Be proud, no Bahasa pasar please!


WHILE I totally agree that the proficiency of the English Language among Malaysians has eroded over the last few decades, we shouldn’t fool ourselves into thinking that all Malaysians are proficient in Bahasa Malaysia (BM).

Recently, I was at the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) office in Kuala Lumpur, waiting to be attended by a customer services officer.

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