Najib wants Malaysia to have best race relations in the world

By Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak pitched his “1 Malaysia” concept to Malaysians again today, saying that he hoped it would turn the nation into a highly developed one in terms of race relations.

“If we can focus on improving and strengthening the relationship between the races, Malaysia can become the most successful country in terms of race relations, in comparison with other nations.

“This is my hope because we have a big future ahead of us. Let’s pray that we will continue our cooperation with the 1 Malaysia mindset,” he told a crowd of more than 1,000 gathered for a 1 Malaysia Hari Raya open house at the Sri Melaka flats in Bandar Tun Razak here this evening.

Najib added that the government could not treat lightly the importance of strengthening the relationship between the races for it could turn into a problem that could topple what Barisan Nasional had already built throughout the years.

The “1 Malaysia” concept, he added, was not a new one, but one that was merely rebranded in a bid to continue the efforts of the country’s forefathers.

“It is not a strange concept that I introduced. It is merely a continuation of what our forefathers had already kick-started, dating back to the time of Datuk Onn Jaafar, the founder of Umno; Tunku Abdul Rahman; and even my father Tun Abdul Razak who expanded Parti Perikatan to create the Barisan Nasional that exists today.

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