Federal Govt must accept official correspondence in English, says Sarawak minister


SIBU: The Federal Government is obligated to accept letters that are written in English in official communications from Sarawak, says state Deputy Public Health, Housing and Local Government Minister Michael Tiang (pic).

"The federal government in fact has a duty to entertain English letters from Sarawak for official communications as the National Language Act 1963/67 was never extended to Sarawak," he said in a statement on Thursday (Oct 26).

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