{"id":14092,"date":"2022-06-08T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=14092"},"modified":"2022-06-08T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T04:00:10","slug":"sarawak-civil-service-to-continue-using-english-officially-says-abang-johari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=14092","title":{"rendered":"Sarawak civil service to continue using English officially, says Abang Johari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUCHING, June 8 <\/strong>— The Sarawak civil service\u00a0will continue to use English as the\u00a0official language along with Bahasa Malaysia, State Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said this stand is in accordance with the Sarawak Constitution whereby both languages could be used in official matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope (matter) this will\u00a0be free from polemics.\u00a0Sarawak, we got our own stand. Go ahead and use\u00a0 English. We will not be penalised for using English. Sarawak civil servants, you can use English. Federal officers, I don\u2019t know lah because your master is different,\u201d<\/em> he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking at a dinner to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Sarawak Foundation here, Abang Johari said although some quarters attributed Japan\u2019s success story\u00a0to their people\u00a0speaking the local language, students from that country would still have to learn English when they studied in Europe or the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhether you like it or not, to acquire new technology or new knowledge you must have (a good command of) English to understand what is going on throughout the world,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On May 24, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali said the Public Service Department (JPA) needs to look into corrective and punitive actions that can be imposed on those who deliberately take lightly Service Circular No. 1 2020 on empowering the use of the National Language in public service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said this was because, in the civil service, the move to strengthen the Malay language as the main language among agencies and civil servants had always been top priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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