17,000 New Terms For Malay Language
By RosliAbidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - Some 17,000 new terminologies were adopted at the 5-day 19th Specialist Conference of Language Council of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia (MABBIM) that ended Friday in Tutong in an effort to enrich and augment the Malay language.

Held at the Hotel Plaza Halim in Tutong, the closing ceremony of the conference was officiated by Tutong District Officer, Awang Abdul Mutalib Hj Mohd Idris.

Also attending were Acting Director of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) Brunei, - Dr Mataim Bakar; organising chairman cum head of representatives of Brunei Darussalam,-Hanafiah Zaini; representative of Malaysian delegates, Hjh Halimah Hj Ahmad; and representative of the Indonesian delegation, Dr Sugiyono.

The 17,000 new entries adopted at the conference comprised of terminologies covering mass communication in printing and publication, Islamic religion (akidah or faith, religious comparison and tasauf moral), nursing (nursing clinic), tourism (development and progress), dentistry (surgery, mouth and orthodontic), and education (curriculum, education technology and psychological education).

MABBIM has ten specialist clusters. Six clusters discuss the formation of terminologies and one cluster oversees publication and scrutiny.

The language cooperation body was formed on May 23, 1972 with country members comprising of Indonesia and Malaysia. Before the inclusion of Brunei Darussalam as a member, the body was known as the Language Council of Indonesia and Malaysia (MBIM). -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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