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Jan 17

Malaysian groups start fund-raising drive for quake victims

By Compassion
A boy is embraced by his father after receiving first aid on his hand as they use Park Boyer as their new home in the Petionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Sun-Sentinel, Michael Laughlin) MANDATORY CREDIT: SUN-SENTINEL, MICHAEL LAUGHLIN; MAGS OUT

A boy is embraced by his father after receiving first aid on his hand as they use Park Boyer as their new home in the Petionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Sun-Sentinel, Michael Laughlin) MANDATORY CREDIT: SUN-SENTINEL, MICHAEL LAUGHLIN; MAGS OUT

PETALING JAYA: Various Malay-sian groups have started collecting funds to help earthquake victims in Haiti.

The Malaysia Red Crescent Society is appealing for donations for the MRCS International Relief Fund, in response to the emergency appeal launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) for US$10mil (RM34mil) to assist some 100,000 disaster victims.

Cash or cheques can be sent to the MRCS headquarters at 32, Jalan Nipah, Off Jalan Ampang.

“Cheques should be made out to the ‘MRCS International Relief Fund’; with ‘Haiti Earthquake’ written at the back or banked in to MRCS Maybank account number 5144 2210 2657,” the statement said.

The Taiwan Buddhist Tzu-Chi Foundation Malaysia said it will hold a fund-raising drive today and tomorrow to collect money for relief work.

Those wishing to make donations can also contact 03-7880-9048 or visit www.tzuchi.my.

The Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM), a humanitarian aid development agency with its head office in Birmingham, has also launched an appeal for contributions for the earthquake victims.

For more information, go to www.irm.org.my or call 03-8948-6334.

[source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/16/nation/5484892&sec=nation]
Jan 17

[新闻] 车祸身亡‧捐眼角膜长骨‧家人助女学院生圆遗愿

By Compassion
黄梅貽一年前告诉舅舅有捐献器官的意愿。（图：星洲日报）

黄梅貽一年前告诉舅舅有捐献器官的意愿。（图：星洲日报）

（马六甲）週四（1月14日）在武吉峇汝圣陶沙花园入口处遇车祸身亡的21岁女郎黄梅貽，一年前就曾告诉舅舅有意在去世后捐献器官的意愿，如今她不幸发生车祸去世，家人为完成她的心愿，今日（週五，1月15日）决定捐出眼角膜及长骨，遗爱人间。 

死者一位不愿透露姓名的舅舅週五在中央医院告诉媒体，梅貽在吉隆坡读书时就住在他家里，约一年前，梅貽拿著捐献器官的表格回来，询问他的意见。 

“当时我对她说，生命是无常的，只有死亡是肯定。捐献器官是好事，因为能够把希望带给更多的人，但是必须由自己决定。” 

他指出，梅貽未来得及向父母表达她的意愿，就发生了车祸。家人获悉她生前的心愿后，决定遵循她的意愿，捐出梅貽的器官以拯救其他人。 

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Jan 17

[News] Vandals attack mosque

By Compassion
Police found broken glass near the wall outside the mosque in Kota Samarahan, about 40km from the main town of Kuching. It was the first mosque attacked in the recent violence against places of worship. (Photo: Reuters)

Police found broken glass near the wall outside the mosque in Kota Samarahan, about 40km from the main town of Kuching. It was the first mosque attacked in the recent violence against places of worship. (Photo: Reuters)

KUALA LUMPUR – A MOSQUE was vandalised in Sarawak on Saturday, threatening to deepen the row between Muslims and Christians over the ‘Allah’ controversy.

Police found broken glass near the wall outside the mosque in Kota Samarahan, about 40km from the main town of Kuching. It was the first mosque attacked in the recent violence against places of worship.

‘Don’t make any speculation. We are investigating this incident,’ deputy police chief Ismail Omar told the media. ‘The situation remains peaceful and no one should take advantage of this to create something bad.’

The trouble was touched off by a High Court ruling last month that allowed a Catholic newspaper, the Herald, to use Allah to refer to God.

Since then, 10 churches and a Sikh Gurdwara temple have been vandalised.

The latest church was vandalised on Friday night in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. Its side windows were broken.

Malaysian police yet to determine if attack in Sarawak is linked to Allah issue

By Elizabeth Looi, Malaysia Correspondent, 17 January 2010.

[source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_478464.html]
Jan 17

[News] Rasah church window pane broken by vandal: Police

By Compassion
Police officers are investigating the attack of Grace Global Prayer Church in Seremban. (Sin Chew Daily photo)

Police officers are investigating the attack of Grace Global Prayer Church in Seremban. (Sin Chew Daily photo)

2010/01/16

SEREMBAN, Sat — A window pane of the Grace Global Prayer Church in Rasah here was found broken last night, believed to be the work of a vandal, Negeri Sembilan police chief Datuk Osman Salleh said today.

He said the police were confident of catching the suspect because a security guard had seen a man damaging the window at about 7.30pm.

Church secretary David Raju said his wife noticed the damaged window and glass splinters on the ground floor of the church, located in a row of two-storey shophouses, when they had gone there at night.

This is the second church in Seremban to have suffered damage in the wake of a Kuala Lumpur High Court decision on Dec 31 allowing the Catholic weekly magazine, Herald, to use the word “Allah” (God) in its publications.

On January 11, the door of the Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) Church in Lakeview Square, Seremban 2, was scorched by vandals. — BERNAMA

[source: New Straits Times]

News background:
[News] Church in Johor splashed with red paint
[News] Eighth church attack in Seremban
[News] 3 Malaysian churches attacked in ‘Allah’ dispute
[News] Fourth church attacked in Malaysia as Allah row deepens
[News] 4 more churches attacked in Malaysia in Allah feud

Jan 16

Meet the young artists – Chinese calligraphy for Bachang St John’s Dialysis center

By Chinese calligraphy, Compassion, Juesatta art, Photography
The little eight year-old boy enjoying writing

The little eight year-old boy enjoying writing

With the permission of Mr. Liu, my chinese calligraphy teacher, I snapped some photos of the class and my friendly classmates who are mostly primary school students. Right now, most of the students are busy writting spring festival couplets for Chinese New Year. These couplets will be sold as charity fund for the Bachang St John’s Dialysis Center in Melaka.

According to Mr. Liu, Bachang St John’s Dailysis Center has about 100 patients. Each treatment is charged RM10 which is relatively cheap. By doing so, the center has to bare thousands of ringgit for the operation each year and thus, donation is collected to maintain the cost.

These young artists of the class (mostly primary school students) are doing their very best to write in order to help the dialysis patients. Every piece of the writings will be sold for charity and the fund collected is 100 percent donated to the  Bachang St John’s Dialysis Center.

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Jan 15

Happy birthday to Jason Tan

By Juesatta art, Photography

I would like to wish my best friend and also juesatta pianist Jason Tan happy birthday. Jason, here’s to another year of experience; you are not just a year older, but a year better and wiser. Hope your birthday blossoms into lots of dreams come true.

A flash back on Jason’s recent song-play of the famous Teresa Teng’s Chinese song, Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin (The moon represents my heart) which dedicated to all the loving couples.