00:00How is the neawthicent land?
00:08warahmatullahi wabarakatuh
00:09kalau kita bicara soal negara madani
00:12pertumbuhan negara
00:14memperkasa ekonomi dan negara
00:18ia mesti berasas kepada tungga ilmu
00:22tungga ilmu itu
00:25selain dari sekolah, universiti
00:27ialah perpustakaan
00:29And the story of Tamadun is a big area of knowledge, such as in Alexandria, in Baghdad, or in the West.
00:45The big part of the world, the thinking, the philosophy, the pujanga, all of them are in place in the world.
00:56Justru itu perimpunan ini tentunya punya tugas yang besar
01:02Terutama peringatan kepada pustakawan bahawa ada suatu peranan utama
01:13Bukan sekadar menghimpunkan gedung buku dan memperindahkan dengan almari kaca
01:22Tetapi untuk menjadikannya sebagai suatu medan dan wahana yang penting bagi memupuk kesedaran
01:33Menggalakkan minat membaca
01:36Now Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen
01:38Clearly this Congress brings together some of the most
01:41The region's most vital custodian of knowledge
01:46Culture and community
01:48This lay the foundation for something often spoken but rarely defined
01:55A true Southeast Asian community
02:00The love for scholarship and learning
02:04I made reference to earlier about great civilizations
02:08Known of course for their economic strength
02:12Technological prowess
02:15Military power
02:17But underlying these factors is of course knowledge
02:25The capacity to not only combine these forces together into this great library
02:38But to be able to disseminate the information effectively
02:42Now to my mind this is a major task of librarians in this region
02:49It is a digression
02:51I don't mind
02:52I've been a teacher all my life
02:55So I think when a prime minister I behave like a teacher
02:58And some are getting bored
03:00So please bear with me
03:01Librarians therefore
03:04When you give a book
03:05There was a book festival recently
03:10And I said
03:10It's not necessarily just to give a book
03:14You should say open page 43
03:17Please read that para
03:20And make it so exciting
03:23That they will continue to read page 44
03:26And that's the challenge
03:29Because without that
03:34The consequences are profound
03:37You know for journalism
03:39For students
03:41For public knowledge
03:42For democracy itself
03:46Look at that rancorous debate
03:49Contentious at times
03:51Full of mischief and hatred
03:54With hardly any understanding
03:57Just playing
03:58Just playing
03:59Just playing
03:59Just playing to the gallery
03:59And this is of course
04:04Not wise
04:04Part least
04:08Populism
04:10But you breathe
04:12And encourage ignorance
04:14So that is why
04:16Libraries and librarians
04:18Have this big challenge
04:19I listened to Arwan
04:21About democratizing access
04:23Through digital
04:25Mobile libraries
04:28What have you
04:29Yes
04:30These are infrastructure
04:31And of course libraries
04:34Have to adapt
04:36With a steady resolve
04:39Digital
04:40AI
04:42Okay
04:43But
04:43Our duty is of course
04:46To encourage
04:49How do we then get people
04:50And students particularly
04:52The young
04:53To
04:54Have the interest
04:56To read
04:57So the good news is
04:58And for librarians
05:00Even in ASEAN
05:02With all the past
05:03Tribalists we have endured
05:05And experienced
05:06Libraries have endured
05:09And so librarians
05:11But
05:13You have a major task
05:17Not only to
05:19Disseminate
05:22That experience
05:23That knowledge
05:24Found in books
05:26But to get
05:29Libraries
05:30To be a vibrant centre
05:32And
05:39Broad
05:57Which
05:59Type
06:00Of
06:01pi
06:01No
06:02No
06:02No
06:04No
06:04It
06:05The
06:05The
06:06The
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