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- The teaching of BM (Bahasa Malaysia) is made interesting, not demanding and punishing.

- Students are exposed to BM literary works, the great ones from Malaysia and Indonesia.

- BM is merged with Indonesian, which is way more advanced in its development.

- Native speakers of BM are exposed to their fast-dying culture, arts and heritage, even if it means Indonesia teaching ‘its culture’ to relatively barren Malaysia.

- People already fluent in English should make a good effort to speak BM decently.

- People already fluent in English should not see BM as a village language and should understand that BM was the lingua franca of the Asia-Pacific for time immemorial, and should therefore make a concerted effort to strengthen it in areas where it can thrive.

Note:

- All the above does not mean the teaching of Maths and Science in English should end.

- Malaysians must do their utmost to be the best in English because English is the language of the world.

- Malaysians should also strive to be good in Chinese (Mandarin) because China will soon be the king of the world, as prophesised by Lee Kuan Yew. Furthermore, Malaysia was part of China and Chinese domination of the world is destiny.

- But mastering English and Chinese does not mean and should never mean relegating BM to the back seat.

Those who are good in English and Chinese or both should make a serious effort to speak and write BM decently, and sell it to the world as the Asia-Pacific's most important linguistic heritage.


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