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No 2/Feb/10 (16-28 Feb 10) (Vol 3)

Friday, 05 March 2010 08:55

Government servants cannot be neutral, but are required to give....

Full support to the Government, the Barisan Nasional Government

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A SHOW OF RESPECT... Dato' Sri Adnan, flanked by Dato' Sahlan and Dato' Muhammad Safian, together with the other dignitaries standing as a show of respect for the Negaraku song.

THE DARUL MAKMUR AUDITORIUM (ADAM), SULTAN AHMAD SHAH BROADCASTING COMPLEX (KOMPSAS), KUANTAN - The Menteri Besar, Dato' Sri Adnan Yaakob, reminded Government servants in the state on their role to continue supporting the current Government led by Barisan Nasional (BN). He said that in his 47-minute out of text speech at the officiation of the '1Malaysia Appreciation Talk' programme here on Thursday morning 25^th February. In his speech, Dato' Sri Adnan criticised some Government servants who maintained neutral attitude in carrying out their daily tasks in the public sector.

"We are Government servants. Some said, 'Oh, I am a Government servant, I am neutral...' You cannot be neutral...What Government do we have now? What Government? Barisan Nasional. So it has to be Barisan Nasional...

"The Barisan Nasional Government pays for our salary. We must be loyal. If you don't like, never mind, but keep your mouth shut. Don't exaggerate. If you don't like the Menteri Besar, don't like his face or his style; keep quiet. But don't exaggerate," he said.

He further said, "If you cannot say that the MB is good, that's okay. But don't say he is bad or he is not good. The same goes with the present Government".

BARISAN NASIONAL IS THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY

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IN FRIENDLY TALK...Walking together to enter the auditorium were Dato' Sahlan with Dato' Mat Zara'ai, Dato' Muhammad Safian and Dato' Mohd Sharkar.

"I would like to remind all of you and this is at the Government officers' level. The Government of the day is Barisan Nasional. Barisan Nasional is the Government of the day.

"So, Government officers and their staff cannot be neutral. You have to support the Government of the day and the Government of the day is Barisan Nasional. You have to support Barisan Nasional."

Whether they like it or not, Dato' Sri Adnan said, Government servants must show their efforts to support the existing Government that is presently led by the BN.

The public service where Government servants are servicing, said the Menteri Besar, is formed to support Government policies.

"The Parliament and the State Assembly sittings approve laws and policies. The cabinet and exco then implement them with the assistance from Government officers and their staff including the police and the military forces.

YOU CANNOT SAY THAT YOU ARE NEUTRAL

"So, we cannot say that 'we are neutral'. What is there to be neutral about? I don't believe, for example, that the officers from the Malaysian Armed Forces or the Royal Malaysian Police Force (should be neutral)...

"I don't believe that any of you here are willing to see what we have been defending all these while - we defend (our country) from the threat of the enemy; suddenly we ourselves want to destroy our country. A waste, such a waste," he said.

In his speech, Dato' Sri Adnan also touched on the Prime Minister Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Abdul Razak, whom according to him, is a leader with honest leadership qualities.

"We can mention any characters of a leader and YAB Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Abdul Razak possesses it.

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GOVERNMENT STAFF IN ATTENDANCE....

"His sincerity, honesty, brilliantness and cleverness... I myself have had the opportunity to listen to his speeches both in Malaysia and abroad. How he projected himself as a knowledgeable and prominent figure, highly-skilled in public speaking especially in English.

ENTHUSIASTIC, NOT SIMPLISTIC

"In 'question and answer' discussions, when issues were raised, he answered in 'off-the-cuff' way where he uses no text speech especially when it is in English. YAB Dato' Sri Mohd Najib is convincing and fluent," he said.

Dato' Najib Tun Razak, said Dato' Sri Adnan, is never petty (to take thing lightly) or simplistic (to take thing easily). In addition, he said, Dato' Sri Mohd Najib is a very well-organised person.

According to him, that was reason why the first thing announced by Dato' Sri Mohd Najib after being appointed as the Prime Minister on 3^rd April was to announce the concept of 1Malaysia and 'People First, Performance now'.

"Later on, we witnessed a lot more pronouncements or the already announced policies namely KPI, NKRA, the Government Transformation Programme and now on the way is the New Economic Model (or MEB)," he said.

LANGUAGE - THE SOUL OF THE NATION

Elaborating further on the concept of 1Malaysia, Dato' Sri Adnan said, the Prime Minister told him that the concept is not new as claimed by certain quarters especially by those who oppose of the Government.

