DBP backs Friday as Jawi Day

Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka (DBP) fully supports the government's decision to make Friday a Jawi Day, said its Board of Directors chairman, Awang Sariyan.

He said the government's decision provided the opening for the Jawi script to be placed in its legitimate position as the official script for Bahasa Melayu for nearly a thousand years before Roman alphabets were accepted as the official writing for the national language...