Nation’s civil servants to brush up on English skills


KUALA LUMPUR: While upholding the use of Bahasa Malaysia, efforts will be made to strengthen the use of English among civil servants this year, says Nga Kor Ming (pic).

In line with such efforts, the Housing and Local Development Minister said that his ministry will organise several initiatives, including holding English speech competitions, to ensure that civil servants will be encouraged to be sufficiently bilingual.

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