.:WE LIVE IN HARMONY COUNTRY.:

Petronas TV commercial about two old men meeting each other at a hospital reminiscing their younger days about the joy of standing out for each other during pain and struggle. There are some dialog taken from that clips.

melayu: hey bawak pelahan sikit , geli la!

cina : sakit ke ?

melayu: tak !

india : hey itu dia potong , dia kasi balik ke ?

melayu: tak!

cina : boleh tengok aa?

melayu: tak boleh.. AKU SEPAK Karang !

cina : hehe

Relations between people of different ethnic groups are crucial issues in
the world of today. At both the national and international levels, ethnic
conflicts are important issues, impeding effective relations and social
harmony. Although people often believe that we can all get along if we
just try, history tells us that conflict is more likely than harmony in
the context of intercultural contact. How can we get along better with others? There are some tips on how to have the harmony ethnic relations.

First of all, love other ethnics as we love our ethnics. This statement means that we should try very hard to understand about their ethnics and practice communicates together. It is not always easy, it is not always right opinion, and it is not always be fine but we keep trying. There will be no color or facial distinctions made to tighten up the relationship between all ethnics.

Then, we also can avoid from being prejudice. Prejudice encompasses negative thoughts and feelings that a person has toward another person. This negative view is not based on clear information, accurate or adequate. Never blame something bad on the other person. For example, the Indian kids in the video do not blame his friend for having this problems but try to solve it together.

Besides that, each ethnics need to put aside the concept of segregation. Racial segregation is the separation of different kinds of humans into racial groups in daily life. Separation occurs in some circumstances, such as place where each ethnic live, school, and facilities. If there have segregation, there will have no chances to each ethnics seat together and know deeply about each other.

In a nutshell, as a Malaysian with various ethnic relations, we should avoid prejudices, stereotypes, and the segregation concept to cultivate harmony and national unity in this country

-WAN NUR FARHANAH-

.: Yasmin Ahmad's Contribution to Ethnics Relation.:

This is an update post on what have been presented by me in the class few weeks ago.

We have watch many interesting advertisement in tv.Mostly commercial from Petronas.Such as shown by Mr Ahmad in our last class.And I am sure that most of us have watched SEPET,GUBRA,TALENTIME and MUKHSIN.I think some of you can guest what I’m going to share with you.

If you watch all the film and advertisement.i’m sure that you know the person who responsible to all these art work.

I’m sure that you had heard this name.Yasmin Ahmad.She had left us about 1 year.

Why I choose her to become my subject today,is because she was a very serious person in promoting ethnics unity.This is clearly view from all her art artwork.Most of her film and advertisement are promoting multiraces.

Most of her work for advertisement will kept in our memory.I’m sure that we love the advertisement we watch in our class.Very catchy full with the message to unite we as Malaysian.Beside promoting ethnics unity to Malaysian, she also introduce Malaysia as a country with multiraces .But s ill peace with no problem.

The box office movie, Sepet is a story love between two races,which are Chinse and Malay .Other box office movie,Talentime,shows that Malaysia is really a multiraces country.Every film had been directed to show that there will no gap between ethnics.

Maybe some of these film has controversy,but now I want us to realize her hard work in promoting Malaysia as a peace company with many ethnics.

Her hard work paid by many awards.All the awards were not just from Malaysia but International award,

From Sepet she got 18th Tokyo International Film Festival Best Asian Film Award.

From Talentime she got Malaysia Film Festival awards for Best Director and the lovely tv commercial for Petronas advertisement Tan Hong Ming In Love that we watched in the last class she got Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 2008 Gold Winner .

I hope that our film makers in Malaysia will support ethnic unity like what had done by Allahyarhamah Yasmin Ahmad.And everybody have to work to promote ethnics unity even who we are.Hopefully all her artwork will remain in our memory.We should let people around d know we live happily in a multiraces country.These had been done by Allahyarhamah from Sepet,Mukhsin and many more films and all the TV commercial.We have to continue her hard work.

-AMIRA SYUHADA-

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.: ONLINE SURVEY RESULT.:

DASAR PERINDUSTRIAN BERAT NEGARA

Data description

From 54 respondents,30 female and 24 male , we have analyzed the data collected.

