatan Harapan election manifestoes in the 14th general election (GE14) and again in the latter’s manifesto in GE15.

However, KLSCAH president Ngan Teng Ye believes that there was no urgency for its implementation as it was a contentious subject that could be used as a tool by “a few narrow-minded individuals to create controversy in order to seize power.”

“The new government should focus on the country’s economic recovery. “We need to be aware that extreme racial and religious sentiments will threaten national peace and social harmony if not dealt with properly,” he said in his speech in conjunction with KLSCAH’s 99th-anniversary celebration yesterday.

Siva1967 : I think the PM needs to prioritize on what’s more important and what can be addressed later. Such priority should be based on what action can benefits the greatest number of people in the best and quickest way.

Such action and benefits should be broad based and should cut across the entire spectrum of the population and should not be race centric. If UEC can wait all these years why not a little longer? And what is so pressing that this has to come up now.

These are the very actions that “spooks” the Muslims and Malays which certain parties capitalize it and makes it into a mountain. If each community wants to only speak for their own, then where do we draw the line? Why do some people have difficulty in understanding that we should move in cohesion as a single race, i.e. the Malaysian race.

Furthermore, the language i.e. Mandarin is not even the mother tongue to start with. It is the official language of China, which most non-Chines national of Chinese ethnicity in this region adapted. Most, if not all speak Hokkein, Cantonese or Hakka and other dialects, as their mother tongue.

Unlike the Tamil, which is the mother tongue of most Malaysian of Tamil ethnicity. In fact, Mandarin only came into prominence in mainland China after the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Where Supreme Leader Mao Tze Thong wanted to united the nation under one language.

So firstly, whatever this group wants, it is not a pressing matter for Malaysia at this point. There are more pressing matters that needed to be done yesterday. So please give this government a chance and some breathing space to sort those pressing matters first.

LAC : I am a first batch UEC candidate, 1975. I fully support the great wisdoms of The Chamber! All know that UEC is recognised by many world class uni, its graduates are superb. However, for selfish reasons, it's a thorny issues the Chinese community must acknowledge!

The Chinese must stay resilient and vigilant! Going forward, it's always the less evils path we are talking. Let AI leads. God willing, he knows the priority. I am proud as an UEC pioneer! Thanks for reading