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Majlis Bicara Ilmiah II [Bicara Ilmiah II event]
Citation
Muhammad Ariff Ahmad. (2000). Majlis Bicara Ilmiah II [Bicara Ilmiah II event; Speech transcript]. https://hdl.handle.net/10497/21152
Author
Muhammad Ariff bin Ahmad
Abstract
Ucapan ini disampaikan dimajlis Bicara Ilmiah II Singapore sempena Bulan Bahasa 2000. Penyampai membincangkan perjalanan Bulan Bahasa Melayu (BBM) dan juga apabila bahasa Melayu diangkat menjadi bahasa Kebangsaan bagi Singapura sejak Mei 1959. Beliau juga berkongsi perkembangan bahasa Melayu baku dalam segi pendidikan dan bagaimana BBM dipuncaki dengan penyampaian Hadiah Sastera dan Hadiah Persuratan yang diberi nama Anugerah Tun Seri Lanang. Ketika BBM2000 diadakan pula, ada yang menyatakan bahawa 'pesta' bulan bahasa ini adalah ibarat 'melepas batuk ditangga' sahaja dan beberapa wira Bulan Bahasa telah menjawab, membidas dan menyanggah anggapan itu. Penyampai mengongsikan madah seorang sasterawan, Surapathy, yang menasihati kita supaya memeriksa diri sama ada usaha BBM yang dipertingkat dan diperhebat setiap tahun itu sudah selesai atau sampai matlamatnya. Pada hemat penyampai, kita masih dalam proses mencapai matlamat dan mengesyorkan selesainya BBM2000 ini, diadakan kegiatan Mingguan Bahasa untuk menggarap teori-teori yang telah dikumpulkan sepanjang 12 atau 18 tahun itu dan menggunakan bahasa Melayu Baku dalam kehidupan kita seharian.
This speech was delivered in the talk 'Bicara Ilmiah II' which was held in conjunction with the Bulan Bahasa Melayu 2000. The speaker shared on the journey of Bulan Bahasa Melayu (BBM) and when the Malay language was lifted to be the national language for Singapore since May 1959. He shared on the development of the standard Malay language in education and how BBM culminated with the presentation of literary awards (Hadiah Sastera and Hadiah Persuratan) and then named the Tun Seri Lanang Award. When BBM2000 was held, there were talks saying that the 'festival' month of BBM was like the proverb 'melepaskan batuk ditangga' (empty formality) and some BBM champions came out to answer and voice out their resentment towards the assumptions. The speaker also shared a writing from the literary writer, Surapathy, who advises us to check ourselves whether the efforts put in BBM, for every year its organised, are already improved and enhanced and whether considered completed or achieved its objectives. According to the speaker, we are still in the process of achieving goals and recommended that upon completion of this BBM2000, a weekly language activity (Mingguan Bahasa) be planned to work on the theories that has been collected throughout the 12 or 18 years towards using standard Malay language in our daily lives.
Date Issued
August 12, 2000
Description
Speech delivered at the Majlis Bicara Ilmiah II, 12 August 2000, York Hotel, Singapore in conjunction with Bulan Bahasa 2000