Henry Sehgal
Am an open-minded traveller approaching the system's pension age, while being young-at-heart. I hope to keep reading/learning and discussing life and cross-culture jokes with interesting people.
Location Was born in Malaysia the same year Disneyland opened.
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Henry Sehgal made a comment
In Malaysia, we say "Cari makan" or 'find food money' instead of saying, earn a living. When we find food, we try not to waste, however we use it tomorrow, pickle it or make fruit into jam.
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@AlisonNeedham One has to stick one's neck out to ask and accept a sustainable answer, or no one will bother.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Godwin Ugama Nkuma
Wearing my re-designed former uniform pants is a form of upcycling.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Nikki Cole
@NikkiCole Yes, I feel making eggy bread or 'Bombay toast' from old bread is upcycling.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Geetha Iyer
Yes, I agree that chefs do not care about saving the ends of vegetables and all gets thrown out. Too much water is used for washing as no one in the kitchen is paying the water bill.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Helena B
Some need education and perhaps re-education to understand that we have to act now., for procrastination is the thief of time.
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My family informs all that there is food available before it spoils or is thrown away, so one can plan to consume it from the freezer if need be.
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Yes, I agree that too much food is wasted, especially in my prison with 1000 prisoners.
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@NiraRamachandran It did work for my nuclear family, so I recall.
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Yes, I agree that milk spoils without refrigeration, however when I was single and singing, I used to buy powder milk.
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In Malaysia, the reason for working is 'Cari makan', meaning 'looking for food'. However there is wastage of food due to a new middleclass.
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@SarahM Australia does not have sufficient farmers to pluck mangoes and other produce as it has a different culture of 'Sit-down money', a song I have heard here.
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@AngelaStearn 'The hand that rocks the cradle' is not allowed to be educated to teach her offspring in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Apologists everywhere will disagree with me, with reference to M. Yousefzai; Uni of Oxford.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Diana Bulenko
Yes, there are those who do not budget or plan their menu, leading to bread being thrown away.
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Henry Sehgal replied to chona albios
I agree with you, as I have tried to buy discounted vegetables at 'Coles Supermarket' in Queensland, Australia. The salesman said it could not be sold to me as it was expired but still on the shelf.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Michael Bland
Yes, the local ones in Cambridgeshire would be just as good with no transport costs.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Alessandra Miranda
@AlessandraMiranda Food education, not taught at school is needed for our survival.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Andrea Gradidge
Good idea to be adopted immediately in Queensland, Australia.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Christine Gamsby
@AngelaRosales Yes, we set an example and make our offspring think about food wastage.
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In my Burma/Myanmar studies, I learnt that due to power shortage; consumers have to cook daily and are not able to keep cooked food overnight.
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Yes, fast food does contribute to food waste and un-necessary litter.
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Yes, I agree with you. Weddings and funerals do not have a food distribution plan, which is to inform guests beforehand to bring containers or empty packs to take-away extras.
If I bring containers in my backpack, I may be called 'cheapskate or miserly' by the gossips there; perhaps by those with nothing better to do. -
Some buffet customers in Singapore have to pay for wasting food from the restaurant buffet, which is perhaps a good way to prevent it.
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@ANGELYNTRAPALGAR I agree with you to avoid impulse buying unless I am using the same food tonight.
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Good one. Any bones are sent to the corner garden for doggies and moggies.
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I hope to influence food waste in my prison, where even unopened breakfast food packs are thrown away. I want to make change with my certificate.
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Henry Sehgal made a comment
I am Henry, a Brisbane prison officer who wants to live a long and enjoyable life. I want to practice what I will be learning about good food and live with more happiness and no stress. I am impressed with the world map of students and will attempt to understand the various viewpoints of students.
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May I say that I have no peers in this HR studies.
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All Human Rights of the poor start with education. The poor, disadvantaged, indigenous or aborigines need education now to understand that they will be exploited if they are illiterate. We may follow Singapore's educational system to get ahead, where the majority are employed or 'rehired' and not retired.
Study courses should be short or students will lose... -
Over time with worldwide migration, Human Rights now include food, clothing shelter, education and social justice. A person without education is always 'child-like' and unable to fight for basic Human Rights. One who is illiterate cannot understand life or follow written rules, is easily bullied and is unable to travel alone.
