A READER sent in this media release that was issued on April 25 by the Inland Revenue Board. She writes:

“This is probably a very good example of why Malaysia should continue to insist on good command of English. Not only did the ‘Director of Corporate Communitions’ see it fit to let it go without proofreading, it shows an increasing inability to differentiate between the use of ‘it’s’ and ‘its’.

“Very embarrassing, especially as this involves our Inland Revenue Board!”

Here is an excerpt from the media release.

Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri Malaysia (LHDNM) would like to clarify that it’s official website is in Bahasa Malaysia dan English only.

Considering the large amount of requests for the web to be in Mandarin, LHDNM has with good intentions, facilitates by just turning on the direct translation by Google with a disclaimer:

“This is a direct translation from Malay Version of the IRBM’s website. It’s aim is to provide facilities for different language users to use this website. IRBM shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the usage of any information obtained from this site.”

In it’s determination to give the best services to it’s customer, LHDNM has started the converging process to the full Mandarin version web, but at this point in time it’s still not available. However the translated version of the PDF Form B or BE could be viewed in the Bahasa Malaysia website.

Taxpayers must fill-in the official Return Form in Bahasa Malaysia.

The Google auto-translation has been switch off as from this morning and LHDNM apologize for the misunderstanding caused.

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