FLASH OF PRIDE

As my eyes catch the title ‘’FLASH OF PRIDE’’ on the news article, many things that linger in my mind. I simply say that nowadays Malaysia is an independence country that able to achieve success after been a ‘prisoners’ in our own country for a long time. Malaysia has great leaders to sustain the independence in our country and to bring Malaysia in the eyes of the world.

 From the picture itself, it symbolized proud feeling in each of the workers’ self.   They hang our Malaysia flag which is  ‘’jalur gemilang’’ at the pole of public square. The purpose of putting the precious flag at the place is to give spirit for them and make them more vigorous to do the hard job. They do not feel ashamed at all hanging the flag beside them, plus they feel very proud of the flag. This action is rarely doing among our society because some citizens in Malaysia did not appreciate independence and they just take things for granted.

Malaysia is an impressing country with all the great achievement that be obtained from a few decades ago. For example, the achievement in term of economy. Fifty years ago Malaysia is an agricultural and mining based economy with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of RM12.8 billion with very less growth rate which is 1 percent. The per capita income was about RM800 with the percentage of poverty in 1970 was 50 per cent of households. The industry and corporate sector was dominated by British and the Malaysian have less and even sometimes no opportunity to lead the industry sector. After five decades suffering, the nation is in the progress of its journey towards a developing country consistent with vision 2020. The GDP in 2006 has not drastic increasing but showing increases from one percent to six percent. It has grown from RM12.8 billion into RM277.3 billion.

Lastly Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir. A daughter of former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Mahathir Mohamad, is a founder of Malaysia AIDS Council. She has successfully headed the Malaysian AIDS Council for more than a decade. Despite of the position, she holds a big position which is a Vice-President of AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific. Her nonstop brilliant thoughts and ideas have made a lot of contribution to society, change perception of society towards HIV/AIDS victims as well as help the HIV/AIDS victims to have a better life than before.