GEORGE TOWN: A commotion has erupted in the morning session of the Penang State Assembly at Lebuh Light over the use of language by assemblymen. This comes after Penang Deputy Chief Minister II Jagdeep Singh Deo (PH–Datok Keramat), who was responding to a question, was interrupted by Azmi Alang (PN–Teluk Ayer Tawar), who requested that the...
He was responding to plans for Malaysia to get help from Singaporeans to teach English in their country. In a Malaysia parliamentary session on July 16, a politician from the People’s Justice Party made a shockingly controversial statement regarding the standard of English in Singapore. Malaysia's Minister of Education Fadhlina Sidek spoke about the government’s decision to recruit Singaporean...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged the people to improve their command of English without marginalising efforts to make Bahasa Malaysia the lingua franca. The Prime Minister said that Bahasa Malaysia, as the official language in the Federal Constitution, continues to be upheld and implemented, but the importance of mastering English cannot be neglected. "I...
KUCHING: Secondary schools in Sarawak will start teaching Science and Mathematics in English starting 2026, says state Education, Innovation and Talent Development Minister Datuk Seri Roland Sagah. He said this was the year when the first cohort of students learning Science and Mathematics in English in primary schools would enter Form One. Sarawak’s dual language programme (DLP)...
SIBU: The Federal Government is obligated to accept letters that are written in English in official communications from Sarawak, says state Deputy Public Health, Housing and Local Government Minister Michael Tiang (pic). "The federal government in fact has a duty to entertain English letters from Sarawak for official communications as the National Language Act 1963/67 was...
