Dr M: Get over your nationalistic pride, accept English

Kow Gah ChiePublished: Jul 16, 2019 3:19 AM | Updated: Jul 16, 2019 7:20 AM

PARLIAMENT | Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged Malaysians to overcome their nationalistic pride and accept the teaching of science and mathematics in English.

"A nation where the people are adamant to preserve their mother tongue and if we lack knowledge, then the country will not progress," he told Dewan Rakyat during Minister's Question Time today...

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