KUALA LUMPUR: Reviving Jawi and upholding the Malay virtues are in line with keeping to the definition of who the Malays are in the Federal Constitution, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
The Prime Minister said given that Article 160(2) of the Federal Constitution states that “a Malay” is one who is Muslim, speaks Malay and practises the Malay customs and traditions”, it was high time that the Malays revived Jawi writing, which has aesthetic values.
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