The farsighted planners of... -
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Human Rights (HR) can be a success if those in power are willing to be generous to indigenous peoples by giving them traditional or jungle rights. They should be able to live as custodians of the forests and not have their lands confiscated due to illegal logging, oil exploration, gold or minerals mining or cattle farming by newcomers.
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Theories are good in the classroom/boardroom. Human Rights (HR) do not work if life is cheap. For those slaving in over-populated nations, having more children means more cheap labour for MNCs and so forth.
HR should include females having HR with family planning assistance. When females have HR over custom, culture and tradition; then there is light at the... -
Life is full of contradictions, as lawyers want a better world without assisting at grassroots level.
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We can only progress through education for females and males. Basic Human Rights (HR) are a start with food, clothing and shelter. The rest is through further education, which was not for Indian girls even in Birmingham, UK in the 1980s.. In 1986, London-based Kelwinder Kaur informed me that several Indian girls in her school were married off instead of...
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In my own experiences of life, I feel that too many Human Rights (HR) are imposed by lawyers on uneducated or backward societies. I have read of Malaysian aborigines sending first year children to school not knowing how to hold a pencil. Who will assist at grassroots level?
We may have to start with grassroots HR to build a foundation first, like the... -
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i understand from experience as a unemployed migrant in 1990, that Lucy is helping them to help themselves. She is helping with basic Human Rights like food and being presentable to feel good for job interviews.
Mo is assisting prisoners to understand that they need to work to get ahead.
He is motivating them to get somewhere with mental health assistance... -
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As Bill Gates spoke his mind in 2015, he did warn that there were no positive signs of a epidemic vaccine or pandemic antidote worldwide. Perhaps there is complacency much throughout the world, such as the Australian attitude "She'll be alright mate".
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As one who has left Malaysia for its lack of Human Rights to be an 'educational refugee' in Australia', I feel that several nations have taken away the previous rights of citizens. Using the pandemic as an excuse, even Singapore has started to pressure its political opposition in parliament. This is bullying the opposition, not parliamentary privilege....
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I was most surprised that the global pandemic had some positive environmental effects and on energy consumption.
The lockdown had decreased electricity demand by 30% in India, Italy, Germany and USA. The global demand for coal fuel had been reduced by 8% in March and April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
The lockdowns reduced he emissions of... -
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The report requires that states provide social security. However, Asian and African nations do their best not to pay social security or welfare; resulting in overseas charities assisting where possible. Australian charities do contact me periodically requesting for tax-deductible donations.
The pandemic has given nations an excuse to tighten rules on Human... -
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In Australia, every state had their own rules of dealing with their homeless. Some sent them out of town to special accommodation to contain the pandemic. This proved that enforced isolation prevented the panic spread. Borders were closed for months on end to prevent the pandemic from becoming an epidemic.
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In Malaysia where I was born, I found that everything slowed down or stopped using the pandemic as an excuse. The Malay ruling class and administration used every excuse in the book to blame the pandemic, including delaying court cases from Singapore to Malaysia; saying "The borders are closed". "Rubbish", replied some.
As an example, an Indian lady was... -
Health disparities or inequality are practiced in medical, mental and dental issues experienced by lower castes in India, the underclass and the poor worldwide. Good or sufficient medical care is not given to minority natives, the disabled, the LGBTQI and those with limited language skills.
In a nutshell, if mainstream society medically discriminates against... -
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Yes, we are not in it together. In short, those with better education in better quality homes had a lesser chance of dying of the pandemic than those unemployed or living in crowded houses or ghettos. In an awkward comparison, former UK PM had a indoor get-together which was leaked to the media during the pandemic.
The poor and those staying indoors were at... -
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Australia became 'Fortress Australia' progressively from March 2020. From then on, there were enforced travel restrictions followed by state border closures and bans on public or social gatherings.
Other remedial measures which worked out quite well included compulsory testing of all essential services and wearing of masks until the present, social... -
As I understand, UK's medical services have been underfunded for more than a decade. In a nutshell, austerity politics or budget cuts have led to the neglect of public health.
Austerity or medical underfunding has led to the destruction of a safety net built over many years. Government hospitals, due to austerity has been understaffed, and a lack of... -
One could say that 'Be Prepared' is farsighted planning in case of any medical emergency or pandemic. Nations with more public medical infrastructure and investments in health tended to assist their citizens better. Everyone knows that 'Health is wealth", however the majority of nations were unprepared for this China-caused virus.
In Malaysia, where it is... -
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Global democracy has grown weaker during the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the outbreak began, democracy and human rights has deteriorated in 80 nations.
