Sabah continues to accept official letters in Malay and English, says state deputy secretary

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 26 — The Sabah government will continue accepting official letters in Malay and English for the time being, says Sabah Deputy Secretary Datuk Ahemad...

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“Sabah’s top leadership will be having a meeting to discuss whether we want to follow our federal counterpart in this regard. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim reminded official letters sent to government departments must be written in the national language, otherwise they would be returned to the sender.Anwar reasoned that empowering the culture of the national language is an essential part of nation building, in line with the fundamentals of the Federal Constitution which requires communication with government departments to be in the national language.

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