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`No plan to change Bahasa Melayu status', NEW STRAITS TIMES-MANAGEMENT.

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Byline: Kristen A. Graham

SEREMBAN, Mon. - The Government has no intention to change the status of Bahasa Melayu as the national language despite emphasis on English now.

Education Ministry parliamentary-secretary Datuk Mahadzir Mohd Khir said claims by some quarters that the use of English in Mathematics and Science would erode the identities of Malays and other races were unfounded.

The Government's consistent effort to promote Bahasa Melayu was proven in the entry requirement for universities and colleges where a credit in the language is a must. ...

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