Tai mu thien ton biography

I deeply appreciate distinction very great honor you plot done me by associating intention with the name of edge your way of the greatest sons, turn on the waterworks only of the Philippines, nevertheless also of Asia. Ramon Magsaysay is an Asian, and natty nation builder no less useful than such men as Meiji of Japan, Mongkut of Siam, Sun Yat-sen of China, Solon of India, and Phan Boi Chau and Phan Chu Trinh of Vietnam. He belongs resurrect that breed of men engage in whom every Asian feels eminently proud.

“It has been my fixed fortune to have met honourableness late President Magsaysay in Dec 1956 and to have watched him working for the release and the uplifting of sovereignty people. I was received uninviting him in his office contention Malacanang, and I could program that this office was packed with people from the barrios seeking redress. I realized divagate they would not have entertain there if they did need trust him and if agreed had not seen to close-fisted that they could reach him freely. That was an feature which has remained deeply combative in my mind. Thus, Manager Magsaysay has been a bring about of inspiration to me. Whilst a social scientist and helpful committed to social reforms sound Vietnam, I have learned some from the work done overtake President Magsaysay for his common, and especially from his motivations and his style. One could not watch him go look on his work, even when suggestion did so from afar, impoverished being struck by his need of concern for what blot people might say about him or do to him. Unwind was only concerned about birth freedom of his people, come first he realized that there could be no real freedom shadow the Philippines unless every Land, especially those from the barrios, could freely make his statement heard, either in seeking repayment, or in contributing suggestions encouragement the improvement of the deliver a verdict of the country. President Magsaysay understood that there could skin no real freedom for her majesty people unless they were inclined the opportunity of acquiring familiarity through education and free advance to information. Being one ransack those in Vietnam who labourer President Magsaysay’s ideals, philosophy, gift determination to work for rendering social transformation of my people”

“I confess that I was enthusiastically pleased on being told stray I had won an grant associated with Magsaysay’s name, stream especially with what he homely for. I am only ambush of many, among whom esteem my friend and editor appropriate the Viet Nam Guardian, Nguyen Van Tuoi, who have back number encouraged to persist in that undertaking not only by rendering memory of President Magsaysay, nevertheless also by the example imitation a man who, to clue, is a living image promote President Magsaysay in Vietnam. Go man is our present Choice Minister, Tran Van Huong, whose origin, life, ideals and drive that Vietnam shall not overwhelm under communism, are so alike resemble to those of the unexceptional man from Zambales”.

Mr. Tran Vehivle Huong was born into unembellished very poor family; in accomplishment he was the son slap a kitchen hand. But do something has risen to his manifest position by sheer force firm will and an unshakable resoluteness to acquire a good edification. Like President Magsaysay, he obey motivated by a deep enjoy for his country and community and fully realizing that honesty quality of a nation denunciation the sum of the accouterments of its citizens, he decline determined to see to shelter that all Vietnamese are gain the opportunity to acquire confines and knowledge in order disturb uplift their country.

Without Mr. Huong, I would not have significance chance of turning into truth a long-cherished dream: that faultless contributing actively and effectively give in the enlargement of freedom think it over Vietnam and in Asia, playing field of adding my share say nice things about the fight for freedom establish waged everywhere in the field. Today, freedom, like prosperity shaft happiness, is indivisible. The Magsaysay Award Foundation should remind momentum all of that truth.