24th Peranakan Baba Nyonya Convention 25-27th November, 2011@Tanjung Bungah Beach Hotel, Penang

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24th Peranakan Baba Nyonya Convention 2011
Date: 25-27th November, 2011
Venue: Tanjung Bungah Beach Hotel, 505 Jalan Tanjung Bungah, 11200 Penang.
The 24th Baba Nyonya Convention 2011 will emphasise the philosophy and values of the Baba Nyonya including the delicious Nyonya cuisine.
Activities that will be held during the convention are a Baba Nyonya morning bazaar, a heritage tour as well as a gala dinner and dance at the Khoo Kongsi landmark.

Organiser and details: peranakanpenang2011@yahoo.com
http://www.yourpenang.com/events/details/1718-24th-baba-nyonya-convention-2011

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME:
25 SEPTEMBER, FRIDAY

12 noon Arrival of Delegates and Registration
Tanjung Bungah Beach Hotel

7:00 pm The Penang Island Peranakan Welcome

Sunset Dinner-By-The-Sea under the Stars
A culinary delight of Penang’s Street Food

“Sang Jit”
Prelude to A Baba Nyonya Wedding

Moonlight Joget with the Band under the Stars!

Dress code: Island and Smart Beachwear. Nyonyas, don your favourite Siput Sarawak sarong bekeman, pareo, and flowers in your hair for moonlight dinner and dance.
Venue: Beach, Tanjung Bungah Hotel

Goodnight and Sweet Dreams

26 SEPTEMBER, SATURDAY

7:00 am Buffet Breakfast by the Beach

9.30 am Opening Ceremony of the Peranakan Convention Penang 2011
Welcoming Speech by the President
Official Opening Address by VIP

Exchange of Gifts and Souvenirs

The Peranakan Seminar
Topic: Peranakan Philanthropy: From Family to State
A panel of authors, research writers, academicians and historians will present this morning’s seminar

12 noon Lunch at the Tanjung Bungah Hotel

1.30 pm Millionaires Row Tour & Tea at the Pinang Peranakan Mansion
The Penang Heritage Trust will conduct a tour and visit to the homes and estates of the rich, famous and prominent families in Penang. Many of these heritage mansions along Gurney Drive and Northam Road are carefully restored and maintained.

Return to Beach Hotel to rest and then to dress in your best.
Leave for Dinner by bus.

7:00 pm Gala Dinner and Dance at the magnificent Khoo Kongsi
The Peranakan Musical!
Mari Menjoget!

Dress Code: Baba in smart Peranakan baju. Ladies dress in your loveliest sarong kebayas, baju panjangs
and finery.
Venue: Khoo Kongsi

Goodnight and Sweet Dreams

27 SEPTEMBER, SUNDAY

7:00 am Breakfast

10:00 am The Baba Nyonya Morning Bazaar at Straits Quay
Dondang Sayang & Mari Menjoget Sekali Lagi!
Peranakan Presidents Coffee Morning
at the fashionable Aseana Café

12.30 pm Peranakan Lunch

Sales of Nyonya and local delicacies, ornaments, gifts, etc.
Singing and dancing continues throughout the morning!

Dress Code: Babas in Peranakan baju. Ladies, come in your most colourful Sarong Kebayas and kasut manik.
Venue: Straits Quay

***The above is the tentative programme for the Peranakan Convention Penang 2011. All are events and venue are subject to confirmation. The hotel that have been carefully selected for all delegates and participants is the Tanjung Bungah Beach Hotel. It is by the sea, and you can walk out to the beach.
http://www.facebook.com/events/131039420338615/?ref=ts

* Previous Convention Photos: http://dktan.multiply.com/photos/album/312/Phuket_Baba_Nyonya_Convention_Royal_City_Hotel

Jeff Oliver at Setenang Buddhist Society, 47 Jalan DU 2/10, Taman Damai Utama, 47180 Puchong on Tuesday, 15 Nov 2011

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Dhamma,

Sukhi Hotu! Thank you all for your support and interest, as we have overwhelming requests for Bro. Jeff Oliver to conduct Dhamma sharing sessions upon his visit to Malaysia next month. Setenang Buddhist Society is happy to inform that Jeff Oliver has kindly accepted our invitation to give a Dhamma Talk "Being here and now" at our Centre on 15th Nov (Tue) at 8:00pm. Jeff Oliver has been a Burmese Monk of the Forest Tradition.
Friends and devotees are kindly invited to the talk and do bring along your family and friends. Hope that you can help to share this information to all your friends, members and others so that they can come to attend some of his sessions here. All are Welcome !

