FINALLY, the powers-that-be are beginning to see the light in not making it a necessity to state our race in official forms. This is definitely a step forward towards achieving 1Malaysia.
At the Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia office in Ipoh recently, I saw the 1Malaysia concept epitomised.
The female Indian officer at the information counter adeptly spoke in English and Bahasa Malaysia to most of her clients and when a Tamil-speaking client was at the counter, she skilfully switched to Tamil.
If she only knew Mandarin, she would have been the envy of many.
Language then could be the other step we should take towards a 1Malaysia. Why limit ourselves to Bahasa Malaysia as the lingua franca in Malaysia? We are in a country where a host of languages and dialects are spoken.
As true Malaysians, we should each try to have knowledge of these languages and dialects and use them to foster unity.
The STAR, Letters to the Editor (Thursday, August 20, 2009)
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