A very good morning to the honour judges, all my friends, the fellow audience, and especially the organiser

of this public speaking competition. My name is Saravanan S/O Murugan, from SJKT Gelang Patah. Well! This is my pleasure for having a chance to present my speech at this stage. I am here seeking for your attention; my topic is about Excellent Culture in Malaysia. Hopefully all of you will enjoy for it. Ladies and gentlemen: First and foremost, our 6th Prime Minister, Dato Seri Najib Razak used to say, One Malaysia should be existed today onwards. Dato Seri continued saying that, This is the best solution for restructuring our society during the outbreak of a global recession. What does it mean by One Malaysia concept? One Malaysia concept consists of 8 values. They are culture of excellence, perseverance, humility, acceptance, loyalty, meritocracy, education and the last one, integrity. All of these are prime conditions to reach 1Malaysia. This concept is neither too hard nor too easy to be achieved. Since Malaysia is being developed, current Prime Minister espoused 1Malaysia concept and it is purposely takes into considerations the interests and aspirations of all communities in moving country forward.

Ladies and gentlemen: Malaysia is a multi-racial community. For instance, Malays, Chinese, Indians, Iban, Kadazan and so on. Every Malaysian should understand and tolerate among each other in order to create a harmony place. There is a good example, understanding Islam among Muslims and non-Muslims. Non-Muslims cannot take alcoholic beverages, cannot take pork product and so forth.

*There is another situation, still could remember, when I was working in hotel last time. I have realised that there was several gangs in my department. They are Malays, Chinese and Indians gang. They were arguing among each other every time just because of small, little things. They were never ever tolerating among themselves. Until once upon a time, there was a severe mistake done by someone else. And because of this, warning letter will be given to everyone unless we able to find out the solution. Therefore, all the 3 gangs finally discussed together regardless the races and we really found the best solution.

Because of this case, 3 gangs dismissed and converted into a big team. Besides, our ability and unspoken consensus led us to the Top Sales Group.

*Alright! Ladies and gentlemen, based on this case, we have learnt nothing is impossible! In other words, it depends on us. This has proved that different races of Malaysians able to tolerate with each other in order to achieved the desired goal. Other than that, we noticed that justice is not biased in Malaysia. There is no favouritism among each other. This is fair enough for every level of people. We can see that all sectors will received the same opportunities nowadays based on merit without into account ones race, religion, political leanings or economic status. For example, as we know, different races of government servants are now being promoted based on their working performance. For those potential people, they are always being on top. No matter whom they are, top employee must be at the higher ranking.

Ladies and gentlemen: As a conclusion, 1Malaysias goal is to preserve and enhance this unity in divers ity which has been always been our strength and remains out best hope for the future. Therefore, as a Malaysian, please be remembered to seize the golden chance to contribute yourself in order to create the excellent culture in Malaysia!

Ladies and gentlemen: Please ask yourself, can you do that?