KOTA KINABALU: The Chinese and native Kadazan Dusun languages also needs to be made as among the many official languages of Sabah, says a Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) leader.
Gee Tien Siong mentioned whereas the proposal by two Sabah Pakatan Harapan lawmakers to make English because the state’s second official language was welcomed, the duo also needs to embrace Chinese and Kadazan Dusun as a part of their proposal.
“The opposition assemblymen, one with the Hakka mom tongue and the opposite Kadazan, ended up with each solely caring about making a ‘overseas language’ as Sabah’s official language,” he mentioned, in an announcement right here on Saturday (July 9).
Kadamaian assemblyman Datuk Ewon Benedick (Upko) and Luyang assemblyman Phoong Jin Zhe (DAP) mentioned on Friday (July 8) that they might be proposing English as Sabah’s second official language in the approaching state meeting assembly right here this month.
In addition, they mentioned, they might additionally suggest to re-set up the Malaysia Agreement Inter-Government Committee (IGC), including the proposals had been handed over to the State Assembly Speaker earlier Friday.
Gee, who can also be the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) vice chairman, mentioned the lawmakers ought to be taught from Singapore which has 4 languages – Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English – as its official and equal languages, with Malay because the nation’s nationwide language.
“All 4 languages are used for road names, public signboards and official bulletins, amongst others, in Singapore.
“On high of that, varied dialects might be freely spoken amongst its communities. This is what we will comply with, to provide correct standing and improve our personal native languages,” he added.
In their assertion on Friday, Benedick and Phoong mentioned their proposals have been necessary as they have been associated to the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) and the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) 1962 report.
They believed making English as Sabah’s second official language would additionally assist the folks be extra progressive and aggressive via the mastering of the worldwide language.
Gee, nonetheless, reminded all lawmakers, particularly in the Opposition, to hold out their jobs critically with the rakyat in thoughts as a substitute of doing them for the sake of attracting publicity and political leverage.
He additionally referred to as on the state authorities to determine studying establishments on varied native ethnic languages in Sabah to allow these endangered languages to proceed to thrive in the state.
