Arousing youth’s potential

 
 
LIMBARUH HIJAU 11 JAN 2006: Several NDP’s senior leaders led by 83 year-old NDP President, Yasin Affandy met up with some 30 youth members from Tutong and Brunei-Muara last Tuesday in efforts to arouse youth’s awareness of their big responsibility in securing the future of the nation.

They were told at the get-together session that it is their duty and responsibility to ensure Brunei continues to exist as peaceful and prosperous Malay, Islamic Monarchical nation. The get-together session was held at the party’s HQ at Limbaruh Hijau in Jerudong.

Sdra Mahmud Morshidi Othman, the Deputy President of NDP, Awang Haji Antin Ahad and several other senior NDP leaders from the headquarters were also present to join NDP President Yasin Affandy in giving the motivational talks to the youths.
With hope to awaken their slumbering nationalistic and patriotic spirits, Yasin Affandy brought them down his memory lane some 50 years ago when at an early age of 20 he changed course from a life of mere wage earner to a life of a political activist.

He said the young people of his generation in the region went through many depressing experiences during the World War II period and after the traumatic experience under the Japanese occupation, were in the mood for independence, to regain their nation’s sovereignty from their colonial masters and were determined to pave the way to the future without interferences from alien powers.

The mood spread to Brunei and we too, said Yasin Affandy caught the ‘fever’.

It was a fine setting to sow the seeds of nationalism and patriotism.

The hardship they went through awakened their young fighting spirits for the love of the nation and the ruler and spurred them to the frontline to help restore the dignity and sovereignty of the nation, the people and the monarchy.

The new generation he said, now live in different environment and setting. The soil now is fertile to sow the seeds of complacency.

The peace and prosperity we now enjoy bring happiness to all of us but at the same time it has the potential to dampen our nationalistic and patriotic spirit and made us tend to forget about our duty and responsibility to the nation, the people and to the monarchy.

He urged youths to wake up to reality that the future of the nation is in their hands and the nation needs strong hands to lead it to greater stability and prosperity while ensuring the concept of Malay,Islamic Monarchy remain intact.

It is now yor struggle to ensure that Brunei will forever remain a soveringn peaceful and prosperous Malay, Isamic, Monarchical nation that deserves the clemency of Allah the Almighty.

 

  
 
 
     
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