From avid reader to national language icon


Shining star: Lim (centre) receiving the National Malay Language Icon certificate from DBP board chairman Datuk Dr Anwar Ridhwan during the DBP Appreciation Awards Ceremony at Menara DBP in Kuala Lumpur.

JOHOR BARU: He is only 24 but in his own words, he is “old school”.

Law graduate Lim San Shien loves reading the newspapers in three languages – English, Bahasa Malaysia and Chinese – a practice he started since his primary school days.

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