For the east coast region, the gathering was held in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) as host universities. Participation for both venue gathered about 700 students of the hosting universities and colleges in its radius namely; Masterskill College Metro Campus, Kota Bharu Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Kota Bharu Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan Kampus Kesihatan USM Asasi Pengajian Islam Universiti Malaya Nilam Puri, Kelantan Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)
During the one hour interactive session, the students are exposed to one of Foresighting methodology – visioning the future. Through this activity, students are encouraged to share their imagination, concerns and hopes of the world of tomorrow. Here are excerpts of their stories about the future…
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‘ …I wish that one day there will be cars that we can put in our pocket and resolve parking problems … ‘… maybe one day there will be a standard method for teachers to punish their students… so that teachers are protected from being sued by parents…’ @ University Malaysia Kelantan | |
| ‘… do you watch Phineas & Ferb cartoon? Every day the boys embark on some grand new project, inventing new things, in just a day… I really hope that we able to create new things, gadgets etc. that fast…’ @ University Malaysia Kelantan |  |
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| ‘…I envy with my friends studying overseas, regarding their internet surfing experience. They don’t have to wait long for page to downloads etc. I really hope that internet connection in Malaysia will be super fast…’@ University Malaysia Kelantan |  |
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‘…pada 2050, masalah obesiti di kalangan kanak-kanak semakin berleluasa. Kanak-kanak dimanjakan dan menjadi malas dan meluangkan masa berjam-jam melayari internet, Facebook, Twitter dan sebagainya sambil makan snek… dan terlampau kurang bersenam dan melakukan aktiviti luar… ibu bapa pula terlalu sibuk mencari nafkah dan anak-anak…’ @ University Malaysia Trengganu |
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‘…pada masa sekarang kita sering melihat sampah dibuang merata-rata tempat dan jika keadaan ini berlarutan pencemaran akan menjadi masalah utama di masa hadapan …’ @ University Malaysia Trengganu |
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‘…my concern is on how technology impacting the environment, for example currently we can see development of technology that are environmental friendly, I hope that those technology can be use as soon as possible for the sake of our mother nature …’
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