National Service Should be Made Compulsory for School Leavers (GOVT)

Prime Minister

Thank you panel of adjudicators, members of the Opposition, fellow Ministers, members of the House and the audience. A very good morning to you.

Members of the House, the motion today is National Service should be made compulsory for school leavers, and as the Prime Minister, I urge you to accept the motion for today as we the Government will prove to you why National Service should be made compulsory for school leavers.

As the Prime Minister, I will define the key-phrases in the motion and will also present our first argument, on disciplining the body and mind. My Deputy Prime Minister will rebut the argument from the Leader of the Opposition and will present two more arguments, enhancing intellect and spirituality as well as encourages social integration. Lastly, my third Minister will rebut other argument and will further strengthen our case for today.

Members of the House, now on with the definition of the key phrases in the motion. National Service means a three-month service programme to bond the youths of Malaysia together and create a Malaysian nation. Compulsory means something that must be done. School leavers means a young person who has just left school.

As such, the motion means that National Service should be made compulsory for school leavers.

Therefore, the Governments stand for today is National Service gives school leavers the opportunity to practice what they learned in school for social integration and self-betterment for the future of Malaysia.

Members of the House, on with my first argument, National Service disciplines the body and mind. Should the National Service be made compulsory, it will definitely disciplines the body and mind in various aspects that are being taught in school, that is spiritually, emotionally, physically, intellectually and socially. I highly doubt that we can find the assertion of all of these five aspects in any other place for school-leavers to start out at, be it universities, colleges or even at offices where some school-leavers go as their part-time job. The most aspects they are exposed to would not be as complete and intense as in the National service grounds.

The disciplining of the body and mind in the National Service are done by instilling good values, self-confidence, leadership as well as self-evaluation. How so? These instillations help in guiding the recently-graduated youths who are still fresh in mind and are still working on their identity in life. By doing so, they will know when to make a call on the different situations in life once they are disciplined. Thus, the rate of social problems that are undeniably happening as of now in our country can be decreased.

One of the intensive trainings they have in the programme is the teachings of the environmental restoration and protection. And what would be better to discipline our mind than in doing community service? By participating this activity that is only possible via the National Service what with enduring hours of exhaustion and the awareness of the consequences should they not care of the public cleanliness, the youths will grasp the understanding of the importance of them taking care of the environment which leads to their disciplinary in the mind. In other words, they will find more fiends participating in the National Service that requires one to be disciplined.

There are at two out of four modules in the programme that revolves around the body and mind disciplinary. First off is the Physical Module that includes marching, Colt M16 usage and camping. This shows that we need discipline in order to achieve unison in marching and even the handling of fire weaponry. You would not want to have someone recklessly firing the Colt M16! The Community Service Module has trainees sent in groups to build and restore public amenities. Should the National Service not made compulsory, there would not be many youths doing community service via National Service voluntarily and thus leads to the lack of awareness of what would have become of our country without any citizen giving a care of the environment. Consequently, the youths will be responsible and lead a disciplined lifestyle.

As such, Members of the House, in my arguments, we clearly see as to why National Service should be made compulsory for school leavers so that this particular programme disciplines the body and mind of the youths for the future of Malaysia.

Members of the House, we cannot deny, Malaysias Vision 2020 is merely seven years away, are we producing the right kind of younger generations who shouldered the burden of leading our country to a better future? Will we be successful in becoming a fully developed nation by then? YES WE CAN! If we accept the motion for today, remember, when we made National Service compulsory for school leavers it determines the future of Malaysia as it disciplines the mind and body of the youths.

Members of the House, Before I take my seat, allow me to once again state the stand for the Government, National Service gives school leavers the opportunity to practice what they learned in school for social integration and self-betterment for the future of Malaysia. With that, I thank you.