They are the lamp that guide us. Through thick and through thin, since the dawn of British imperialism, they were here as a beacon of hope.
“Jangan terlalu cepat membuang pelita, kerana riang melihatkan fajar akan menyingsing; kerana hari siang juga akan berakhir. Jangan nanti bila malam mendakap senja, warga dan bangsa akan hidup teraba-raba – hilang haluan, kerana diselimuti kegelapan malam tanpa pelita.”
The words of The Raja Muda of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah is deep in meaning, and is clear in message. “The people must be conscious not to be hasty to throw the lamp away, happy with the dawn of daylight; as daylight too will end. Let it not be that as night falls, people grope about directionless, blanketed in darkness without a lamp”.
The so-called street democracy freedom that we enjoyed so far is akin to the daylight; what we have seen is the beautiful scenery that it bought as the sun rise from the east. What we have not seen however are the things that will stripped us of what we are now. For good or for bad is up for debate, but to throw away the lamp shall the night falls will only make us the ultimate loser.