Chasing my Malay language dreams forever

The Member of Parliament for Titiwangsa, Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani

Like most of us, I dream. My dream of my malay language  are vivid, rich in colour and detail. They fill in gaps in my workaday life we are so mesmerised by the difference that we become indifferent to  our Malay language  past, and now in the possibilities of our future. History might yet prove, using its special long hand, that differences pale before a common purpose.  deputy minister Datuk Dr J. Loga Bala Mohan  Never blame  our Malay language  for your whipping this inferiority complex  of   our Malay language we are all about exotica and become chauvinistically proud of our cultural heritage. Just like there is a saying that language is a mirror of culture  of a country in which the language is used.It is generally agreed that language and culture are closely related. Language can be viewed as a verbal expression of culture. It is used to maintain and convey culture and cultural ties. Language provides us with many of the categories we use for expression of our thoughts, so it is therefore natural to assume that our thinking is influenced by the language which we use. The values and customs in the country we grow up in shape the way in which we think to a certain extent. Datuk Dr J. Loga Bala Mohan should take firm action on the misuse of  our Malay language.According to Benjamin Lee Whorf and his theory of linguistic relativity, language shapes the way we think, and determines what we think about. He believed that depending on the language we speak we see the world differently. How do I love Malay language ? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love with a passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose, I shall but love  my Malay language forever “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit Where the mind is led forward by thee Into ever-widening thought and action Into that heaven of freedom  my Malay language , let my country awake.” A new “crisis” broke out  in Parliament  the dark-skinned cannibal who is canibalising  the Malay language  threatening to spear  to death of  the Malay language  if I bring the Malay language issue in Parliamen  Korean also reflects many unique aspects of Korean cultures. Let’s examine some characteristics of Korean and observe how Korean culture is embedded in the language.,language always reflects many aspects of the culture The 14,000 character manifesto drafted by Chen Yuan in 1991, grasped “not only the gun, but the asset economy as well” . It appropriated companies, land and national resources and handed over business to professionals . This last was the critical ingredient for success. Thanks to Mao, we had Macaulay. The letter of invitation from Zhang Yannong, president of People’s Daily, said clearly: “Please be advised that the working language of the program is English and the participating journalist should be proficient in English”. Well said. All the Chinese delegates however were speaking in Mandarin and we had earphones interpreting what was being said. Conquering English is however the biggest challenge wthat China faces today and the ‘Chinese dream’ is all about learning the Queen’s English as the first step to rule the world. This was a ten-course dinner, the best one has had so far. The fare included some fish bladder, sautéed black fungus and ginseng soup in white fungus. Couldn’t wait to lay my hands on it. Alas, there was no spoon, fork or knife on the table. Only chopsticks. The rest of the table was pretty comfortable using the sticks as extended fingers, clicking away to glory. I asked for a fork and it took about ten people in intense confabulations to figure out what I wanted. Started eating about half an hour after all the guests were half way through. This was at a 5-star resort in Nanning, one of south China’s biggest cities. “Don’t know English”, was all that they could say. Same problem when I asked for a loo/ toilet/washroom in the middle of this conference where China had invited delegates from about 15 countries to explain to them the concept of the ‘Chinese dream’ Loga Bala Mohan warned some are sometimes tempted by the thought of strategic ludo. It is the responsibility of their political masters to ensure that the game does not escalate into snakes-and-ladders. Attempts by Opposition lawmakers to cite Federal Territories Deputy Minister Datuk Dr J. Loga Bala Mohan to the Rights and Privileges Committee were rejected by Dewan Rakyat. Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia rejected Lim Lip Eng’s (DAP-Segambut) motion to refer Dr J. Loga to the committee for allegedly misleading Parliament over the DBKL assessment issue. “After considering the feedback from the ministry and the views of both parties concerned, there are no grounds to show that there was intent or malice to mislead the Dewan,” he said when making the ruling under Standing Order 36(12) in Parliament on Tuesday He said that the issue was one of the delivery and interpretation of the statements by Dr J. Loga and Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor last Thursday. Pandikar said that the reply given by the minister and his deputy merely stated that the assessment exercise would definitely go on but the exact amount would only be determined at the end of March after considering protest by stakeholders. “If an issue of public interest is raised in Dewan, please do not to politicise it,” he reminded lawmakers after making his ruling. Lim attempted to cite Dr J. Loga to the committee for alleging misleading the House by stating that the new DBKL assessment rate was deferred till end of March pending submission of protest by affected homeowners beginning Dec 17. Lim claimed this was in contradiction to a statement by Tengku Adnan who was reported to have said that the assessment would proceed this January. Earlier, both Dr J. Loga and Lim were given the opportunity to state their case before Dewan before announcing his ruling. The issue saw Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat lawmakers trading barbs with Teresa Kok (DAP-Seputeh) and Datuk Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) calling on each other to be cited to the committee inst the dark-skinned cannibal threatening to cannibalise the Malay language  to death Regulating  through law has a downside because the adversarial, legal process we follow is pretty poor at establishing “guilt”.  DBKL are so busy lining the roads for VIPs and doing crowd control, that investigating individual crime is a low priority. Shoddy investigations often do not result in meeting the tests for enabling the   to encroach . This is especially so when public sympathy is not with  like   Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor … Read more