We were once 'Malaysians' from MalaysiakiniTV on Vimeo.
“ It is time to wake up. That waking up can begin here, right here, at this conference. Not tomorrow or the day after but today. So let me, as I have the honour of opening this conference, suggest the following:
- Overcome the urge to have our hopes for the future endorsed by the prime minister. He will have retired, and I'll be long gone, when your future arrives. The shape of your future is being determined now.
- Resist the temptation to say “in line with” when we do something. Your projects, believe it or not, don't have to be in line with any government campaign for them to be meaningful. You don't need to polish anyone's apple. Just get on with what you plan to do.
- Do not put a lid on certain issues as 'sensitive' just because someone said they are. Or it is against the 'social contract'. Or it is 'politicisation'.
You don't need to have your conversation delimited by the hyper-sensitive among us. Sensitivity is often a club people use to hit each other with. Reasoned discussion of contentious issues builds understanding and trust. Stress test your ideas. - It's not 'conservative' or 'liberal' to ask for an end to having politics, economic policy, education policy and everything and the kitchen sink determined by race. It's called growing up.
- Don't let the politicians you have invited here talk down to you.”
Keynote speech by Gua Musang parliamentarian and former finance minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah at the 4th Annual Malaysian Student Leaders Summit (MSLS) today.
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4 comments:
What missed opportunity! ...how did he not had spoken the way he just did when he was in UMNO challenging that Mamakfler for the top post then again as the chief in Semangat 46.
Why bother now Kuli, and what the heck are you doing, still in UMNO?
He did not miss. By Malay mumbo jumbo, he was supposed to be PM. He got nowhere which may suggest things in UMNO that are very sinister.
We'll know one day.
ah, those were the days and our country was among the leading asian tigers. alas, the years of toxic bn rule has turned it into a pariah
jackass
Maybe that was the problem - we told people we were tigers! Something APCO and Ogilvy would tune into.
A jackfruit would have been enough for me! Something many will want ! :-))
Apa dah jadi? 'Kurap' dan corrupt! :(
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