(AFP) - Malaysia's deputy education minister has said that speaking English in the workplace is "weird" and harmful to the nation's culture and identity, a report said Wednesday.
Mohd Puad Zarkashi said employees in the private sector used English 99 percent of the time and should switch to Bahasa Malaysia in order to show pride in the national language, the New Straits Times reported.
"This also occurs in government-linked companies where we have this weird culture of people speaking to each other in English instead of the national language," he said at the launch of a linguistics seminar.
"We are polluting our own culture and identity as a nation," he said.
"It would be difficult to strengthen the position of Bahasa Malaysia if this culture continued," he added, urging Malaysians to emulate the French, Japanese and Koreans, who stuck to their own language.
The New Straits Times said Mohd Puad also criticised young people for using a mix of English and Bahasa Malaysia in SMS text messages and on the Internet.
He called on the nation's leaders to use Bahasa Malaysia for all meetings and events and said that when he receives letters in English he returns them and asks for them to be written in the national language.
English is widely spoken in Malaysia, a multicultural nation where the population is dominated by Muslim Malays but also includes large ethnic Chinese and Indian populations.
Many Malaysians speak several languages including English, Bahasa Malaysia, and Chinese and Indian dialects.
written by Commonsenses, November 24, 2009 21:02:29
written by Devoe, November 24, 2009 10:09:20
written by alan cheong, November 23, 2009 14:44:57
woi kurang ajar, bahasa melayu engko tu bukannya bahasa melayu ... sebenarnya campuran hindi, sanskrit
masakan bahasa melayu mampu menangani keperluan dunia (hindi word) terkini?
bahasa dan tamaddun melayu jauh ketinggalan tamaddun lain sebab kemajuan anda masih kat tahap bayi - nak setaraf pada peringkat antarabangsa kon ... piiiirrrraaah mabuk.
TAK SEDAR DIRI.
yang lagi teruk, mulut kecek sa, tange buat lain ... munafeequn.
written by durianbesar, November 23, 2009 13:34:39
Why cant our dud Education ministers do what Singapore a small "dog" can show a big oversized bitch called UMNO who fixated the whole nation like Hitler... did... well it seems now that they are like NAZIS this UMNO bunch of bitches..... yes I call them bitches.. regardless of them being male of female.. he he LOL....
Now if they did a simple task of teaching your own mother tongue as a second language, teach English as a first language and Bahasa as a secondary language, you will not go wrong.....
Malaysia is producing more duds and these duds work as whores for the civil service.. ( I eat my words for those of you who are doing the right thing and this excludes any one who is in the civil service but not in the above category my pardon).
Yes.. walk into the immigration office, and you see a percentage of the duds, walk into the police force.... the bitch and dud of the highest order is the IGP himself and his sidekicks.... the AG another product of a bitch of all sorts and his sidekicks... also the NAJIS shit fcuk head... PM and his fcukwit wife Roachmah.!!!
All piss heads and dickheads.. including their chilldren who want to look cultured but living off the rakyat;s money to go overseas and study....... but do not want the ordinary folks to get an education....
we know who you are you bitches.. ...
So MAKE ENGLISH the national language.. and everyone from every indegeneous culture have their mother tongue as their first language and Bahasa Malaysia (pre 1970) as the version that is well respected. The present version shove it up your arses man.. you fcukwit Dewan Bahasa and Pimps.......
written by Drift_king, November 23, 2009 10:51:06
I remember some years ago, one journalsit in Singapore commented that mamakutty was the Top Dog in region due to his long serving as PM and all other PMs in the region retired. This idiots picked a fight with Singapore for accusing them of calling mamakutty a Dog...hehehehehe...unbelievable!
Please do not make us laugh anymore....you are starting to make us feel sick.
written by jaz, November 23, 2009 09:22:26
written by jaz, November 23, 2009 09:19:50
written by PresleyP, November 22, 2009 23:57:30
The Bahasa Malaysia today is probably 55% rojak, mostly transformed from English with a little change in spelling and so on such as "communikasi", biologi and fiziks etc. Do you find pride in this type of language ?
