PETALING JAYA, Jul 5 – The Cabinet has decided to retain the compulsory pass for Bahasa Malaysia subject in the SPM examination for all public service positions and no waiver will be allowed. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced this today after the Cabinet meeting. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam confirmed the decision at a press conference earlier, adding that Ahmad Zahid would elaborate on the decision further.
“Before this, we decided to take them (medical graduates) and grant them the chance to undergo training as graduate medical officers, with the condition that they must pass the paper while they are doing their housemanship.Today we decided that they must first pass the BM paper before being appointed as graduate medical officers,” The Malay Mail Online reported him as saying.
