National Unity: Perdana Discourse Series, #1
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Malaysia is a nation in which multi-ethnicity thrive in spite of differences of religion and culture. The tensions underlying this unity, however, are real and present ongoing challenges to the country's leadership in maintaining peace and harmony in this country. How has Malaysia remained unscathed by racial violence that plague other multi-ethnic nations, even while achieving exemplary growth rates since its Independence in 1957?
In this monograph, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, speaks on the policies that the country's leaders have pursued in balancing the needs of the different communities as well as the risks and challenges that remain, particularly on the part of the majority ethnic community, the Malays.
His speech is followed by a panel session in which Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Khoo Kay Kim, of Universiti Malaya, Dr. KJ John, former Vice President (Strategic Interventions) of MIMOS Berhad, Col (R) Professor Dato' Dr. Kamarudin Kachar, Chairman and Chief Consultant of Prished Consultants International, Kuala Lumpur, Ms Siti Salwa, student representative of Northern Malaysia University College of Engineering, and Mr. Saiful Azhar, Universiti Teknologi MARA Student Council Head, comment on the points he raised as well as on the topic itself.
This monograph contains the summary of the keynote address and panel session, and is useful reference for researchers of Malaysian history and politics. The Perdana Discourse Series was jointly organised by Perdana Leadership Foundation, an independent research and archive institution dedicated to Malaysia's Prime Ministers, and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), the biggest public university in Malaysia.
Perdana Leadership Foundation
Perdana Leadership Foundation was chartered in January 2003 as a non-profit organisation, founded with gifts from people who supported the vision of a thriving research and learning institution dedicated to the study of Malaysian leadership and nation-building. It is unique in the sense that it began as an entirely private sector initiative, seed-funded and organised by private sector individuals and corporations. Most of the Foundation’s present trustees were the early benefactors of this Foundation. The Foundation’s physical home in Precinct 8, Putrajaya, was completed in October 2003. The stately building now houses the Perdana Library, an auditorium as well as a multi-purpose hall in addition to the offices of the Foundation’s Honorary President and Malaysia's fourth Prime Minister, YABhg Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. A tax-exempt, non-profit organisation, the Foundation intends to become the premier institution for the study of Malaysia’s Prime Ministers and the central resource centre for research into national stewardship as well as a platform for reflection, debate, and discussion with distinguished figures in Malaysian leadership. On May 10, 2005, the Foundation was officially launched by the fifth Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. who expressed the government's full support for the Foundation's objectives and programmes Perdana Leadership Foundation aims to: Highlight the contribution of Malaysia's past Prime Ministers in the social, economic and political development of the nation Create awareness of the development process of the nation and draw lessons from the nation's history to enhance future development Become the premier resource centre for the policies, strategies and initiatives adopted under Malaysia's various Prime Ministers which may be used and adapted by other developing nations The Foundation also has a broader objective i.e. to promote global understanding by providing a channel for scholars and thinkers to undertake research and idea-sharing for lasting, peaceful resolutions
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National Unity - Perdana Leadership Foundation
National Unity: Perdana Discourse Series I
Summary of Keynote Address by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad & Panel Session, 23 August 2004
Perdana Leadership Foundation & INKA, UiTM
This electronic edition is published by Perdana Leadership Foundation, No 1, Jalan P8H, Precinct 8, 62250 Putrajaya, Malaysia. www.perdana.org.my
©2017 Perdana Leadership Foundation (PLF) & Institute of Knowledge Advancement (InKA), Universiti Teknologi MARA
Print edition 2005
Electronic edition 2017
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from Perdana Leadership Foundation (PLF) and/or the Institute of Knowledge Advancement (InKA), Universiti Teknologi, MARA.
Perdana Discourse Series: National Unity
Contents
Foreword by Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Perdana Leadership Foundation
Foreword by Tan Sri Dato' Seri Profesor Dr. Ibrahim Abu Shah, Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Preface
Prologue: Philosophy and Points on National Unity
1. The Quest for National Unity: A Historical Perspective
2. What is Bangsa Malaysia?
3. Two Men, Two World Views, One Vision
4. Forging National Unity is an Ongoing Process
5. What Does National Unity Mean to Teenagers?
6. The Impact of Government Policies on National Unity on Young People
7. Participants’ Discussion
Epilogue: Perspectives on the Future of National Unity
Appendix 1
Appendix II
Cited Works
About Perdana Leadership Foundation
Foreword by Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Perdana Leadership Foundation
We would like to wish a warm Selamat Datang to discussants, participants and guests to the Perdana Leadership Foundation and to our first in a sequence of events under the Perdana Discourse Series which commences on August 23, 2004.
The Discourse Series will be part of a string of activities featured at the Foundation. It is our hope that regular hosting of such intellectual discourse on topics that are uniquely Malaysian, will help identify modes pertinent to resolving issues related to nation building and the development of a civil society
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we would like to express our utmost gratitude to Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad for his consent to grace the debut event and share his thoughts and views on the topic of national unity.
This series will not be possible without the support of various individuals and organisations including sponsors, partners and service providers.
We wish all of