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On the second day, participants were divided into a few groups according to different themes
of Chinese education to discuss their perspectives on related topics together. Following the sharing

session, a video about Chinese education was shown. It pointed out the difficulties and obstacles that
had been dealt with to preserve Chinese education over the years. Hence, we should be grateful and
embrace the opportunity to be able to study in this system. Before the end, students were encouraged to

publish their movie reviews anonymously in a Padlet and exchange thoughts with others.

On 14 April 2022, Chinese ancestors including Mr Lim Lian Geok, Mr Tan Kah Kee, and Mr
Tan Lark Sye were introduced. To raise the students’ spirits as well as prevent boredom, a “Q&A” session
was carried out. Later, a video about the history of Malaysian Chinese and Chinese schools was played.

Not only did it mention that Malaysia is the best country that successfully preserved Chinese culture
outside of China, but it also pointed out the large sums of money donated by donors which strengthen
the position of Chinese education. Afterwards, a video titled “5 ancestors that Malaysian Chinese Can’t

Forget” was played. The five ancestors mentioned in the film, whom we Chinese-Malaysians should
appreciate, were Kuek Ho Yao, Sim Mow Yu, Tan Cheng Lock, Lim Chong Eu and Lee Hau Shik.

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Chinese A topic regarding characters of Chinese religion was explained on the last day of Chinese
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Education Week. The committee introduced the Lim Lian Geok Award and ten Chinese education
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Education ancestors including Ms Zheng Gui Zhu, Mr Zhang Tian Shi, Mr Liu Shen Yuan, etc. Soon, in order
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to let students better understand the development of Chinese education, two videos were played. The
first film explained the connection between education and politics while the second mentioned the
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Week hurdles encountered by Chinese society. As a closing to the event, a brief summary of the past four days
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was made. After filling in the feedback form, some of the participants were also selected to share their
Reported by: Lim Sze Kee Sr1ScB thoughts on Chinese education.

In order to let students explore the history of Chinese Education as well as to appreciate the Undeniably, the organisation of Chinese Education Week was a success as all the activities were

dedication of our Chinese ancestors, the Chinese Language Society of Kuen Cheng High School carried carried out smoothly. After four days in this special Chinese Education Week, I believe that students
out a series of meaningful events during Chinese Education Week from the 12th till the 15th of April have immensely benefited in different ways. To prevent the language from declining or vanishing in
2022 online. Malaysia, Chinese-Malaysians should be proud of our culture and cherish our Chinese education.

The event kicked off on 12th April 2022 with the introduction of Chinese education. Chinese

schools were built with the main target of providing education in the Chinese language. Since there
wasn’t any consistent funding from the Malaysian government, most of the schools were kept alive by
donations from the public. However, most of the schools have successfully insisted on mother tongue

education, these schools had greatly carried forward the Chinese language. Amidst the introduction,
a simple and interesting game called “draw and guess” was carried out to promote interaction between
students. Afterwards, a film regarding the inheritance of Chinese religion in Malaysia was played. In the
film, Mr.Gu Chian Peow gave a speech titled “Chinese Religion in The Desert”, which took a dive into
the story of Chinese education in Malaysia and the cultural and educational heritage of our school.

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