COMMENT | If telling off those who insist on putting the English language on the backburner once or twice isn’t serious enough, what about making a stern statement on the issue four times in the course of a month or so?

This is what Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Openg had done. And the message from the Sarawak leader and Sarawakians is clear: “Putrajaya, don’t 'play play' with Sarawak on the status of English. You do what you wish in Malaya, but we, in Sarawak, will go our own way as we think we are heading in the right direction with English.”

The fourth and final time Abang Johari (above) stamped his authority on the issue was on June 18 when he...