Navigating Uncertainty Requires Collective Courage, Collaboration

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By Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz
SINGAPORE, June 25 (Bernama) -- Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah emphasised that navigating uncertainty demands not only resilience and reinvention, but importantly requires collaboration and collective courage.
His Royal Highness stated that rebuilding trust, prioritising equity, embracing pluralism, and imagining boldly are four guiding principles for navigating uncertainty, fuelled by the digital transformation of society, the dynamics of human migration, and the uneven economic impacts of globalisation.
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He noted that in times of such upheaval, familiar certainties can feel deceptively comforting.
'There is a temptation to retreat into narrower circles of identity, to hoard privileges, and to romanticise a past that, if we are honest and strip away nostalgia, never was.
'But I am confident that the answer to uncertainty is not withdrawal,' said the Perak ruler.
Sultan Nazrin delivered his keynote address, titled 'Navigating Uncertainty', at the 3rd International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) at the Raffles City Convention Centre here on Wednesday.
His Royal Highness stated that rebuilding trust requires investment in media literacy, digital integrity, and honest communication - not merely control.
'We must reinvest in the social contract. We need transparent institutions, accountable leadership, and civic spaces where people feel seen and heard,' he said.