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The drafted policy and follow-up mechanism shows that language policy for signage is still a significant issue in this multilingual and highly diverse country such as Malaysia.

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'Chief Minister Urges Local Authorities to Use National Language on Signboards'

Chief Minister urged local authorities in Sarawak to monitor signboards and ensure it is all written in national language.

The minister said that the state government will work with federal government to enhance and strengthen the national language.

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'Structures of illegal businesses taken down'

Klang Municipal Council conducted an operation that targeted unlicensed advertisement including those written in foreign language.

Signboards that did not adhere to the law was brought down during the raid.

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'More illegal signboards removed in KL (Kuala Lumpur)'.

Six signboards were removed from premises as it did not comply with the law.

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Local newspaper and websites depicts ways the government has used in order to check if the signage comply with the official policy.

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The official policy was introduced (1972) and was later modified (2007)

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The official policy was introduced (1972) and was later modified (2007)

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1) The national language must be used for all advertisement whether by itself or with any other language

2) The national language must be 30% larger in measurement than any other language

3) It must be grammatically correct and prominently displayed

4)Anyone whom fails to comply will face an offence

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The official policy and implementation with regard to signage or advertisement

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The official policy and implementation with regard to signage or advertisement

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Many non-Malaysian migrants of different origins also brings the main issue of the difference in the city. in Malaysia, Malay language (Bahasa Melayu) is the official language. English is only spoken as a second language. But in the city's business hub, English is a common language. In school, English is compulsory.

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Department of Statistics Malaysia (2012) found out that the total population of the city is 1.6 million, a many different culture which consist of Bumiputera, Chinese, Indians and others.

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Malaysia is a multi ethnic, multilingual and multiracial country. According to Gordon And Grimes, there are 140 languages in the country.

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Government introduced the language policy without considering the end-users of the language. (Top-down) (Kaplan and Baldauf, 1997)

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To keep the nationalism of Malay language and the importance had been a challenge as English has started to be taught at schools and for business purposes.

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Higher status of Malay language was demanded mainly because:
(1) English was regarded as colonial education
(2) Slow institutionalisation between Malay and English language
(3) Considered as an obstacle by the majority of Malays

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Malay language was lingua franca in Malaysia. After independence, Malay language upholds the status of national language and English as secondary language.

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Considering how the national language policy was formed on political and historical basis, the author assumed that the language policy for signage would be the same.