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Tag: Peace and Reconciliation

The Letter from CEDAR | October 2015

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, After watching the Indian movie “PK”, many of my friends (whether Christian or not) praised it for being realistic and emotionally engaging.  It set a new record in Indian box office and was highly controversial in India.  Those who liked the movie enjoyed it immensely, some hated it enough to sue.  It is rumored that another Indian movie “OMG” (Oh My God!) is even better than “PK”: the shop of an Atheist shopkeeper was destroyed in an earthquake and the insurance company refused to pay.  He therefore came up with an idea to sue God, but no lawyer would take up the case.  Then he recalled that people from various religions claim

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The Letter from CEDAR | August 2015

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, 3rd September this year has been made a holiday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory over Japan, what a surprise holiday for Hong Kong citizen! 70 years after, do you think the world has learnt to live harmoniously with each other? What about the relationship between China and Japan? Whether it is between countries, or between people groups, conflict has been escalating.  It’s all about profits and power. Where do we find true friendship? There was an ancient Indian military saying, “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”. We have seen all the corrupted and wicked politics.The ones who suffer the most are often the innocent citizens and teenagers sent

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The Letter from CEDAR | Who can Change a Country?

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: Last Christmas, my wife and I, along with three volunteers, went to Myanmar to visit CEDAR’s partner organisation, Full Moon. During this trip we had the rare opportunity of traveling to the mountainous areas in Mon State. Last year, CEDAR received a designated fund that supported the post-conflict rebuilding project in this restricted area, and the first programme of the project was to build a new school. In the past few decades, there were continuous conflicts between the Karen and Burmese government army in those mountainous areas, causing countless deaths and injuries. Not all have access to this area; even the Burmese people do not dare to enter this mountain. The ‘peace leader’

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