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Online Publisher:          Contents provided by:	STATE SECRETARY'S VIEW Tan Sri Datuk Amar Hj Hamid Bugo PARTNERSHIP - the Smart Way Our sights must not only be focused on current problems, difficulties and and constraints facing us but we also ought to set in motion the process of looking at solutions and discovering immense possibilities to redress these problems. A problem of positive change in our "Smart Partnership" principles is a crucial first step in the right direction. What then do we mean by Smart Partnership? Characteristics of Smart Partnership practise are a shared, long-term vision, both articulated and implicitly understood; government initiated, private-sector led; ethical commitment; sense of community and synergistic and synoptic i.e. win-win situation. A common trend that emerged from discussion on the role of government in a Smart Partnership is the need for a paradigm shift. Government and the private sector must move from an adversarial, confrontational relationship to one of co-operation and learning. A primary responsibility for government in a Smart Partnership os to set clear Vision which can be shared by all stakeholders: the politicians, civil servants, businessmen and workers and a clearly articulated national strategic plan that captures this Vision. A certain journal (or chronicle) published a report on the global outlook based on the prevailing thoughts, concerns and sentiments of many said-to-be-serious thinkers. In this report, it was noted that : There was dread of the unknown, for there had been recurrent small epidemics; and none knew what caused these or when and whether it would return or with what force. There were also fears of environmental degradation, with warnings that the time is coming when crops will cease growing and trees will no longer bear fruit, in which the birds and the bees of the field will perish. It was also a period which saw wars erupting over territorial rights. Geopolitical conflicts had constricted and shrunk East-West trade and commerce. There was economic depression and insecurity. Many economic and social institutions were seen as worn out, and the leadership uninterested i the concerns of mankind. The report further noted that there was a prevailing feeling of despair and profound disillusion, and concluded that the world is nearing its penultimate age or early end. This report, called the Nuremberg Chronicles was published in 1493. and, 505 years later, our world is still here. Instead of the early end which the thinkers predicted, humanity began to develop and apply improved means of making the lives of millions of people better, longer and healthier. Trade between nations began to flourish an d peace was also attained in most parts of our world. Many historians assert that the appearance of finality is merely an optical illusion. What was true in 1493 is no less true in 1998. And though we find ourselves in period of uncertainties that comes with facing the unknown, we can also change the course of history, just as the people who lived over 500 years ago did. That should be our Vision.
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