AS MALAYSIANS of all competitions prepare to commemorate the 53rd Merdeka anniversary, I want to stress yet again the very principles that have brought us together which are the very principles included in the Rukun Negeri, our countrywide philosophy.
Through its five tenets (Belief in Our god; Loyalty to the King and Country; Maintaining the Constitution; Rule of Law, and Good Sociable Behaviour and Morality) the Rukun Negeri has created the principles of your nationhood and these ought to be inculcated inside our younger era who are the future commanders of our region.
The Rukun Negeri is our guide intended for nation-building and really should be well known by most. It is a shared vision pertaining to national oneness and its guidelines should always be upheld and performed.
Many people are choosing unity without any consideration. Even more saddening is that 4 decades after the déclaration of the Rukun Negara, it seems that many have forgotten about its five tenets and what they are a symbol of, while others even now need to be told about the national idea.
Some have again played for the race photo gallery for their own personal agenda and selfish ends.
This is not a normal development pertaining to in a multi-racial, mutli-religious and multi-cultural region like Malaysia, continuous work must be manufactured by all Malaysians to nurture and strengthen unity.
We should be prepared to decrease our good sense of ethnicity to be able to achieve a “Bangsa Malaysia. Malaysians should start taking each other because Malaysians irrespective of race and religion and should not be preoccupied with cultural origin.
I always believe that becoming a Malaysian would not make any individual less a Malay, Chinese, Indian, Kadazan, Iban, and so forth People must be proud to recognize themselves since Malaysians, intended for such identification fosters patriotism and builds up unity.
Most plans intended for the nation’s economical growth and all corrective steps to address the country’s interpersonal imbalances will probably be meaningful as long as they are geared towards national unanimity. Programmes of action intended for Malaysians of races will need to continue to aim nurturing and strengthening the spirit of affection and devotion for the region.
Malaysians are not able to run away from your reality that to attain a cohesive and united Malaysia, we need to produce a conscious efforts to simply accept and try out the concept of 1Malaysia to promote unanimity and tranquility.
After having achieved self-reliance for 53 years, we now have no choice but to work towards attaining a 1Malaysia with a prevalent and shared destiny for any where every Malaysian irrespective of race has a rightful place under the sun.
1Malaysia must have as its important elements, mutual understanding, respect and trust for just one another in a multiracial region like ours, while protecting the Metabolism and the Rukun Negara. The creation and sustenance of national unanimity must be given the very best priority because unity is vital to ensure the extended growth of Malaysia as a protected, peaceful, accelerating and combined nation.
Key policy issues and creation projects must be studied to ensure they profit the nation when it comes to forging unity among the different races other than achieving their development targets.
Let us contain every Malaysian in the building of oneness in a 1Malaysia.
We should start speaking with one voice, one that is usually inclusive of Malaysians of every ethnic background. I want to all be devoted to promote a 1Malaysia based on justice and fair play for all no matter race, shade or creed.
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