Don't forget that as soon as you get on the plane, you can basically throw the BM into the sea.
How many techinical books and medical books are written in BM ? Do a little research on how many technical books are written in French and Japanese before you open your stupid mouth. And Thus how do you expect the students to study technical books if they are only good at BM.
Of course if all Rakyat does not understand English, they will not be polluted by the Western people and internet news and thus can be continue to be fooled by the BN government through Malay newspaper such as Berita and Utusan, right ?
How do you expect to trade in international level without good command of English ? How do you uplift the standard of education since our local universities and slipping back in ranking and our students cannot go overseas due to handicap in English. Please use your thick skull to think further before you open your idiotic mouth.
Don't forget, one of the Selangor ex-MB tried to smuggle the corrupted AUD 1 million equivalent to Australia, years ago and was caught because he "no speek Inglish".
To all, the system in BN and UMNO specifically, it is not what you know, it is who you know and who you suck that get you up there. No point bitching about it, just vote for PR in the next GE.
written by thirdeye, November 22, 2009 19:28:25
written by Fairminded, November 22, 2009 12:03:18
written by onnetline, November 22, 2009 10:23:00
It's truly embarrassing for a country to have a minister with little or no common sense.
Or maybe, she's being a fcukking racist bitch !!
written by Rainbowseahorse, November 22, 2009 00:29:37
Tell dia tak sesuai masi pakai UMNO tau, because nama UMNO untuk UNITED MALAY NATIONAL ORGANIZTION, dan nama tu bukan BM.
Faham u maksud I ker?


...kek-kek-kek
written by PeacefulMalaysia, November 21, 2009 22:51:42
THE MALAYS ARE A BUNCH OF STUPID PEOPLE
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE TO PROOF - the A*****e
They dont know their history and they dont want to know.
They THINK they are smart by being a BIG MOUTH
It ONLY shows their STUPIDITY.
Please the MALAYS proof me WRONG ( my ass)
written by bambooman, November 21, 2009 17:40:04
this statement refers to all the bee..end ministers and their cronies!!!
written by onnetline, November 21, 2009 16:13:54
................. both trying to communicate and compete globally in Bahasa Melayu !
Without a doubt .............. unadulterated morons ! ! !
written by onnetline, November 21, 2009 16:05:10
This ' beech ' is detrimental to the development need and mastery of a great universal necessity,English to compete globally !
No common sense ................... another moronic minister ! ! !
written by max_crazy, November 20, 2009 23:22:19
written by max_crazy, November 20, 2009 22:50:53
written by Angela Ooi, November 20, 2009 19:10:00
My neighbour just related this story. .. A young Malay couple came to her school to enrol their daughter and told her he regrets he cannot speak or understand English anymore cos they were forced to use BM in their workplace at all times, he has since forgotten all the English he learnt before. He is making sure his daughter get a headstart now. The Malays now realise how disadvantaged they are without competency in English and are blaming the Govt...over to you Moron Deputy Ed Minister Mohd Puad!!
written by orangbukit, November 20, 2009 12:36:13
written by Fart Fart Wah, November 20, 2009 00:10:50
This bugger wants FDI and then he wants those guys to speak MOOlayu and then when they do not come he says he will say we do not need them..and then he will be in the PM"S gerombolan to go and look for FDI somewhere in Europe or America or England or Australia for FDI ( belajar sambil melawat) and then we will have BN governor saying ..we have FDI..
ayoh....WHY LAH YOU MAKE US LIKE YOU FOOLS TOO??????
written by sitiabdullah, November 19, 2009 21:28:34
For those who work in an international company it is natural to speak in English.
Puad shut your mouth as you display your foolishness and so does your name.
written by tino_chan1988, November 19, 2009 19:15:38
What a LOAD OF CRAP!....Malaysia truly BOLEH!!
WTF!
written by JJFoo, November 19, 2009 18:06:17
MOST Malaysian are all proud Multi-linguists. BODOH!
