KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reiterated that only positive reforms can ensure the nation's social stability, economic resilience and good governance.
Delivering the keynote address at the Asean Symposium 2025 here on Thursday (June 26), Anwar said leaders and institutions need to commit to meaningful change to reverse societal decline and instil values rooted in justice and integrity.
"For the growth, we use it for the benefit of our society and mankind.
We are grounded with idealism, therefore strong values and ethics. But one, two, three generations passed, and then we find this degradation of ethical values and principles.
"We have lost that idealism. Those in power, we want to emerge well.
Those elites, for whatever reasons, either support one side or are obsessed with a particular value or interest, disregarding the totality and the complexity of the economy," he said.
The one-day symposium themed "Anchoring Asean's Future in Shared Wisdom: Empowering Communities for an Inclusive and Sustainable Civilisation" gathered policymakers, civil society leaders, academics and youth representatives from across the Asean region to deliberate on building a shared, inclusive future for the region.
