‘Celebrate the ties that bind us’

KUALA LUMPUR: Instead of talking about our differences, let us celebrate our similarities. This is the message on racial unity that kind-hearted lawyer Datuk Ahmad Zaharil Muhaiyar wants every Malaysian to always remember.

“All Malaysians are full of kindness, but sometimes, due to pride and other factors, we do not show it openly. If they look deep down into their hearts, they will see how much they can do for each other,” he said after receiving the National Press Club-Macrokiosk Muhibbah Award for the month of September for his kind deed 25 years ago in reaching out to help a single mother who was caught shoplifting a pencil box for her then 10-year-old son.