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马来西亚佛教青年总会（马佛青）呼吁青体部重新探 会，更甚者还未大学毕业。而30岁以前的青年则在事
讨青年与体育部（青体部）部长拿督斯里阿末费沙在 业方面才刚开始起步，准备面对各种人生历练，生活
2021年11月17日国会会议的2022年财政预算案部门 和工作都处于不稳定的阶段，很难在同一时间积极推
总结时宣布从2022年1月1日起开始青年团体的会员 动青年组织活动，甚至成为领导人。年龄限制的仓促
与领导层年龄不超过30岁的执行。在《2019年青年 执行会影响青年组织领导的延续性，让青年在需要大
社团及发展（修正）法案》下，“青年”的定义从现有 量精力投入的组织工作，包括资产管理、行政工作和
的40岁调低至30岁。这意味著从2022年起，青年组 对外关系等面对巨大的挑战。
织的会员及领导的年龄皆不能超过30岁。
因此，马佛青呼吁青体部尽快与马来西亚青年理事会
马佛青不认同这个已经延期了两年还未执行的法案修 以及会员组织安排会面，通过协商就阶段性和有次序
改在明年仓促执行，因为此宣布并没有与马来西亚青 地实行年龄限制达成共识。马佛青也希望青体部与青
年理事会就年龄限制执行日期和顺利的过渡过程达成 年组织注册局就青年组织可能在保持原名的情况下转
共识。马佛青认为25岁之前的青年大多数刚踏入社 换注册到社团注册局的可能性提供适当的机制。

马佛青呼吁青体部重新探讨

青年组织领导与会员年龄限制的执行模式

YBAM Calls for the Ministry of Youth and Sports

to Reexplore The Mode of Implementation

of the Age Limit on Leaders And Members

of Youth Organisations

Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM) and some of them may not even graduate from
hopes that the Ministry of Youth and Sports university yet. Meanwhile, the youth below the
could reexplore the implementation of the age age of 30 have just started their career and are
limit of 30 years old for members of the youth preparing to face various life experiences. It is
organisations starting from 1st January 2022 after difficult for them to actively promote activities of
the announcement by the Minister of Youth and the youth organisation and even become a leader
Sports, YB Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu during simultaneously with their daily life and work in an
the departmental summary of Budget 2022 at unstable stage. The hasty implementation of age
the Parliament meeting on 17 November 2021. limit will affect the continuity of the leadership of
Under the Youth Societies and Youth Development youth organisations, causing youth to face huge
(Amendment) Act 2019, the definition of ‘youth’ is challenges of organisational work requiring a lot of
lowered from the current 40 years old to 30 years energy investment including asset management,
old, which means that beginning from 2022, the administrative work, external relation, etc.
age of members and leaders of youth organisations
cannot exceed 30 years old. Therefore, YBAM calls for the Ministry of Youth
and Sports to arrange meetings with the Malaysian
YBAM does not agree that this amended act, the Youth Council and their affiliated bodies as soon as
implementation of which has been postponed for possible to reach a consensus on the phased and
two years, to be implemented hastily next year. orderly implementation of the age limit through
This is due to the fact that this announcement consultations. YBAM also hopes that the Ministry
was made without reaching a consensus with of Youth and Sports and the Registrar of Youth
the Malaysian Youth Council on the date of will provide an appropriate mechanism for the
implementation of the age limit and the smooth possibility that youth organisations may switch
transition process. YBAM believes that youth their registration to the Registrar of Society while
below the age of 25 have just entered society, maintaining their original name.

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