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Posted: 20 Oct 2011 11:22 PM PDT

KUCHING: Sarawak Housing Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg has asked local authorities to enforce the use of Bahasa Melayu on signboards and billboards, saying people should not get the impression that they are in a foreign land when they are in the state.

Abang Johari, who is also Tourism Minister, said Malaysians should be confident that using the national language will also play a role in delivering knowledge as well as push the country towards developed nation status.

"I hope Sarawak will work towards this and I ask all local authorities to look at signboards in their areas," he said in his speech at the launch of the Kuching-level National Language Month 2011 at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Sarawak branch today. The text of his speech was read out by Demak Laut assemblyman Dr Hazlan Abg Hipni.

Abang Johari said the use of Bahasa Melayu also serves to assist in realising the 1Malaysia concept to unite the country's multi-racial and multi-ethnic communities.

"Our national language does not belong to any particular race, it belongs to all Malaysians," he said. -- BERNAMA

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74 injured in Hong Kong ferry crash

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:21 PM PDT

HONG KONG: Seventy-four people were injured after a Hong Kong ferry crashed into a mooring pillar Friday, the city's marine department said.

Of the injured, nine were in a serious condition and had to be air-lifted to hospital, Patrick Wong, a spokesman for Hong Kong's Marine Department told AFP.

"At about 5am this morning, a 29-metre long ferry carrying 140 passengers crashed into a concrete mooring facility by a typhoon shelter shortly after departing Cheung Chau," Wong said.

"The boat did not sink, but some people were hurt." The commuter ferry was carrying people from Cheung Chau, a small island off the city's southern coast, to the main Hong Kong island.

Wong said an investigation into the accident had been launched, adding that visibility at the time was normal.

The cause of the accident was yet to be determined.

"We were all thrown out of our seats when the ferry crashed — people were bleeding all over, from the head, nose and lips," a passenger told local broadcaster Cable News TV.

"It was very chaotic inside, none of the crew came to help us, we had to help ourselves," another passenger told the station.

Last year, eight people died in Hong Kong when a vessel collided with a cargo boat in the South China Sea. - AFP

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Khamis, 20 Oktober 2011

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