Your Majesty, Your Excellency and His Honourable
What is protocol?
One of its definitions is the system of rules and acceptable behaviour used at official ceremonies and occasions, i.e. royal protocol and diplomatic protocol.
We must know the particular protocol for any particular person before we invite them and put them in any official function.
Maybe some rich parents do not want to invite royalty as their VVIP guest on their son or daughter’s wedding, just to avoid the many cumbersome protocols.
I mean you don’t want to offend or embarrass the royalty guests. We must know how to address them properly in such a formal event, maybe we need to address them as Duli Yang Maha Mulia, Duli Yang Teramat Mulia, Yang Mulia, Yang Teramat Mulia etc. Only during informal conversation and chatting, we may call them Tuanku, Tengku, Raja, Ungku or whatever their suitable titles.
Usually the wedding planner is the right person to advise us on that issue coz the planner would call and check everything for you; the royal title, the royalty full name, the proper address and the other protocols. Any wedding planner worth his salt would surely know how to do that.
I wonder who was the wedding planner for Datuk Siti Nurhaliza on her grand wedding reception at the KLCC last year. There were a few royalties at her wedding reception.
How to address a titled person formally at an official event such as Dato’ or Datuk, Tan Sri and Tun ? What about their wives? Do we need to call Datin, Puan Sri, Toh Puan?
In Malaysia, during official ceremony or event, we address them as Yang Berbahagia Datuk or Tan Sri, Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun or Toh Puan. I guess we need to learn that to avoid unnecessary embarrassment. Of course we don't want to be rude or impolite to these titled persons.
Who is ambassador?
It is defined as an important official who lives in a foreign country to represent his or her own country there, and who is officially accepted in this position by that country.
Here, during official ceremony or event, we have to address them as His/Her Excellency. But in malay language, it is just Yang Berbahagia.
What about Judges?
There are only four Judges in Malaysia that we need to address them as Yang Amat Arif, they are Chief Justice, Chief Judge of Malaya, Chief Judge of Sabah & Sarawak and President of the Court of Appeal. The rest of the judges are addressed as Yang Arif only.
Who should we call Yang Amat Berhormat?
According to some old government circulars, it is reserved for the Prime Minister and his Deputy, the Menteri Besar and Chief Minister. But I’m still checking if other person is also entitled to that address. Other Ministers and MPs, we just call them as Yang Berhormat.
I’m amazed at our culture and social protocols, I might get lost in trying to understand them. I heard in US, the President is formally addressed as “Sir” only. But I guess “lain padang lain belalang” or loosely translated as “different place different people”.
Have a nice day guys.
One of its definitions is the system of rules and acceptable behaviour used at official ceremonies and occasions, i.e. royal protocol and diplomatic protocol.
We must know the particular protocol for any particular person before we invite them and put them in any official function.
Maybe some rich parents do not want to invite royalty as their VVIP guest on their son or daughter’s wedding, just to avoid the many cumbersome protocols.
I mean you don’t want to offend or embarrass the royalty guests. We must know how to address them properly in such a formal event, maybe we need to address them as Duli Yang Maha Mulia, Duli Yang Teramat Mulia, Yang Mulia, Yang Teramat Mulia etc. Only during informal conversation and chatting, we may call them Tuanku, Tengku, Raja, Ungku or whatever their suitable titles.
Usually the wedding planner is the right person to advise us on that issue coz the planner would call and check everything for you; the royal title, the royalty full name, the proper address and the other protocols. Any wedding planner worth his salt would surely know how to do that.
I wonder who was the wedding planner for Datuk Siti Nurhaliza on her grand wedding reception at the KLCC last year. There were a few royalties at her wedding reception.
How to address a titled person formally at an official event such as Dato’ or Datuk, Tan Sri and Tun ? What about their wives? Do we need to call Datin, Puan Sri, Toh Puan?
In Malaysia, during official ceremony or event, we address them as Yang Berbahagia Datuk or Tan Sri, Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun or Toh Puan. I guess we need to learn that to avoid unnecessary embarrassment. Of course we don't want to be rude or impolite to these titled persons.
Who is ambassador?
It is defined as an important official who lives in a foreign country to represent his or her own country there, and who is officially accepted in this position by that country.
Here, during official ceremony or event, we have to address them as His/Her Excellency. But in malay language, it is just Yang Berbahagia.
What about Judges?
There are only four Judges in Malaysia that we need to address them as Yang Amat Arif, they are Chief Justice, Chief Judge of Malaya, Chief Judge of Sabah & Sarawak and President of the Court of Appeal. The rest of the judges are addressed as Yang Arif only.
Who should we call Yang Amat Berhormat?
According to some old government circulars, it is reserved for the Prime Minister and his Deputy, the Menteri Besar and Chief Minister. But I’m still checking if other person is also entitled to that address. Other Ministers and MPs, we just call them as Yang Berhormat.
I’m amazed at our culture and social protocols, I might get lost in trying to understand them. I heard in US, the President is formally addressed as “Sir” only. But I guess “lain padang lain belalang” or loosely translated as “different place different people”.
Have a nice day guys.
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