4.11.08

A legal suit over signboards of all things - Malaysiakini

It is obvious that some people have nothing better to do than to treat this frivolous, non-issue as a big huge ISSUE and then blow it ALL out of proportions (over at Malaysiakini).

Will multilingual signboards cause the country's economy to nosedive?

Errr...NO.

Will multilingual signboards cause prices of things to increase?

Errr... NO.

Will multilingual signboards cause petrol prices to increase?

Errr...NO.

Will multilingual signboards (with the BM boards STILL up and NOT removed) cause Malaysians forget that BM is the national language?

Errr...NO.

Does multilingual signboards control the world?

Errr....NO.

Does multilingual signboards cause poverty?

Errr...NO.

Does multilingual signboards cause people to lose their jobs?

Errr...NO.

Does multilingual signboards cause increase in crimes such as robberies and rape and murders?

Errr...NO.

You get my point.

Methinks this group of people are probably too free and have nothing better to do with their time than to go through with this...

A newly-formed NGO comprising Malay graduates today filed a suit seeking a High Court injunction against both the state government and the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) from erecting the signboards.
- Malaysiakini
Oh wait. I forgot. This is DEFINITELY another CHEAP PUBLICITY STUNT. Want to know what the silly suit is about? Check out the full news over at Malaysiakini.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This group of so-called NGO is actually a politically motivated group formed by people brainwashed by UMNO's BTN programme about the defence of their supremacy and right of affirmative discrimination against others perpetually. If you frequent pasar malam, you can find the enterprising traders speak all sort of local dialects to his customers. This does not make him less malay and infringe on the status of the national language. Only politicians think so and therefore this NGO group should be a politcial group as such.

Anonymous said...

Well... From what I look at it... That NTR is gaining strength over DSAI in the Dewan. And his way is the Mongolian terminator way. Thus, when these NGO sees it, they find that it is a great opportunity to be noticed by the political party. Their anti-P.Rakyat's attitude could pave their way to more $$$ and domination over other ethnics... They never learn what's called "virtue", despite having such an Almighty God. Sad...

Totalcare said...

Why can not use additional language? This people better isolate their country into jungle. then they can talk their own language.

This NGO should think globalization and think how to help improve their economy standard rather then go talk about langauge issue.

If you want the Bahasa Malaysia to be internaltional:

1. Get our country better in term of economi, education, R&D, Then people will come to our country and autormatic they will learn our language.

2. Only know protess and bising-bising will not help, this people can call jaguh kampung. please change our mind of thinking.

They should look out of box if want to success and make the language internationally by it self.