Australia S Penny Wong On Drawing Strength From Hakka Poh Poh And How Education Shaped The Course Of Her Life


 
Australia’s Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong delivers her speech during the Networking Brunch with Government, Business and Civil Society in Kuala Lumpur June 29, 2022. ― Bernama picKUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong began her keynote address in Malaysia today by reminiscing about her Malaysian roots and sharing an anecdote on the importance of education.
“I doubt my poh-poh (grandmother) could ever imagine it. Her name was Madam Lai Fung Shim. She was of Hakka descent,” the Sabah-born senator said.
Wong shared that her grandmother was barely literate when much of her family died during the war and she was left alone to raise her children in tough times.
“In times of struggle, I think of her, and what she had to endure. Her determination to survive, and to save herself and her children, is something from which I draw strength every day.
“Her son, Francis Wong, was a bright student who worked hard. His efforts earned him a Colombo Plan scholarship, to study architecture at Adelaide University. The opportunity to study was the opportunity that defined his life.
“It meant he could climb out of the poverty he experienced as a child. It meant doors opened that would have otherwise been jammed firmly shut. It meant he could come to Australia — a very different Australia from what we know today,” the senator said.
Wong said that education was a ticket for her father to climb out of poverty, and eventually move back to Kota Kinabalu and start a family.
“Dad brought back with him knowledge and skills. He became a notable figure in Kota Kinabalu, designing prominent civic buildings — although sadly, I am told many have been replaced.
“The value of that education has never left him. He always told me: ‘They can take everything away from you, but they can’t take your education’,” she said.
Wong said that both Malaysia and Australia have built great mutual respect and understanding based on education.
“Over the past 20 years, more than 125,000 Malaysians have studied in Australia, and many Australians are benefiting from education in Malaysia,” she said, citing Malaysia as one of the most popular destinations for Australian undergraduate students supported by the New Colombo Plan.
She then reaffirmed Australia’s commitment to building strong bilateral ties with Malaysia through other areas of cooperation that were signed in a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement by both countries last year.
“This is a strong basis for deeper cooperation, but we can do more. Australia wants to work together on the challenges we both face, including food security, and health and pandemic recovery,” she said.
Wong is scheduled to visit Kota Kinabalu today — her first return to Sabah since taking on the role of Australia’s foreign minister.
Wong is the first foreign minister of Asian heritage and the first openly gay Australian federal parliamentarian and played a signification role in the legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2017. - malaymail


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