THE Peranakan Chinese community was among the pioneers of Malay journalism during the British colonial period in Malaya.
Universiti Sains Malaysia Vice-Chancellor Prof Datuk Dzulkifli Abdul Razak said the community pioneered several newspapers in Romanised Malay script and had encouraged Peranakan readers to learn the Malay language.
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