The questionnaire had been answered by 74.8 % respondents from technical (engineering) field. From all the respondents, just 35.18% have heard about “DASAR PERINDUSTRIAN BERAT NEGARA” .And most who have not heard about this are not from engineering field.91% from the respondent who are not from engineering field have not heard about the policy.

Only 24.07 % respondents agree that only engineering or technical students will give their contribution to industrial field.While others disagree.

16.7 % respondent disagree that the policy will help the students in engineering field and 88.8% agree that the policy help the development of Malaysia’s economy.

The percentage of respondents that agree this policy have unite the ethnics is lower than the respondents who say no.62.96% respondents say that this policy never unite the ethnics.

From all the data,

Itshows that only people who involved in the field will realize what happen between them.

Besides, there are still many Malaysian do not know the knowledge about our country.

This survey conclude that, the policy can be improved to unite the ethnics unity in industrial concept.

"UNITE WE PROGRESS"

.:LOVE.:

Love is one factor that can create unity. As we know, the concept of love is wide.Love to the Creator, love to parents, love for God's creation, love for mankind. Love will build a good bond between all people.
Simple example, love to God cause all believers together to worship his god. Love to people will unite two people as a couple.

Therefore, to realize the hope that a people united, will state the nature of love must be nurtured. The love of the country not only as a mentioned in the mouth alone, but must be practiced as soon as possible.

Through my observations, today's generation have low awareness about what means by love to our country. Not pointing fingers at anyone, but, sometimes I would imagine, "all this a simple matter", although very hard to foster a sense of love.

Perhaps we as a generation that is given an award from the Lord to study and think, need to find alternatives to produce the love of country seeds in each people.

.:Do you ever know about JPNIN and IKLIN?.:

What is JPNIN????

JPNIN is an acronym for Jabatan Perpaduan Negara dan Integrasi Nasional.From1969, this department was setting up as Department of National Unity under Pime Minister's Department. The name of JPNIN or Department of National Unity and Integration was established in 2009.

The cronology of JPNIN

Year 1972
Department of National Unity has joined with the Office of the National Goodwill and pledged the Ministry of National Unity.

Year 1974
Changed the name of the Ministry of National Unity to the Board of National Unity and placed under the Prime Minister.

Year 1980
National Unity Board Secretariat joined with youth and youth and called the Department of National Unity under the Prime Minister.

Year 1983
Department of National Unity youth and change back to the original name of the Department of National Unity.

Year 1990
On October 27, 1990, the Department of National Unity has been placed under the Ministry of National Unity and Social Development.

Year 2004
On March 27, 2004, the Department of National Unity has been put back under the Prime Minister and called the Department of National Unity & Integration.

Year 2008
Department of National Unity & Integration has been placed under the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage.

Year 2009
On 9 April 2009, the Department of National Unity & Integration has been put back under the Prime Minister.

The vision of JPNIN is ,To Become A Leading Government Agency In Producing A United, Far-Sighted and Progressive Malaysian Race

While the mission for JPNIN is To Instill Tolerance And Racial Harmony Through Social Interaction And Networking Towards A United Malaysian Race With A National Identity.

I loved the motto used by JPNIN which sounds like this
" UNITED WE PROGRESS "

The motto used cleary show that we, as the Malaysia will able to put our country at the same level with all the the develop country.But, one basic rule to achieve this is unity.

Most of all us do realize that we can be the best if we unite,but what happen now in Malaysia,we do not practiced it as well.

Back to JPNIN,

The council of Ministers which met on 15 December 2004 has decided

on the establishment of the Institute for National Integration Studies and Training (IKLIN) that operates under the purview of the Department of National Unity and Integration.

Objectives of IKLIN

:to create a united 'Bangsa Malaysia' which is in line with the aspiration of our Government.

Malaysians from all walks of life need to understand this aspiration. It is the aim of the Institute to provide the necessary platform for training programs in line with the objectives that are formulated and conducted to inculcate and instill positive values to futher strengthen unity and national integration.