A new policy requiring civil servants in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, to be able to speak basic English by 2015 has sparked a debate between those who say it will make the ...

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Novelists and social satirists to the contrary notwithstanding, there is no people in the world who have better domestic help than the English, and this fact is less due to the superiority of the ...

KUALA LUMPUR: While upholding the use of Bahasa Malaysia, efforts will be made to strengthen the use of English among civil servants this year, says Nga Kor Ming (pic). In line with such efforts ...

PETALING JAYA: A former senior government official has criticised Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) for reprimanding civil servants over their use of English in the names of government programmes ...

DBP director-general Hazami Jahari said some civil servants prioritised English over the national language when naming government programmes, premises, courses, and campaigns. Dewan Bahasa dan ...