Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) plans to produce more programmes in Bahasa Malaysia (BM) that are starred or handled by non-Malays.Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said this was because many of the Bahasa Malaysia programmes broadcast by the station now only involved Malay actors and had no active participation from other races.According to him, [...]
Malaysians and other Asians should ignore the press freedom ratings made by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) as the body is not a judge on local values, Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said yesterday.
He said the ratings were based on Western values of press freedom, which were mainly driven by the market [...]
Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said the council should act professionally to be respected and should not allow itself to be used by certain individuals for their own political interest.He said the Bar Council was no longer professional by pressuring the government to set a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate the unauthenticated [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )The narrow nationalism attitude is hampering efforts to turn Bahasa Malaysia into a unifying language, said Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin.He said certain groups of educated Malays had even objected to the government’s move to switch the term “bahasa Melayu” to “Bahasa Malaysia”.Zainuddin said the government had not been successful in strengthening Bahasa [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The society must accept the apology by Wee Meng Chong who has regretted mocking the national anthem and making racial slurs, Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said today.He said the 24-year-old Wee, a mass communication student at Ming Chuan University in Taiwan, had made the mistake by choosing the national anthem and mocking [...]
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Muslims in the country should exercise wisdom in addressing religious issues and not become hysterical when confronted with something seen as challenging their faith or belief like a film, Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said.
He said it was crucial for parents to nurture strong religious belief in their children, which would protect them from being [...]
“The Malay language belongs to Malaysians of all races and not just the Malays. The term Bahasa Malaysia would instil a sense of belonging,” Zainuddin told The Star yesterday.
He said the term Bahasa Malaysia was introduced by Tunku Abdul Rahman after the country’s independence to inculcate a Malaysian identity.
“It was generally accepted [...]
Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin today reminded local media practitioners not to follow the style of the foreign media who are prejudiced towards the country.“I hope local journalists will not dance to the tune of their foreign counterparts. There are local journalists who think too highly of the foreign media, and to me, this [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin has ticked off certain media organisations for abusing the transparency of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi by rekindling racial political issues.He said the move could harm the social contract that has been well received by the Malays, Chinese and Indians.“To me, press freedom cannot go beyond the [...]
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