Part of Merdeka Awards interview of Royal Prof Tun Dr Ungku Abdul Aziz

Royal Prof Tun Dr Ungku Abdul Aziz – Economist


The secret thing is national unity (perpaduan). That’s absolute. That is above all. So I think it is a very holistic institution that comes about naturally. It cannot be created unnaturally. We cannot say ‘Now we can have perpaduan’ ‘Now we will have national unity’ and we will all shake hands and so on. That’s ok, for drama.

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I think the corporate people will have to bring the change. This change can only come from people who have new ideas, new understanding of the use of IT , the use of management. The course to excellence is to have the idea that you will do your best and you will continually strive to use your knowledge and to improve your knowledge. The quest for excellence. This is the big thing, it can be done. So you have to build it in. You have to get this sense of ‘Strive for excellence’ – the best


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