{"id":29725,"date":"2022-12-01T23:08:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T15:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/?p=29725"},"modified":"2022-12-01T23:08:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T15:08:04","slug":"klscah-uec-can-wait-economic-recovery-more-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/2022\/12\/29725.html","title":{"rendered":"KLSCAH: UEC can wait, economic recovery more important"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29726\" src=\"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u800c\u5bf9\u65b9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1049\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u800c\u5bf9\u65b9.jpg 1049w, https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u800c\u5bf9\u65b9-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u800c\u5bf9\u65b9-1030x755.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u800c\u5bf9\u65b9-768x563.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1049px) 100vw, 1049px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The recognition of the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) as a certified examination, allowing Independent Chinese school students admittance into public tertiary institutions, is secondary to Malaysia\u2019s economic recovery, said the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH).<br \/>\nThe 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\u2019s manifesto in GE15.<br \/>\nHowever, 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 \u201ca few narrow-minded individuals to create controversy in order to seize power.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe new government should focus on the country\u2019s economic recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be aware that extreme racial and religious sentiments will threaten national peace and social harmony if not dealt with properly,\u201d he said in his speech in conjunction with KLSCAH\u2019s 99th-anniversary celebration yesterday.<br \/>\nNgan said Malaysia was entering an era of political diversity in governance and certain goals like the recognition of the UEC could not be achieved in a short period of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country is undergoing unprecedented changes and although the government formation has been decided, social and economic development remains complicated, with many challenges yet to be faced.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is predictable that diverse and inclusive policies will take a long time and can be a continuous struggle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In describing the vision of the Chinese community in the country, Ngan said it was one where all parties worked together to ensure openness and inclusiveness whilst learning from each other, the concept of diversity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recognition of the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) as a certified examination, allowing In&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":671,"featured_media":29726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280,278],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-report","category-report"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u800c\u5bf9\u65b9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29729,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29725\/revisions\/29729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}