Recently I had attended the closing ceremony of this year’s “Youth Integration Program 3.0” which took place at the Promenade Hotel, Kota Kinabalu in Sabah. The function was graced by Datuk Ellron Angin, Minister of Youth & Sports Sabah who was also joined by myself, Tuan Mohd Hairi bin Mad Shah, Chairman of Johor’s Youth and Sports, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Committee while Malacca was represented by the senior officer from the state’s Youth, Sports and Non Government Organizations (NGO) Exco Office.
Also present was Datuk Dr Ripin Lamat, Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development. This interesting program was participated in by youth groups from four different states namely Sarawak, Sabah, Johor and Melaka. It was full of various exciting and interactive activities with the main objective of encouraging the active involvement of our youths in leisure, sports and community activities as well as fostering the spirit of unity and community engagement.
This program also provides the positive avenue for the youth participants to express their potentials through various community related activities organized in several districts of Sabah. Initially this program was started by our Ministry of Youth, Sports & Entrepreneur Development Sarawak (MYSED) together with its counterparts from Sabah and Johor back in the year 2023.
The inaugural event was held in Kuching City while the second edition of the program was hosted by Johor with Malacca becoming the fourth state in Malaysia to join the initiatives in view of the noble objectives of engaging the youths from various backgrounds that fosters national integration, solidarity and cementing better understanding among future generation of leaders.
We have high hopes for the organising of future programs that will attract support and participation of youths from other states in Malaysia even though it started on a modest scale. Based on the feedbacks received from the participants, the program had provided an eye opening experience and giving them the opportunity to reach out to others in their peer age group while overcoming communication barriers.
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