Essay writing competition: My Country - My Dream

My Country - My Dream

            

Nowadays, teenagers are starting to get less patriotic. Some of my teenage friends do not care much about their country, but I do. My country, Malaysia, is such a wonderful place to live, I am proud of my country. How can some people not love it? With its beautiful, sandy beaches, amazing rain forests with its rare flora and fauna, famous and ancient buildings, statues and monuments and unique cultures, Malaysia is also an irresistible attraction for tourists. Some of the rarest floras and faunas can be found in Malaysia, such as, hornbill, elephant, ox, sun bear, tiger, turtle, leopard, orang-utan, rhinoceros, wild pig, pheasant, wood pecker, rafflesia, coral reefs, gibbon, bay cat, golden cat and many more.

Not only that, Malaysia is a land that is rich with natural resources. There are about 30 types of natural resources found here, such as, hydrocarbon fuels, that is the offshore petroleum and natural gas deposits; abundant minerals, that is iron ore, copper, gold, bauxite, tin, chalk, coal, bronze, kaolin, marble, and more; forest resources, such as, different kinds of timber (Cengal, meranti, merbau, nyatoh, plywood, pulp and more), herbs, ‘rotan’ and sea resources, like, pearls, fishes, prawns, clams, crabs and oysters. Malaysia is one of the world’s leading suppliers of tin, even though its production had decreased greatly from year to year.

Malaysia is also known as an agricultural country. Some of the agriculture products are rubber, palm oil, sugar cane, tea, pepper, pineapple, copra, and cocoa plantations, but the most important agriculture is farming. The crops that are harvest will be process to fill our own stomachs and, even, other country’s citizens. Malaysia produces half the world’s palm oil, ranks third in the rubber production and ranks fourth in the cocoa production. This makes Malaysia a renowned country in the world.

In the new millennium, my country is fast becoming an industrialized country. The government establishes different kinds of industrial zones for companies to invest in our country. This policy will help my country to improve its economy, thus enabling it to become more stable. These industrial factories mostly produce foodstuff, machineries, microchips, electronic components, textiles manufacture, chemicals, processed rubber, tin, petroleum and semiconductors.

Malaysia is well known as a peace loving country. From our country’s history, we can see that we gain independence without blood shed. All thanks to our intelligent and brave prime minister. The ‘Malaysian for Peace’ organization was established as an example for anti-war movement all around the world. This shows that we are peace loving.

Malaysia too, is famous for its many unique cultures, as it is a multiracial country. There are different traditional games, dances, music, festivals and traditions for every different race. For example, the Malays have its famous ‘congkak’ and ‘gasing’ games, and its silat, Mak Yong and datun julud dances. The Indians have their Deepavali festival and the Chinese have their Lion Dance. Even though, there are many different races staying together, they have cooperated with each other in all aspects. Unlike some of the other countries, our races do not speak ill of other races’ traditions and culture. Each race even learns other races’ traditional games, dances and music. This improved their relationships between us.

Tourists marked Malaysia as an interesting place to visit. They poured in from many different countries, especially from the European countries, to Malaysia. This is because they love the hot sun and the climate in Malaysia. Therefore, increasing my country’s income for supplying the needs of the country. This means that the country and the tourists gain benefits when the tourists come to Malaysia; the tourists learn new cultures while my country increases its income. Local tourists play an important role too. They travel to other states to explore other states’ own specialty. This help to foster good will and understanding among ourselves.

Malaysia has its own vision that is the ‘Wawasan 2020’. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad created this vision so that Malaysia can achieve the status as an industrialized country by the year 2020. Thus, giving fame to our country. His vision also gives an aim to my country’s citizens to work harder. To achieve this vision is one of my dreams for my country.

The government had done much to achieve this vision, such as the launching of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), the building of the cybercities in Putrajaya and in Penang. They also provide scholarships for students with good results to further their studies. In the process, they have given the chance for those students to get good jobs and increase the production of the country. The government has given quite a lot of efforts in achieving this vision, but there are still many challenges to face before reaching the goal. Everyone must face these challenges, so that ‘Wawasan 2020’ can be realized.

This vision can be achieved in many different ways. For example, by improving our country’s technology and science, changing the citizen’s attitude and to work harder.

I applaud the government’s decision to provide computers to every school. My dream is that students can bring their own affordable notebook computers to school. This action can help the students to be more interested in their studies while improving the students’ knowledge about technology and computers.

The citizens have to be supportive of the government because the majority of the people chose them. They should not vote for the government for fun as this concerns their country. They lacked support, especially when the government set up a new programme, such as, the ‘Program Latihan Khidmat Negara’ (PLKN) or better known as the National Service. The teenagers must be supportive too, as they are the future generations of the country.

I have said much about other people’s role and I have not said any of mine. I think that you will wonder what my roles are. My role in achieving my country’s vision and my dream is to invent new things, new machinery and processes to help in my country’s ‘growth’ and to make life better for Malaysians, as my ambition is to be a scientist. I should also support the government when they need it. I hope to do my best in achieving my ambition to repay my country for all it had sacrificed and to give my parents a reason to be proud of me.                          

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'Written this for a competition to win a trip to Ireland I think. But well, unsurprisingly, hehe, I didn't get it :P' S.Y.

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