Date: 15th Nov 2011 (Tuesday)
Venue: Setenang House, 47 Jalan DU2/10, Taman Damai Utama, Jalan Kinrara 6, 47180 Puchong (near Kinrara Golf Club).
Time: 8:00pm
Topic: "Being here and now"
Past is gone, future won't come, the present is all we can experience. Do we really understand this and how does it change our lives?
Contact: Bro.Jerry Khoo (012-6211098) or Bro.David Karuna Tan 012-3159527 dktan57@gmail.com (FaceBook)

Profile
Jeff Oliver is a dynamic and creative meditation teacher from Australia. He has been practicing vipassana (Awareness and Wisdom) meditation for about 19 years, eight of which he was ordained as a Buddhist Monk in the Burmese tradition. Jeff has shared practical life skills and ‘mind management’ in many areas of the world including Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe including Turkey.

Jeff's teachings are based on both ancient and modern ways of mind training especially, such as appreciation, forgiveness, "metta" unconditional love, concentration, awareness and wisdom. Basically, Jeff is offering us a ‘toolbox’ of techniques to be used both in formal, intensive meditation and in any situation during our busy and complicated daily life. His style is open, approachable, friendly and gentle yet very effective for the modern seeker of truth.

Many thanks and kind regards,
David Karuna Tan
http://SetenangBuddhistSociety.blogspot.com
Kindly RSVP at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126957187411215

8D7N Ven.Piyavano Vipassana Meditation Retreat plus Tour & Dana at Brahma Vihara Amara, Bali 3-10 June 2012

* Dear Dhamma Friends, Join us to this most beautiful, spiritual part of Bali (The island of many gods) on 4-9 June 2012, with balance 20 allocated place for Malaysian yogis and 40-50 for local and foreign friends (where East meets West) joining this International Vipassana Meditation Retreat conducted by Ven.Piyavano at Brahma Vihara Arama, Banjar Tegeha, Buleleng, Singaraja, North Bali. Hope you will sign up early as the closing date for our Malaysian package is when reached 30 yogis or 15th January 2012, whichever comes earlier. Kindly contact David Karuna Tan dkarunatan@gmail.com for more details. Registration Forms available at Setenang House, SJBA, SABS etc ♥ DKTan ♥ http://www.BrahmaViharaArama.com/
Kindly RSVP at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=227197850677634

Setenang House - 14th November 2011, Monday Weekly Prayers@8:00pm

Dear Friends of Setenang,
We will be leading this coming Monday 14th November 2011, for the Weekly Monday Puja dedicated specifically for :-
01. The People of Thailand, Bangkok on the flood/for Malaysia too as report of severe rain is mentioned.
02. The People of Turkey on the recent earthquake
03. Sis Valerie(Tan Keng Lan) - in coma @ UH, PJ since May 2011
04. All requests on our Setenang Monday list

Programme:

07:30pm Arrival of devotees & guest

08:00pm Starting of Buddha Puja & Metta Meditation

09:30pm End of Puja

Venue : Setenang House ,
47, Jalan DU 2/10, Taman Damai Utama
[Off Jalan Kinrara 6 - Kinrara Golf Club Road],
Bandar Kinrara, 47180 Puchong

Contact Persons :-

Bro. Jerry Khoo 012 - 6211 098,
Bro. David Tan 012 - 3159 527
Bro. Wuan Thong Lok 012-3319515

Note : Let all of us together(in synergy) pray & radiate positive thoughts to invoke the Blessings of the Triple Gem towards the people of Thailand, Turkey, Sister Valerie Wee, etc so that they may overcome their difficulties.

Do join us in this prayers and looking forward to your presence.
If you can not make it, you may join us where ever you are & locked in the time with us.

Time: 8.00pm -9.30pm Monday 14th Nov 2011

* Kindly inform all those residing in Kinrara/Puchong to join us.
Now, we pray for them, hopefully when we need it, others will send us good thoughts, too.

With Metta always,
http://SetenangBuddhistSociety.blogspot.com
from the Setenang Buddhist Community,
Kindly RSVP at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=302022846474970

Fraser & Neave new RM42m PET production line in Shah Alam

F&N to boost M’sian ops amid Thai floods
Posted on 12 October 2011 - 10:14pm

SHAH ALAM (Oct 12, 2011): Fraser and Neave Holdings Bhd (F&N) will boost its operations in Malaysia to ensure an uninterrupted supply of dairy products amid Thailand's worst flooding in decades, its chief executive officer Datuk Ng Jui Sia said.

F&N's facility in Rojana Industrial Park, Ayutthaya, under its unit F&N Dairies (Thailand) Ltd, has ceased operations due to the massive floods following unusually heavy moonson rains.

