Malaysians Are Fortunate But Need To Be Vigilant - Social Activist Ang

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 (Bernama) -- Prominent social activist Ang Lai Soon said the people in Malaysia are fortunate and have been generally spared the upheavals endured by other nations. However, Ang said the people had to be vigilant to ensure undercurrents from those world events did not surface here. "That religious and ethnic harmony may prevail, the discord and chauvinism are discarded, unethical and immoral practices in any form or at any level must be discouraged. "So that we as a nation state, may present an example of probity to the world rather than reflect the defects that have befallen other nations," he said in his New Year message, through a statement here, today. Ang said 2017 was a very important year for the nation and its people as they had to make a realistic effort to try to move a little way towards an ideal society free of suffering and poverty. -- BERNAMA