Antara Impian dan Realiti

The concluding points of a speech presented during the ‘Tun Abdul Razak Legacy Seminar’ in Dublin, Ireland on Sunday 17th February 2008. The seminar was organised by Kelab UMNO Dublin in collaboration with Melayu UK Students Support Team (MUSST).

1. Have confidence in yourself.

1. Appreciate your talents.

2. Understand that you also have strong points that others don’t.

3. Competence is not linked to skin colour. We’re all flesh and blood. Whatever someone else can do, we can do as well.

2. Develop global thinking. Achieve global competence.

1. Enter the global arena by interacting with non-Malays and non-Malaysians. Voice your opinion, express your ideas. Don’t feel embarrassed if your opinion seems out of place; discussion develops your thinking and your competence.

2. If you’re not confident with interacting with the ‘mat saleh’ yet, try interacting with those who are Muslim but not Malay. They will understand your culture more.

3. If you’re not comfortable interacting face-to-face yet, build up your confidence by contributing in on-line forums and chat-rooms that are ‘non-Malay’ and ‘non-Malaysian’.

3. Your choice. Your legacy.

1. No-one will force us to make the most of our stay in Britain.

2. We can either be ‘typical Malay’ or we can ‘shine above the rest’.

3. We have a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity to take the best from the West and bring it back to Malaysia. We can become a leading example for others and write history or we can remain unnoticed and undervalued for the rest of our lives. It’s up to us.

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