Sandakan: The National
Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) in collaboration with the Department of
National Unity and Integration of the Prime Minister's Department has undertaken
a nationwide unity dialogue session with the public themed 'Dialog Perpaduan : Suara Akar Umbi~Membina Bersama Bangsa Malaysia yang Bersatu Padu.' The NUCC
conducted the dialogue session in SMK Merparti, Sandakan on Sunday 9th March 2014, from 8.00 am
-1.00 pm. The session was attended by around 300 people on an invitation basis involving government departments and agencies, political parties,
non-government and faith based organisations.
The 32-member Council which is an
independent body was initiated by the Honorable Prime Minister Datuk Sri Najib Tun Abdul Razak. NUCC was formed last year as an advisory body to gather views and feedbacks from the public on national unity and
integration. The feedbacks from the dialogue would be analysed and will form the preliminary report for national unity planning and making recommendations to
the government.
Two representatives from St
Mary's Cathedral, Dalius L. Lobinjang of SOCCOM and Sunday Samuel Worok of the
Parish Office attended the dialogue. The dialogue session adopted an open concept
where the audience were encouraged to express their views freely.
Dalius Lobinjang commended the government for taking such serious effort in promoting unity, bringing people of diverse races, religions and cultures together. He
opined that to instill national unity it should start from young through
education. It is high time for the academicians to formulate a specific subject to promote
national unity in school.
He also highlighted that the street demonstrations happening in Peninsula is not the culture in Sabah where people over here are more tolerant
with each other. He proposed that political differences would best be discussed in forums or debates so that parties can channel their views on any issues to the
masses, rather than going to the extreme of street demonstrations. He
proposed that dialogue sessions or forums are appropriate venues to voice out
their opinions. Such sessions should be broadcasted live without censorship with NUCC as the
moderator so that the public could have direct access to such information.
One positive aspect is that the session has created a platform for open dialogue among the people with the hope that the government will hear
the voice of the grassroots.
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