Why spend more money building rehabilation centres and hiring consultants and so on when
PLKN/NS is available?
Article:No Idea what Mat Rempits are?
Go here. And, I am talking about Malaysian’s term for Mat Rempit.
With all the problems they caused,
National Service should be a good place for them to “rehabilitate”, learn from their mistakes.
Most of these Mat rempit are teenagers. Teenagers who do not perform well in school.
With the lack of focus on extracuricular activities in schools, these teenagers do not find school interesting.
Futhermore, in our society, those who perform well in their studies are only those who are looked up on and to those who don’t, vice versa.
Imagine yourself being looked down by the teachers everyday you go to school in every lesson. It IS hell.
Most teachers nowadays get motivated to help the good students (good students here means well behaved, class performing students) get better while leaving the not good students (you get the idea plus most of them have family background problems) to rot in their coner of their class.
These type of students gather together (cause they have no other companions. Due to the adults’ attitude, even most good students shun them) and form groups. They consider each other brothers or/and sisters since they have only themselves.
Thus, gangsterism, Mat Rempits and all sorts appear.
And, what happens when these groups are caught and punished for what their live’s path forced them to do?
They do not learn. They need to be taught that even though they have take such a path in their live, there is still time to turn around and change. That’s why NS is available right?
Why spend more money building rehabilation centres and hiring consultants and so on when NS is available?
Isn’t the NS’s objective, vision and mission are suitable for turning these kids around?
To solve these social problems that are mounting up day by day in our country, we have to solve them at the root.
No use to keep taking panadols to cure the headache if you are going to get the headache again.
Might as well improve on your body’s immune system to fend of headache once and for all.
Right?
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Read the following is taken from the
Malay Mail newspaper on the 8th of June 2009, that is 5 days ago.
NS says “no” to Mat RempitSUGGESTIONS that the Mat Rempit undergo National Service (NS), has been rejected by the NS Training Department, with its director-general Mr. A saying the programme was not suitable for the motorcycle thugs.
The objective of the NS, he said, was to enhance unity among the multi-racial communities, build character and positive characteristics (like stated above) among the younger generation through good values. It is not a place to correct or rehabilitate Mat Rempit.
“To me, the NS has been successful because 80 to 85 percent of the modules used have achieved their objective and that is why many have suggested to include the Mat Rempit in the programme,” Mr. A said at the passing out ceremony for the second batch of trainees who completed their service at Cancun Park Camp in Pasir Mas, Kelantan, yesterday.
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Blog source: http://kiongsworld.wordpress.com/Transport Ministry To Curb Road Menaces
PETALING JAYA, July 13 (Bernama) -- In a move to curb road menaces, in particular, those involving the 'mat rempit' and motorcycle-riding snatch thieves, the transport ministry has begun intensifying enforcement measures.
Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said, while the authorities had no power to prevent the usage of motorcycles as a medium of transportation, more steps would be taken to reduce such menaces, besides improving road safety among motorcyclists.
He said that this was also one of the top key results area which the ministry had set to achieve under the key performance index (KPI).
He said the Road Safety Department would collaborate with the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research and other relevant agencies to bring concrete measures to effectively reduce road mishaps involving motorcylists.
"Concurrently, the Road Transport Department is also looking into ways and means to reduce social crimes involving motorcyclists such as snatch thefts and the 'mat rempit'," he told a news conference after witnessing a signing ceremony between Star Foundation and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) on creative industries here today.
Dismissing fears that the government's recent announcement on cheaper fees to motorcycle licences would lead to a rise in road menaces, Ong said he would continue to discuss and work with other relevant ministries on ways to strengthen enforcement.
Last Saturday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, in marking his 100 days in office, had announced 11 people-friendly measures.
They included reducing the cost of obtaining a B2 motorcycle licence (under 250cc) to RM211, effective Sept 1, from the current cost of between RM500 and RM700.
"It is a good move to help reduce the people's burden," noted Ong.
-- BERNAMA
Promote social activities vs isolated activities such as video games, too much tv. Add conflict resolution teachings in schools. Allow volunteering activities to count as credited hours for graduation. Maybe add some "group think" groups that attempt to solve problems that society faces. Of course parenting goes a long way, but the more positive interaction a child has with people and the outside world the better chance the kid has.
What problems are you referring to? Actually, social problems are responsible for social change. Each culture has unique issues related to youthful antisocial behavior. As long as there is youth, there will be resistance against the status quo because the matrix of society is in a constant state of change. Kids are in a awkward and contradictory position. But our kids are our future. I have complete confidence in them..
Open communication, more open employment when they leave school, activities for youths in the community, better housing in better neighborhoods and respect for them as people not as objects that need to be beaten down till they come around
