Malaysians can ‘B’ patriotic

Patriotic fervour: Khairy (centre), Raja Arif (second from left) and other leaders singing the 1Malaysia song at UTM Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians are rated “B” when it comes to showing they are patriotic to the country, according to a survey among six public and private universities carried out by the National Civics Bureau (BTN).

The new National Patriotism Index (NPI) saw 1,200 respondents scoring an average of 3.8 out of 5.0 in the survey created by Universiti Teknologi Mara’s Centre for Excellence released at the National Patriotism Convention at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia here yesterday.