Abdul Karim frowns on plan to equip NS trainees with work skills

September 6, 2015

SIBU: The National Service Training Programme (PLKN) should be kept strictly to its original objective of inculcating patriotism among youths, rather than a place to train recruits in technical skills.

“I believe they should not ‘rojak’ PLKN as a place to train recruits in technical skills for work,” Assistant Minister of Youth Development and Asajaya assemblyman Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah told thesundaypost yesterday.

“PLKN was set up, I believe, to build patriotism among youths and for harmonious inter racial interaction among ethnic races in Malaysia.

“It was formulated then because the gap between the various racial ethnic groups seemed to be widening.

“They should keep PLKN strictly to these original objectives and don’t turn it into a vocational or technical college, or institution,” Abdul Karim said.

“There are many vocational and technical colleges around for this purpose. If they want to teach recruits certain human and life skills, do it, but it must not divert from its original objectives.”

He was asked about a Bernama report that PLKN 2.0, which starts in January next year, would see trainees who cannot enter university pick up useful work skills.

Keputusan mahkamah bukti kehakiman M’sia telus, bebas

July 25, 2012

KUCHING: Pembangkang yang sering mendakwa mahkamah di Malaysia sebagai tidak adil dan menerima campur tangan kerajaan kini wajar menarik balik prasangka buruk itu.

Ini berikutan perkembangan terbaharu, apabila Mahkamah Tinggi semalam membatalkan perintah Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein pada 1 Julai tahun lepas yang mengisytiharkan Bersih 2.0 sebagai pertubuhan haram.

Mengulas mengenai perkara itu, Menteri Muda Pembangunan Belia Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah berkata keputusan mahkamah itu menunjukkan badan kehakiman di Malaysia adalah telus dan bebas daripada pengaruh pihak lain.

“Pembangkang terutama Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim selalu mengutuk dan menuduh mahkamah Malaysia ikut telunjuk pemimpin BN.

“Tetapi apabila mereka menang atau keputusan mahkamah menyebelahi mereka, mereka senyap,” katanya ketika dihubungi, semalam.

Justeru beliau berharap rakyat dapat menilai sikap pembangkang dengan mendalam.

“Kita berharap rakyat dapat melihat kerenah pembangkang yang hipokrit dan hanya tahu memburuk-burukkan kerajaan,” katanya.