ORATION COMPETITION INCREASES POTENTIAL OF MALAYSIAN CHILDREN, SAYS M`SIAN PM WIFE

SERDANG (Malaysia), Dec 4 (Bernama) -- The Prime Minister's wife, Rosmah
Mansor, stressed Friday the importance of developing public speaking skills en
route to being a leader.

She believed that the Malaysian Children's Oration Competition had made an
impact in helping to develop young people's leadership skills.

"We have big dreams of seeing speakers in the competition make up the future
line-up of leaders and build a culture of charm, sincerity, courage
and transparency," she said.

Her speech at the presentation of the Najib Tun Razak trophy to
winners of the Malaysian Children's Oration Competition 2010 at Universiti
Putra Malaysia here was read out by Malaysian Children Hope Foundation Board
Adviser Atikah Adom.

Nurul Anis Amral from a primary school in Penang won in the
Bahasa Malaysia category while Arathi Jeyaratnam from Sekolah Kebangsaan Marian
Convent Ipoh in Perak was first in the English section. Both are 12.

Each winner received RM1,000 (US$1=RM3.14), a challenge trophy, a computer
and other prizes.

--BERNAMA