Tuesday, 31 March 2026

 Meng Heang TAK (Clarinda) (13:14): Last week was Cultural Diversity Week, a great opportunity to come together to celebrate our state’s diverse and powerful multicultural community. It was my great pleasure to have the Premier out in the Clarinda electorate to celebrate with the Zee Cheng Khor Moral Uplifting Society together with so many different multicultural and multifaith organisations from across the electorate and across the south-east. As the member for Clarinda, I am incredibly proud to represent one of the most diverse and vibrant communities in Victoria, a place where people from many cultures, languages and backgrounds live, work and thrive together. Victoria is one of the most successful multicultural societies in the world, and last week was another great opportunity to celebrate this and to reflect on the amazing contribution of our multicultural and multifaith communities in Victoria.

I am extremely proud to be part of a government that values and supports a multicultural and inclusive society where opportunity is open to all and diversity is celebrated. I would like to acknowledge and thank Stephen Chew, the president of Zee Cheng Khor Moral Uplifting Society, and all our community leaders and volunteers for the amazing work that they do to support our vibrant community. Finally, congratulations to the Vietnamese Museum Australia on practical completion – an exciting milestone. I cannot wait for the official opening later this year.