Najib plays education card to lure Chinese voters

As the Chinese turnout at Pakatan Rakyat functions continue to grow, it would appear BN chairperson Najib Abdul Razak has opted to play the education card over the past two days.

On Sunday, Najib told a rally in Selangor that his administration had approved SMJK (C) Confucian's request to relocate to Rawang.

He claimed that his government will also be funding the construction cost of the facility.

Yesterday, Najib was in Johor where he announced that his administration had approved the establishment of a second branch of another reputable institution, Foon Yew High School.

Foon Yew, a Chinese independent school, had applied to establish a branch on a plot of land it acquired in Seri Alam, Pasir Gudang.

"We give things to everyone, Malays get, Chinese get, Indians also get. This is our government, this is the BN government," he said during a BN rally at Kompleks Sentosa, Johor Bahru yesterday afternoon.

Najib said that incumbent Johor Bahru MP Shahrir Samad, who is defending his seat, had made a request for Foon Yew to be allowed to build a new campus.

Don't sabotage to ensure outstanding victory for BN: Najib

RAWANG (April 28, 2013): As the general election campaign entered its second and final week, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak reminded the party machinery to check internal problems like sabotage to ensure that the Barisan Nasional BN) achieves an outstanding victory in the May 5 polls.

The prime minister and BN chairman said he could see good momentum in the people's support for BN and the party's status was rising, including in regaining the people's support in many places.

"I just want to remind (the party machinery) that we must check (internal problems) or else it will affect our performance.

"I've said that a two-third victory is still achievable on condition that there are no internal elements to spoil our performance.

"(Internal problems) mean sabotage or shirkers and so forth. If we are united and work very hard there's no reason why the BN cannot win with outstanding results," he told reporters after meeting the villagers of Kampung Baru Sg. Terentang here today.

Najib said he saw that the support of the people in the peninsula was good in some places while in others the BN had to work more to gain their support.