HE IS NOT THAT EASY TO FORGET

IT IS NOT THAT EASY TO FORGET HIM

25th IIUM ANNIVERSARY

16^th February, 2008

WELCOMING SPEECH OF IIUM PRESIDENT

Assalaamu’alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh.

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Yang Amat Berhormat Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, The Founder of this International Islamic University Malaysia,

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Yang  Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali,

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Yang Berbahagia Rector Prof. Dato’ Dr. Syed Arabi Idid,

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Yang Berbahagia Ustaz Hamidon, Deputy Rector Student Affairs and Chairman of the organizing committee,
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His Excellencies, member of the Board of Governors and the Majlis.

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His Excellencies, representatives of the Embassies and High Commissions of the OIC countries.

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Deputy Rectors,

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The Academic and Administrative staff of IIUM,

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Muslim Brothers and Sisters.

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On behalf of the staff, students and alumni of IIUM I take this opportunity to welcome Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the founder of this university, and Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah, to our campus, to deliver a keynote address on the occasion of the university’s 25^th Anniversary.

The presence of both of you, on this meaningful occasion, makes all of us proud and feel very honored indeed.

It is the feeling, and believe, of all the scholars and thinkers of this university, that the university, the International Islamic University Malaysia, or the IIUM, is your greatest lasting contribution to the Muslim Ummah and humanity. 


Our graduates are already beginning to play their roles in the development planning, and processes, in their respective countries; more of them are already appearing, as supporting personnel, in the OIC and other international conferences involving their countries.


Quite a number have become Ministers, and successful businessmen. In fact one of them is already trying, and preparing, to become the president of his country.

A BRIDGE TO THE MUSLIM WORLD

LAGU, PUISI DAN SYAIR

LAGU, PUISI DAN SYAIR SEBAGAI SUMBER INSPIRASI

Setiap hari kita mendengar lagu walaupun bukan semuanya lagu yang bermunafa'at bagi kita. Tidak selalu kita mendengar orang membaca puisi atau sajak walaupun antara sajak-sajak ada yang isinya memberangkan dan menaikkan semagat kita. Lagu seperti 'Anak Kecil Main Api' jarang kedengaran walaupun ianya boleh membangkitkan semangat dan kesedaran bangsa. Ianya, yang dicipta oleh Tan Sri Nordin Kardi, telah dipopularkan dalam kursus-kursus Biro Tatanegara (BTN) dan Kemas di satu masa dulu.

 

Puisi Sasterawan Negara Osman Awang, yang sangat bersemangat itu juga tidak selalu kedengaran. Saya turunkan di sini puisi itu.

PERJUANGAN MENGENAI BAHASA MELAYU.

13hb Julai, 1967
Keranda 152
SN Usman Awang
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ANAK Melayu
Panas dadamu membakar baju
Kita arak keranda 152
Ke tanah perkuburannya parlimen
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Sepuluh tahun nafas ini terhenti
Hari ini jangan lagi menyanyi
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Sebentar lagi malam akan tiba
Tiap pintu dan jendela sudah dijaga
Bayang-bayang tidak bisa lewat jalan raya
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Anak Melayu
Namamu telah diseru
Jawablah
Sebelum lidahmu jadi bisu.

{catatan penulis- lewat Keranda 152, setiap manusia Melayu yang ada jiwa dan roh keMelayuannya akan meratapi andainya terkubur Bahasa Melayu yang menjadi Jiwa Bangsa kita}
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PERJUANGAN MENGENAI KETUANAN MELAYU

LAGU WARISAN

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ANAK KECIL MAIN API

INTEGRITI

UCAPTAMA DALAM MAJLIS PENUTUP
SEMPENA MENANDATANGAN MOU
ANTARA KELAB VETERAN MAYC MALAYSIA (KVMM)DENGAN INSTITUT INTEGRITI MALAYSIA
di Institut Integriti Malaysia,
Pada pukul 12.00 tengah hari Ahad, 22hb Jun, 2014

Assalaamu’alaikum Warahmatullaahi Wabarakaatuh

Yang Dihormati saudara Pengerusi Majlis,

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Dr. Mohd Tap bin Salleh, Presiden Institut Integriti Malaysia,

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Nasir Safar, Presiden Kelab Veteran MAYC Malaysia,

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Hj. Mustafar bin Ali, Timbalan Ketua Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM),

Yang Berbahagia Dato Aidit Ghazali, Ahli Institut Integriti Malaysia,

Ahli-Ahli Panel yang bijaksana,

Veteran-Veteran MAYC dan Hadirin hadirat sekalian.

