'Walk for World Peace' programme
Published on: Monday, September 15, 2014
Kota Kinabalu: World peace can be achieved through the simplest act despite the public perception that it is too insignificant.This is the message of the 'Walk for World Peace' programme, organised by Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) Api-Api, as a form of protest against all forms of senseless violence.Api-Api PBRS Chief, Dr Jay Rahman, said the programme was organised with the hope that the war will end for a beginning of world peace.
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In making the hope a reality, he said the organiser took the initiative to assemble residents of the city in a peaceful programme to prove that world peace is not an impossible dream."Even though there are those who are sceptical about the activity because it is too simple and insignificant to spur harmony and world peace, we must remember that even the smallest drop in the bucket makes the biggest ripple."With this simple act of gathering, walking together and sharing our concerns about world issues, even if it is just within our community, the impact and message that we want to deliver is very clear," he said when officiating the event at Likas Bay, here, Sunday.It is through such programme or activity that people from various ethnic groups and religions learn to understand, accept and respect one another to achieve world peace, he said. Malaysians especially in Sabah, Dr Jay said, are very fortunate and therefore ought to be thankful with the prevailing peace, which enables them to enjoy the wealth of the nation.
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According to him, many foreign countries in the world are impressed with how Malaysians were united despite the diversity in ethnicity and religion."The Walk for World Peace is a symbolic event. The people were assembled not as individuals but as Malaysians who aspire to see the wars and inhuman tragedies around the world end. No matter where it happens or why, a war is still a war and there is more damage than goodness that could come out of it," he said.
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He urged the participants to remain united and disregard what they read in social media websites that are racist in nature and also insensitive to religion. Dr Jay said the people have been living together as a community for as long as one could remember."We are all families and as we grow together, we have learnt to accept, trust and respect each other's differences," he said.He also urged the participants, irrespective of their religion, to pray for unity and peace in Malaysia."It doesn't matter what is our religion, what is important is that we pray together for peace and the wellbeing of our country to be sustained. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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