From barely speaking Malay to championing it on the world stage
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — From a young pupil who could only smile and nod because he did not understand a single word of a Malay-language text, Tai Weuy Liang has gone on to not...
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His journey began in 2016 when Mohd Hafezi Abdul Hamid was asked to mentor Weuy Liang, then a Year Four pupil at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Imbi here, whose command of Malay was extremely limited.
Mohd Hafezi, now a Malay Language teacher at SJKC Wangsa Maju and a public-speaking coach, particularly for non-Malay pupils at Chinese national-type schools and Chinese independent secondary schools, was invited by the school to train Weuy Liang.
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- Sep 2, 2026
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