Sinar Daily presents "Conversations with the Youth", our first-ever short film documentary that dives deep into the lives and perspectives of Gen Z.
This documentary aims to give a voice to this generation, allowing them to share their truths, aspirations and concerns.
The film follows a conversation with six 20-something Malaysians from different backgrounds and motivations as they discuss the current state of the country, the issues faced and what they want to be changed and improved for the better.
Watch the full documentary now and see where the you fall in terms of thoughts and perspective about the beloved nation and people.
#GenZ #Youth #Empowerment #Documentary #SinarDaily #BridgingTheGap #Future
This documentary aims to give a voice to this generation, allowing them to share their truths, aspirations and concerns.
The film follows a conversation with six 20-something Malaysians from different backgrounds and motivations as they discuss the current state of the country, the issues faced and what they want to be changed and improved for the better.
Watch the full documentary now and see where the you fall in terms of thoughts and perspective about the beloved nation and people.
#GenZ #Youth #Empowerment #Documentary #SinarDaily #BridgingTheGap #Future
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00:00We Gen Zs were always seen as like we're very sensitive and like we cannot take in like hardships all the time.
00:16As one we are weak.
00:18Round for our reality.
00:19We can't work hard. Gen Zs don't work hard.
00:22Gen Zs don't work hard.
00:25Perception towards my generation as weak or dumb in a sense of like...
00:29We are too selfish.
00:32We prioritize ourselves too much.
00:34Tidak tahan tukul.
00:36Tidak tahan kena maki.
00:37But why do you want to surround yourself with this type of environment?
00:42It's not healthy.
00:51Hi, my name is Yuki.
00:52Hi, my name is Bignesh.
00:53Hi everyone, my name is Lain Chong.
00:55My name is Shumayla.
00:56My name is Rajat and Miskandha.
00:57I'm Sarai NJ Rajan.
00:59My name is Ikin K. Charles.
01:05Sure, one take one.
01:07Can you start by explaining the differences of Gen Zs and the past generations?
01:11Baby Boomer is the generation that was born like after World War II.
01:15There's a baby boom.
01:17A lot of people were born.
01:18So, therefore, a baby boomer.
01:20For Gen X is after baby boomer, that generation.
01:24People are starting to get educated.
01:26They tend to go out.
01:27They find a good job.
01:29Then they can afford to buy their house.
01:31Then their next generation is the millennials.
01:33They are privy to all this new information, new technological advancement.
01:37But things are starting to be hard for them actually in life.
01:41When they are trying to replicate the model from their parents or from their grandparents
01:45where you work hard, you can have a relatively good life.
01:49But that model doesn't really work on them anymore.
01:52I feel like the generations before us have very high expectations because we are the next
01:56generation to take over this world.
01:57The previous generation puts in a system that works for them and they try to implement
02:01the same system on upcoming generations.
02:03Doctor, lawyer, engineer or accountant or all these professional jobs and you'll be stable.
02:09I did law.
02:10Sony and my lawyer friends are leaving the field.
02:12You know, they're not making enough money.
02:13You know, back then it used to be glamorized.
02:15Oh, lawyers make so much money.
02:16He's driving a Mercedes.
02:17Wow.
02:18He's got a BMW.
02:19He's buying an apartment at this age.
02:21But nowadays you look at a lawyer, they're driving the same thing.
02:23They're driving an Axia.
02:24They're driving a Myvi.
02:25Most of them can't even afford a house.
02:26What's the glamour anymore?
02:28Now we have a lot of choices.
02:30You can do your own public figure.
02:33You can do influencers.
02:34You can make your own video and all that.
02:35Especially like we are studying film and theatres.
02:37They don't understand what are you doing actually?
02:39What is all that like?
02:40Huh?
02:41Short film?
02:42Got muscle of the cinema?
02:43Oh no.
02:44Then what are you doing actually?
02:45I understand their concern is because they're afraid.
02:46Now economy is like getting even harder for us especially.
02:50The inflation and everything, the property prices is going skyrocket.
02:55But the wages is not going up in the same ratio.
03:00And then now it comes to Gen Z lah.
03:02So whatever problem, they move on to the next generation.
03:06Tambah lagi, move on to the next generation.
03:08Tambah lagi, move on to the next generation until now.
03:10If we maintain the ways of how we're practicing in our industries 5-10 years ago, Gen Z wouldn't have hope really.
03:17Like we would be quite cynical.
03:19But as of right now, now that we just entered the workforce, we are a lot more hopeful with like what we can bring.
03:25What I foresee in the future, in 20-30 years time, when we become leaders, we will become a lot more informed through the use of social media.
03:34You know, social media is very good.
03:35You know, it's good for spreading information, it's good for connecting, it's beneficial in a lot of ways.
03:41You know, especially with so many bad things that are going on in this world that certain areas of the world are depending on social media to reach this audience.
03:50And I feel like social media is so important in that sense.
03:54This helps us connect with people from all over the world in such a short time span.
03:59It's sort of like waiting for like mails to come in or like waiting for the emails to come in.
04:03And that's the good thing about social media.
04:05We are a lot more connected than we were ever before.
04:08Sometimes, I guess, being this hyper-connected, it's also a drawback because there's too much noise.
04:15Notifications, everyone spamming you, so much content being blasted.
04:19Which is why there's rise in depression, rise in ADHD.
04:23People cannot focus because of all this noise created by the hyper-connectivity.
04:28Sure, you get information, you get things done instantly, very fast-paced, but that's the cost you have to pay.
04:35Our generation has to pay.
04:37There will always be a spectrum of people who will use social media for good and who will be on neutral grounds.
04:43Or to benefit everyone else.
04:46In order to have racial harmony, there should be education on social media.
04:51What not to do on social media.
04:53What to do during social media.
04:55What is the line that we should not cross.
04:58This is the thing that's going very viral on social media where it's type M, type C, type I, and type B.
05:03And sometimes, Indians are being categorized as type B.
05:06So, that guy is an Indian, literal Indian, but this Chinese filler, he will go and, he's a very popular influencer, I think.
05:14He will be going and criticizing that guy as type B.
05:17And, which literally like, I read all the comments, which actually said that, yalah, type I looks like type B.
05:25And, it is actually very hurtful for those who are literally Indians, who are staying in Malaysia, where we feel like, why are we supposed to go through this pain?
05:34I think the main root of it, first, is the education system.
05:39Like, how we are segregated.
05:41We have this type of school.
05:42We have a Chinese, specifically school for Chinese, specifically for Indian.
05:46And then, if we only have one, and everyone is in there together, they grow up together, I think we can minimize this type of segregation.
05:53But, that brings the point of contention of assimilation and, like, the loss of their culture.
05:59Yeah, as a Chinese person, my father sent me to a Chinese primary school.
06:04Our heritage, our culture is passed through through SJKC, through this Chinese school.
06:09But, if we are going all into single-stream sekolah kebangsaan, where would this, where would this cultural knowledge?
06:16I actually disagree with that.
06:17I went to SK and SMK.
06:19I assimilated way better than everyone else.
06:22I have Chinese friends, Malay friends, Indian friends.
06:25I can speak English.
06:28I can speak English.
06:30I feel like it helps in assimilation.
06:32That doesn't mean I'm not Indian.
06:33That doesn't mean I lose my culture.
06:34It just means that I'm Malaysian.
06:36I'm more Malaysian than anyone else, because I can communicate in someone else's mother tongue.
06:40And that doesn't make me less Indian.
06:42It just makes me more Malaysian.
06:44Yeah, I agree with that.
06:45Because, also, you cannot put all the pressure into schools.
06:49It starts with the household, too.
06:51At home, you have parents.
06:54The parents can also teach.
06:55When you say that the cultural context, they might lose it, but you learn that at home.
07:00In school, it's where you learn to become together as a society, as a civil, like that.
07:05Growing up, I did go to a Chinese school.
07:07As much as Chinese school has benefited me and in my career paths, I do feel disconnected from my community a little bit more.
07:16I can't speak Malay as well as other Malays as well.
07:19It's best for us to just have a singular school system so that we can all merge together.
07:24And that's how we learn about each other.
07:26It's not just by, like, reading on a book.
07:28It's by, like, actually talking to your friends.
07:31I do believe every, our background, like Chinese, Malay, Indian, and also Sabahan and all that, we have our unique background.
07:39So, I actually agree that primary school, we really take our own native language.
07:45But after some certain age, I agree everyone to mix together to learn something instead of, like, isolated, like some of the Chinese parents that only let their children to go to the Chinese school or international school.
07:58Something like this.
07:59A quick question.
08:00Can we also talk about the stateless issue in Sabah?
08:02Definitely.
08:03Okay.
08:06Okay.
08:07This issue needs to be raised is the stateless issue that is currently going around in Sempurna.
08:14They are actually an indigenous tribe, but they are considered stateless.
08:18They are not considered an indigenous community because they live on the, on water, on sea.
08:24No country wants to say where they belong.
08:27So, even Malaysia, they don't want them.
08:29Because they are saying that they are there because they are not, they've been there for way longer, even before Malaysia was formed.
08:40Previous generation, like, even my parents think they don't belong there.
08:44But when you think about it, why?
08:46Why are we doing this?
08:48I suppose your statement, I get your, I get your sentiment.
08:50Like, of course, the stateless issues, the immigrant issues, and the refugees issues, these are issues that we need to, we need to seriously properly discuss.
09:00We are lacking so much behind in treating these kind of issues.
09:04But there comes a problem.
09:06Like, when the, when our current citizens, we are facing, we are facing economic hardship, inflation, we have a day-to-day crisis.
09:13Like, so which one take precedence?
09:15The issue of, of the, of the stateless, the refugee, the immigrants, or the, or the issues of solving our citizens need first.
09:23I disagree with that.
09:24I disagree too.
09:25I'm sorry.
09:26I disagree.
09:27Because if government can actually, like, tackle the things that's going on with the citizen, if they can tackle over here, of course they are tackling over there the Sempurna as they want to use it as a tourism area.
09:36If they can do both, why can't they actually just focus on the stateless people that's actually literally here more than all of us, I think.
09:43It's the humanity which has to play a bigger role than the decency that you actually mentioned.
09:48What they're currently going through is as simple as their house are being demolished.
09:52Where do they go?
09:53You cannot put like, oh, this is a third priority because this comes first.
09:58No, it's decent human being.
10:01We cannot simply just say, oh, we think about that later.
10:04So I disagree with that.
10:06You said we as Malaysians prioritize economy, right?
10:09Who do you think is making our economy better?
10:10Who do you think is building our economy?
10:12You think local Indian guys want to work at a mamak making you roti chanai?
10:15You think local Malays, local Chinese, local Indians want to build up houses for you?
10:19Who's doing all this? Migrant workers.
10:21Why shouldn't they have some safeguard when they're building this nation for us?
10:24For us to live comfortably.
10:26I agree with you with that.
10:27Migrant workers, they should receive social benefits, social welfare, like social safety, like KWSP.
10:33So, they need to be protected because they are contributing to our society.
10:38But from a Malaysian standpoint, I still believe that we need to solve our domestic issue first.
10:44Not to say that we should not tackle these issues.
10:48But to solve what we have on hand first, one step at a time.
10:52Because these issues eventually will have to be dealt with in the end.
10:57It's just that what comes first.
10:59Yuki, one step at a time, one step at a time, how long is it going to take?
11:03Of course.
11:04These people lost their houses.
11:05They're seeing their houses getting burned down right in front of their eyes.
11:08Yes, and the government should be condemned for doing such actions.
11:11Of course, we want to give them citizenship.
11:13But there's proper channels, proper ways to apply for it.
11:16The proper ways don't work.
11:18If the proper ways work, there's no reason these people would bring in immigrants illegally.
11:22If there were proper legal channels, there wouldn't be a problem.
11:26So that's why we need to have a proper channel, proper way.
11:30Make the way, make it work.
11:32The proper channel, make it work.
11:33So that's the thing.
11:34How do we make it work?
11:35Reduce the bureaucracy.
11:36I think in the end, it's like circle.
11:39Yes, exactly.
11:41It's an endless loop.
11:42We need a comfortable government that can actually do work for God.
11:48For I don't know how many years these issues have been going on.
11:53Persistent, persistent, persistent.
11:55Every time election, they'll say, we'll empower the stateless community.
12:00We'll help them get their IC.
12:02But when they are in power, what are they doing?
12:05Honestly, I think this is the first step.
12:07Talking about the issue.
12:08Yes.
12:09And making other people talk about the issue.
12:11Because now the stigma is so deeply entrenched in society.
12:14If they are open to change, if they are open to listen to the youth,
12:17that is a wonderful thing and that could be beneficial.
12:20But they tend not to do that.
12:23So what happens is that the younger generations tend to get alienated.
12:29Some of the politics, some news in the parliament, they are fighting,
12:33gado gado and all that.
12:35I lie also because I just want to know what happened.
12:37But for maybe others, we really don't care.
12:41It's because we don't have the concept of what the importance of the politics in our life.
12:49To be very honest, as I'm already in the field, I can see that it is messy.
12:54At the end of the day, your goal should be making a better country, a more sustainable economic system,
12:59healthcare, education for the next generation, next generation.
13:03But the battle is still among them.
13:06When my generation is running the country, hopefully in the next decade or so,
13:10I like to think that we have seen enough that's going on in this current state of our country.
13:17They are fighting for their seats instead of fighting for the people.
13:20And if we are stepping up to become a Muntree maybe in future, if it's destined to be.
13:25If it's me, I'm going to be the change.
13:27Hopefully things will change for the better.
13:29I mean, in comparison to other generations, I think we are the one fighting hardest
13:34to break away from the chain of trauma from previous generations
13:38and really make a sizeable change for the community.
13:41But there is definitely, there still will be influences from the previous generations.
13:45So there will be some individuals in Gen Z who are more influenced by the previous generation
13:49who would want to stick to that, who don't want to change anything, who don't see a problem.
13:53But those of us who struggle will definitely look to make a change.
13:56Despite everything that's going on, I feel like there has been some change.
14:00Yeah.
14:01And I feel like even though it's not major, but the small steps, you know, of people accepting,
14:05of people being able to talk about, you know, certain taboo topics,
14:08even though they shouldn't be taboo, you know.
14:11So I feel like we have grown better in this generation.
14:13I feel like we are able to be more vocal about it.
14:16Taking risk is not a very big issue when it comes to our generation.
14:19So hopefully in the next few coming years, I think all of us can say that we like to be hopeful
14:23that it will get better because we can see the change now a little bit.
14:28Who knows in the future?
14:30There's really no place like Malaysia, you know.
14:32Where can you see, you know, so many different races together?
14:35You know, there's nowhere else like Malaysia.
14:37Like to me, Malaysia is home.
14:39It's the only place I can come back.
14:40I can speak so many different languages to so many different friends.
14:43I don't have to stick to one language, you know, I can just be myself.
14:46But as Gen Z, I'm hopeful that things will get better.
14:49That's what I'm trying to make a change as well, so.
14:51I think it's because we have evolved to the point where we are able to think
14:57of what we want, of what we like to do.
15:01My generation especially have gone to the point where we are able to voice out our opinions
15:06and what we are not okay with.
15:08This requires some sort of change, and I don't think that it's a bad thing.
15:12And when it comes to Gen Z, we don't mind taking brighter and riskier steps, I think,
15:18because we are raised that way, I think.
15:20We haven't seen a Gen Z member of parliament in Malaysia.
15:23Why are we only limiting ourselves to this kind of roles?
15:26Why can't we be politicians, policymakers?
15:30I've seen Gen Z candidates, but they have not been elected.
15:33I believe we will be the generation that will be a lot kinder, more understanding,
15:38a lot more accepting to the younger generation and the older generation,
15:43regardless of where we come from.
15:55Hello, everyone. I'm Sarah Ang... Oh, no, not yet.
15:58I feel like it's good.
16:01It's good?
16:04Will I get cancelled?
16:07Okay.
16:09Okay.
16:10Sorry, I have the last job.
16:12Okay.
16:14Okay.
16:16Thank you, everyone.
16:19Is it done?
16:20Is it done?
16:21Okay.
16:22I feel like I'm still here.
16:24You're good.
16:25I hope it's gone.
16:27To do anything first, you'll be hearing three.
16:28How does the movement do you work ?
16:30Do you think I clearly slink some rec wish to a high.
16:34Go!
16:35Anybody else do the movement or not?
16:36People not feel right in this movement.
16:38Do you need to change the movement.
16:40I feel like I'll take the movement through a movement?
16:42Whatever the movement, all you've made...
16:45You know, make sure I've done that movement.
16:46So, you know, again, move that movement.
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