KUCHING: It is"silly and stupid" to enforce the use of Bahasa Malaysia in the civil service with punitive measures, says Sarawak Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah .
He said civil servants should not be penalised for speaking English as the language was used worldwide for business and communication."It is widely used by civil servants and in the state legislative assembly," he said on Wednesday responding to the call by Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali for the Public Service Department to consider punitive measures to enforce the use of Bahasa Malaysia in the civil service.
Others have also criticised the proposal, including former international trade and industry minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz and the G25 group of eminent Malays."Being proficient in English does not make one less Malaysian or less Malay," he said. Zuki had on May 24 said that he hoped the JPA could consider actions that could be taken against those who did not take seriously the instructions related to the use of Bahasa Malaysia in the civil service.
He said such punitive action was not intended to intimidate but to ensure that Bahasa Malaysia as the national language was not used arbitrarily.
All the hypocrisy over the use of English language. Over the years, so many English words has been “Malaysianised”, and now they complain about use of English. Aren’t bajet, diskaun, insentif (just to name a few) English words?
Senyap je pahlawan² melayu thepatriots pasal ni. Tak berani nak serang geng sendiri hehe
What mentality is this? Can get penalised for speaking English. Is the coconut shell is getting bigger?
silly and stupid is not new normal for BN Gov
Msian civil servants penalised 4 speaking English,when 3quartes of Malay language is derived from English,Hindi,Sanskrit,Arab.Msia is leading a falsehood life leading to self-inflicted demise into the future.guardian australian NikkeiAsia business CNBCi dririshsea BBCNews
After 65 years since Merdeka we still talk abt English la, Bahasa la....this Nation not progressing at all
hahahaha