Now who is the wierd one?
written by Garend, November 19, 2009 17:16:46
HOW CAN U SAY IT"S WEIRD.. when majority of your kids are studying OVERSEA SPEAKING ENGLISH?
I think i know what they are trying to do here.. they are trying to keep the ppl illiterate..
SO WE DON"T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH>... then we won't be corrupted by the ENGLISH Majority written INTERNET.. then we have to rely on CRAPS like UTUSAN.. for the BN SPIN Story... WOW..
Good JOB THERE...
written by asguard, November 19, 2009 14:49:48
written by Ben Nordin, November 19, 2009 14:15:20
written by Shiva, November 19, 2009 13:25:34
written by EYFF, November 19, 2009 11:46:53













written by EYFF, November 19, 2009 11:41:03
For someone so ignorant, and a Deputy Minister to boot , perhaps you should go back to school??










written by EYFF, November 19, 2009 11:30:31
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What culture and identity is he hawking about??
The National Language or Bahasa Melayu was a reinvention of the Malay and English languages after the Independence. The task was entrusted to Dewan Pustaka that set about coining new words and grammar for the mongrel language!
Malays, like Tunku and P Ramli of the 40s and 50s will find great difficult in understand the Malay language as it is spoken today? And for the matter, the older generation and us Kampong folks also!!
So where is the culture and heritage as claimed by this moron?? Perhaps it is time for this Weird individual to steal some more cultures and heritage from Indonesia??


























: D

written by jaz, November 19, 2009 11:17:53
WTF.
Sorry, you only take your master race seriously. While we are all just descent of immigrants. I'm not proud of my national language. My country does not treat me as it's equal citizen. My country call me a Chinaman. I love my country, but my country does not love me back.
written by Oscar Winner, November 19, 2009 11:01:29
written by budakindia, November 19, 2009 09:45:18
written by Apek, November 19, 2009 08:56:55
Your feeble forays into the English language has only managed to confirm that you are a racial bigot.
Language is a means of communication. It is a means of communicating ideas and concepts in abstract form so that your listeners can understand what you are saying. The basic facility needed in communication is actually the ability to listen.
Deaf people have difficulty speaking because they cannot hear and therefore emulate. By making the assumption that language is a cornerstone of loyalty to the state, you are immediately excluding all deaf and dumb people in Malaysia and saying that they are also "wierd" for not being able to say anything let alone in Bahasa Malaysia.
Language must be left for language and communication sake - nothing more. Do not politicise language. Let me remind you that this nation is being held together by a whole lot of non nonsense, no loophole, honest tax paying and many-language speaking Malaysians. Kindly attempt your level best not to insult them.
written by adan, November 19, 2009 07:50:14
written by allmenarebrothers, November 19, 2009 06:07:19
written by SamBall, November 19, 2009 03:50:19
tak pi sekolah orang putih ka? aiyo, macam mana bolih jadi menteri? humnooo punya menteri semua nya bodoh sangat; qualiti kurang memuaskan...mashallah!
amat besar kemaluan saya....
written by rotary power, November 19, 2009 03:06:49
Malaysia will be doom ! soon unless ,we finished them off in the next election.
written by truthbespoken, November 19, 2009 01:26:07
written by mowadoha, November 19, 2009 00:58:13
Dear Dr. Puad Zakarshi, how about this? Are you willing to act on this "weird" thing ......
written by mowadoha, November 19, 2009 00:32:41
written by wood, November 19, 2009 00:29:58
Malaysia is Finished !!!!!! Might as well ban the speaking of English in the private sector and all foreign buyers to Malaysia must employ Malaysian graduates speaking Malay to act as translators !!!! and all the bosses who can't speak Malay need to employ these graduates !!
So very "clever" to come out with this kind of statement. Why not make it into a ruling or law and all the Malay speaking graduates can also find employment !!!!
1Malaysia and Malaysia Bolehland !!!!







written by Awang Kuku, November 18, 2009 23:50:03
written by Msian Idol3, November 18, 2009 23:45:47
written by SiHangChai, November 18, 2009 23:39:48
written by kinggerrard, November 18, 2009 23:38:57
Don't compare with Japan, France, Korea! Do you know who they are? All the people around the world need to trade with them and they're not afraid not able to speak English. But for you, who's trading with you? The people around the world?? Don't bullshit yourself and us! The one who trading with you are only your cronies! That's the reason why you don't f***ing know how to speak a good English!
Please don't be our No.1 in the future! We won't feel proud for having a PM who needs a translator!! By the way, you boleh faham kah apa saya cakap?? Otherwise, call your translator now please!!
written by rocky, November 18, 2009 23:33:22
written by burn22, November 18, 2009 23:27:20
written by Sutha, November 18, 2009 22:56:34
Anyway, this Balls Carrier was only trying to promote the Melayu language which has a vocabulary strength of less than 200 words (after removing those originating from English, Arab, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil and Chinese). But if we remove the Orang Asli's words, the Melayu language will have no more than 150 words.
And the Balls Carrier wants these 150 words be used in commerce, trade, science, it, communication, research, medicine, law, etc,
Is it that UMNO made him a moron by virtue of being a member, or that because he is a moron, he therefore rightly joined UMNO? BODOH PUNYA LEMBU!
written by 40yom, November 18, 2009 21:33:35
Almost RM5 billion allocated to raise English proficiency
KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) -- The government has allocated almost RM5 billion to strengthen the teaching and learning of English in schools, the Senate was told Thursday.
Deputy Education Minister, Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the ministry had also provided training for English teachers to help them raise students' proficiency in English.
"We will also include various modules like listening, speaking, writing and literature with focus on grammar. We will ensure that English proficiency means that one not only can speak the language, but can also use it correctly," he said in reply to Senator Samsiah Samsudin Thursday.
Mohd Puad said the government was also planning to recruit 13,933 English teachers for this purpose.
Earlier, when replying to the Senator Zaitun Mat's original question on the number of expert English teachers placed in rural schools, Mohd Puad said that as of today, there were 9,293 excellent teachers in various grades and expertise nationwide.
"Of the total, 954 are English teachers and 622 of them are placed in secondary schools and 332 are in primary schools, both in urban and rural areas," he added. (US$1=RM3.52) -- (BERNAMA)
Today In Asia : Last Update : 08:54:25 10 July 2009 (GMT+7:00)
written by mansel, November 18, 2009 21:16:06
written by thum, November 18, 2009 21:14:31
with this kind of deputy education minister, no wonder.












what a retarded sod
written by Birds Talking, November 18, 2009 20:58:55
FUAD i know. PUAD? What?
Can't we get smarter ppl as DEPUTY EDUCATION MINISTER? Education as in Educate...Ptui!
Come on PM are you really short of smart people?
We really need SMART people to do SMART things..and not blab out stoopid things!
written by born2reign, November 18, 2009 20:51:49
Najib, I'm sure this is part of your Malaysia-high-income-nation strategy. Speaks volumes about your leadership and intellect. What a Clown Minister.
written by Sabahfan, November 18, 2009 20:49:26
THE ONLY THING WEIRD in Malazutland is the UMNO leaders who flip flops in their policies or simply toooo stupid for their own glory
written by hiro, November 18, 2009 20:49:19
written by Wisdom above, November 18, 2009 20:48:39
written by Sabahfan, November 18, 2009 20:47:35
France, Japan and Korea used and have their own language because the country is NOT multiracial in the beginning UNLIKE MAlaysialand.
Malaysia was formed with a background of MULTI lingo, so its only fair that a NEUTRAL language will be used and the most efficient one, which is ENGLISH.
