Najib wants youths to make change in a productive way

LONDON (July 3, 2013): Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has called on youths who are willing to make change to do it in a productive way.

He said those who want to make a change by taking to the streets should know whether it makes their country better or creates an unfavourable outcome.

Najib was launching the first international 1Malaysia for Youth (iM4U) outreach centre at Rumah Malaysia here Tuesday night. He said the opening of the centre, with the collaboration of the United Kingdom Eire (Ireland) Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC), in London was another landmark achievement for iM4U.

Najib, who is chairman of the iM4U Board of Trustees, said that to help kickstart the collaboration between UKEC and iM4U, a grant of 10,000 pounds (RM48,234) from iM4U's DRe1M Fund would be used for the first 10 outreach initiatives.

Umno Youth wants Najib and Muhyiddin to continue leading party

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth wants the party's top two posts to be won uncontested at its coming elections, says its chief Khairy Jamaluddin.

He said the wing wanted Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to remain as Umno president and deputy president respectively as they were “most qualified for the posts”.

“The wing respects and supports the democratic spirit in the party, but our priority must be to strengthen the party, and not internal politics,” Khairy said after chairing the wing's first exco meeting held after the general election yesterday.

”We also need a continuance of leaders to strengthen Umno.

“We support that they (Najib and Muhyiddin) remain as president and deputy president.”

Several Umno leaders, including vice-president Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi and information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan, have supported the call for the top two posts to be won uncontested.

Youth to give Najib strong mandate — Abdul Karim

SIBU: Youth would give Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak a strong mandate to continue his various transformation programmes, said Assistant Minister of Youth Development Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

He said Najib’s transformation programmes have won the hearts of all strata of society, including the youth who would play a pivotal role in deciding the outcome of the coming General Election.

“If we bother to study what he had done in the last four years when he was the Prime Minister, he had done tremendously well.

“No sector of the society or community is ignored and we can see that he has been a really hardworking Prime Minister,” said Abdul Karim.

Najib promises to continue to work hard for the people

SANDAKAN -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak promised to continue to work hard for the people, especially the younger generation who are the country's future

 He said it was important for the government to pass the reins of leadership when the country had prospered and developed.

 "Thank you for believing in me and I hope you will continue to support the Barisan Nasional.

 "The government is very serious to engage with youths because you will become the leaders of our country one day," he told his ardent fans connected to him through his Facebook page called Ah Jib Gor or big brother Najib in Mandarin, here, today.

 Najib hoped the youths would not make a mistake when electing a prime minister in the coming general election.
 "Please support BN if you still want me in my present position or you will get the wrong Ah Jib Gor or big brother," he said to cheers from his fans who chanted 'Ah Jib Gor'.

 Najib, who also presented the fan club's membership certificates, hoped the300-member fan club in Sandakan, which was launched in September, would continue in strength.  -- Bernama

(Source: New Straits Times - 16 December 2012)

Youths happy with Najib’s stewardship

Forty-six percent of them are satisfied with the way the prime minister's managing the nation, according to a survey.

PETALING JAYA: The majority of Malaysian youth between the ages of 17 and 35 have expressed confidence in Najib Tun Razak’s stewardship of the nation.

According to a nationwide survey, 46% are happy with the way the prime minister is running the country while 17% had little or no confidence at all in him.

His popularity could be attributed to the 1Malaysia Youth Fund which provides a platform for youths to channel their talent and energy in promoting development.

“Malaysian youth are politically sensitive…they are aware of core government policies,” said Nur Azrina Azhar, senior programme officer at The Asia Foundation, which conducted the survey.

Two thousand one hundred and five youngsters took part in the survey which was carried out in April this year.
Five institutions, mainly the civil administration, the police, the legal system, the prime minister and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), were gauged.

The police force and NGOs faired least favourably in the survey, with 29% and 24% having low confidence or no confidence in both respectively.

An ethnic breakdown revealed that Malays and East Malaysia Bumiputeras along with Indian youth had the most confidence in the PM.

Chinese youths, however, had the least confidence in all five institutions with only 48% having trust in the PM and his policies.

(Source: Free Malaysia Today - 14 December 2012)

1M4U Can Turn Malaysia Into Hub, Model In Volunteerism - Najib

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 12 (Bernama) - 1Malaysia for Youth (1M4U) can turn Malaysia into a hub and a model country in volunteerism with people of different races working together based on the 1Malaysia concept, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The prime minister said the initiative underlined the government noble vision and aspirations in making iM4U as a body and platform to promote and drive volunteerism among the younger generation.

Najib, who is also 1M4U chairman, said the government would promote volunteerism among all Malaysians, especially the younger generation in the public and private sectors, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and government-linked companies (GLCs) in conjunction with the National Convention on Volunteering 2013.

"1M4U will organise the National Convention on Volunteering 2013 in February next year to assemble all active volunteers to discuss the direction of volunteerism among young people in the country," he said when meeting 10 finalists in the My Uni Rocks contest at the Perdana Putra Building here Wednesday.

In an effort to promote structured and regular volunteer activities among youths, he said 100 iM4U Outreach Centres would be opened in all institutions of higher learning in stages next year to serve as a catalyst for volunteerism among undergraduates.

He said 1M4U would extend a RM5,000 grant to each outreach centre to activate volunteer activities, and create the 'Tokoh iM4U Volunteer' and the most active outreach centre awards.