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A High Court judge yesterday encouraged citizens to change their attitudes and commit to service of God, country and family. Justice Frank Seepersad made the call yesterday at the opening of the play park built by Rapid Fire Kids Foundation and Fun Splash Water Park at Palmiste Park, San Fernando.
Congratulating the organisations, Seepersad was hopeful that the park would be much more than a recreational facility but serve as a place of hope and renewal.
Recalling that the first Prime Minister Eric Williams had encouraged unity and articulated that the future of the young nation rested in children’s school bags, he said, “The dream of a ‘Mother Trinbago’ has not been fully realised and our educational system has failed to inculcate a sense and spirit of nationalism. We have no sense of national identity. Insular concerns dominate our focus and this quest for individual prosperity has stymied the development of a national consciousness.”
He urged, “Let us therefore commit our lives in service of our God, country and families and may our changed attitudes, foster national unity as we inculcate in our children an acute sense of national pride, harness the boundless faith in our destiny and stand side by side, as one people, proud and productive Trinbagonians,” he said.