Today I have the honour of attending a free farewell gala at Bangsar Actors Studio.
The show consists of a medley of songs written and performed by a group of Gen Y. I have to admit I am proud that the future of our country is in their hands.
If I have only read and knew from my peers, tonight I saw for with my own eyes, a total new group of young people. These group of newly identified young Malaysians have their own blog, website, Facebook, you-tube etc. and definitely have their own opinions of society and politics. Notwithstanding what race they are born of, they could express themselves in at least three languages. They are definitely much wiser and more knowledgeable than our generation.
This generation is the by-products of a generation/parents who has benefited from the “the processes of globalization and the ‘high-tech’ modernisation associated particularly with the governments of Mahathir; seen as the main drivers of identity reformulation in Malaysia”.
(Graham K Brown, The formation and management of political identities: Malaysia and Indonesia compared, Centre for Research; on inequality, human security and ethnicity, CRISE, Queen Elisabeth House, University of Oxford)
Building a strong and large group of middle class citizen ensures stablity! However, education also allows people to think for themselves.
Our Malaysian Gen Y may respect their culture and the older generation. No way will they be so naive or gullible to be taken in with stories of cars and cows! They have already 'predicted' - after Perak, now Selangor, what next? Kedah? No way too, will the Ulama's or religious leaders get their hands on them, so easily!
Three cheers for our next generation of Anak Bangsa Malaysia!
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