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Author Hui, Lee Ting

Title Chinese Schools in Peninsular Malaysia : the Struggle for Survival
Published Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (284 pages)
Contents 1. The Years before the Pacific War; 2. From the Japanese Occupation to Self-Government; 3. Towards the "Ulitmate Objective" of One-Medium Education; 4. One-Miedium Education under Rukun Negara and the New Economic Policy; 5. The 1980s: A Decade of Continuing Challenges for the Chinese Schools; 6. Vision 2020 and the Chinese Schools; 7. Conclusion: Challenges and Responses; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary The history of modern Chinese schools in Peninsular Malaysia is a story of conflicts between Chinese domiciled there and different governments that happened or happen to rule the land. Before the days of the Pacific War, the British found the Chinese schools troublesome because of their pro-China political activities. They established measures to control them. When the Japanese ruled the Malay Peninsula, they closed down all the Chinese schools. After the Pacific War, for a decade, the Britis ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-270) and index
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Subject Schools, Chinese -- Malaysia -- History
Schools, Chinese -- Government policy -- Malaysia
Chinese -- Education -- Malaysia -- History
Education and state -- Malaysia -- History
Education -- Malaysia -- History
Chinese -- Education
Education
Education and state
Schools, Chinese
Malaysia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789814279222
9814279226
9789814279215
9814279218