Former youth and sports minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has been shortlisted as one of the recipients for the “One Young World Politician of the Year” award.
The award will be presented by the One Young World UK-based organization, which sees Malaysian actress and philanthropist Michelle Yeoh among its advisory board members.
The organization commended Syed Saddiq for his efforts on an initiative named the Yellow Ribbon Project, which aimed to increase the employment chances of young ex-convicts. More than 20,000 former convicts were involved in the project since it was launched two years ago, providing relevant job training. It’s similar to the project of the same name in Singapore.
The 27-year-old was among 14 candidates shortlisted from around the world, including Canada, Zimbabwe, and Saudi Arabia, based on “considerable” impact they made to politics in their respective countries.
The nominees will be judged by a panel of five including Sherry Rahman, a veteran politician from Pakistan, and Yuriko Koike, the current Tokyo governor.
Five winners will be selected from the list and revealed in mid-July. The award will be presented next year at the One Young World Summit in Munich, Germany.
In a post on Instagram uploaded earlier today, Syed Saddiq expressed his gratitude and thanked his former team at the youth and sports ministry for their efforts in the Yellow Ribbon Project.
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“To me, this (nomination) is not an individual achievement,” the caption said.
“I would like to thank my team the youth and sports ministry. When we worked together, we created the Yellow Ribbon Project, which managed to provide more than 1,583 jobs to young former convicts, as a second chance at life.”
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