Lim Guan Eng Mandarin
Finance minister lim guan eng issued a statement on the tun razak exchange in three languages malay english and chinese instead of the usual government practice of issuing statements in malay.
Lim guan eng mandarin. Born 8 december 1960 is a malaysian politician from the democratic action party dap a component party of the pakatan harapan ph coalition who has served as member of parliament mp for bagan member of the penang state legislative assembly mla for air putih since march 2008 and 5th secretary. The dap could hardly contain its elation when it announced on saturday that in just one week malaysians from all walks of life had contributed almost rm4 million to the solidary fund set up to help dap secretary general. Lim guan eng chinese. The recent public reactions over the finance minister communicating in mandarin clearly reveals certain malaysian political truths.
Lim guan eng communicated matters of government in mandarin. Lim guan eng is still a hero to the chinese. He did that on his personal social media platform. Finance minister lim guan eng tonight defended the move by his team to issue trilingual statements when he addressed the tun razak exchange issue on.
Release it in mandarin first then english etc. Malaysia finance minister lim guan eng has drawn flak on social media for defending his decision to issue an official government statement in mandarin. It s a new malaysia. Let s be honest what was so terribly wrong with a message to an audience who appreciates the content to be in chinese.
We have not fully grasped the new malaysia that was only clinched after three general elections. Lim guan eng s mandarin mistake a forgivable faux pas by admin 2 years ago. Finance minister lim guan eng today invoked the federal constitution in defending his use of mandarin in his ministry s official statements after he was accused by opposition. By mt webmaster on aug 17 2020.