Hi all and especially friends in the media, Please help spread the word below as quickly as possible and try your best to be there.
Background information, please visit the following links: .. Pemuda Umno challenging Hindu Temple http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InHarmony/message/756 .. Q&A on Tambak Paya Temple http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InHarmony/message/757 Please help forward on. Here's the text of the invitation: KUIL ARULMIGA SRI MAHA PERIACHIAMMAN ACARA MESRA RAKYAT SUNDAY, 15th July 2007, 8.00AM WE LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AND CELEBRATE THE MALAYSIAN EXPERIENCE THE RICHNESS OF A MULTI RACIAL AND CULTURAL SOCIETY THE WORSHIP OF GOD IN ONES OWN UNIQUE WAY THE BUILDING OF BRIDGES THE NURTURING OF COMMUNITIES 50 years of Merdeka Jointly hosted by: Gurukkal Shree Periasamy Yusof bin Abdullah Priest Ketua Bahagian Kuil Sri Maha Periachiamman PKR, Bukit Katil LOCATION: Lot 1344-2, Jln Anggerik, Kg Tambak Paya, Ayer Molek, 75460 MELAKA A DACC Associates Project - Developing Active Collaborative Communities From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harold Gomez Sent: 14 July 2007 6:47 AM To: ABishop Murphy; MCCBCHS Chua Chong Kee; Adrian Pereira; Aloysius Mowe; Amnesty International Malaysia; anthony klang; Article 11 assist; HRDC Amy Too; Josef Roy AI; LawyerAndrewKhoo; MCCBCHS Ang Choo Hong; bob kee; MCCBCHS BishopPaulTan; MCCBCHS BroAugustineJulian; MCCBCHS Girijah; Rajen Malaysian Bar; MCCBCHS Dr Yin Yeik Le; MCCBCHS Dr Chin YS; MCCBCHS Raddy Soo; Sonia; Catholic Church Fr Clarence Devadass; CatholicChurchFrMichaelChua; chandrasekaran MCCBCHS; chris; Chuah Soo Lian Petronas; Ho Chin Soon; MCCBCHS RevDrHermanShastri; HRDC Nirmala Devi Naidu; MCCBCHS DatukVaithi; Pat Lu's Group; MCCBCHS Thiaga; MCCBCHS Fr Jojo; Josie Fernandez; MCA Fui; HRDC Gopini; HRDC John Gurusamy; Ignatius Gomez; Joe Gomez; MCCBCHS Murali; MCCBCHST Goh Keat Peng; HarcharanSingh MCCBCHS; HRDC Hemadasa; HRDC Karamjit Singh; HRDCDrJayaBooshane; HRDCRichmond-On-Thames; Malaysia Hindu Voice; MCCBCHS Too Hing Yeap; Ramdas Hakam; Imtiaz Malik; sisters in islam; Jayaathas PKR; KJ John; ravi jvc; MCCBCHS RevWongKimKong; Pardip Kumar MCCBCHS; Shanmuga MCCBCHS K; MCCBCHS Leonard Teoh; Pat Liu Rayma; Patricia Lu Rayma; Mary Pereira UITM; TanSriRamon; MCCBCHS Ram; Rev Sam; Shaji Rajappan; charles santiago; MCCBCHS SarathSurendre; Saravanan; Scholastica Silva; Yati SIS Cc: Yusof Abdullah PKR Subject: [InHarmony] A New God Inspired Transformation in Malaysia Dear All, I ask for your indulgence and patience with the style I chose to write this message. In this way, you will allow me to dig deep into my intentions for standing up for this temple and the spirit with which my company, DACC Associates, set up the Unit called "Nation Building" in April 2006. INVITATION Firstly let me invite you and all others in your network to join us in a 'Acara Mesra Rakyat' - a gathering at the temple premises to pray, mingle and celebrate with Malaysians of all faiths, colour and creed. Please see attached announcement and forward to all you can reach. It will be on at 8am, 15th July 2007 at the Periachi Amman temple in Tambak Raya, Ayer Molek, Melaka. The prayers which will start as early as 7am, will end around 8.20am. This will be followed by short welcome speeches by the co-hosts, En Yusof Abdullah, Gurukkal Shri Periasamy and an officer from the National Unity Department, Mr N.S. Maniam. Then, we will allow the visitors to mingle, share a common breakfast and NOT talk about problems, but instead enjoy the richness and diversity of their new-found friends. At 9am we are calling for a press conference and then round up the day's event officially. So, please help me and invite all and sundry as well as the local and foreign media - I will need that help badly. I chose to make a PKR Division Head my co-host because,they rallied behind me when others were hesitant. Additionally, Yusof believes he can draw the diverse population of our country for this event because of his party's support for a multi-religious, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic Malaysia. THE BEGINNING Actually the idea for an event of this nature started rather clumsily. Our Gurukkal wanted to have special prayers on the 15th of July 2007. My friends and I wanted to form a human chain, made of all ethnic groups. Yusof thought of a press conference. Since Yusof and his team were with us from the time we asked for help, I decided that he should become the co-host with our Gurukkal for this event. On consulting some of my friends, I realized that this 'almost disastrous' chain of events provoked by Pemuda Umno could actually be turned into a blessing for our country. I am a strong believer in the chinese saying - "Where there is danger, there is opportunity" Hence, my next strategy. As I write this, my new friend Yusof, is hearing it for the first time !! With Yusof's help, I would like to turn the Bukit Katil Parliamentary Constituency, from a hot bed of ethnic tension, to a model of community integration. For this we will invite the Ministry of Azalina Othman, Sharizat Jalil, Dr Maximus Ongkili, Prime Minister's department and whoever else who will put aside partisan politics, ethnic and parochial chauvinism, party allegiance, etc and work with us for nation-building. With Yusof and the Gurukkal's help we should hold the next "Acara Mesra Rakyat" in a surau/mosque, followed by a church, a Gurdwara, a Buddhist temple, any spiritual movement, etc and later on move to community centres and residential neighbourhoods, holding joint prayers, tele-matches.the works. How about that?? When I stop to think, I find God's plans mind blowing ..WOW!! Enough for now, but the whole idea is to "Develop Active Collaborative Communties". I will get back with more after I discuss with Yusof and other key people. DACC Associates This company formed a Unit called "Nation Building" in April 2006 after seeing the traumatic effects of tension and conflicts on the rise in Malaysia. My directors agreed that that our consultants and I will do community work using the skills and talents we have, to build bridges, heal emotional and psychological wounds, and nurture Malaysian people as a nation. We really did not care whether we got paid for it or not - we felt that we need to make this contribution for Malaysia's future. So, there you go !! Best Wishes Harold Gomez ---------------------------------------------------------- IN HARMONY - We are All One (Understanding Religions in Malaysia Discussion Group) <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InHarmony> ---------------------------------------------------------- Announcements: CALLING ALL MALAYSIANS near and far... 1. Prayer Request Board For all in need of prayers and those who'd like to help others by praying for them | <http://www.carmelite-seremban.org/Pray/index.html> 2. Invite the World to Visit Malaysia in 2007 Join the Visit Malaysia Cyber Campaign - NOW! <http://www.vmcc.com.my> 3. 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