'Equality for women fairly achieved in Sabah'
Published on: Monday, November 30, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: Equality for women has been fairly achieved in Sabah.Making this observation, wife of the Mayor, Datin Florence Malangkig said this is reflected in the number of women holding various leadership roles."Holding a position is important but becoming an inspirational icon who can lead, educate and empower others in society is the real achievement in becoming a champion of change for women," she said when officiating at the recent Women Leadership Forum with the theme "Inner Leadership – An Inside-Out Approach".
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Florence expressed her appreciation to Sister Denise Lawrence, an international speaker from Brahma Kumaris, who is currently assigned to coordinate television productions for the Brahma Kumaris Peace of Mind TV Channel and also for foreign broadcasting.She has also provided the meditation component in over 100 TV series entitled "The Addiction Network", a series to help people overcome various forms of addiction and addictive behaviours.The event was organised by Brahma Kumaris Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu Branch headed by Ir. Dr Muralindran, and co-hosted by Dato' Dr Jessie Tang, a medical doctor by training, and hotelier Eliza Goh at the Zara's Boutique Hotel. In her opening speech, Dr Tang asserted that we must believe that inner power is light to the world."Rising up to your leadership call as a woman, empowers others. Having faith in our talents and abilities enables us to dream the impossible and more forward no matter what life throws at us.
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"When women rise up as women, only then can the men rise up and become men who will compliment women's leadership," she said.According to Dr Tang, there is no 'red ocean' in authentic leadership because just like light begets light, authentic leadership gives rise to authentic leaders.
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She, meanwhile, said it could not have been more appropriate to host the forum at Zara's, being the first all-women run hotel in Malaysia which features femininity in hospitality."It is a unique entity with a mission to economically empower women, especially those from the rural areas, but without compromising on the quality of service in the hospitality industry."Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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