Using Bahasa Layu is just kissing the asssses of the TOYOLS and all the pirates from the INDONS
written by magickriver, November 18, 2009 20:46:51
Mr Pink Lips took us back to the climate of fear of the 1980s... but this jerk has done one better... he has taken the whole country back to the early 1970s with his linguistic jingoism and betempurunged utterances. So typically Kampong Umno! Hey, Puad... you know what your name sounds like? Some cartoon character dumping a huge pot of stale porridge from the 20th floor.
written by Sabahfan, November 18, 2009 20:43:13
1. What kinda name is PUAD ZARKASHI? arabic or pilipin pirates or indun pirate?
2. It is Bahasa Malaysia or Bahasa Melayu, the stupid language from indunisia??
3. Why all the education ministers before and now sent all their children abroad to study in English instead of in their own sekolah kebangsaan?
4. Why dont all your UMNO leaders including Firaun, Najis, Bodohwi, etc go and address the UNITED NAtion in your stupid Bahasa, just like the French?
5. Why cant your stupid Malay lecturers at the Medical school lectures your medicine at University Malaya and all other university in FULL Bahasa LAYU?
6. Why dont your malay computer science graduates produce all software in Bahasa Layu language? And I dont meant the webpages or the responses in the software, I mean you draft or create the software in LAYU language, all the programing steps etc..
MY POINT IS your Bahasa is a LAYU language, layu also means shrivelled or dead.
I go for English forever because......
1. English is already established as the leading international language.
2. Creating the artificial language BM is just for the glory of the LAYU people in UMNO, for your political convenience... initially forced in parliament to create a disadvantage to the Chinese and indians MPs who were initially weak in the bahasa. NOW it seems the opposition chinese can speak better bahasa than the stupid UMNO.
3. WHEN anwar first introduce Bahasa BAKU, most of the interschool speaking competition were won by Sabah students because the pronounciation in the Bahasa Baku was typical Sabah pronounciation. We win and win and win.
Having realised this, the UMNO bastards then cancelled Bahasa Baku, using the fall of Anwar as the excuse... HEY GUYS, do you still remember this?
the UMNO regime started demanding for Bahasa Melayu Johor Riau to be used instead.
Well, it s Bahasa MELAYU now, you Melayu people can KEEP your language I dont want it.
BUT English should be the official language of malaysia because the country was BORN multiracial, if you demand a local language, why was not KADAzan used, or dayak or iban because it is the local language, while the LAYU language is that of INDONS...
conclusion, its either English and go to hell with UMNO...
written by Wahyu, November 18, 2009 20:36:16
Tulah sebabnya. Tolong jangan salahkan dia!
written by Aria, November 18, 2009 20:30:43
Most of us have to depend on foreign companies in Malaysia for our livelihoods. Why do you think that these foreign companies came to Malaysia? because Malaysian labor is cheaper than Indonesia or Thailand? because Malaysia infrastructure is so much better then Indonesia and Thailand? because Malaysian politics is so much better than Indonesia or Thailand? Indonesia and Thailand may have had worse Infrastructure and Politics, but they have caught up and we are going backwards. The only thing that is going for Malaysia is English. You dumb idiots are going to destroy this country. Don't compare us with France and Japan you idiot, we are not in the same league.
We better vote BN out or we will all loose our jobs.
written by ricardo, November 18, 2009 20:29:56
written by Eskay345, November 18, 2009 20:08:43
No wonder the standard of education in the country keeps falling.
You know what to do PM Najb, in your next cabinet reshuffle.
written by sataysticks, November 18, 2009 20:08:00
Did you pass your UPSR exam? Whenever you open your never teeth brushed mouth, you talk lot a kokaduddledoo!
Go get yourself some education.
Such a narrow minded idiotic Minister of Education. Puuii
written by Nixcloud, November 18, 2009 20:07:50
anybody remember the time when PM Maha wanted to quit during an UMNO annual general meeting, right on stage in front of the microphone on national tv, all the kaki bodeks (i remember hisapputing being one of them) were all talking to each other in english.
oh, and why under the NEP, all malay students who scored Grade 1 in their SPM were send to US and UK to study - they are suppose to be the cream of the crop, they should remain and study in UKm dalam bahasa melayu.
send all of them to kamunting!
written by elmo world, November 18, 2009 20:07:48
why border sending your own kids abroad..........FFFFFFFFFFFFFFk
if am not wrong our Agung family too using English to communicate to each other. Use your NOODLES 1st before you open ur mouth & pollute the air.
