Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka / Mohammad Atemir Yacub

According to YBhg Dr. Hazami, The Head Director of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Sarawak Branch, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) is a public organization specially established for coordinating the use of the Malay language and Malay-language literature in Malaysia. DBP is the one who is responsible for any Malay related intellectual or the one who responsible in upholding the Malay language as the official language as well as the intellectual language of Malaysia. That means that DBP is responsible in regulating and coordinating Malay language and literature in Malaysia. However each branch of DBP is also responsible in researching native languages of each designated branch of DBP. For example, in the Sarawak Branch not only that they publish Malay literature, but also the literature of other natives living in Sarawk such as Bidayuh or Iban. DBP is an organization who’s responsible on keeping the native’s language and literature alive by collecting, creating and publishing new or old literature. In short, DBP is an organization who is responsible on keeping the traditional native’s literatures alive from being devoured by the stream of modernization.