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The Malaysian People V.I.P. Protocol

I am a Malaysian people hardly notice. A day before I wrote this web page, a security guard shooed my car from parking beside the library. He pointed to the busy construction on top of the library and said something might drop on my car. However, a shiny Mercedes belonging to his boss remained. Our difference? I am a "yang ini" whereas the Mercedes owner could be a "Yang Berhormat", popularly known as YB.


"Yang" written in upper case is the article for honourary titles in Malaysia. There are so many of them that I bet many Malaysians do not know all, including me. For the sake of studying "Yang" as a title, here are some examples.


Bahasa MalaysiaEnglish
1.Yang Amat ArifThe Wisest
2.Yang ArifThe Wise
3.Yang Amat BerbahagiaThe Most Prosperous
4.Yang BerbahagiaThe Prosperous
5.Yang Amat BerhormatThe Most Honourable
6.Yang BerhormatThe Honourable
7.Yang DipertuaThe leader
8.Yang diPertuan-
9.Yang di-Pertuan AgongHis Majesty the King
10.Yang Teramat MuliaThe Most Distinguished
11.Yang MuliaThe Distinguished


Use the "Yang" titles listed above to match with the people in this table:


Holder of the TitleThe Title
1.The Father of Malaysia
2.The King of Malaysia
3.The Prime Minister of Malaysia
4.The Minister of Malaysia
5.The Chief Justice
6.The Judge
7.Tun
8.Tan Sri
9.The Current Ruler
10.Royalty and Syed, Descendents of the Prophet Mohammad
11.Leader of an Organisation
12. The Chairman



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