There were six key government abuses during the pandemic, as given here:
1. Electoral disruption in Bolivia and Poland
2. Legislative meeting interruption in Poland, Zimbabwe, China and Turkey
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Up to a point, H Siddique, a UK Human Rights barrister; is correct if the majority of MPs are educated with a university degree.
I have read of Malay MPs in Parliament there bullying other races using parliamentary privilege to disrupt proceedings; such as "Why so dark , I can't see you" and "You are anti-Shariah for saying that Muslim women have no divorce... -
Malaysia, where I was born, has a fragile constitutional democracy and has become too political since the pandemic. The parliamentary system there allows a silly politician's nonsense on Facebook (FB) to make a police report about someone's remark and the disgusted writer to be arrested.
Those who protest are arrested and placing the blame on the pandemic,... -
Domestic workers who have no way out, always get bullied; from Dubai to Singapore as I read in the media. It happens when domestic workers cannot leave for they are slaves to their owners or masters etc. The majority have shouldered debts due to supporting others who may be ungrateful family.
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The poor, becoming suddenly unemployed, were in danger of losing their homes and living on the streets. There was and is the danger of a negative impact on a schoolchild going through poverty and moving to a new school to cut the parents costs.
Jobless families looking for cheaper rental homes and a school for their children puts mental pressure on the whole... -
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As a member of a small nuclear family in Brisbane, Australia, I rely on good communication in my family to keep the peace and progress. In a small family under one roof, it seems easier to understand that the past generations of 4-5 offspring are not sustainable anymore and lead also to mental health issues for everyone.
Perhaps many over-populated nations... -
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It should be emphasised that the v rich always have investments in homes, other properties, shares in stocks. These v rich always have positive guidance and a good legalese team to advice to get richer. It was said that US stocks rose by 40% over the length of the pandemic, making investors wealthier.
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Every rich person had a modern tax-deductible pc to keep getting richer. The poor everywhere were bored stiff as they did not have a pc to keep up with education etc. Some of the elderly poor, even in London, UK, were too lazy or frightened to learn computer use; resulting in 'prison-like boredom'. These elderly poor, like my born in 1927 maternal auntie of...
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As I understand the poor will always be disadvantaged. Once a senior Indian said that it is a curse to be born poor. Perhaps I have followed his words, and together with my wife's input, have had one child and stopped. well, as a waiter in the year 2000, more children meant more expenses.
No, in my experience, politicians live in a different world with a... -
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In my prison in Brisbane, Australia, any prisoner who says he is indigenous is believed and given all his special ethnic privileges. No questions are asked about his background or Anglo-Saxon skin colour.
The Multi-Cultural Officer, who appears not to have multi-lingual skills; cannot interview 1,200 prisoners to ask his heritage. -
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As of 2017, Malaysian indigenous or 'Orang Asli' totalled 13.8 % amongst a population of 31.7 million. They are Orang Asli in the peninsula and 'Dayak' or 'Orang Ulu' in Sarawak.
In East Malaysia, there are British laws recognising their customary land rights and their customary law under the 'Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954'.
In a nutshell, they are exploited... -
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I am unable to change my viewpoint as a special school need to be set up for indigenous students.
The planners of Springfield in Queensland where I stay, Maha Sinnathambi and Bob Sharpless; set up the Hymba Yumba Multicultural Hub for indigenous female students to enable them to succeed at university. -
UNDRIP does offer a simple framework to begin with regards to indigenous Human Rights. It cannot do much when nations do not wish to assist their own custodians of the forest.
Malaysian indigenous, in my own experience appear to be the poorest as they lack education due to underfunding by the Malaysian government. They need special education classes as they... -
I think that the Court has been extremely farsighted in thinking big and including tribals or indigenous or 'jungle people' ('Osibisa' song in the 1980s) as part of their Human Rights in their forest homes.
This is a precedence court case of IACofHR which should be adhered to especially concerning aborigines in Asia, Africa and so forth. Other associations... -
In my experience, I am aware that in many instances, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been sub-contracted to another company to write optimistic development impacts and nothing else. Who is responsible when there is an oil spill?
In Malaysia, the Malay government since the 1970s, has always attempted divisions between members of the indigenous... -
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With Darwin's 'Survival of the fittest' coming to mind, custodians of these forests have fought against unjust foreign development of their traditional lands.
