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On a different note Mr BR has a new link on his site which lead me to SASsyness and I would like to applaud her strong beliefs in upholding our mother tongue "Bahasa Melayu" as an option language for their upcoming system.

This paragraph summarises everything in a nutshell,

"Another point should be considered is the language used. Our IT industry mandates for English to be used as the standard language. But how do we communicate with those who could not speak in English or have very limited vocabularies? And for us to say English is mandatory is slightly contradictory too as I believe we practice MIB. Even if English is the main global language of the Internet, I think our e-govt project should have given Malay as another option as Malay is our mother language."

What would life be like if we did not have any problem. I support your plea 110%. As a linguist I believe we should stay true to our identity.

Using Malay as an option language would in some way show how culture sensitive we are and how proud we are of our mother tongue language. We should be proud of our languge. It is a sign of our national identity.

English is the Lingua franca of the world but that is no reason to not promote Malay.

When you really think about it, if you are, for example, a Bruneian Malay you actually know how to speak two different Malay languages. One being - Brunei Malay and the other being, Standard Malay.

Brunei Malay used in our daily conversations with family, friends, colleagues and even at your regular 'Kedai runcit'. The moment a baby is born, he/she is exposed to this Malay.

Standard Malay is the Malay learned in schools, used to answer B.M exams, read in newspapers, heard in radio and TV news and in some cases spoken with superiors.

Bet you did not know that. I will further share with you the differences soon. So till then have a nice day.