- MABBIM
MABBIM (shortform for "Majlis Bahasa Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia" - "Language Council of Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia") is a regional language organisation which is formed to plan and watch out for the development of
Malay language /Indonesian language in the region. It consists of three countries -Brunei ,Indonesia andMalaysia .MABBIM is the successor of "Majlis Bahasa Indonesia-Malaysia" (MBIM, Language Council of Indonesia-Malaysia) which was formed in
29 December 1972 , after a Pernyataan Bersama was being signed by the late Tun Hussein Onn who was the Education Minister of Malaysia and Bapak Mashuri Saleh S.H. who was the Education and Cultural Minister of Indonesia on23 May 1972 inJakarta . MBIM became MABBIM when Brunei joined this council on4 November 1985 .Singapore remains as an observer until today.External links
* [http://dbp.gov.my/mabbim/main.php Official website of MABBIM]
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