As I understand, "Our whole lives are centred around the forests, where we get our food, shelter and medicine", which is survival in forests or lungs of the world.
The IAC on Human rights made the... -
In Malaysia, the 'Orang Asli' AKA indigenous or aborigines are fighting a losing battle due to the fact that the Malays or 'Bumiputra' is selling their land off for jolly profits. NGOs and 'Consumer Association of Penang AKA CAP, do not support or assist these indigenous tribes in their longhouse to live and be self-sufficient; as custodians of the forest. As...
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In Borneo, Malaysia, indigenous who are animist are rewarded with a solid house on converting to Islam, the state religion. Those who do not, remain in their longhouses as animists.
It is easier to persuade a married Muslim aborigine to work in a business or factory than to persuade a free-thinking animist.
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As one who had indigenous sports-mates called 'Orang Asli' in Kuala Lipis, Malaysia; I found them following the system as students. 'Orang Asli' means original or true people in Hindi and Arabic.
I have reason to believe that the majority of their Malaysian rights are not being followed, as they do not have enough education and unity to stand up and fight... -
@NishaJoseph To put it one way, USA & Canada share a common border, while NZ & Australia appear to have much in common. All four nations do allow their tribal peoples to attend university without much fuss, paving the way to have their say through education.
Others like Malaysia and India do not wish to educate their indigenous people, as world-wise tribals... -
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In Queensland, Australia. 4.6 % of the population claim to be indigenous. In my nearby districts of Ipswich and Toowoomba the main tribes are the Jagera, Girbal and Jarowair, who have inhabited the Darling Downs for 40,000 years.
(www.queensland.indigenous.tribes.com.au)
All these tribals have been disadvantaged due to no education, lack of education or... -
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We will follow Martinez Cobo's UN Definition of Indigenous communities, which states that they were all natives before colonisation or invasion by foreign or non-native armed conquerors.
Being in school with Malaysian aborigines, I do agree with the emphasis about these communities having the power to decide what belongs to them without external interference. -
I appear a bit confused that we are at the end of 12 weeks study. I believe that I was doing a shorter course.
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@NishaJoseph Not all are powerless as you put it, and Sentinel Island comes to mind. I
Indigenous people are recognised but not acknowledged to be custodians of the forest, however they make good soldiers as seen in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. -
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There are so few lawyers or lawmakers as proponents for the indigenous peoples. More well-heeled lawyers should work 'Pro Bono' for these disadvantaged and bullied custodians of the forest. More indigenous peoples should be given access to education to enable them to fight for their rights before all forests are cleared.
They need special rights to prevent... -
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The aborigines or indigenous peoples have had their properties or sacred lands, forests, seas and their tribal lands where the buffalo roam; taken away from them by greedy government, companies, new settlers and so forth.
I have planned to visit Manaus, the gateway to the Amazon Jungle in 2023, and the longhouses in Sarawak, Malaysia to experience for myself. -
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My UN interpretation of Human Rights used to be 'Food, Clothing and Shelter'.
Too much religious freedom will upset the security system and alarm citizens of the host nation, in my experience.
The European Court of Human Rights has attempted to give more freedom to Muslims to wear their traditional desert clothing, which could conceal weapons like daggers.... -
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Before a burka-clad woman enters my prison to see her male family, she has to agree to be strip-searched by a female Corrections Officer. She has to agree to this to visit her family in prison.
To be fair to her Human Rights, she is allowed to wear her veil and scarf into the Visitors Centre and treated with dignity by the officers. -
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I live in Brisbane Olympic City 2032, and appear to be a free-thinker as a former seaman. Perhaps to many, hypocrisy is the way to go with their 'holier than thou' attitude.
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As I recall in the movie, 'The Mummy', Benny was having 4-5 religious symbols including a cross around his neck; one of which the 'Mummy' recognised.
Yes, a face covering pushes many away by perhaps implying "No, I will not eat ice-cream or drink with you, nor eat your non-Halal food", even before greeting her. -
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In history, we read about the Crusades, 'Pilgrim Fathers' and that most of Europe were Christian or embraced Christianity. When free-thinker Peter the Great asked if drinking Vodka was permitted in Islam, he was informed that it was not. In a nutshell, he converted to Christianity to keep warm in freezing Russia. Well, if our enemies from the Crusades wish to...
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As a Prison Officer, I understand that crimes can be committed in religious disguise and it is impossible to identify the alleged criminal.
