I got this recently by forwarded mail. and frankly, i'm shocked! Continue reading and you'll know why...
Dear fellow former prefects,
As all of you would have known, my sister, Lim Shwe Ying is the organizer of this years prefects reunion @ KL Tower.
Something happened whereby I hope to have all of your support. The story as follows :
My sister invited Hannah Yeoh to our prefects reunion, as was a former head prefect for year 1995 / 1996. She is coming purely on the reason as she is a former prefect. I do not forsee this as a problem.
BUT! The school had to intervene and the school (authorities) threatened my sister, that they will boycott the event, and all prefects that attends the event, will be demoted, or punished in some sort of way! Wat the hell?? Who are they to determine this!?
I find this very unfair. Before this, I always kept an eye close on certain ongoings in our country, but THIS! is totally outrageous!
The school thinks that we are trying to make the prefects reunion inot a political gathering! WTF???
SELANGOR is under DAP / Pakatan Rakyat. Where is the DEMOCRACY?? Why say that our country is democratic, yet our people are not even allowed to attend a dinner, being afraid that they will be sacked as a prefect?
please read an excerpt from Hannah Yeohs blog, after my sister informed her that SMKSU does not allow her to go for the reunion.
It is really saddenning to see this happening.
I hope that all of you readers, even if you are not a prefect, or not attending the reunion, please forward this email to everyone that you know. Please delete all the email adress above this message and forward accordingly to facilitate easeir reading.
Reagrds,
Lim Meng Lee
Ok. Firstly, i know that i really shouldn't have anything to do with this. After all, i was never a prefect and wasn't interested to be one for that matter. And usually, i would generally disregard these forwarded e-mails.
However, being an ex-SU-ian (granted i don't know half the people..), I find it outrageous that they would forbid and even threaten a simple reunion gathering just because one of the invited members was an ex-head prefect who is now a successful public figure!
So what if she is an assemblyman representing DAP? Didn't we vote for our rights to have her as our leader? So now the school which is incidentally also her ex-school is discriminating against her. Geez, great support there huh? Awesome display of unity and nonsense. I can only imagine how she feels being banned from a gathering she was entitled to attend as an ex-prefect of the school.
Additionally, this is a private function! What right has the school to butt their noses in?! Even teachers interested in attending this event purely because they want to see their old students are said to be threatened with being fired. So now you're telling me that we cannot invite a private citizen for a private event without being threatened??!
Honestly! What is this country coming to?? Where is all that crap talks about unity and what nots?? This is ridiculous. It is basically sending out conflicting messages to the younger generation waring them to not become too successful or else risk being discriminated. This coming from a school, imagine the mentality we're teaching the younger generations. Hypocritical teachings.
I know this being a government school, that they're supposed to support the party providing their payroll. But still! This is ridiculous! They obviously need to get on with the times. Ugh!
5 comments:
it's always like that. i mean, Hannah Yeoh is a really good role model as far as i can see and to prevent her from attending such events is another form of stupidity
Too bad, even though Selangor is under PR but school still falls under Federal Gomen jurisdiction. I will really like to see GE 13 coming.
Most people tries to be political free. However, the situation doesn't permit to do so. No matter, he or she is under BN or Pakatan, he or she still a plain Malaysian.
Pls leave schools from political agendas. They are learning institutions and not political farms.
I casted my vote and acted as a Malaysian citizen. We have to accept whoever that elected to serve us.
Instead of discriminating them, let us be fair to them. If only such things can happened, our country Malaysia really BOLEH!!
the more they try to get away from it..the more it shows they are involved in political issues..sad to be true..
Go read today's Star.... Some Education fella give comment dy. Said since its private function school can't do shit all. Hehehe... which means to say they can take action against those who attend... Very the moronic statements la.
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