Educating the young separately according to their ethnic and religious background is extremely unsuitable for a multicultural Malaysia, Sultan of Perak Sultan Azlan Shah said.
Stressing the need for an education policy to unite all races, Sultan Azlan Shah said young Malaysians should understand and respect each other during their formative years.

As Malaysians who tread the same earth and breathe the same air, it is important for each citizen to be nurtured and shaped by the same education system.
National interest should be given precedence over the interests of a particular group.

Zimbabwean inflation under 7,000%

President Mugabe has imposed a price-control programme .
Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate slowed in August to 6,592.8% from July's record of 7,634.8%, according to the Central Statistical Office (CSO).
The slowdown came in the midst of a price-control programme imposed by President Robert Mugabe in June.
Businesses were ordered to cut or freeze prices for items such as bread and milk.
But critics say the measures have just deepened the chronic food shortages suffered by Zimbabweans.
At the end of August, President Mugabe introduced jail terms of up to six months for anyone caught trying to raise prices or wages.
The CSO said the decline in inflation was due to a slowdown in prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks.
Despite the fall, Zimbabwe's inflation remains by far the highest in the world.

"MPSJ Banning Circus During Ramadan"
PAS Secretary General Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar says the Subang Jaya Municipal Council is denying non-Muslims the right to watch circus performances by banning them during the month of Ramadan.
... he told Oriental Daily News when asked to comment on the council's move to stop the London Circus from showing in Puchong Utama with the reason that all entertainment activities must stop during Ramadan.

The House on Monday urged an immediate response from the government to Malaysia�s use of the traditional Indonesian song Rasa Sayange in its �Truly Asia� tourism campaign.

House of Representatives member Hakam Naja of the National Mandate Party (PAN) said if the government could prove the song belonged to Indonesia, Indonesia should sue the Malaysian government.

�The government needs to check on its origins, whether it�s from Indonesia or not,� the deputy chairman of House Commission X overseeing education and tourism was quoted as saying by detik.com newsportal.
Rasa Sayange is believed to have originated in Maluku, where it has been sung for generations by people to express their love for the environment.