When the choice of words matter


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  • Saturday, 22 Dec 2018

Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik.

ONCE again, Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik has come under fire from Sarawakians for something he said in Parliament.

In September, he ruffled a lot of feathers for saying in a written parliamentary reply that the Ministry was against the use of English as a medium of instruction in national schools, including schools in Sarawak, despite the special privileges granted to Sarawak with regard to the English language.

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