Govt not hiring S'poreans to teach English here, says PM

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Speaking at the Madani Aspiration Gathering in Putrajaya on Friday (June 14), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia is not considering recruiting teachers from Singapore to teach English.  He said the proposal is meant to be a volunteer programme and aimed at boosting English proficiency and improving bilateral relations between Malaysia and Singapore.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/wP6YJ  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong, from Singapore, came and I discussed what I had discussed before,

00:14that we give pressure in English, in Malay, in Benghatar, in Malay, in official language,

00:21but in English we want to press now.

00:23So I told them, is it possible to have a scheme from Singapore,

00:30like a help scheme or in terms of diplomatic relations between countries,

00:40for them to help.

00:43We don't choose a guru from Singapore,

00:46listen first, sometimes it takes three minutes for experts,

00:49and then it spreads on social media.

00:52The fact is wrong.

00:54What is wrong?

00:55The wrong thing is that we will now appoint English teachers from Singapore.

01:01That's wrong.

01:02What I discussed with the Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong,

01:05is to hold a help scheme,

01:09or appoint someone who is willing,

01:12who is paid by the Singapore government,

01:14to go to areas,

01:16especially in urban poor areas and villages in the interior of Sabah and Sarawak,

01:21to teach English.

01:23That's why now I want to create a better relationship between countries.

01:27We want to be good with Thailand, with Singapore, with Brunei,

01:31with Indonesia, our important neighbours.

01:34And among them, I said,

01:36I had discussed about the economic zone, Johor,

01:40and investment and trade.

01:43I said, take the initiative,

01:47to create a good relationship.

01:50So people saw that there was a graduate from Singapore

01:55who came in the Singapore volunteer scheme

01:59to teach English.

02:01That was our offer.

02:02They said,

02:03I don't respect my own people.

02:05For example,

02:07if they ask,

02:08Anwar, what do you mean?

02:10Do you want to take Singapore teachers

02:13instead of Malaysian teachers?

02:15You can ask.

02:17We went to all the countries.

02:18He was from Uzbekistan.

02:19He had his own university.

02:21He wanted to send his students here.

02:22I said,

02:23it would be good if we sent a lecturer or a professor

02:27to take a look at some of the changes

02:31that were made there.

02:32In Japan,

02:33with Prime Minister Kishida.

02:35I discussed it.

02:36I said,

02:37do you want to work together?

02:38He had a Sukuba University branch,

02:40a campus he wanted to build.

02:41I said, okay.

02:42I also know Waseda,

02:43a good economic faculty.

02:46I gave a speech at the University of Kyoto

02:49about Japanese culture.

02:51A great Japanese thinker that I respect,

02:54Toshihiko Izutsu.

02:56He wrote a book about

02:58Sufism and Taoism.

03:00He was a very deep Islamic scholar.

03:04He translated the Quran

03:06into Japanese

03:08with good quality.

03:10He wrote about epistemology

03:13and in God and Man

03:15in the Quran.

03:17Who is he?

03:18Toshihiko Izutsu.

03:20Kyoto University gave birth to such a person.

03:23I said,

03:24we can be part of the JAKIM research,

03:27or the Islamic University,

03:28or USIM.

03:29There is cooperation.

03:31So,

03:32the world now demands cooperation

03:36in this way.

03:38Don't be too hasty

03:41to attack.

03:43It's wrong to criticize.

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