The national language is something every citizen of every country should be proud of and be able to converse in comfortably — a badge of their national identity
The command of Bahasa Melayu is essential to ensure integration and unity among the various races in the country, it is not a BONUS language as the ignorant and arrogant DAP Chong Chieng Jen said. The DAP or the proponent of vernacular school should not encourage racial segregation or polarisation, as such ethnic Chinese who calls Malaysia home must not be in denial, they do not live on an island all by themselves.