From a security viewpoint, I would like someone like Jussi Nieminen of Helsinki to put on a uniform and walk a mile in heavy rain in the policeman's boots. As Jimmy Cliff sings, "Action speaks louder than words". -
May I ask, is it Christina or Alicia Cebada Romero who is debating/discussing this?
Well, the Swiss flag has a Christian white cross on it, and we still use the saying, 'In Rome do as the Romans do". We do have to follow democracy within the constitution or perhaps end up in jail. The Swiss authorities are the ones paying Dahlab's wages. She appears to... -
'In Rome do as the Romans do' comes to mind; as no one has said anything yet.
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In the land where I was born, Malaysia, the state supports the views that the majority must always prevail over the minorities.
I give 3 examples taking place in the past 3 years:
Bishen Singh, 96 years old Malaysian, was advised by a Malay Elections Officer (during the last elections) that he need not vote as he is so old. Why?
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In my security post, there is no controversy as all Muslim prisoners with Halal meals in Brisbane, are treated well under Human Rights.
If an Anglo Saxon disagreeable prisoner claims to be Muslim, he has to fill up relevant forms to meet Multi-Cultural Officers, who may agree with him. Once he is given his prayer mat and Halal meals; he will always be a... -
In the majority-Catholic Philippines, a young lady was voicing her disappointment as Sex Education was not taught or promoted; with the result that she became pregnant. As a schoolgirl, she had her ambition of succeeding as a nurse; alas her dreams are gone for the present.
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I always do my own research & do not read fiction, so that I can quote or reference & appear to be a respected senior.
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Australia has a Religious Discrimination Bill of 2022 which prohibits discrimination on one's religious belief/activity in a range of areas of public life, including in relation to employment, education, access to premises and the provision of goods, services and accommodation; etc, etc, etc (as stated by Yul Brynner in the movie "The King &* I").
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Singapore, an Asian upcoming state, practices discriminatory laws over the Hindu festival Thaipusam. Thaipusam creates a colourful festive ambience with the blaring of trumpets, loud beating of drums and celestial songs by pierced devotees carrying 'kavadi' on their shoulders while walking miles barefooted.
Loud trumpets, drums and dancing supporters have...
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With reference to 1981 UNDotElimination of all Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, I have read that a Singapore visitor to Johore Baru, Malaysia was stopped for being Israel on his passport.
Malaysian Immigration took a long time to reluctantly understand that Mr Israel was not from Israel nor an enemy of the state.
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Penang Muslim politicians are so worked-up with their anti-Jewish attitude that the historical Yahudi Road was renamed Jalan Zainal abidin to remove the idea that Jewish people resided in Malaysia.
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@KateKnightley I agree with you on this. I am confused by Muslims who say that a Christian who marries a Muslim must convert to Islam, as both seem to be children of Abraham.
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Freedom of religion and the wearing of 'loose cultural clothing' should be allowed as long as the wearer does not shoplift in a Malaysian supermarket by hiding the stolen items beneath his/her clothes; as seen on CCTV.
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As an 'educational refugee' and prison officer, I feel that education and social justice take precedence over others. I have read that a Singaporean says "First I am a citizen, then I am an Indian or Malay" and the rest follows.
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One can appear respectful in understanding the thoughts of others here. I attempt to see the viewpoint of the writers who may live in societies which have less Human Rights than Australia. As a former seaman, I have experienced much during my travels overseas.
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In my own experience, there is much to consider and discuss with educated leaders in a transparent way. Culture, customs and tradition are supposed to be part of religion, however one has to be united the Singapore way to progress.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Karen Jenkinson
@KarenJenkinson I too would like more funding for Health Services and do feel that upper health management should come in as 'Undercover Boss' to improve health and education.
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Personalised Nutrition is needed for seniors to live long without stress, teenagers who appear to live with mental problems and also pregnant ladies who must give birth to healthy offspring.
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As I have read, functional food is emphasised by the Japanese, the longest living people in the world. Perhaps we should learn and adopt some Japanese ways of food consumption.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Mrs Ritu Jain
@MrsRituJain Yes, these foods are expensive for those living on a budget.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Sue C
@SueC Perhaps the urban dwellers had no idea how to cook all the veges sold there. Many from broken homes have no idea where to start.
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Henry Sehgal replied to Suzanne Harrington
@MichelleMcKenna Yes, my family and I have also stopped palm oil consumption due to deforestation.