"We are looking at a back-up plan including utilising Petaling Jaya's capacity to back it up and accelerate the construction of our new dairy plant in Pulau Indah," he told reporters at the inauguration of its RM42 million three-in-one monoblock production plant here today.

Some 300 of the 2,150 factories in the ancient capital Ayutthya are affected by the floods, causing many to stop work temporarily.

Earlier, Ng said the new production line at its soft drinks manufacturing facility in Shah Alam will cater to Malaysia's growing demand for beverages in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles.

The RM42 million investment in the line encompasses machinery, equipment and training.

He said the high-tech line will boost F&N's carbonated soft drinks (CSD) PET output by 30% from 72,000 bottles per day or 139.2 million bottles a year, making it one of the fastest production lines in the Asia-Pacific.

"We recognise the potential of the ready-to-drink beverage market which is growing at close to 8%, and CSD accounts for 28% of that market," he said.

The investment has also significantly enhanced the green capacity of the plant, which has been running at full capacity since August last year, Ng said.

He said the line uses 15% less water, with water consumption dropping by about 12,500 cu m per year, and about 8% less electricity than conventional lines, while energy consumption is lower by 5%.

"We have cut down our overall carbon footprint by over 15%. This is the right direction as we not only want to grow our market but are cognisant of the need to expand in a manner that is responsible and protective of the environment," he said. — Bernama

Obituary of the late Bro.Chee Hood Siong

♥ Scores pay respects to ‘Baba Chee’ ♥

MALACCA: Scores of relatives, friends and local dignitaries paid their last respects to actor Chee Hood Siong, who died on Sunday.
Among them was long-time acting partner Kenny Chan, 61, who described Chee as a talented and irreplaceable personality.

Kenny Chan was among many people who attended Chee’s wake at a funeral parlour opposite the Seck Kia Eenh Temple in Jalan Gajah Berang on Tuesday.

Nasi Lemak 2.0 director Wee Meng Chee alias Namewee, who also attended the wake, said Chee, of the popular 1990s comedy Baba Nyonya, was a motivated and jovial artiste who was easy and fun to work with.

Chee and Kenny had reprised their roles as a Baba and Nyonya couple in the film.

The others who paid their last respects were MCA stalwart Datuk Tan Cheng Swee, Kota Melaka MP Sim Tong Him and state Development Corporation Investment Coordinator Datuk Ng Peng Hay.

Chee’s cortege leaves at 11am today for cremation at the Melaka Memorial Park in Sungai Putat.

* Our deepest condolences to the family of the late Mr Chee Hood Siong for his sudden demise. His last wonderful contribution to the film 'Nasi Lemak 2.0' and to the Baba Nyonya performance at the Buddhist Societies events will never be forgotten....
> Baba Chee, where ever you may be. May you be reborn into a better plane of existences ..... Anicca vata Sankhara.
May you be Well & Happy always .....
* Baba Chee's wake is in front of Seck Kia Ennh Temple, 57 Jalan Gajah Berang, Malacca till funeral on Thursday noon.....
With Blessing Of the Triple Gem,
On behalf of Setenang Buddhist Society of Selangor & WP KL,
With Metta always,
Bro.David Karuna Tan
♥ Setenang ♥ Peace For All !
http://SetenangBuddhistSociety.blogspot.com

Ground Breaking Ceremony of New MPSJ Crematorium at Batu 14, Puchong

Dear Bro/Sis in the Dhamma,
Let us rejoice on the blessings and fellowship we had during the purification ceremony for the MPSJ crematorium today at Puchong. Thank you for the time and effort in participating in the ceremony conducted by Ven Jue Cheng and members of the Sangha from Fo Guang Malaysia. Personally, I am touched by the support from all of you, especially Ven Jue Cheng and the team from Fo Guang for arranging the necessary ceremonial requirements and coming all the way from Jenjarom to conduct the ceremony.

This simple but meaningful event shows the Buddhist community are ever ready to be part of the policy making and implementation process and appreciates the good work of all levels of government. I hope all of us will continue to engage positively with the policy makers for the well being and progress of all. Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu.

--
With Metta,
Loka Ng Sai Kai

The MPSJ recently awarded the contract to construct a new crematorium at Bt. 14, Puchong. This is the Buddhist religious ground breaking ceremony at the site led by Ven. Jue Cheng, the Abbess of Fo Guang Malaysia.
The ceremony was conducted from 9am - 10am on Tuesday, 27 Sept 2011 at Tanah Perkuburan Jalan Bunga Kertas, Kampung Melur, Batu 14, 47160 Puchong. From LDP - Jalan Puchong - Jalan Puchong Batu 14, after passing SJKC Han Ming on your left, turn left into Jalan Bunga Kertas which is within a housing area). The crematorium site is between a Chinese and Hindu cemeteries.