Thaipusam Celebration In Arulmigu Thandayuthapani Temple Johor Bahru

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="1st time ever in temple history, Y.A.B. Dato' Haji Abdul Ghani bin Othman visits the Thaipusam devotee."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Dato' Haji Abdul Ghani bin Othman with other BN leader watching Kavadis entering temple."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="1st Kavadi entering temple."][/caption]

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Some devotees carries their baby in sugar cane cradle for Lord Muruga's blessing."][/caption]

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Double sacrifice for Lord Muruga. After shaving their hair, some devotees donated their blood."][/caption]

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Volunteers tirelessly preparing and distributing Moore drinks for devotees."][/caption]

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Volunteers from NGO feeding special kids."][/caption]

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="Soiritual starts from young. A young boy carrying Kavadi."][/caption]

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="Huge crowd."][/caption]

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Chow Kit : Child Care for Homeless

Chow Kit Road is less than a kilometer away from heart of Kuala Lumpur. Life there is cheap, riddled with poverty, drugs, sex and children wandering the street, hungry. Hundreds of them are homeless.

Al Radjhi bank together with an NGO and the Social Welfare Department had setup a child care centre for these underprivileged children. 

Many of the parents who send their children to this child care work in brothel-based industries and are single mothers. They are poor and can’t afford to send their children to commercial child care centers while working. Most of them are homeless or renting cheap budget rooms on daily basis for shelter.

While working, the kids are left on streets or shops vulnerable to the threat of pimps, drug pushers and child trafficking. Realizing the need to protect these kids, the parties concerned started the centre approximately a year ago.

The child-care centre gives them basic education, 6 meals a day and all the basic necessities that a growing child needs. The parents are given some responsibilities too, such as providing the kids with clothing, collaborating the staff to spruce up the centre on a weekly basis and joining their kids for educational tours.

As the centre is providing great service to these underprivileged kids, they are expanding to another floor of the current centre to cater for kids who are aged 6 and above.
Currently they are operating from 7.00am to 7.00pm daily.


Video by Vijay Kumar Rahman, Citizen Journalist

Johor Bahru Deepavali Baazar 2011

The ZON Run 2011 - The ZON Johor Bahru

The Zon once again organised a public event which saw over 500 participants from local and

international took part in 10 km Marathon.

The race divided into three category with prizes of 10 thousand ringgit, medal and certificate.

A runner from Kenya, Michael Kasitit won first place in the men's category, while Sheela Samivellu

and Calvin Boon Chang Yik become champion of the women and student categories respectively.

Acording to the Zon's Business Unit Chief Ong Bok Siong, The Zon looking forward to organize this event

annually with bigger competition and better price.

The ZON Regency Hotel by the sea Johor Bahru is a business class hotel facilities provider in the Southern

region of Malaysia and have hosted numerous international and national events.

Video by Vijay Kumar Rahman, Citizen Journalist Malaysia

Nur Hobby RC Drift Challenge IV

Together with 2011 Marathon , The Zon hosted remote controlled car drift competition, organized by Nur Hobby Enterprise.

52 players from around the country came together to display their skills in controlling RC cars. According to the judge, Rizal bin Abdul Rahman points are given according the skills of the competitors of handling their RC cars.

Eric from Kuala Lumpur won the Super Expert Plus category and Paiee from Kuala Lumpur won the Expert Plus Category.

Video by Vijay Kumar Rahman, Citizen Journalist Malaysia

Justice for Lisa

Lisa Ten was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in June 2008. She had undergone allogenoic stem cell transplantation in Oct 2008 but her disease lapsed in March 2009. She was admitted on 13th April at Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM) for chemotherapy. She was also about to undergo another cell transplantation. But on 25th April 2009, Lisa Ten passed away at PPUM.

Her parents claim that Lisa could have been saved if the staffs at the medical centre were to be more careful in handling Lisa's health. According to Mr. and Mrs. Ten, Lisa died due to carelessness of the doctors and staffs of PPUM who treated her.

In an official letter to the parents dated 15th May 2009, the doctor who attended to Lisa admitted that there were some non compliances by few of PPUM staffs when examining or doing procedure for Lisa.

For more than a year, Lisa's parents have been seeking justice for Lisa. The matter has been brought to attention of the Malaysia Medical Council (MMC). An inquiry was conducted by the MMC and the outcome still pending.

Representing the deceased family, lawyer and Johor State Assembly Member (ADUN) for Senai Johor, Ong kaw Meng, told Komunitikini reporters that Mr. and Mrs. Ten will be looking into taking possible legal actions against the medical centre and their staffs depending on the outcome of the inquiry.

Video by

Saminathan Munisamy Citizen Journalist Malaysia

Human trafficking victims: Forced to shaft cotton wools

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The Zon Mah Run 2011

From cjmy

The ZON Johor Bahru and Malaysia Association of Hotels (MAH) Johor Chapter collaborate to organize THE ZON JB and MAH RUN 2011 to create unity within the hotels, sport and tourism industry. This is also The ZON JB to deliver our Corporate Social Responsibilities to raise awareness of sport and healthy living among our Malaysian and neighboring countries.

The ZON Johor Bahru and Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) Johor Chapter collaborate to organize 10km Marathon in Johor Bahru.

Date :16th. October 2011

Attractive prizes and a lot of sub events on the day like, Remote control Car Competition, Line Dancing, Aerobathon and many more...

Please log on to www.zon.com.my for more information and registration. Feel free to call our Toll free 1 800 880 500 or email : thezonrun@zon.com.my for any queries...

Death Penalty: Through My Lens (A Photo Contest Organized by Amnesty International Malaysia)

Whip out your lenses and flash us your best shot! Amnesty International Malaysia is calling all amateur and professional photographers to share their thoughts and views on the death penalty in picture form!

In conjunction with World Day against the Death Penalty which falls on 10 October 2011, we are organising a photography competition. The winning photographs will then be incorporated into Amnesty International Malaysia’s campaign materials.

Details of the competition are as below:

DATE: 22 August 2011 – 1 October 2011
THEME: Death Penalty: Through My Lens
PRIZES: 1st Place: RM 800
2nd Place: RM 450
3rd Place: RM 250

*Winning photographs will also be used to further AIM's campaigns. I.e. be exhibited, made into tshirts and other merchandise, posters, postcards..etc.

Further rules and regulations can be found attached to our promotional posters. Check out our main profile!

This year’s World Day focuses on the inhumanity of the death penalty. People often forget that death sentences are not only the ultimate physical assault to a fellow human being but they also affect a person mentally. Many death row inmates suffer years of living by a thin thread of hope. In countries such as Japan, inmates are kept in solitary confinement and are only informed of their executions hours before it is implemented. Some are driven to insanity by this state of living. It is these more dormant issues that Amnesty International Malaysia wishes to highlight and provoke thought on.

We are looking for photographs which articulate the issues and controversies surrounding the death penalty. In order to do this, photographers would first have to research and understand the complexities which surround this human rights issue. Amnesty International Malaysia hopes that this competition will bring about a new wave of awareness. We also seek to tap into the creative side of people’s mind leading to campaigns with more public appeal.

Put on your thinking caps, hang conventional methods, inject creativity into your systems and fire away. Tell us a thousand words through your photographs!

Winners will be announced on 13 October 2011.

For more information please contact Adeline Choo at 03-79552680 or email adeline@aimalaysia.org

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