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Sunday, 18 May 2008 09:44am |
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Sunday Times (Used by permission)
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi made an
unannounced visit to the Buddhist Maha Vihara in Brickfields yesterday.
It was not the normally sedate Buddhist Maha Vihara that Abdullah visited. It
was a riot of colour and noise.
The 0.8ha compound was packed with people who had come to attend the Cultural
Night celebrations held in conjunction with Wesak Day, which is tomorrow.
Lion dancers rubbed shoulders with Sri Lankan, Punjabi, Thai, Indian and Chinese
cultural dancers at the 115-year-old temple complex.
Present were Gerakan acting president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon and Housing and
Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan.
The high commissioners of Pakistan and Sri Lanka, as well as the ambassadors of
Vietnam, Thailand and Nepal were there.
Former prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman visited the Maha Vihara in 1967.
Abdullah, recalling that his late wife, Datin Seri Endon Mahmood, attended
cultural events here, said he hoped all Malaysians would live in peace and
harmony.
"No religion asks its followers to create trouble or problems for people of
other faiths. Everybody has a right to live in peace and to practise the
religion he professes."
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