MR TERLOK Nath's letter (" 'Real' pioneers helped build nation from scratch"; last Saturday) provides a useful insight into the past, complete with the struggles and
hardships in our journey to
build a nation.
Our future and hopes rest on the young. They have at their disposal the best resources - education, work opportunities, health care, leisure options and so on - that the nation can offer.
There is always the concern over whether the baton of success, built on the vision and wisdom of our forefathers, can be safely passed on to the younger generation to take this nation into the next 50 years.
The young have technology at their fingertips. They have ideals and feel they can do better than their forefathers. They have their own heroes and are well travelled.
In this world of blurred values, will they continue to stand up for what is right, or will they drown in the sea of self-interest and moral decadence? Will they put community before self, or pull down our home brick by
brick?
Will they have the gumption, like the "real" pioneers, to make sacrifices for their families, communities and, ultimately, this nation they call home?
Yet, we have to trust the young.
We trust that the good values we inculcated in them will bear fruit. We trust that good leaders will emerge from this generation.
Will these leaders champion the causes of the less
privileged and speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves?
Will they stand tall with the same forbearance, integrity and principles, just like the leaders of the "real" pioneers?
We have to depend on the good judgment of the younger generation to carry this nation into the next 50 years. There
is no "Plan B"; the young
cannot afford to "drop the baton".
Cyril Seah Kwei Hiok
hardships in our journey to
build a nation.
Our future and hopes rest on the young. They have at their disposal the best resources - education, work opportunities, health care, leisure options and so on - that the nation can offer.
There is always the concern over whether the baton of success, built on the vision and wisdom of our forefathers, can be safely passed on to the younger generation to take this nation into the next 50 years.
The young have technology at their fingertips. They have ideals and feel they can do better than their forefathers. They have their own heroes and are well travelled.
In this world of blurred values, will they continue to stand up for what is right, or will they drown in the sea of self-interest and moral decadence? Will they put community before self, or pull down our home brick by
brick?
Will they have the gumption, like the "real" pioneers, to make sacrifices for their families, communities and, ultimately, this nation they call home?
Yet, we have to trust the young.
We trust that the good values we inculcated in them will bear fruit. We trust that good leaders will emerge from this generation.
Will these leaders champion the causes of the less
privileged and speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves?
Will they stand tall with the same forbearance, integrity and principles, just like the leaders of the "real" pioneers?
We have to depend on the good judgment of the younger generation to carry this nation into the next 50 years. There
is no "Plan B"; the young
cannot afford to "drop the baton".
Cyril Seah Kwei Hiok
