11. NURTURING OUR YOUTH
Our youth today make up two thirds of the population and their voices cannot and must not be ignored. We will continue to provide the platform for our youth to showcase their talents and thoughts, articulate their dreams and desires, to fulfill their wishes and aspirations, and to create Global and Regional Champions.
In the next FIVE years, we commit to:
- Providing funding, training and incentives for youth-centric commercial ventures;
- Providing commercial space within shopping complexes one day in every month for youths to exhibit & market their creative products & services;
- Establishing incubators to nurture quality leadership and creativity;
- Creating a more resilient youth through active volunteerism in 1M4U;
- Providing more free WIFI hotspots, with particular emphasis on rural and semi-urban areas;
- Producing more high performance athletes at regional and international levels & promoting a more healthy lifestyle;
- Revisiting laws pertaining to entertainment for the promotion of performing arts & culture.
Thus far, we have:
- Set up a New Entrepreneur Foundation (NEF) for ICT initiatives with an allocation of RM50 million;
- Set up a RM200 million Strategic Action for Youth (SAY 1Malaysia) Fund to provide skills training for youth who have fallen out of the mainstream of development;
- Allocated RM50 million to prepare our young sportsmen and sportswomen to compete in international sporting meets;
- Introduced a RM200 million MyCreative Venture Capital fund to harvest new and innovative ideas;
- Established the RM130 million Dre1M fund to support volunteer activities amongst the youth.
"When we pass on the torch to the younger generation, we must leave a nation which is stronger and more prosperous."
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