PM Lee Hsien Loong at Salam Lebaran at Cheng San Community Centre

Malay Speech

Saudara-saudari sekelian 

Saya gembira kita di Singapura dapat menyambut Hari Raya dalam suasana yang aman dan makmur. 

Ketika menghadiri majlis-majlis berbuka puasa atau iftar baru-baru ini, saya kagum melihat betapa kuatnya sifat ihsan dan ramah-mesra yang ditunjukkan oleh masyarakat Melayu/Islam kita. Semangat inilah yang dapat membentuk masyarakat yang berbudi luhur dan bersatu padu.

Sambutan Hari Raya tahun ini amat istimewa kerana ia sempena Jubli Emas Singapura. Banyak yang telah kita capai dan boleh kita banggakan. Masyarakat Melayu/Islam telah bersama-sama dengan kaum lain, membentuk Singapura menjadi maju dan menikmati keharmonian kaum. Dalam hal ini, saya ingin mengucapkan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan kepada para pemimpin masyarakat dan akar umbi kita, atas sumbangan dan dedikasi mereka.
Hari ini, saya berbesar hati dapat bersama lima puluh pemimpin akar umbi generasi perintis daripada seluruh GRC Ang Mo Kio dan SMC Sengkang Barat. Kita beruntung kerana golongan perintis ini komited untuk pastikan bahawa hubungan masyarakat berbilang kaum Singapura kukuh supaya kita dapat hidup aman dan tenteram. 

Melihat mereka, saya terkenang kepada Encik Salleh Masjor yang telah meninggalkan kita, tahun lalu. Dedikasi beliau dan sumbangan besarnya sebagai Pengerusi MAEC Cheng San CC dan juga Pengerusi MESRA, amat ketara. Jasanya bukan sahaja dikenang oleh para penduduk tetapi juga rakan-rakan aktivis akar umbi yang sama-sama berjuang demi kebaikan penduduk dan Negara.  

Saya juga ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan ribuan terimakasih kepada para penduduk GRC Ang Mo Kio dan SMC Sengkang Barat yang telah memberikan sokongan padu kepada saya dan rakan-rakan pemimpin di kawasanundi ini. Saya harap anda akan terus memberikan kami sokongan kuat, demi kemajuan yang lebih baik di masa hadapan.    
 
Terima kasih.
 

English Speech

Friends and residents, I am very happy to be celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri with you here together in Cheng San CC. I have attended quite a number of Iftars this year and I am sure during the course of Ramadan we would have met several times – at the Reviving the Kompang Spirit event, PA Mass Iftar, and Kebun Baru and Cheng San Iftar. I was always encouraged by the spirit of camaraderie and compassion that I met amongst the members of the Malay-Muslim community. It is the same spirit that has helped to build a harmonious and peaceful multi-racial, multi-religious society and it is the same spirit we are celebrating this jubilee year. 

50 years ago, we became independent and 50 years later today, we are celebrating our journey together. It has been a very exhilarating journey; one which the Malay-Muslim community has participated fully in and I would like to pay tribute to the grassroots leaders and community leaders for their commitment and dedication. Many of them have served a long time and quite a number are pioneer grassroots leaders. Today, we have 50 pioneer generation grassroots leaders across Ang Mo Kio and Sengkang West here to celebrate with us. I think that is cause for us all to rejoice together. 

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the residents of Ang Mo Kio and Sengkang West because you have supported us, supported me, my colleagues, your grassroots leaders and each other in Ang Mo Kio and Sengkang West. We have built this into a happy, harmonious, warm and friendly town where we all belong together and live harmoniously together. Without your support and encouragement, we would not be where we are today. I hope that you will continue to give us your strong support so that together we will build a better nation and better homes for our families, our children, and our future generations!

Happy Hari Raya, happy SG50 and may we have many more happy years to come in Singapore. Thank you very much! 

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