How would Penang CM Koh Tsu Koon look if he goes bald? Maybe more gaya, maybe not. But that is not what we are interested.
Today’s newspapers reported that Tsu Koon was willing to shave his head bald if there is an individual who would want to donate RM 2 million for the Phor Tay Secondary School relocation fund-raising.
I was shocked to read this news in the evening edition last night. I was at a clan association dinner and I spoke against it during my speech.
Tsu Koon joined politics 26 years ago as a Chinese educationist with the mission “to join BN, to rectify BN from within” especially in education policies.
Tsu Koon should not go bald as his botak head would then become a symbol of his failure to rectify the BN after 26 years. Many would want the government to finance all schools including vernacular schools. But sad to say, the Chinese community is made to pay a second income tax (or education tax) to finance Chinese education.
Tsu Koon and many other BN Chinese leaders have by now given up their struggle for equal and fair treatment to the vernacular school system in this country.
Tsu Koon’s bald head would symbolize his failure as a politician, CM and Gerakan incoming President in championing Chinese education.
Tsu Koon, please use your head first before going bald.