DAP welcomes Han Jian as Malaysian
permanent resident
Media Comment
by Teresa Kok
(Kuala Lumpur, Friday):
The DAP welcomes the Home
Ministry's approval of the application for permanent resident status by the
former coach of the Malaysian national badminton team, Han Jian who is of
Chinese nationality.
Han Jian has contributed greatly towards improving the standard of the
Malaysian badminton team. It is indeed a surprise to know that he has
applied for PR status 8 times before it was finally approved. It is
unreasonable for a professional badminton coach like Han Jian to have his
application rejected so many times.
The Home Ministry should relax the criteria for the approval of application
for PR by foreign professionals, as a means to encourage more professionals
that the country lacks to serve the nation and become Malaysian citizens
subsequently.
The DAP also urges the government to loosen the stringent application
standards for spouses who are married to Malaysian citizens, and to speed up
the application process of these foreign spouses to obtain PR and
citizenship, and allow them to work in Malaysia at the time of their
application.
At present, many foreign women who are from China or Taiwan and who are
married to Malaysian men face a lot of obstacles in their application,
besides being stopped from working in Malaysia. DAP therefore urges the
government to allow for speedier approval of their application, so that
their talents can be put to use in the best interest of the nation.
(29/11/2002)
* Teresa Kok, MP for Seputeh
and DAP International Secretary
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