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2018年工作报告书

全球化与国际化已经是无法躲避的事实，地球村不再是一个梦，因此，我国需要与世界
各国交流，这凸显了多元文化思想是一种“必需品”，而多元文化也逐渐成为衡量一个国家
或政府综合国力的一项不可少的条件。事实证明，中国建议与实行的“一带一路”正是其中
一种全球化的经济政策，透过与各个东南亚国家的经济合作，进而达到政治、经济、贸易、
教育、文化等各方面的交流，让彼此实现健康稳定并可持续发展的关系。马来西亚作为“一
带一路”的参与者，作为中国的合作伙伴，更应该积极推动多元化，方能维持一个更加长久
的合作关系。

董总重申我国应以中庸治国，在民间扩大中庸精神之心声。在近几年成立的马来精英组
织G25，凝聚了一群显要人物，致力于追求公正、民主、和平、宽容、和谐、中庸和进步的
多种族、多文化、多宗教的马来西亚，它在国家议题上不断提倡中庸精神，抗拒种族和宗教
极端主义言行。董总认为，我国需要更多这类组织和人物，抗拒霸权与单元化政策，真正关
爱国家和人民福祉，公平对待每一个族群。

回顾过去，展望未来，董总将会继续抓紧原则和大方向，继往开来为华文教育的明天尽
心尽力，带领华教迈向新的里程碑。乘此元旦佳节，敬祝各界元旦快乐，身体健康，万事如
意。

2018 New Year Message by Dong Zong Chairman
Temenggong Dato Vincent Lau Lee Ming

We are ushering in 2018, a brand new year. On this New Year’s Day, Malaysians are
looking forward to a more prosperous year of hopes and abundance!

As a multi-ethnic nation, Malaysia exhibits diverse ethnic groups, religions, cultures and
languages. For many years, different ethnic groups have been living in harmony to maintain
socio-political stability, spur economy and social development so as to achieve good and
prosperous life. The essence of which has made Malaysia the epitome of harmonious
coexistence in a multi-racial country. Malaysia practices constitutional monarchy, though we
adopt Islam as the official religion and Bahasa Malaysia as the national language, nationals
are empowered by the constitution to practice religious and linguistic freedom. This is the
true founding spirit of Malaysia, the precious legacy left behind by our founding fathers.

However, since our independence 61 years ago, Malaysia has been enshrouded in the
mist of extreme unitization, wherein the spirit of moderation and pluralism adopted during
the early days of independence are continually distorted by racial and ethnic sabotage, with
the ill intent to tear apart the diverse cultures of Malaysia with unitary thinking of "one nation,
one culture and one language". Regrettably, multi-stream mother-tongue education has
not been accorded equal status. There are still many unfair education policies in an attempt
to suppress the existing multi-stream education system so as to achieve the politically

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