The official Closing Ceremony of Penang Goes Orange 2023 was held at SMK Bandar Tasek Mutiara, Simpang Ampat, SPS on 9^th December 2023. YBhg. Dato’ Ong Bee Leng, CEO of Penang Women’s Development Welfare (PWDC) and YB Lim Siew Khim, EXCO, Social Development, Welfare and non-Islamic Affairs delivered the Opening and Closing Speeches respectively. MCPF Penang Chairman YBhg. Dato’ Seri Ong Poh Eng led a sizeable MCPF Team including YBhg. Dato’ Seri K. Pulayantran (Deputy Chairman); Johnny Michael Tan (Secretary); James Mohan (Barat Daya DLC Chairman); Paramaguru Balan Moghan (SPS DLC Chairman); Ridzuan Md Zain (SPT DLC Chairman); Munusamy Muniandy (SPU DLC Chairman); YBhg. Dato’ M. Kaleessvaran (Committee Member); Joseph Sawaremuthu (Committee Member & Task Force Member of PGO 2023); Rahumathullah Ibrahim (Committee Member & Task Force Member of PGO 2023); Komogan a/l Lingam (SPS DLC Committee Member); Cikgu Fadzil Sadikin (Asst. Director of Student Affairs, Student Development Sector & MCPF Penang ex-officio SLC Member) and Pn. Mangleswary Subramaniam, Head of Women’s Development and Leadership, PWDC & MCPF Penang ex-officio SLC Member). Also in Attendance were YBrs. Tuan Mohammad Said bin Ibrahim, Deputy Director, (Penang State Education Department, Student Development Sector); YDH DSP Shanizan bin Saad (representing YDH Puspanathan a/l Wiresingam, Head of Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Police HQ, Penang); YBrs. Assoc. Prof Dr. Muhammad Rahim Kamaludin, UKM, Criminologist); School Principals from Secondary Schools, Penang; Heads and representatives from Participating Partners & Sponsors of Penang Goes Orange 2023; Heads and Staff of Penang Women’s Development Corporation; PDRM Police Officers; Heads of Departments & Staff of Penang State Education Department. An absorbing Motivational Talk was delivered by Assoc. Prof Dr. Muhammad Rahim Kamaludin. This closing ceremony had all the collaborative Partners & Sponsors from Government Agencies and NGOs recognized for their support and participation in PGO which was launched on 25^th November 2023 at The Esplanade.

Some Key Take Away from the speeches, Motivational Talk and Q&A Session included 1. Drug Abuse & Misuse start at the appalling young age of seven; 2. Poor parenting as being a root cause and concern (for Bullying in Schools); 3. Types of Bullying including Physical, Verbal, Social, Sexual and Cyberbullying; 4. Youths & Social ills of today with Social Media, Evolving Technologies and Artificial Intelligence; 5. Students exposure to influence outside of school hours (7 hours) by family life, neighborhood; 6. “Do not do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you”; 7. The shocking statistics of at least one in five students having been exposed to some form of cyberbullying which generally start from Form One; 8. Urging of parents (and guardians) to be observant of any change(s) in their children’s behavior; and 10. To rely on ‘Factual Feedbacks’. As a short recap, MCPF Penang and its DLCs managed to be involved as being involved in the talks itself or being present at these eight schools in the Anti-Bullying talks as organized by PWDC in collaboration with Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah (District School Offices); PDRM (JPJKK / PPS – Pegawai Perhubungan Sekolah) in these eight schools: 1. SMK Batu Maung (Barat Daya); 2. SMK Saujana Indah, Nibong Tebal (SPS); 3. SMK Methodist Boys Schools (MBS) (Timur Laut); 4.  SMK Sungai Ara (Barat Daya); 5. SMK Convent Butterworth (SPU); 6. SMK Guah Perahu Indah (SPT); 7. SMK Guah Perahu (SPT); and 8. SMK (P) St. George (Timur Laut).