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BRINGING MALAYSIAN YOUTH CLOSER
Dan Guen Chin
JOHOR BAHRU (Malaysia), Jan 31 (Bernama)-- The Youth and Sports Ministry's
Criss Cross programme will be part of its efforts to bring Malaysian youth of
all races closer to each other.
And it will include homestay and gotong royong (working together) projects
as the Youth and Sports Ministry's Rakan Muda Programme takes on a different
approach in it's effort to get the youth from the different races to interact.
Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob explained that the idea of forming Rakan Muda
(Youth Friends) clubs in the heartland of the various ethnic groups in the
country, was not meant to divide but rather to unite.
"We are in the process of getting such clubs formed in the Chinese New
Villages and also in the estates where many Indians still live. We are reaching
out to the Chinese and the Indians.
"And there is no denying that currently the Malays are the majority where
membership of Rakan Muda clubs is concerned. We want to change it," said Ismail
Sabri at the launch of a Cyber Centre at the Youth and Sports Complex here
Saturday.
That's where the Criss Cross programme comes in.
"Once we get the clubs formed, we can then move on to the next step. For
example we can get one club from the Chinese New Village in Johor to take part
in a gotong royong project with a club from the Malay heartland of let say,
east coast state of Pahang.
"Or maybe some members of a club from an Indian estate can take part in a
homestay exchange programme with members from a predominantly Malay club for a
couple of days. So it's healthy and not divisive. And that's what I meant by
the Criss Cross programme," added Ismail Sabri.
He also said that the Johor Baru Rakan Muda Cyber Centre here which provides
computers equipped with internet connection, is to help youth lving in the area
to enjoy internet access for free.
"My aim is to have at least a cyber centre each in all the 222 parlimentary
consitituencies in the country. And we should hit our target by the end of the
year," he added.
-- BERNAMA
JOHOR BAHRU (Malaysia), Jan 31 (Bernama)-- The Youth and Sports Ministry's
Criss Cross programme will be part of its efforts to bring Malaysian youth of
all races closer to each other.
And it will include homestay and gotong royong (working together) projects
as the Youth and Sports Ministry's Rakan Muda Programme takes on a different
approach in it's effort to get the youth from the different races to interact.
Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob explained that the idea of forming Rakan Muda
(Youth Friends) clubs in the heartland of the various ethnic groups in the
country, was not meant to divide but rather to unite.
"We are in the process of getting such clubs formed in the Chinese New
Villages and also in the estates where many Indians still live. We are reaching
out to the Chinese and the Indians.
"And there is no denying that currently the Malays are the majority where
membership of Rakan Muda clubs is concerned. We want to change it," said Ismail
Sabri at the launch of a Cyber Centre at the Youth and Sports Complex here
Saturday.
That's where the Criss Cross programme comes in.
"Once we get the clubs formed, we can then move on to the next step. For
example we can get one club from the Chinese New Village in Johor to take part
in a gotong royong project with a club from the Malay heartland of let say,
east coast state of Pahang.
"Or maybe some members of a club from an Indian estate can take part in a
homestay exchange programme with members from a predominantly Malay club for a
couple of days. So it's healthy and not divisive. And that's what I meant by
the Criss Cross programme," added Ismail Sabri.
He also said that the Johor Baru Rakan Muda Cyber Centre here which provides
computers equipped with internet connection, is to help youth lving in the area
to enjoy internet access for free.
"My aim is to have at least a cyber centre each in all the 222 parlimentary
consitituencies in the country. And we should hit our target by the end of the
year," he added.
-- BERNAMA
