On November 14, Abdul Adzis Abas, the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaska (DBP) director-general, confirmed that the government had empowered the DBP to act against the improper use of Malay.
Abdul Adzis claimed that anyone who used Malay incorrectly, including online advertisers, would be fined up to RM1,000, after the amendments to the National Language Act 1963 and Education Act 1996, have been passed in Parliament.
He said the objective of the enforcement was to educate the public in the correct usage of Malay, and discourage the usage of “broken” Malay in print and on the Internet so as to prevent the language from becoming “contaminated”.
If there is one way that is guaranteed to dampen one’s enthusiasm for learning a language, it must be the fining of the speakers, or writer, for the incorrect use of it.
What about local dialects? What happens to new learners of the language? What about the bastardisation of Malay, with the glib use of English to compose new words in Malay, like interaksi, komunikasi, bisnes, pakir and kendil for interaction, communication, business, parking, and candle?
Who will enforce the fines for the improper use of Malay? If language enforcement were to take place, anyone with status or the right “kabel” will escape a fine. [...]
We have had the moral police, the seditious police and the social media police terrorising our lives. Do we need the language police to make us refuse to speak the language because we do not want to incur fines for incorrect usage?
Abdul Adzis claimed that anyone who used Malay incorrectly, including online advertisers, would be fined up to RM1,000, after the amendments to the National Language Act 1963 and Education Act 1996, have been passed in Parliament.
He said the objective of the enforcement was to educate the public in the correct usage of Malay, and discourage the usage of “broken” Malay in print and on the Internet so as to prevent the language from becoming “contaminated”.
If there is one way that is guaranteed to dampen one’s enthusiasm for learning a language, it must be the fining of the speakers, or writer, for the incorrect use of it.
What about local dialects? What happens to new learners of the language? What about the bastardisation of Malay, with the glib use of English to compose new words in Malay, like interaksi, komunikasi, bisnes, pakir and kendil for interaction, communication, business, parking, and candle?
Who will enforce the fines for the improper use of Malay? If language enforcement were to take place, anyone with status or the right “kabel” will escape a fine. [...]
We have had the moral police, the seditious police and the social media police terrorising our lives. Do we need the language police to make us refuse to speak the language because we do not want to incur fines for incorrect usage?
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don't bother to dress yup, we want to inspect the lost aurat of her tits |
If Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, wants Malaysians to speak proper Malay, he could start with Umno because Umno is the English acronym for United Malays National Organisation. Why not use the Malay acronym for Umno instead?
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its acronym can be obscene, wakakaka |
1. Gunakan Bahasa Malaysia yang baik,
2. Gunakan Bahasa Malaysia dengan baik.
Which is correct, No 1 or No 2?
i think both wrong. not sure what u mean by 'baik'.
ReplyDeleteAgree with you Rahn.. it should be gunakan Bahasa Malaysia dengan betul.
DeletePKMB can be interpreted as a very obscene phrase in Malay....so UMNO would rather not use it ....wakakakaka..
ReplyDeleteThe Najib Administration nearly lost a Budget vote last night.
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There was underhand behaviour on both sides.
Pakatan could be said to Ambush BN by calling for a vote, at a point when the number of BN MPs in the Dewan Rakyat was actually a minority. But still within Parliamentary Rules.
The partisan BN Speaker bent the rules out of recognition by delaying and delaying the vote until there were enough BN MPs to win 52-51.
Pheww....based on Westminster practice, the Government losing a Budget Bill would be grounds for dissolution....Najib could have been facing a forced elections this morning, but for just 1 vote.