Introduce 'one house one family' scheme, Govt urged
The Star 23/9/2004

AN UMNO Youth delegate proposed that the Government introduce a "one house one family" scheme to check the problem of incest.

Salmi Miah of Kelantan said it was common in the rural areas for several generations of a family to live in one house.

"The likelihood of incest occurring is higher because there is no proper sleeping area and one bathroom is shared by many," he said when debating the motion of thanks for the Youth chief's keynote address.

Wan Ahmad Nizam Wan Abdul Hamid of Terengganu said the movement must seriously study why the Malays continued to lag behind the other races despite all the assistance given to them through the New Economic Policy.

"It is time that we seek more effective solutions to the problem and not always point our finger at the Government.

"We need to mould a new generation of Malays who can stand on their own feet and face new challenges in this global environment," he said.

Johor delegate Rusdin Mahamod, when congratulation the new deputy Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin, said he should be given the chance to prove himself.

"If he fails, we should pancung (behead) him," he said in jest.

Pahang delegate Wan Amizan Wan Abdul Razak criticized the Government's tendency of sending "second-class" and problematic teachers rejected by urban schools to the rural areas.

"In my area in Ulu Tembeling, there are four schools and since 1985 not a single pupil has scored 5As in the UPSR," he said.