KLSCAH: History textbook neglects non-Malay contributions to KL

The Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) has urged Putrajaya to remedy the Form 3 history textbook that inadequately documented the contribution of Chinese and Indians in Kuala Lumpur.

KLSCAH said every ethnicity should have a fair share of their place in history but the Buku Teks Sejarah Tingkatan 3 (first print 2018) focused on the history of social changes, historical political systems of various states under colonial rule and how local societies resisted the colonialist.

"However, the latest version of this Form 3 history textbook ignores the historical facts about the contributions of other ethnicities such as the Chinese and Indians to the local community...