As a child, the paddy field was my playground..

It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated..

Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development..

We go fish, we also catch fighting fish, looking for birds and it was for kampong people, the paddy field was our the play field for the children..

You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important..

So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studi….

I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active..

We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what h….

The world [is] now seeing might is right..

I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family..

Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities..

I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not t….

I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, thi….

We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly….

Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important..

We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so t….

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve..

So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.

I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf..

We have now recently launched the national integrity plan..

But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained..