DBP urges Sarawak govt to reconsider ‘premier’ title, says gives impression of a PM post at state-level


PETALING JAYA: Sarawak should reconsider its plan to change the title of its state government leader from the title "chief minister" to "premier", says Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka’s (DBP) board of control chairman Prof Datuk Awang Sariyan.

He said that there are long-term implications to the use of the term, such as the possible perception that there is a prime minister at the state level.

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