The relationship between Malaysia and China goes beyond trade and investment, it also traverses through celebrating cultural diversity and civilisation, says the Prime Minister.
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the vision to respect cultural diversity and honour the true meaning of civilisation is equally important.
He said in his speech during the Chinese New Year global launch event at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on Saturday (Jan 25).
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Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the vision to respect cultural diversity and honour the true meaning of civilisation is equally important.
He said in his speech during the Chinese New Year global launch event at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on Saturday (Jan 25).
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00:00I would like to start by saying a few days before Chinese New Year to all the Chinese in Malaysia and in the world, especially in China.
00:24Happy Chinese New Year!
00:55As you see, the celebration has adequate participation from all communities and all cultures and all regions in the country.
01:07Because we want to ensure that Malaysia remains peaceful and accept the principle, the policy of inclusivity to make sure that every one single Malaysian have a place and proud of this country.
01:29During the Song Dynasty, we have the poet Lu Yu and we can render the verse
01:41Shan Chong Shui Fu, Yi Wu Lu, Liu An Hua Ming, Yu Yi Juan
02:11Endless, we have come to a bright village amid the shade of willows and flowers.
02:22This is a rough and perhaps not very lyrical translation, but I think it captures something of the spirit of our relationship with China.
02:34We have indeed chosen to move beyond all the uncertainties, to embrace a future on a thriving partnership and shared goals.
02:46I remember in my conversations with President Xi Jinping, we exchanged not only on issues of economic relations, trade and investments,
03:01the need to secure peace and to build this friendship based on trust, but one very important and particularly unique feature in this policy,
03:16and vision and espoused by President Xi Jinping, is the issue of civilization.
03:26Not only to ensure that our economic fundamentals are strong, the country must be peaceful and stable, but there is a vision to respect cultures and differences and to honor the true meaning of civilization and the need for civilizational dialogue.
03:52So there are festivities, as you know, that is celebrated by various communities here, and I am also delighted to see that we all embrace those and accept them as part of our Malaysian culture.
04:14So as you see, and we continue to see, cultural performances and a situation where you rejoice, relax, appreciate one another, appreciate the other culture that is sometimes not known or alien to us.
04:34And I thank the Minister of Tourism, Ambassador, because they are also helping to promote tourism to Malaysia, as many Malaysians are also going to China, but because China has a bigger population, so we expect bigger numbers here.
04:55And we have, thank you, Dato' Sri Tiong, we have now broken the record in terms of tourist arrival, particularly from China.
05:25Thank you, thank you very much.