Time for Majlis Profesor Negara to step in
THE Interlok saga which hogged headlines for weeks has been resolved. The novel by Datuk Abdullah Hussain will be retained as a literature component of Bahasa Malaysia for fifth-formers in schools. However, sections deemed sensitive to the Indian community will be amended. That members of th...
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| author | Abd Razak, Dzulkifli |
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| description | THE Interlok saga which hogged headlines for weeks has been resolved. The novel by Datuk Abdullah Hussain will be retained as a literature component of Bahasa Malaysia for fifth-formers in schools.
However, sections deemed sensitive to the Indian community will be amended.
That members of the Cabinet are involved in offering a solution to the quandary is rather unusual, since the issue is academic-cum-literary in nature.
The last time the Cabinet was in this predicament was when a similar incident flared up, which led to it acting as an editorial board of sorts, directing a group of academics on how to write a book about race relations in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | usm-320042020-02-11T04:26:53Z http://eprints.usm.my/32004/ Time for Majlis Profesor Negara to step in Abd Razak, Dzulkifli L7-991 Education (General) THE Interlok saga which hogged headlines for weeks has been resolved. The novel by Datuk Abdullah Hussain will be retained as a literature component of Bahasa Malaysia for fifth-formers in schools. However, sections deemed sensitive to the Indian community will be amended. That members of the Cabinet are involved in offering a solution to the quandary is rather unusual, since the issue is academic-cum-literary in nature. The last time the Cabinet was in this predicament was when a similar incident flared up, which led to it acting as an editorial board of sorts, directing a group of academics on how to write a book about race relations in Malaysia. 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32004/1/DZUL15.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2011) Time for Majlis Profesor Negara to step in. New Sunday Times. |
| spellingShingle | L7-991 Education (General) Abd Razak, Dzulkifli Time for Majlis Profesor Negara to step in |
| title | Time for Majlis Profesor Negara to step in |
| title_full | Time for Majlis Profesor Negara to step in |
| title_fullStr | Time for Majlis Profesor Negara to step in |
| title_full_unstemmed | Time for Majlis Profesor Negara to step in |
| title_short | Time for Majlis Profesor Negara to step in |
| title_sort | time for majlis profesor negara to step in |
| topic | L7-991 Education (General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/32004/ http://eprints.usm.my/32004/1/DZUL15.pdf |