[公益广告] Join Prof Shamsul AB & Dr.Syed Husin Ali Debate on Ethnic Relations Module (6 March) !

Youth for Change (Y4C), Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) Youth Section and Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD) will be co-organizing a series of forums on Ethnic Relations Module which released recently. The purpose of the Alternative Course is to create a platform to encourage the public particular the young people to engage in the discussion.

Alternative Course on Ethnic Relationship Module comprises of four forums. Each forum will invite prominent academicians, experts, public intellectuals, representatives from civil society, youth and students leaders to share their views and comments on the Module.

The first forum details are as following:

Topic : “How Far the Ethnic Relationship Module Can Realize a Harmony Society?
Date : 6 March 2007 (Tuesday)
Time : 8pm-10pm
Venue: Auditorium, Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (SCAH)

Panel :

1) Prof Dato’ Dr. Shamsul Amri Baharuddin
(Chief Coordinator of the Ethnic Relations Module, Director of UKM’s Institute of the Malay World and Civilisation and Institute of Occidental Studies)

2) Dr.Syed Husin Ali
(Vice President of Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Former Professor in Socialogy & Antropology School, UM)

Feel free to contact Chua Yee Ling 012-7355025 or Lee Khai Loon 013-3970519 for further information.

以下《民间版种族关系》课程的中文版新闻转载自《独立新闻在线》：

《民间版种族关系》课程自推出以来深获好评，为了让这个讨论的空间持续扩大，也让更多人能参与讨论公共议题，“动力青年”（Y4C）联同隆雪华青及策略资讯研究中心（SIRD），将从明天开始，每逢星期二推出第三系列《民间版种族关系课程》之“种族关系课本面面观”。

内阁在今年1月23日通过《种族关系》课本后，掀起民间热烈讨论其内容。这本据说已经由各族学者编写的种族关系教科书，不仅删除了之前备受争议的部分，更纳入了各族宗教价值观，多元种族色彩与精神。此外，各族在建国时所付出的贡献也受到肯定。

然而，一些民间公民组织却认为内阁在未咨询公众意见之前，就匆匆敲定课本内容，忽略了民间参与决策这一环。再加上课本内容将被大专生所阅读，学术团体与关心教育发展的组织都应该被纳入讨论咨询。

这项课题也引发国内著名学术人员的纷公开文告辩论，包括曾任马大社会学教授的人民公正党署理主席赛胡先（Dr. Syed Husin Ali）及领导课本编辑小组的国大教授山苏安里 (Prof Dato’ Dr. Shamsul Amri，右图)。

为了让更多人能目睹并参与他们的辩论，“动力青年”邀得赛胡先和山苏安里同台演讲，担任第一场论坛主讲人，论见相订。

第一场论坛将在明天（3月6日）晚上八时正，于隆雪华堂举行，主题为“种族关系课本究竟如何拉近族群关系？”。