Bestow Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh with the highest honour, says MCA sec-gen

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In his speech when opening the Wanita MCA annual general meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (Oct 21), MCA secretary-general Datuk Chong Sin Woon suggested that the party should award Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh to encourage more Malaysian women to see her as a role model in striving for success.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/zjvz9t3k  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 often describe women as "water."

00:03 Describe women...

00:04 Once again, I would like to thank everyone for inviting me to come

00:14 and to host this opening ceremony with everyone.

00:19 Today's Women's Central Representative Conference

00:21 is a conference after the election.

00:24 Therefore, the new Central Committee

00:27 will be formally established at today's conference.

00:32 I would like to take this opportunity to thank

00:35 all members of the outgoing Wanita MCS Central Committee

00:39 for their contributions and dedication to the party

00:43 under the leadership of Dr. Heng Sai-Kee and Sdra Wong Yew Fung.

00:48 Everyone, our rights and interests have always been fought for by ourselves

00:53 and defended by our efforts.

00:56 Those in power will not be sent to us with good intentions

00:59 and will not fall from the sky for nothing.

01:02 Whether it is equality between sexes or equality among the ethnic groups,

01:06 we must all fight for it ourselves.

01:09 This is the duty of our women's party.

01:14 Let me use the example of Yang Ziqiong,

01:16 the only son-in-law of our country, who is a global superstar.

01:20 Yang Ziqiong was originally a dance instructor,

01:22 and was born a beautiful girl.

01:25 When he first came to Hong Kong to pursue his career,

01:28 he was seen as a "flower vase" in the movies.

01:34 However, he was not satisfied.

01:36 He asked Hong Jingbao,

01:39 "Why is it that only boys can dance,

01:41 but girls can only cry and shout?"

01:45 Not only that, he also directly told Hong Jingbao,

01:49 "You don't know how to speak Chinese. Speak it yourself."

01:53 In this situation, Yang Ziqiong joined the Hong Kong dance class

01:58 and gradually became the top female dancer in Hong Kong.

02:03 Yang Ziqiong's movements and acting in the movies were all done by him.

02:08 He said, "I want to let them know that

02:12 men can endure hardship and women can do it too."

02:17 It is this determination that makes him

02:20 not willing to bow to fate.

02:23 Yang Ziqiong went from Hong Kong to the US,

02:28 and his acting career developed from Hong Kong to Hollywood.

02:31 In the end, he won the Oscar for Best Actor.

02:38 In fact, what Michelle Yeoh really makes Malaysians,

02:48 especially Malaysian women, proud of

02:51 is not the award which she has won.

02:54 Rather, it is her courage and hard work in striving

02:58 to be on equal footing with men

03:01 and daring to challenge male dominance.

03:05 In her acceptance speech, when she lifted the Oscar award,

03:09 she advised,

03:11 "Don't let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime.

03:16 Never give up."

03:18 This is what our Wanita comrades should learn most.

03:21 Therefore, comrades, I suggest that

03:24 our party should award Yang Ziqiong an award.

03:30 To give her the highest honor,

03:32 we should encourage more Malaysian women

03:34 to follow Yang Ziqiong's example.

03:36 Okay?

03:38 (Applause)

03:42 (Applause)

03:44 (Applause)

03:47 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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