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16 maret 2009 02:15
Malay Among Top Four Spoken Languages
Kuala Lumpur - The Malay language is the fourth most widely-spoken language in the world, said Higher Education deputy minister Datuk Idris Harun.
He said efforts should now be made to initiate programmes that would uphold the status of the language and its people.
“These efforts are important in sustaining the Malay culture and its traditional heritage from the effects of global development,” he said, in a speech at the Academy of Malay Studies (APM) Festival, read out by the ministry’s deputy director-general Datuk Mohd Yusof Kassim at Universiti Malaya (UM) last week.
Malaysians, including the Malays, were becoming more western in their ways which was eroding Malay values and traditions.
He said organising an event like the APM festival involved the goodwill and assistance of other parties.
These programmes helped students cultivate organisational and leadership skills which he said, were in line with the government’s goal of producing versatile graduates. Bernama
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