PENGHORMATAN

Terlebih dahulu saya mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kepada penganjur majlis yang sudi menjemput saya untuk memberi ucapan pada hari ini.

Nama dan peranan Institut Integriti Negara sungguh manarik bagi saya, lebih-lebih lagi kerana nilai-nilai murni yang mendukung integriti bangsa Melayu masakini sudah terhakis sehingga hampir tandus keadaannya.

Jika saya ditanya apakah kerja yang menarik bagi saya pada umur 71 tahun, saya dengan senang hati akan memilih untuk berkerja di

1) Institut Integriti Malaysia (IIM),
2) Jabatan Audit Negara (JAN), atau
3) Suruhanjaya Pencegah Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM).

Seseorang pelancung dari luar negeri yang datang ke negara ini akan mendapati Malaysia adalah sebuah negara yang maju, aman makmur dan manarik bagi mereka. Malaysia adalah 'Truly Asia.'

Mereka akan memuji negara kita.

Hanya apabila mereka membaca suratkhabar kita, dan social media, baru mereka akan mendapati betapa kita berpecah belah di antara sesama sendiri di kalangan kaum masing-masing, dan antara kaum yang berbeza.

IIM, SPRM dan JAN adalah tiga badan dan jabatan yang boleh meredakan kegelisahan yang ada di kalangan rakyat Malaysia.

Asalkan kerjanya cekap dan berkesan.

KITA KINI

Walaupun negara dan bangsa kita, yang kecil jumlah penduduknya, mempunyai 9 dari 45 orang raja dan sultan di dunia, iaitu 1/5 dari jumlah monarchy kesemuanya; walaupun Perdana Menteri, Menteri Besar, Ketua Menteri, Menteri, Pegawai Awam, Tentera dan Polis Malaysia, Pegawai Daerah, Penghulu dan Ketua Kampung, majoritinya terdiri dari orang-orang Melayu, tetapi bangsa Melayu berpecah belah, dan boleh diperalat, dipecahbelahkan dan dipersenda oleh kaum lain termasuk pendatang, penumpang, pelancung yang ada di dalam dan di luar negera.

LIBRARIANS AND READING - RIDING A PERFECT STORM 2014

UCAPTAMA DALAM MAJLIS  

'RIDING A PERFECT STORM 2014' 

ANJURAN UiTM DAN YAYASAN KEPIMPINAN PERDANA PADA 18HB JUN, 2014.

Assalaamu'alaikum Warahmatullaahi Wabarakaatuh 

Mr. Chairman,

Professor Madya Dr. Hj. Laili Hj. Hashim, Dean, Faculty of Information Management, UiTM.

Mr. Azhar Mohd Noor, Chief Librarian of the Perdana Leadership Foundation.

Members of the academic staff of UiTM, officials and staff of the Yayasan Perdana Library.

Fellow librarians, potential librarians, reading enthusiasts and fans of the book.

SALUTATION 

Thank you very much for giving me the honor of delivering a keynote address in this colloquium and thereby getting me involved again with younger generation of future leaders.

As I have written and deliberated at some length the points on the subject of books and reading I would refer you to my blog: sanusijunid.blogspot.com under the titles:

1. Dasar Buku Negara: Penilaian Semula 2004 yang saya sampaikan pada 23hb Ogos, 2004, dan

2. Menyemarakkan Budaya Iqra' yang dimasukkan ke blog pada 15hb Januari, 2010.

I will today add-on to what I have written in the past and occasionally refer to the two articles which I am sure you have not read.

THE BEGINNING

Since I left MCKK in 1963 I was never a scholarship holder, for further education, nor a government servant until I became a deputy minister in 1978. I was an employee of a bank, and pursued my further studies with the bank's resources.

But I owed a lot to the government for making policies of increasing the participation of Bumiputeras in the banking sector.

THE COST OF KNOWLEDGE

As I knew exactly the cost of education, I often wondered, if the cost of sending a student to a university up to graduation, is instead used for buying as many books as possible, for the equivalent cost, would it make the students more qualified probably by reading not all the books, which is practically impossible, but enough to acquire knowledge as much, or even much more knowledge than the graduates can gather at the university.

Under such scheme a student need only to be interested in reading, generally, and for his examinations, which is probably unnecessary, unless a measure of knowledge is a condition for his future employment.

A LIBRARIAN IS A NOBLE PROFESSION

If there is an obsession for a university qualification, then under the same scheme the library could just be called, a university, instead of just a library being part of a university.

The librarians could then be called professors, lecturers and experts and supervisors.

I would however prefer, if I were you, to be called just librarians. Librarians are managers of an institution for the preservation, management and dissemination of knowledge; a librarian is really an honorable and enviable job.