Letters to the Editor - New Straits Times

IMPROVING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM: Make it the school of choice

MANY people blame vernacular schools for polarisation in the country. Although it is true to some extent, it is also attributed to the various types of schools existing in the country.

IMPROVING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM: Uphold BM but strengthen English, too

AS a product of the English-medium school system in the 1960s, I am excited at the calls to revive it, but at the same time, I am apprehensive.

FALLACY OF POPULAR VOTE: Opposition's argument that it won cannot be sustained

IN a democracy, one cannot argue that a party which has lost the election but won the popular vote is the real winner. It is really a question of reality practised in many countries. Don't use popular vote to justify street demonstrations.

UNITY THROUGH SPORTS: Give attention to all sports

LAST week Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin commented that his aim was to bring the national football team to new heights and improve football administration.

ELECTION BANNERS: Many have yet to remove them

THE Election Commission (EC) must be strict with political parties that have still not removed their polling materials, such as banners, posters, flags and bunting, in some areas.

MCA: Soi Lek not solely to blame

SHOULD MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek resign from his post? Is he solely responsible for MCA's dismal result in the 13th General Election?

CONQUERING EVEREST: Triumph of the human spirit

GREAT news that three Malaysians successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 21. To Mohd Nasuha, Mohammad Ashraf Mohd Halim and Muhammad Hafizuddin, congratulations.

LOCAL TRADITIONS: Senior DAP leader was rude in his tweet

RECENTLY, a senior DAP politician in Perak tweeted that MCA, after being subservient to Umno, was now "subservient to the Sultan", following the appointment of an MCA member to Johor's state executive council at the direction of the Sultan, despite MCA's stand not to accept government appointments following its poor showing at the recent general election.

13TH GENERAL ELECTION : Is sowing hate the PKR way?

IN the letter "DAP and hudud" and "Say no to their stifling ways" (NST, May 3), the writer, Natasha Loo, had raised some issues which may correlate to the 13th General Election results.

EPF RECORDS: All members' details, nominations kept safely

THE Employees Provident Fund (EPF) refers to the letter by Rose Chan that was published in the New Straits Times on May 15 regarding the missing information of her EPF beneficiary from the data base.