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Singapore The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) held its first virtual fund-raising concert on Sunday evening (Dec 20) and brought in more than S$100,000 that, as one of the hosts said, will go toward its efforts to build “a more just and compassionate society”.
The star of the show was, without question, party founder and secretary-general Dr Tan Cheng Bock. Among the two songs he performed was Glen Campbell’s Try A Little Kindness.
Dr Tan told the people tuning in from their homes: “I think this song carried a lot of meaning for me because over the past two years, when I was trying to start this political party, I had so many kind souls coming to me and helping me. And in times when I was really down, they were there for me.”
Malaysian archdiocese suspends public Christmas Masses
Archbishop Leow forced to make difficult decision following emergence of new Covid-19 clusters
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The Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia has suspended all public Masses in all parishes, churches and chapels during the Christmas season due to public health concerns related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Archbishop Julian Leow Beng Kim of Kuala Lumpur has decided to suspend all Masses from Christmas Eve on Dec. 24 until the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord on Jan. 6, according to a notice from the archdiocese’s chancellor Father Michael Chua.
Father Chua said that Archbishop Leow recognizes that the Christmas season is one of the most important and sacred times in the Church s liturgical calendar and he fully understands the passion and devotion of the faithful who wish to come together in public celebration, but the prelate had to come to the difficult decision because of unavoidable circumstances.
All public masses cancelled in Kuala Lumpur due to COVID-19
Archbishop Julian Leow suspends services in person, boosts online access. “[C]ontact listing and pre-registration for Mass may become exceedingly difficult if not impossible,” he says. “I am also grateful for online Masses and that we are kept safe from the pandemic,” says a parishioner.
Kuala Lumpur (AsiaNews) – Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley are boosting controls to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, which has been spreading in recent weeks.
Archbishop Julian Leow has decided that public Masses in all 40 parishes and 20 chapels in his archdiocese will be suspended from Christmas Eve until 3 January, plus Epiphany.
After monitoring the current public health situation in the Archdiocese and having considered the recommendations given by the Archdiocesan Crisis Management Task Force (hereinafter called the Task Force), His Grace, Archbishop Julian Leow has decided to suspend all public Masses in all parishes, churches, chapels and Mass centres in the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur from the eve of Christmas (Dec 24, 2020) until the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord (Jan 3, 2021).
His Grace recognises that the Christmas season is one of the most important and sacred times in our Church’s liturgical calendar and he fully understands the passion and devotion of the faithful who wish to come together in public celebration, but he has come to this difficult decision by having cognisance of the following factors: