It’s about survival, Guan Eng says amid brewery fundraiser storm

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The DAP chairman explains why non-Muslim parents take no issue with brewery companies raising funds for Chinese schools.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/29/its-about-survival-guan-eng-says-amid-brewery-fundraiser-storm/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/07/29/dana-demi-survival-kata-guan-eng-berkait-derma-syarikat-arak/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #LimGuanEng #BreweryFundraising #ChineseSchools

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00:00DAP Chairman Lim Kwan Eng said non-Muslim parents see nothing wrong with brewery companies

00:08raising funds for Chinese schools, describing the situation as a matter of survival.

00:13In a statement, he said that while parents realize the need to distance their children

00:17from alcohol, a lack of funds would leave Chinese schools in dilapidated conditions,

00:21affecting the learning, health, safety and well-being of students.

00:26Lim said it was this alternative that had seen non-Muslim parents accept sponsorships

00:30by brewery companies over the past 37 years.

00:34He also said non-Muslim parents took umbrage at being lectured about what constitutes healthy

00:38practices in raising their children, adding that there had been no complaints about students

00:42being influenced by breweries to drink or get drunk.

00:46The former finance minister said Tiger and Carlsberg had raised a combined R981 million

00:51ricket for vernacular schools since 1987.

00:54He also cited the 2022 budget, which had set aside 120 million ringgit for Chinese

00:59and Tamil-type schools, saying that the amount was grossly insufficient.

01:03He added that it was ironic that those condemning vernacular schools for allowing brewery companies

01:08to be involved in sponsoring fundraising for them do not press the education ministry to

01:13make up for the difference from such sponsorship by brewery companies.

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