ction ▁himself . ▁He ▁str essed ▁the ▁responsibility ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁culture ▁in ▁society ▁while ▁the ▁custom s ▁of ▁the ▁west ▁and ▁the ▁Chinese ▁were ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁dup licated . ▁He ▁further ▁emphas ised ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁language ▁and ▁how ▁it ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁mis app ropri ated ▁by ▁European ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁language . ▁ ▁R aja ▁Ali ▁believed ▁that ▁abandon ing ▁the ▁Mal ay ▁trad itions ▁would ▁destroy ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁order ▁and ▁the ▁Ker aja an ▁( K ing dom ), ▁while ▁adopt ing ▁western ▁and ▁Chinese ▁dress ▁code ▁would ▁be ▁tant amount ▁to ▁bet ray al ▁of ▁Mal ay ness . ▁R aja ▁Ali ▁did ▁not ▁favour ▁a ▁forced ▁comp ulsion ▁of ▁Mal ay ness , ▁but ▁an ▁appeal ▁to ▁maintain ▁tradition ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁achieve ▁harm ony ▁between ▁man ▁and ▁man , ▁man ▁and ▁r uler ▁and ▁man ▁and ▁Al lah . ▁The ▁situation ▁in ▁Joh or ▁and ▁Singapore ▁differ ed ▁to ▁some ▁extent ▁from ▁R ia u - L ing ga ▁Sultan ate , ▁and ▁many ▁acts ▁and ▁hab its ▁of ▁the ▁rather ▁western ised ▁Malays ▁there ▁were ▁f rown ed ▁upon ▁by ▁officials ▁in ▁R ia u . ▁ ▁Ro es id ij ah ▁( Cl ub ) ▁Ri ouw ▁ ▁Cultural ▁progress ▁during ▁the ▁era ▁was ▁also ▁attributed ▁to ▁an ▁intellectual ▁circle ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Ro es id ij ah ▁( Cl ub ) ▁Ri ouw ▁or ▁Rus yd iah ▁Kl ub ▁R ia u , ▁formed ▁in ▁ 1