{"id":21451,"date":"2018-04-07T19:56:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T11:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=21451"},"modified":"2018-04-07T21:42:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T13:42:13","slug":"malaysia-sarawak-and-you-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=21451","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMalaysia, Sarawak and You\u201d Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, 7 April, about 500 persons gathered at the ACCPC for the forum \u201cMalaysia, Sarawak and You\u201d.\u00a0 Panelists representing the Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan coalitions were there to respond to their concerns. The panellists comprised YBs Wilson Nyabong from PRS, Lo Khere Chiang from SUPP, Chong Chieng Jen from DAP, and Baru Bian and See Chee How from PKR. The moderator of the forum was Dr Helen Ting, a political science lecturer at the UKM, Bangi.<\/p>\n<p>Organised by the Political and Social Awareness Ministry based in the Blessed Sacrament Church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching, this forum\u2019s objective was to raise awareness, to educate and to generate interest of the Catholic community in national and Sarawak issues. The panellists touched on the topics of economy, governance and accountability, religious freedom and the rebalancing of Sarawak-Federal relation. Such education is necessary for valuable participation of citizens in the democratic process.<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that the Political and Social Awareness Ministry was established in response to the call from the Catholic community for the Church, while remaining neutral in partisan politics. Its aim is to help its members engage in the Malaysian public life and contribute positively to the advancement of the country by serving the common good.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers had stressed on the importance of respect and decorum during the forum to inculcate a mature and healthy attitude in politics among Christians. This forum was the first of its kind for the Catholic Church in Sarawak. The organisers also hope for many future collaborations with elected representatives of different political persuasions to serve and educate the community.<\/p>\n<p>The forum could not have been carried out at a more suitable day in view of its coincidence with the dissolution of the Malaysian Parliament announced by the Prime Minister just the day before. The General Elections would be carried out within 60 days of Parliament\u2019s dissolution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21452\" alt=\"image1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image1-300x200.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, 7 April, about 500 persons gathered at the ACCPC for the forum \u201cMalaysia, Sarawak and You\u201d.\u00a0 Panelists representing the Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan coalitions were there to respond to their concerns. The panellists comprised YBs Wilson Nyabong from PRS, Lo Khere Chiang from SUPP, Chong Chieng Jen from DAP, and Baru Bian and See Chee How from PKR. The moderator of the forum was Dr Helen Ting, a political science lecturer at the UKM, Bangi. Organised by the Political and Social Awareness Ministry based in the Blessed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=21451\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21453,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21451\/revisions\/21453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}