Abdullah broadened outlook by learning English


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 07 Sep 2005

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, reminiscing about his school days in High School Bukit Mertajam, said it had moulded him into someone who made friends easily with those from other races. 

The Prime Minister spent the first four years of his primary education at a madrasah before being sent to the English school where he was placed in the Special Malay Class 1 (SMC 1) as he could not speak in English back then. 

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