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YBAM organised the YBAM National-States Joint
Meeting (NSJM) 2021 from 16 September 2021 to
18 September 2021. As the COVID-19 pandemic
continued to worsen, the NSJM 2021 continued
last year's model using the Zoom Meeting platform.
The meeting gathered more than 100 delegates
and observers from the SC and 13 SLCs to plan the
activities for the coming year.

In his welcoming speech at the opening ceremony,
YBAM President Yong Kuei Yoong said that although
currently the activities were mostly held online,
we must all be far-sighted, prepare for the post-
pandemic era, and do solid groundwork for Malaysian 星云大师开示祝福短片。
Buddhism. Dharma blessing video of Venerable Hsing Yun.

The opening guest of honour cum YBAM Lay Patron,
Dato' Seri Ong Ka Chuan said that YBAM should
explore how we can help the nation in the difficult
period of the pandemic, and demonstrate the spirit
of compassion of Venerable Sumangalo, the father of
the Malaysian Buddhist Youth Movement.

Through the video, YBAM Religious Patron Venerable
Hsing Yun encouraged the youth to ‘be our own
saviour’. There are four main elements to succeed:
firstly, to be hardworking; secondly, to have an
academic mind, as reading not only changes our real 黄家泉移交1万令吉的模拟支票给杨桂荣。
life but also make us understand the world better and Ong Ka Chuan handed over the mock checque of RM10,000 to Yong Keui
experience more on life; thirdly, to have a spirit of Yoong.
struggle, to integrate into the public and serve them;
and fourthly, to have a clear goal to achieve through Dharma enabled us to accept and face all these
practice. calmly. Every disaster would strengthen our heart,
and every challenge would allow us to learn.
The two-day meeting included the 7th Six-Year
Plan progress report and review, a special report The closing guest of honour cum YBAM Lay Advisor
on Yayasan Belia Buddhist Malaysia (YBBM), and Dato' Seri Tan Gin Soon said that despite the
proposal of projects from SC. COVID-19 pandemic, YBAM was still actively involved
in various activities and projects concerning Buddhist
At the closing ceremony, YBAM Deputy President Hoi youth. He stressed that YBAM should continue to
Jung Wai said that we had been facing the impact promote Buddhism among the younger generation
of disasters and pandemic over the past few years, and that such activities must be carried out in a new-
which made us physically and mentally exhausted. normal way during the pandemic.

拿督洪祖丰（右）发表马佛基金会报告。左为大会主持人陈韦璇。
Dato' lr Ang Choo Hong (right) delivered the report on Yayasan Belia Buddhist Malaysia. Chin Hui Sian (left) was the moderator.