PETALING JAYA: A Thai business college has established a chair in Malay studies in honour of former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Ismail’s office said the establishment of the chair was announced by the chairman of the Thai Global Business Administration Technological College in Bangkok, Bernama reported.
“The Dato Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob chair is especially to introduce and promote the usage of Bahasa Malaysia as well as Malay Civilisation as a course at the college,” the college said.
It said the chair is the first in an institute of higher learning in Thailand dedicated to the study and research of Malay civilisation and the Malay language.
Ismail thanked the college for recognising the efforts to dignify Bahasa Malaysia in the region. He hoped the chair would raise the mastery of the language in Thailand.