BIRO TATA NEGARA(BTN)

Biro Tata Negara (National Civics Bureau, or simply BTN) is an agency of the Malaysian government in the Prime Minister's Department. It was established in 1974 as the Youth Research Unit (Unit Penyelidikan Belia) under the Youth Ministry, but was renamed and transferred in 1981.

BTN's stated objective is to nurture the spirit of patriotism and commitment to excellence among Malaysians and train the leaders and future leaders to support the nation's development efforts. BTN's programmes are controversial and many accuse them of explicitly promoting ketuanan melayu and the governing Barisan Nasional. On 25 November 2009, Selangor state government issued a ban prohibiting state civil servants, employees of state subsidiaries, and students at state-owned institutions from attending BTN courses. On December 2, 2009, Penang state government followed suit and banned all state civil servants from attending the controversial courses.

In my opinion, BTN is one of method used to unite all races in Malaysia. The government launched this BTN for unity in Malaysia. All races espoecially the teenagers can unite and respect each other(Brotherhood and sisterhood) .