Students get together in Muhibah Camp to overcome racial distrust

Seventy-six students from different education backgrounds got together at a camp in a bid to overcome racial distrust as a way forward for a better Malaysia.

Hanis Naqeebah Hasri, 15 , a Form Three student from SAM Hulu Langat, admitted she never had Chinese or Indian friends until she joined the camp."My mother is a lecturer in Universiti Putra Malaysia and a participant of Abim. She saw Abim's posting on Facebook and asked me to join," Hanis said. "We chatted a lot about our cultures, religions and races. This is a platform for us to understand other cultures and ethnicities," Hanis said.

"After joining this camp, I think they are the same as us. They work as hard as you and some even work harder than you. We have in our camp a 15-year-old girl who just took her SPM," he said. Moving forward, Tan said while he cannot change the environment where he lives and studies - at a Chinese-majority community and school - he can take the initiative to participate in more multiracial events.Meanwhile, S Yohan , a 14-year-old vocational school student from MySkills Foundation, was equally excited to make new friends at the camp.Yohan was able to meet new Chinese friends who communicated with him in Mandarin.

Selangor State executive councillor Ng Sze Han, who attended the closing ceremony of the Muhibah Camp yesterday, acknowledged that such a camp could help overcome mistrust among people of different races.

Yaa.. pelan2.. lama2 boleh semua satu sekolah.. baru muhibah total..

Masa dulu, kita sama-sama bermain, belajar, beraya, tengok tv dan bermacam lagi. Politik juga menyatukan rakyat bukan memecah-belah. Itulah muhibah. Rendang masa raya, mutton curry masa deepavali dan kuih ta pik masa CNY. Kem sebenar adalah cara hidup kita setiap hari.

The idea is good but the implementation is rubbish.

Usaha begini kelihatan kosmetik. Tidak perlu ada kem muhibah jika hanya satu sistem sekolah dilaksanakan dan semua kaum menghadirinya. Sendiri mencipta masalah dan kemudian berbangga kerana konon berjaya atasi masalah. Itulah realitinya walaupun akan cuba dinafikan.

That's good development. Hopefully the self serving racist politicians will not cause any disruption

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