Archive for February 22nd, 2011
70 and looking forward to more democratic breakthroughs (2)
This was not the only poem composed by Michael.
A fortnight earlier he had emailed me from Canberra the following acrostic on my 70th birthday. (Learnt a new word. acrostic: a poem or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words. – Concise Oxford Dictionary)
Lim Kit Siang MP
Long has been the struggle
In your just journey of Life
Moving ever so slowly but surelyKnowing that the elusive end
Is well worth every sacrifice
To achieve the ultimate aim ofSaving the nation’s soul from
Insidious intolerance
And leading it increasingly towards a
New national harmony
Graced by a Malaysian majorityMay this materialise in your lifetime, so
Press on, press on, as you see the finish line!
Michael did not bring along his wife but he brought Judith’s 100 hours of labour of love – a cross-stitch of the Chinese character “Longevity”. Thanks Judith. Most appreciated. Read the rest of this entry »
Season of goodwill
Posted by Kit in nation building, Religion on Tuesday, 22 February 2011
MIND MATTER
By Raja Zarith Idris
Sunday Star
Sunday January 9, 2011
If Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Isa (Jesus), a prophet respected and revered in Islam, is it so wrong to wish a blessed day for those who celebrate it?
DURING the days before Christmas last year, I wished my friends who were celebrating it “Merry Christmas” in much the same way they would wish me “Selamat Hari Raya” or “Happy Eid”.
I find it rather sad that such a simple greeting – one which I grew up with and which I have never regarded as something that would compromise or de-value my own faith – is now regarded as something so religiously incorrect for us Malaysian Muslims.
When I was at boarding school in England, I had to go to church every Sunday because it was part of the rules. My father advised me to consider it as part of my “education” and he had no doubt that the experience would strengthen rather than weaken my own faith. Read the rest of this entry »
A Malaysian Dream – Life and Times of Lim Kit Siang
Posted by Kit in DAP, nation building, Personal on Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Part 1
Guan Eng calls BN hypocrites in non-Muslim portfolio flap
Posted by Kit in Lim Guan Eng, Penang Government, Religion on Tuesday, 22 February 2011
By Debra Chong
The Malaysian Insider
February 21, 2011
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 21 — Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today accused the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition of double standards for rejecting the state’s new non-Muslim affairs portfolio while endorsing the same in Perak.
Lim, who is also DAP secretary-general, appeared taken aback by the verbal attacks from his political foes — particularly Gerakan chief Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon — following his government’s decision to set up a portfolio to complement the existing one for Muslims in the state.
He said the state believed the initiative would “promote civilisational dialogue, interaction and understanding” among followers of different creeds as all religions talk about peace.
He pointed out that the BN-led state government in Perak also has a similar portfolio to care for followers of religions other than Islam, which is headed by Datuk Mah Hang Soon, according to the silver state’s official website.
Mah refused to comment on his portfolio when contacted by The Malaysian Insider this evening, saying he was in the middle of a discussion.
(Mah’s portfolio is described on the Perak State government website as “Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kesihatan, Kerajaan Tempatan, Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Alam Sekitar, Pengangkutan dan Hal Ehwal Bukan Islam) Read the rest of this entry »
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