The Cabinet Committee formed to elevate the Putrajaya Festival of Ideas (PFOI) to a national event will involve multiple ministries, says Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.
Speaking at a press conference following the PFOI appreciation ceremony and the presentation of the ministry’s annual achievement report on Monday (Dec 16), Zambry confirmed that the ministry will continue as the lead secretariat but the initiative's oversight will be elevated to a Cabinet Committee, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Speaking at a press conference following the PFOI appreciation ceremony and the presentation of the ministry’s annual achievement report on Monday (Dec 16), Zambry confirmed that the ministry will continue as the lead secretariat but the initiative's oversight will be elevated to a Cabinet Committee, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister.
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00:00I would like to ask, what is the challenge of holding this program every year, and what are the requirements?
00:26When it happens every year, of course we have a challenge to ensure, because the preparation that we will do is quite long.
00:38And we are in the IPICC, and the regulations that will be provided, when it involves other ministries,
00:46then it also involves the budget from the ministries, so we can be conscientious,
00:54it can reduce the burden on the Ministry of Higher Education in general.
00:59So, in any case, it is a signature program for the Ministry of Higher Education and also for our Malaysian government.
01:09And in the future, we also plan to involve great leaders from abroad, including Nobel winners,
01:22who will share their knowledge, including good scholars.
01:30But also, in all areas, we discuss, not just ideas, but as you can see in this new FOI,
01:41we discuss issues related to the country, issues related to, for example, we have a parallel session,
01:52this is also one of the programs that is hosted by experts, and the minister will be the chairperson,
02:01the minister will speak, the minister will be the chairperson.
02:03For example, the Minister of Agriculture, recently he spoke about food security,
02:08that's what the media went to ask him, the local UPM.
02:14Yes, but it's you.
02:19And also in the field of health, for the country, we don't just discuss, people say,
02:25people think this FOI is just a discussion of ideas, but a discussion related to the needs of the country.
02:35Another example, this new one, a session with Dr. Zul, the Minister of Health,
02:42discussing about mental health.
02:45The experts who came, they all said, what is the best, what is the best solution for our country?
02:54It means that those who came gave ideas, not just ideas, but the minister was there,
02:59he saw and heard the views of the experts, and when he returns, he will implement those ideas for our country,
03:10for the betterment of the country, and so on.
03:15Coming back to your question, I've diverted a bit, because I'm very passionate about that festival of ideas.
03:21I want to explain how ideas actually become action, from ideas into action.
03:30Okay, it will be, I don't consider it a challenge, but if we can work together as a group,
03:37the hard part will become the easy part.
03:42So this program is under KPT, but it will work with?
03:46Yes, it will be the secretary of KPT, the main secretary is still KPT,
03:54but it will also involve other ministries,
04:00and all of it will be managed by the Ministerial Board of the Cabinet,
04:06which will be managed by the Ministerial Board.