Posted on 25 August 2009 by Administrator
The following meditation was shared by the Rev. Sivin Kit in three occasions; twice during the “May He Be the Last: Memorials for Teoh Beng Hock & Beyond” memorials held in the KL-Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall and the LLG Foundation on 29 July 2009 and 7 August 2009 respectively and…
Posted on 25 August 2009 by Administrator
KUCHING, Malaysia (UCAN) — Andez Gregory had his first experience of what human rights issues are when he saw how the urban poor lived in the Philippines.
The 22-year-old said he was shocked to see “how the poor can be so poor and the rich so very rich” when he…
Posted on 25 August 2009 by Rama Ramanathan
The sticky notes were handed out. People began to write on them. I watched my wife write her note. I was sad because I had nothing to write about Teoh Beng Hock and 1,805 persons who died in custody – males, females, young, old, citizens, others – in Malaysia from…
Posted on 24 August 2009 by Peter Young
I have used Apollos and myself as examples to illustrate what I have been saying; that you must not have favourites. You must not be proud of one of God’s teachers more than another. What are you so puffed up about? What do you have that God hasn’t given you?…
Posted on 24 August 2009 by Peter Young
RACE-FREE FORM – headlines of Star, Wednesday, 19 August 2009. ‘People will no longer need to state their race in official forms soon.
Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyuddin Yassin, said the Cabinet was studying a move to do away with the requirement.
He said there was a need to…
Posted on 19 August 2009 by Katrina Jorene Maliamauv
The bile is rising in my throat.
For more than ten years at least, Penan girls have been raped, violated and sexually abused. The Penan women in the community have been at dire risk of various forms of sexual assault and harassment. Young, young, school going girls have made the…
Posted on 19 August 2009 by K. J. John
I followed with interest the most recent blow-up over the MACC “spying on their commissioners!” Anti-corruption has been a theme I have been harping on for years, although mostly in private circles.
My first article on the topic was written for Asian Beacon about 40 years ago. Therefore, I was…
Posted on 17 August 2009 by Peter Young
How much better to get wisdom than gold, and understanding than silver!
(Proverbs 16:16, New Living Translation)
With which of these two bank accounts are we most concerned?…
Posted on 17 August 2009 by Peter Young
Deuteronomy 33:27 is a very meaningful verse for those who are suffering from cancer. “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, ‘Destroy him!’”
There may be at least three ways in which God, the Father of…
Posted on 13 August 2009 by Administrator
The move by PAS to implement a blanket ban on the sale of alcohol in all Muslim-majority areas has now given us an opportunity to draw up guidelines on the sale of alcohol. While their call on ban might seem drastic but this view must not be seen from a…
Posted on 12 August 2009 by Administrator
The H1N1 flu is pandemic. It is a serious health problem which also has many other implications i.e. social, political, economic and others. As responsible people, citizens and Christians, we need to be aware of it, to protect ourselves, and do all we can to mitigate the spread of this…
Posted on 10 August 2009 by Peter Young
Shout praises to the LORD,
everyone on this earth.
Be joyful and sing
as you come in
to worship the LORD!
You know the LORD is God!
He created us,
and we belong to him;
we are his people,
the sheep in his pasture.
(Psalm 100 : 1 -3, The…