Last Friday The Jakarta Post’s headline stunned me. I even read the article twice and took the newspaper (my office newspaper) home to share with others. What an unbelievable story, Malaysian music industry wants Indonesian songs restricted. Actually, I heard the rumor like a year ago, when blog community heated by Indonesian referee’s tragedy in Kuala Lumpur. But, I never imagine that this song-restricted gossip will officially be headline news in our national newspaper.
Let me quote the article here, “The association of Malaysian music industry employees, Karyawan, has demanded the local authority limit the number of Indonesian songs on radio broadcasts. The association planned to propose to the Malaysian Minister of Energy, Water and Communications Minister, Shaziman Abu Mansor, a broadcasting ratio of 90 percent Malaysian songs and 10 percent Indonesian.” Baca entri selengkapnya »