Do you all politicians know you all are so embarassing to us the RAKYAT!!
what is that so proud of speaking bahasa but copied from English.
shame on you all that changed the English education system........MALU
written by talk2stop, November 18, 2009 20:06:06
Malaysia should implement all foreigners to understand read and write Bahasa Malaysian before investing in Malaysia. All Malaysian passport should changed to Bahasa Malaysia and any tourists coming to Malaysia must apply for a Bahasa Malaysia passport if not goodbye and go elsewhere. Malaysia must tell the rest of the world Malaysia do not accept any other language except Bahasa Malaysia.
English what a stupid language. How do you say that in Bahasa Malaysia?
written by Badrol, November 18, 2009 20:05:34
I agree 100% with you that this nazri is an idiot but are you trying to tell that he, being an idiot, is not weird?
written by miwaki, November 18, 2009 19:49:49
written by miwaki, November 18, 2009 19:47:16
written by roggon, November 18, 2009 19:44:49
written by Fuminari, November 18, 2009 19:42:54
written by tokbahaman, November 18, 2009 19:42:02
Let me rephrased it in Bahasa Melayu so that it can sink in your thick skull. . .!
“Yang merosakan budaya kita didalam syarikat Kerajaan bukan bahasa Inggeris, tetapi “Rasuah”,. . .Bodoh!
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Betul, saya setuju, rasuah merosakkan segala nya tetapi bahasa inngeris saudara nahunya tak betul "Let me rephrased" yang betul nya, "let me rephrase" sebab kita berchakap dalam "present tense".
Mohon maaf, sekadar memperbetukan nahu sahaja.
written by kokwooiy, November 18, 2009 19:41:28
i would like to suggest that all the government ministers including our PM also MUST SPEAK only in Bahasa Malaysia, especially during press conference, eventhough sometime the reporters may ask questions in English, just answer in BM, let them translate by their own.
Can you and all the cabinet ministers do THAT ????????????????????????
i believe it should start from yourself.
written by cheekhiaw, November 18, 2009 19:39:04
xxx
written by Badrol, November 18, 2009 19:38:40
written by toni, November 18, 2009 19:36:28
another satanic UMNOPutra trying to kill the Malays from learning a 2nd language !
A terrible traitor to the Malays
He should be shot and cut body sent to hell
written by Proarte, November 18, 2009 19:33:33
Also because the education system has been deliberately vandalised by UMNO, the Malays have poor English language skills, and in order for them to feel less insecure or 'malu' he wants to discourage its use.
Let us face it, the average Malay would love to be able to converse fluently in English as it is a hallmark of education , status and wealth. So , yet again it is the UMNO politicians who are out of step with the wishes of the Malays.
written by eagle22, November 18, 2009 19:30:17
---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Ef5Aob4cE
written by malaysian1972, November 18, 2009 19:25:35
written by Watchdog, November 18, 2009 19:22:34




written by educationist, November 18, 2009 19:19:37
Another UMNOputra opening his mouth to shove his own foot in!!
In case he's not aware of it yet, having lived his life under the tempurung, English is the language of commerce and trade in the international arena!!
written by arazak, November 18, 2009 19:17:04
"We are polluting our own culture and identity as a nation," he said.
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Hello Puad Zakarkasih!
The thing that pollutes our culture in Government-linked companies is not English, but “Corruption”. . .Stupid!
Let me rephrased it in Bahasa Melayu so that it can sink in your thick skull. . .!
“Yang merosakan budaya kita didalam syarikat Kerajaan bukan bahasa Inggeris, tetapi “Rasuah”,. . .Bodoh!


























When we have ‘emulated’ what France, Japan and Korea, then perhaps we could place more importance on BM.
For the moment, we need the English Language for obvious reasons unknown to ignorant people like you.
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