Brunei delegates attend KL education congress
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Dr Pg Amir Mohd Yussof.

A delegation from Brunei Darussalam will be attending the 1st Malay Education Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 1 to 2.

The delegation will be led by Dr Pg Amir Mohd Yussof bin Pg Abbas Al-Haj, the Managing Director cum advisor of Nusa Laila Puteri School here.

The congress will be officiated by the Malaysian Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohammad, at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur.

The event is organised by the West Malaysian Malay Teachers Union (KGMMB) with the cooperation of Kumpulan Melayu Prihatin or the Caring Malay Group.

A total of six working papers will be tabled at the congress, written by education specialists from West Malaysia.

Meanwhile, Dr Pg Amir feels the congress is important to improve the quality of education of the Malay people for the success of Malay generation in the future.

He said it is important for the Malay people to acquire more knowledge because the amount of knowledge the people have now could not prevent them from being cheated.

He was referring to the large number of the Malay people who participated in pyramid schemes, which have been proven that those who participated will in the end be the losers.

He said the Malay people must realise the amount of knowledge they possess is still limited and therefore they should try to gather new knowledge through participating in knowledge-laden seminars and events.

"The amount of knowledge we obtain by undergoing college degrees is not enough to save us from becoming gullible persons.

"It is our own initiative to improve our knowledge by attending knowledge functions to overcome our limitations," he said.

Dr Pg Amir said he is also worried to see the trend of the modern generation who loves to waste time playing computer games and chatting until late at nights and sometimes into the early mornings.

"The nation will not go forward with a young generation who sleep late and wake up late.

"Such trends of time wasting must be stopped if we want our country to move forward," he said.

Dr Pg Amir and his delegation will fly to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin