Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof opened the Asean Workshop on Sustainable Development 2025 at Sunway University on Monday.
In his speech, he said Malaysia will chart a bold course for the future of Asean in its journey towards realising the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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00:00Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Shri Fadilah Yusof opened the ASEAN Workshop on Sustainable Development
00:072025 at Sunway University on Monday.
00:11Fadilah, who is also Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister, represented
00:16Prime Minister Datuk Shri Anwar Ibrahim, who is currently on a three-day working visit
00:21to the United Arab Emirates.
00:23In his speech, he said Malaysia will chart a bold course for the future of ASEAN in its
00:28journey towards realising the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
00:33To accelerate our course, Malaysia will champion three transformative initiatives – energy
00:39decarbonisation, biodiversity protection and economic connectivity.
00:47These efforts are not only vital to achieving our shared development goals, but will also
00:52position ASEAN as a global leader in sustainability and resilience.
00:58These priorities reflect our shared aspirations for a prosperous, sustainable and interconnected
01:05ASEAN.
01:06But achieving these goals requires collaboration between governments, the private sector and
01:12civil society.
01:14It demands that we leverage our collective strength as a region, embracing innovation,
01:22resilience and inclusivity.
01:25Also present were ASEAN Secretary-General Dr. Kau Kim Hoon, UN Sustainable Development
01:30Solutions Network President Professor Jeffrey Sach, and Sunway Group Chairman Tan Shri Dr.
01:36Jeffrey Chia.
01:37Chia emphasised the need for political will on the part of those in power in the public
01:42sector and a firmer commitment of the private sector to champion a more progressive and
01:47equitable future for ASEAN.
01:49It is heartening to note the agenda laid out by the Prime Minister Tatu Sri Anwar Ibrahim
01:56for Malaysia's Chairmanship of ASEAN for 2025.
02:02As the Prime Minister has said, this agenda is built around a vision of shared progress
02:08guided by the theme of inclusivity and sustainability.
02:15It seeks to combine economic pragmatism with human-centred values to leave no one behind.
02:26The UN SDSN's Asia Headquarters, based here at Sunway University and one of only three
02:33such centres in the world, is fully committed to playing its part in advancing these objectives.
02:42Chia also highlighted Sunway's commitment in embracing the 17 SDGs and incorporating
02:47them into its business practices and decision-making processes.
02:52We are firmly committed to the three P's, bottom line, of people, planet and prosperity.
02:58As we say here in Sunway, we can all do well by doing good.
03:05Speaking to reporters after his speech, Fadilah lauded the workshop for its role in furthering
03:10the sustainability agenda.
03:11Today is the proof that we are working well with the academia leading, with the support
03:17from the government, with the United Nations, with the SDSN and also of course the private
03:23sector and every one of us will have the role to play to make sure that we make not only
03:29Malaysia but the whole world to be sustainable and inclusive, where the future generation
03:38will have a better world for them.
03:40UN SDSN President Professor Jeffrey Sachs said he's optimistic about ASEAN in 2025 with
03:46Malaysia's chairmanship.
03:48I think there will be many breakthroughs this year on region-wide cooperation, on energy
03:54transformation, on biodiversity preservation, on economic development, on physical infrastructure
04:02connectivity and frankly a lot of the world is looking to ASEAN now as the place to come
04:07to invest, as a place that is central for the future of the green and digital future,
04:13as an education hub, so there are going to be lots of very high-level visitors coming
04:19to Malaysia during the ASEAN 2025 Presidency.
04:23It's going to be a big breakthrough year, a very positive year.
04:27Malaysia officially assumed the ASEAN chairmanship on January 1, 2025, marking its fifth time
04:34holding the position, having previously chaired in 1977, 1997, 2005 and 2015.