To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=96643 Issue #|96643 Summary|Languange for Singapore Wrong - Somebody trying to be |Racist or MisLead Information Component|framework Version|OOO300m9 Platform|Unknown URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P1 Subcomponent|ui Assigned to|tm Reported by|forever_jahat
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 27 04:40:00 +0000 2008 ------- I'm an occasional user of OpenOffice and it has been quite a while. Most of the time, I do not bother to check on the Languages etc as I just use the default. It's only today I decided to open up and set the default currency to my local currency. To my surprise, for Singapore currency it is indicated as SGD S$ Chinese (Singapore) The correct definition should be just SGD S$ (Singapore) or you could use SGD S$ (Singapore Dollar) Since when did Singapore belongs to the Chinese? Whose idea of sick joke to include the word Chinese in Singapore currency? For those of you who do not know about Singapore or it's history. Let me tell you a brief history about Singapore. Singapore lies in the Malay Archipelago which consist of at least the following a) Malaysia b) Indonesia c) Brunei d) Philippines e) Borneo f) Sumatra etc When the British India Company led by Stamford Raffles came to South East Asia looking for a new base for their colonisation, they so call "founded" Singapore. It's an island to the South of Malaya which is now called Malaysia. The island main habitants are the Malay. During these period the British open up the port of Singapore for trading. Then come the immigrants from a) China b) India c) Middle East etc Over the next few years the number of immigrants increased by leap and bound. The Malay majority was soon over taken by the Chinese. However be reminded this DOES NOT MAKE THE ISLAND TO BE CLASSIFIED AS CHINESE! Being a majority does not give the right to put the word Chinese for Singapore Currency. Malaya which included Singapore became independence from the British on the 31st August 1957. Malaya was renamed Malaysia. Due to political differences etc Singapore gained independence from Malaysia on the 09th August 1965. The National Language of Singapore remains as Malay up to this day. English is the official Business Language. The National Anthem of Singapore is Majulah Singapura which is sang in Malay. The drill command is given in the Malay language. So whose sick idea is it to indicate under currency as Chinese Singapore? Why is there a need to put Chinese before the word Singapore? This is nothing more than a racial discrimination or somebody trying to mislead the whole world as if Singapore is in China or the Chinese as the local inhabitant of the island all throughout history! You can check in the wikipedia. The actual inhabitant are actually Malay. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore To the correct Person in Charge. Kindly correct the mistake which has been made in OpenOffice. Don't let somebody with the intend of misleading other people take advantage and misused the whole situation. For your immediate action. Thanking you in advance for the assistance to correct what is wrong. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
