SIPITANG 11-09-2011: Leaders of Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) celebrated the state level Hari Raya open house this year in Sipitang today (Sunday) held at Sabah Forest Industries-SFI Motel attended by about thousand people.
Tuan Haji Amdee Sidik the Chairman organizing committee who is also the State Southern Zone Chairman and the Deputy President of SAPP highlighted that there should be no compromise where history of the nation and specifically the history of Sabah is concerned.
History of Sabah especially in the formation of Malaysia has captured the headlines in recent weeks.
Tuan Haji Amdee is of the opinion historical records in our archives are the best source of understanding our past better.
"The director of the state - Datuk Tiga Belas archive is the appropriate authority to determine history without embellishing it. Creative history is often used to serve a greater purpose such as forging unity amongst the people of one nation.
"However, over-stretching creative history may deny others of their place in history and took their sensitivities for granted.
"This may lead discrimination and disenfranchisement of the identity, tradition, and culture and undermine the system of values in the segments of societies. As the result, instead of forging unity, it creates cleavages amongst the people.
Understanding history is never a futile exercise or a waste of time, according to Tuan Haji Amdee.
"Those who deny their history, deny their future and who are we to deny our children from their own future", he asked.
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Let known the true history is important but also equally important for future young to be proud of our correct National Day and independence history.This is a must of how one were to be identified to the world we live in call Malaysia!
ReplyDeleteSuppose too much political agenda here may not do any good at all.Rather especially for young malaysian not to confuse and be told there is no turn back for the past but share their beloved Nation with truth and true facts as well as be proud and loyal to it.
More efforts is needed for public media or national relevant autorities to play an important roles and responsibilities to
affirm the true history but not 'creative' one for malaysian to learn from young about Malaysia.
Are we not seeing national media must broadcast more news or events from the two Borneo states with today's advance technology to draw them closer to other malaysian elsewhere instead? One can easily judge by very short brief news in daily televison program.
We should ask instead how much focus we have done for malaysian unity from even the further East states which had formed as Malaysia!
Are they being treated differently?
What's your opinion as young future malaysian today?