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On 10—11 April 2000, the Institute of the Malay World and Civilization at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, with the cooperation of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, convened an international colloquium, Borneo as the Homeland of Malay: The Implications for Research. The principal invited speakers were internationally well-known professors in comparative Austronesian linguistics and Austronesian archaeology. Other invited participants represented a broad diversity of academic disciplines, including economics, history, linguistics, oral literature, sociology, anthropology and geography. This book, Borneo and the Homeland of the Malays: Four Essays, presents an introductory essay by Professor James T. Collins on the idea of language homelands, with particular reference to the Austronesian family of languages. There follow the three principal papers presented at this foundation colloquium in 2000. Professor Peter Bellwood offers an assessment of the archaeological arguments regarding the Malay home

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Buku koleksi ini mengandungi dua puluh dua buah cerpen hasil karya para penulis tempatan yang terpilih dan dikeluarkan dalam Pelita Brunei di sepanjang bulan Januari hingga bulan Mei tahun 2001.Penerbitan buku ini adalah merupakan usaha berterusan Jabatan Penerangan bagi mengumpul karya-karya cerpen yang terpilih. Pengumpulan ini juga sebagai usaha untuk menghargai sumbangan penulis kepada perkembangan kesusasteraan tanah air terutama penulis-penulis cerpen. Di samping itu ia juga merupakan hasil daripada beberapa maklum balas yang diterima dari para peminat dan pembaca cerpen di Pelita Brunei yang mana mengesyorkan supaya ada usaha Jabatan Penerangan kearah mengumpul cerpen-cerpen yang terpilih untuk dijadikan sebuah buku yang akan memberikan manafaat yang baik kepada para pembaca dan peminat amnya dan para pengkaji sastera tanah air mengenai perkembangan dan kemajuan kesusasteraan yang dihasilkan oleh penulis tempatan. Koleksi pertama, kedua dan ketiga telah diungkayahkan oleh Jabata