August 05, 2006

Malaysian babies can no longer be Hitler, Stalin or even 007

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Zee News.com said:

Adolf Hitler, Stalin, Zaniah (female adulterer), Batumalai (stone hill) or Ah Kow (dog) figure amongst a list of names that are termed "undesirable" for use by Malaysians to christen their children.

Recommended by Lucian: "Future generations will never have malaysian friends called Ah Kow. Ever."

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Submitted by Lucian on August 04//12:10pm and published by cowboycaleb, Agagooga :: 1817 reads | trackback
Comments 5

We got a minister here hell-bent on censoring the Internet whose name is Fu Ah Kiow.

Posted by Kenny Sia on 5 August, 2006 - 10:40am

I wondered if they've banned Chow Chee Bye?

Posted by Singapore Boy* on 5 August, 2006 - 11:17am

The Malaysian government probably learned that from elsewhere. Lawsuits may follow.

Posted by Anonymous** on 5 August, 2006 - 12:33pm

sillypore would have done it differently.

those names would be classified as restricted and you would have to bid for a permit for the "exclusive rights" to use it for 10 years. the "exclusive rights" would have to be renewed every 10 years (for a fee of course).

if the permit is not renewed, the name (together with the person) would be scrap i.e. shipped to batam/jb.

Posted by Anonymous Cow* on 5 August, 2006 - 12:45pm

What happens if I am a multi-billionaire named Ah Kow and plans to migrate me and my businesses to Malaysia?

..and it so happens that my wife's name is Zaniah?

Posted by Anonymous Cowardess* on 5 August, 2006 - 2:25pm