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DATO' SAHLAN'S ACTIONS...

"He mentioned the lyrics in the song titled 'Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa - Satu bahasa, satu Negara (Language - the Soul of the Nation - one language, one nation). This concept was already introduced in the era of the late Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tun Abdul Razak," said the Menteri Besar.

The priority of 1Malaysia, according to Dato' Sri Adnan, is the outcome from what had been done through the output or budget allocated.

"When we say 1Malaysia, there must be something good for the people. If we say 1Malaysia is for peace, we don't deny that peace is the key to all. Without unity, without peace, nothing can be done.

"All development plans will be short-lived. And if there is racial conflict, the situation will be chaotic," he said.

AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY

Dato' Sri Adnan also reminisced about the glory of the Malacca Sultanate during its peak, which controlled a large area of the region covering the four zones in southern Thailand, the Philippines and the Borneo archipelagos.

However, he said, the Government was later taken over by the British and during the British colonisation; some movements emerged among the people in this country to fight for the country's independence.

"The truth is, the country's independence was the result of racial unity among all the races, the Malay, Chinese and Indian. The Chinese came from China as tin miners and traders.

"The Indian was brought in by the British as workers especially for estates and also for the Public Works Department and the Telecom Department. At one point, there were more non-Malay in Malaya than the Malays.

"However, during the depression in 1930s, economic recession in the 1930s; the Chinese and Indians went back to their own countries. They went back to India and China. And during that time, the term used was 'back to Tongsan'. When they say 'back to Tongsan', it meant back to China.

SOCIAL CONTRACT

"Then, after the war (the Second World War 1941-1946), the Chinese and Indians came back, but not that many. The Malayan population during that time was consisted of the Malays as the majority and the non-Malays as the minority.

"The British posed a condition that they will only give independence to the Federated Malay States provided that all the races unite. Therefore, the political parties especially the Malay party, UMNO, which wanted the independence, agreed with the formation of MCA first, later followed by MIC. They had collaborated for the Kuala Lumpur Municipal election in 1953. Then, they were known as the Alliance and they won," he said.

The first general election in 1955, Dato' Sri Adnan added, saw the Alliance winning 51 out of the 52 seats in the Federal Legislative Assembly.

The general election win caused the British to give independence to the Federated Malay States or Malaya.

"It does not matter whether it was a 'social contract' or not. Most importantly, the country's independence was based on the spirit of tolerance. We must not forget this national spirit amongst the Malay, Chinese and Indian," he said.

THE MOST SUPREME LAW

"The Malays were very tolerant. The Malays decided to award citizenship to the non-Malays and the non-Malays voluntarily decided - Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tan Cheng Lock and Tan Siew Sin; and later Sambanthan - agreed that the rights of the Malays on matters related to Islam, the Malay rulers, the Malay privileges to be inscribed in the country's constitution and that remained until today.

"This Malaysian constitution is 'the supreme law of the land'. The constitution is referred to for all matters. Every Parliamentary Act, any laws to be gazetted must follow the constitution. If it is against the constitution, the act or the law is considered as invalid.

"That shows the supremacy of the Federal Constitution. That is why until today, there remain the special privileges for the Malays, the rights of non-Muslims, Islam as the official religion. Also inscribed was the right of the non-Malays to practice their beliefs," he added.

The 1Malaysia concept as emphasised by the Prime Minister, said Dato' Sri Adnan, was based on the existing Federal Constitution that recorded the rights of the Malays and non-Malays.

"It was a consensus before; the Malays gave the non-Malays citizenship. The non-Malays accepted Islam, the Malay rulers, the special privileges of the Malays - there's no need to mention.

THE PM'S POLITICAL SECRETARY AS SPEAKER

"However, the problem is, we still have to mention them because there are certain parties that try to deny this fact," he said.

The talk on appreciation of 1Malaysia was organised by the Office of the State Secretary with cooperation from the State Information Department. The Political Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dato' Sahlan Abdullah, was the invited speaker.

Among those who attended the talk were the Speaker for the State Assembly, Dato' Sri Wan Razali Mahussin; the State Secretary, Dato' Muhammad Safian Ismail; state exco Dato' Mohd Sharkar Shamsuddin; the State Legal Advisor Dato' Mat Zai'ai Alias; the Syarie Chief Judge, Dato' Abdul Hamid Rahman; and the State Information Director, Dato' Hasnah Hasan.