KUCHING: Many countries worldwide is collaborating with Heavenly Culture, World Peace and Restoration of Light (HWPL) Organisation, an international NGO registered under the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and Malaysia has been invited to follow suit.
The organisation has been changing lives worldwide through its dedicated implementation of peace activities, including countries such as the Philippines, Sydney and Cambodia.
HWPL’s PR Department Officer Bong Yuet Ning said the organisation has collaborated with 164 educational institutions from 12 countries, including the United States, India, the Philippines, and recently Cambodia.
She added that in February last year, HWPL chairman Man Hee Lee (pic) attended the 2018 Malaysian Peace forum at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, titled “One Malaysia, One Asia, One World”.
He also attended the 15th Asia-Pacific Regional and Youth Volunteer Conference organised by Yayasan Salam Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in December 2017.
Bong said given the history of Lee’s cooperation with Malaysia, it is hoped that Malaysian youths could also benefit from the implementation of the Peace Education Programme, which has been established in schools worldwide, including most recently the New Generation School, Cambodia on Feb 1, 2019.
“The Kuching Branch of HWPL hopes that Malaysia will follow suit, particularly as the chairman of HWPL has visited Malaysia twice in both 2017 and 2018, both times as an emissary of peace.
“We hope that by his next visit, there will be greater collaboration with Malaysia. We believe that the public should be aware of such a movement that is gaining momentum worldwide, which aims to teach students about ‘Sanctity of Life; Loyalty and Filial Piety; Co-existence and Sustainability’, all of which are essential today,” she said.
Bong also hoped that the Peace Education Programme could be incorporated into the Malaysian curriculum, as a firm foundation for the students to become leaders of peace in the future.
“The 2019 Pacific Leaders’ Summit for Peace organised by HWPL held at the New South Wales’ Parliament House in Sydney has signed an agreement for peace on Feb 19, which promises the active cooperation of the Pacific Islands in passing the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW) – an international law that calls for the cooperation and adherence of all countries.”
According to Bong, 12 prominent officials from eight
countries in the South Pacific, including six chairpersons of the National Assembly, three ministers and chief justices signed the agreement.
“The agreement is expected to be presented at the upcoming UN General Assembly this year.”
Meanwhile, Bong disclosed that Cambodia has launched its Department of Peace Education in collaboration with HWPL on Feb 21.
The ceremony was held at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, and would be the starting point for the integration of peace education in Cambodia’s national curriculum.
Cambodia Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron said: “We step forward to the implementation of integrating ideas of peace education in Cambodian schools.”
HWPL has collaborated with 164 educational institutions in 12 countries worldwide to implement its Peace Education Programme, while also working extensively with countries all over the world to pass the DPCW as an international law, with participating countries including Cambodia and 55 member states of the African Union.
