I am a Malay and have to admit I understand little about the Vision School issue.

But I believe that education is something personal. It is my fundamental right to decide how I want to educate my children.

I send my young children to privately funded Islamic religious schools. My children also attend English and Mathematics classes at tuition schools, and there, they mingle with children from other ethnic groups. My children are doing very well in both schools.

I don't trust government schools will look after the future well-being of my children. But there are times I wish, as a taxpayer, that government schools could provide the kind of education which I think is good for my children.

Every now and then, I have this fear that one day the government will attempt to take over my children's school. In that way, I think I share the concerns of the Chinese community.