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Tue, 11/11/2008 - 16:10
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EVERY ARMED FORCES MEMBER SHOULD MAKE INTEGRITY A CULTURE
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Tuesday reminded all Malaysian Armed Forces personnel, irrespective of their rank or status, to always practise integrity to keep them from doing things that could tarnish the image of the forces.
The Malaysian prime minister and defence minister said the task of
safeguarding the dignity and good name of an organisation rested not only with
the top leaders but encompassed every individual within the
organisation.
"Integrity is not just the domain of the commander. The ordinary foot
soldier should also become a personnel with integrity.
"Corruption is committed not only by high-ranking people. Similar acts
which
can tarnish integrity also occur at the subordinate level," he said at the
Defence Minsitry's monthly assembly here.
Abdullah said integrity must be made a culture because whenever someone did
anything that tarnished the good name of the service it would affect the whole
organisation.
"We stand by the ideology that integrity must become an important value in
our culture. As humans, we forget easily when we do something that discredits
ourselves and the organisation that we are a part of. That's why we have to be
reminded repeatedly," he said.
He said the Malaysian Armed Forces, as an organisation of high credibility,
duty and responsibility, must ensure that integrity was the main criterion to be
judge on, not only by the local society but also overseas.
He said that when he was foreign minister he had received lots of accolades
from overseas on the service of the Malaysian Armed Forces, especially under the
banner of the United Nations (UN) in Bosnia.
"This excellence is seen not only by the armed forces of other countries
but
also by the Bosnians who respect us by giving good cooperation.
"The flattering reports received by the ministry at that time became our
joint pride," he said.
Abdullah said the armed forces personnel must also make it a culture to
constantly maintain the forces' sophisticated and expensive equipment to save
expenditure and also to ensure that the equipment could be used without any
worry.
"Without maintenance, the equipment are easliy damaged and this will
require
us to by new equipment which cost a lot," he added.
The Malaysian prime minister and defence minister said the task of
safeguarding the dignity and good name of an organisation rested not only with
the top leaders but encompassed every individual within the
organisation.
"Integrity is not just the domain of the commander. The ordinary foot
soldier should also become a personnel with integrity.
"Corruption is committed not only by high-ranking people. Similar acts
which
can tarnish integrity also occur at the subordinate level," he said at the
Defence Minsitry's monthly assembly here.
Abdullah said integrity must be made a culture because whenever someone did
anything that tarnished the good name of the service it would affect the whole
organisation.
"We stand by the ideology that integrity must become an important value in
our culture. As humans, we forget easily when we do something that discredits
ourselves and the organisation that we are a part of. That's why we have to be
reminded repeatedly," he said.
He said the Malaysian Armed Forces, as an organisation of high credibility,
duty and responsibility, must ensure that integrity was the main criterion to be
judge on, not only by the local society but also overseas.
He said that when he was foreign minister he had received lots of accolades
from overseas on the service of the Malaysian Armed Forces, especially under the
banner of the United Nations (UN) in Bosnia.
"This excellence is seen not only by the armed forces of other countries
but
also by the Bosnians who respect us by giving good cooperation.
"The flattering reports received by the ministry at that time became our
joint pride," he said.
Abdullah said the armed forces personnel must also make it a culture to
constantly maintain the forces' sophisticated and expensive equipment to save
expenditure and also to ensure that the equipment could be used without any
worry.
"Without maintenance, the equipment are easliy damaged and this will
require
us to by new equipment which cost a lot," he added.
