Friday 19 September 2008

Irony...

Compare this...

No Need For Road Signs In Chinese

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (Bernama) -- Unnecessary.

That has been the general reaction to the move by a group of Gerakan members to put up road signs in Chinese in Penang Monday.

While some view the move as an exercise in futility, other see it as an
attempt to challenge the position of Malay as the national language.

The group put up the signs at the Beach Street as well as at Burmah Road, Macalister Road, Carnarvon Street, Chulia Street and Jalan C. Y. Choy...


Versus this...

Tuesday September 16, 2008 (The Star)
Teresa in good spirits but dad says she is unwell


... She was also told that three charges against her were relating to issues on the azan, Islamic Department of Selangor (JAIS) and the use of Jawi words on road signs...


We want muhibbah road signs
February 14th, 2008 by DAP Seputeh


...In the Seputeh constituency, the residents in Taman Seputeh were the first to make noise over the road signs with Jawi words. I found out that many roads in Taman Tan Yew Lai have Jawi words now. I then called a second press conference a few days ago.

Today, the four DAP MPs in Kuala Lumpur presented a multilingual Muhibbah road sign board and a memorandum to the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur.

The 4 DAP MPs presented the Muhibbah road signboard to En Shaari,
the PA to Datuk Bandar of Kuala Lumpur....


Worse than kids... haihz...

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