KANGAR: The Perlis government is making it compulsory for Jawi script to be used on new signboards starting Feb 1. Perlis housing and local government committee chairman Asrul Aimran Abd Jalil said ...

An advertisement in Jawi on a pedestrian bridge in Kuantan. Two businessmen had sought an order to revoke the municipal council’s direction requiring businesses to use Jawi on signboards at their ...

Since decades, the Jawi script has been growing rapidly among the Malay community and highly regarded as the traditional symbol of Malay culture and civilisation. Historically, Jawi became prominent ...

Although DAP is sometimes portrayed as an anti-Islam party, not many people know of one of its party leaders who has mastered the art of writing in Jawi script. Veteran DAP leader Dr Tan Seng Giaw not ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A PAS MP has urged the Education Ministry to incorporate more Jawi script in the Islamic Education syllabus at Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) level as part of efforts to promote and ...

Local government and health exco Mansor Zakaria said the state already has by-laws promoting the use of Jawi script on billboards. (X pic) The Kedah government is planning to mandate the use of Jawi ...