Illustration by Lam Yik Chun. Over the last two decades of using text messaging, I’ve come to believe that the 10th circle of hell comprises people who use ‘jelak’ without knowing its proper spelling, ...

SINGAPORE - The Malay Language Learning and Promotion Committee (MLLPC), under the Ministry of Education (MOE), launched a Cultural Performance Exposure Fund (CPEF) on Thursday (March 16) to boost ...

SINGAPORE – In an interview in which Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong talked about his aspirations for Singapore and the challenges that lie ahead, the 51-year-old leader also gave the media a ...

BEIJING (Bernama): Amid the lively bustle of Pearl Market, where hundreds of traders compete for visitors' attention in Mandarin and English, the distinct call of women speaking Malay stands out.

The Education Ministry will be setting up language resource centres in Malaysian embassies abroad, said Education Minister Tan Sri Musa Mohamad. The resource centres will enable the international ...

SINGAPORE - Putra Irwan, 10, has never climbed a mountain before but now he knows what to say if he scales one and reaches its summit. "Puncak" - which means peak in Malay - was one of the new words ...

SINGAPORE — Mr Andy Mirza, a 42-year-old lecturer at a tertiary institute, says that he exclusively speaks English to his two sons, aged 11 and 8, because he is “more comfortable with the language”.

BEIJING - Amid the lively bustle of Pearl Market, where hundreds of traders compete for visitors' attention in Mandarin and English, the distinct call of women speaking Malay stands out. "Mari adik, ...

As mentioned by the prime minister lately, the teaching and learning of STEM subjects like Science and Maths in English will benefit the Malays in the long run. In fact, the interdisciplinary and ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will discuss with regional leaders to make Bahasa Melayu or Malay as the second language of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said Prime Minister Ismail Sabri ...