“So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education”

We go fish, we also catch fighting fish, looking for birds and it was for kampong people, the paddy field was our the play field for the children.

I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.

I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It’s a different driver, this is exactly what’s happening to the cabinet.

We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.

As a child, the paddy field was my playground.

We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.

I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.

But I have always said that it’s important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.

I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.

Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it’s very important.

Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage.

We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.

Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.

So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studies would be good.

It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.

If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street.

In terms of language, English is very dominant vis-Ã-vis African language. That in itself is a power relationship – between languages and communities – because the English language is a determinant of the ladder to achievement.

And even in terms of justice, law codes, the legal system. A person who does not know English in Africa is excluded from that system because he can only operate through acts of translation.

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.

My dad was an English professor.

What is translated from English and into English – and in what quantities – is a question of power.