Robert Kennedy
“This world demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life but a
state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a
predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the
life of ease.”
Demographic of Malaysia Youth
• 13.37 Mil Youth
(15-40 years old)
• 60% Malay youth, 20%
are Chinese youth, 10% Indian youth
• 74.1% reside in
urban area
Sheer heterogeneity of individuals we have placed under the 'youth'
rubric.
Issues among youths conflate
around two main themes
1. Competitiveness
Factory - laboratory
Vocational education - >60% of Germans undertake
2. Identity (which I will expand on today)
We live in ethnic silos and lead parallel lives
No domination narrative for Malaysians
What we need to know/do
1. More contact points for people of different backgrounds (increase
the contact hours)
Bring people together at the formative years of their lives
At some point, we will need a generational reset.
New
words/terms:
·
Pinnacle : a high mountain top : the best or
most a a big fish in a small pond : one of the most important people in a small
group or organization, who would have much less power and importance if they
were part of a larger group or organization
·
Esprit de corps (team spirit): feelings of
loyalty, enthusiasm, and devotion to a group among people who are members of
the group
·
JAKIM (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia) - the
Department of Islamic Development Malaysia
·
Ustaz (religious teachers)
·
Vernacular (mother tongue) - the language or
dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region.
