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告 至于未来的发展目标，董总不仅坚守母语教育立场，也要发挥兼容并蓄的精神，面
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书 向异中求同未竞之挑战，并更多关注跨族群课题。2018年11月，董总联合国家语文出版
局及全国教育改革行动委员会举办了一场《语文是民族的灵魂》（Bahasa Jiwa Bang-
sa）论坛，引起极大回响，亦在教育部长马智礼的见证下，与国家语文出版局签署备忘
录，双方往后就教育、文学、出版、翻译、研究等领域，将有更紧密的合作，对此，董
总特别成立跨语言委员会，以全力推动有关项目。
最后，为庆祝即将来到的新春佳节，董总今年的贺年卡以“豐”为主题向全国人民
拜年，这张贺卡涵盖的意义，对马来西亚现况有着传神的写照，乃因我国无论在族群、
语言、文化及宗教等各方面，皆体现出“豐”富多饶的独特面貌，充分展现“各美其
美，美人之美，美美与共，天下大同”的精神。董总将继续捉紧此原则和大方向，引领
华教向前迈进，谨此祝贺各界元旦快乐，身体健康，万事如意！

2019 New Year Message by
Dong Zong Chairman Mr. Tan Tai Kim

A new year is dawning. After the 509 General Election in 2018, Malaysia has ush-
ered in a ‘Brand New Malaysia’. With the New Year just around the corner, Malay-
sians are craving for a better year, with the new government getting rid of the old style
of governance, making amends on mono-ethnic racism and leading the country to a
prosperous growth.

With the new government installed, we have seen some breakthroughs in Chinese
education. For the very first time, we see independent Chinese secondary schools re-
ceiving funds from the government. 12 million Ringgit will be allocated to 60+1 inde-
pendent Chinese secondary schools. Even better, 3 private colleges, namely Southern
University College, New Era University College and Han Chiang University College, are
going to receive 2 million each as development fund. Though the allocation sum is not
that huge, what is more important is the fact that we have finally seen the light at the end
of the tunnel. What Dong Zong has been fighting for all these years—getting equitable
treatment for Chinese education and institutionalised government funding for indepen-
dent Chinese secondary schools—has finally come true.

In terms of Chinese education promotion, Dong Zong has been reforming continu-
ously to meet new, evolving needs since its ‘Independent Chinese Secondary Schools
Proposal’ in the 70’s and the ‘Independent Chinese Secondary Schools Reform
Programmes’ in 2005. Drawing on the strength of advanced reform concepts in edu-
cation from all over the world, Dong Zong launched the ‘Malaysia Independent Chinese
Secondary Schools Education Blueprint’ in 2018 to pave the way of development for
independent Chinese secondary schools in the next decade. As such, we sincerely wish
that the UEC would be recognised by the government in the near future.

In line with the current development of the Chinese education movement under the

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