Legislative Council Speaker Datuk Seri Setia Awang Abdul Rahman with Indonesian House of Representatives’ Dr H Fadli Zon. - Photo: Department of Councils of State
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Legislative Council (LegCo) Speaker Datuk Seri Setia Awang Abdul Rahman Mohamed Taib received a goodwill visit from the Indonesian Head of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation at the LegCo building on Thursday (June 27).
Awang met with committee head Dr H Fadli Zon from the Indonesian House of Representatives.
Accompanying Dr Fadli was seven members of the Indonesian committee for Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation.
Also in attendance were Clerk to the Privy Council, Secretary to the Cabinet Ministers’ Council and Clerk to the LegCo Dr Huraini Awang Hurairah and several LegCo members.
During the goodwill visit, both sides discussed the empowerment of Malay language in Parliaments as well as the importance of Malay language not only as an intermediate language but also as national heritage.
The LegCo Speaker shared that Malay language is the official language of the country upheld by Malay Islamic Monarch philosophy and it is part of the way of life and identity of the Bruneian people.
Dr Fadli meanwhile shared that such initiative is an important step forward to ensure that the Malay language will continue to be strengthened.
The goodwill visit also saw a dialogue session between the delegation and LegCo members.
The discussion included initiatives to make Malay language as the working language of Asean region as more than 300 million people speak the language. – Borneo Bulletin/ANN
