Penalty for using English myopic!

KUCHING: The importance and effectiveness of the English language should not be underestimated, said Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn. The Education, Innovation and Talent Development Minister was reacting to Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali’s recent statement that the Public Service Department (JPA) should consider punitive measures to enforce the use […]

Lingering legacy of language

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. — Justice Oliver W Holmes, Jr., US Supreme Court Language is indeed the dress of thought for it to be the impetus of social cohesion. Inspiration, encouragement, discouragement and desperation are sourced from it depending on its spirit, […]

No shame in using translator

By Umie Syazwanie Mohd KUCHING: Some members of the public are of the opinion that politicians who are not fluent in the English language should maintain the use of their native language by bringing an interpreter when speaking in front of an audience. This was suggested by Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr […]