MIRI: Nearly 1,000 pupils of various ethnic group from Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Jalan Bintang braved the haze yesterday morning in order to take part in the closing of Merdeka month celebration.
Present at the celebration were Tourism, Arts and Culture Assistant Minister Datuk Sebastian Ting, the school’s headmaster Ahmad Othman and its Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) deputy chairman Iqbal Abdollah.
Ting, in his opening speech, expressed how impressed he was with the event as the pupils dressed up in various traditional attires.
“The school itself is very much a diverse community. Today’s programme shows exactly who we are as part of a diverse community in Malaysia,” he said, stressing that interactions among the various ethnic groups in the country was vital.
“Hence, inculcating the interaction among our youth at schools is very much lauded and important so that they will learn to appreciate the peace and harmony.”
Ting also visited the school’s exhibition gallery which showcased among others the Malaysia flag with handprinted stripes, a bicycle decorated with the Sarawak flag, and another Malaysia flag created with 280 egg cartons.
The school’s headmaster revealed that the teachers took about two weeks to create the Malaysia flag with egg cartons.
