tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91721183799932064652011-11-28T09:28:18.399+08:00World's Second Largest Leprosy Settlement, Sungai Buloh, MalaysiaRainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.comBlogger911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-12007168777176281502011-02-02T18:13:00.000+08:002011-02-02T18:15:12.970+08:00<div><a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/29/nation/7898519&amp;sec=nation">http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/29/nation/7898519&amp;sec=nation</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday January 29, 2011</div><div><br /></div><div>Petaling jaya: The leprosy settlement here will soon be gazetted as a national heritage site in March.</div><div><br /></div><div>It would be a Chinese New Year gift for the former lepers living at the Sungai Buloh leprosarium when the settlement is gazetted as a national heritage.</div><div><br /></div><div>Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the gazetting of the 78ha Sungai Buloh settlement would be done by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.</div><div><br /></div><div>“The National Heritage Depart­ment had a meeting with my ministry last week and we are in the process of getting it gazetted,” he said after distributing ang pow to leprosy patients and former patients yesterday.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are 121 leprosy patients in the leprosy control ward and 111 former patients currently living in the area, he said.</div><div><br /></div><div>From the time the settlement was developed in 1930, Sungai Buloh was one of the biggest leprosy settlements in the then-British Empire, and the second biggest in the world.</div><div><br /></div><div>In recent years, the original 230ha leprosy settlement has been subdivided and the Sungai Buloh Hospital and medical faculty of Universiti Teknologi Mara were built on the land.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-1200716877717628150?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-72188001157644779392009-11-04T11:34:00.001+08:002009-11-04T11:37:57.774+08:00<div>31 October 2009</div><div>Straits Times</div><div>Review - Others</div><div><br /></div><div>Living with stigma of leprosy</div><div>Cheong Suk-Wai, Senior Writer</div><div>899 words</div><div>(c) 2009 Singapore Press Holdings Limited</div><div><br /></div><div>LOCATED on the eponymous isle that flanks Penang Bridge, the Jerejak Rainforest and Spa is an idyllic retreat hugged by thick Malaysian jungle.</div><div><br /></div><div>The visitor is greeted by glossy darkwood floors, intricate wood carvings adorn its walls and the linen is spotless white-and-blue. But for those old enough to remember, from 1871 till World War II, this was a fearsome no-go area that served to isolate leprosy patients</div><div><br /></div><div>It was, in fact, colonial Malaya's first such colony, to be followed much later in 1930 by the Sungai Buloh leprosarium set up in Selangor.</div><div><br /></div><div>In Singapore, from where the British governed the rest of Malaya, there were holding areas for leprosy sufferers only in Kandang Kerbau Hospital and then McNair Road. Eventually, such patients were sent to Pulau Jerejak for good.</div><div><br /></div><div>What a world away Jerejak's Balinese body scrubs, steam baths and jacuzzis seem from the frightful 4,000-year-old disease whose name comes from the Greek word lepis for scale.</div><div><br /></div><div>Since 1873, leprosy has also come to be known as Hansen's Disease, after Norwegian scientist G.H. Armauer Hansen, who first discovered that it was caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae.</div><div><br /></div><div>Up till the early 20th century, leprosy was thought to be incurable, but a cocktail of drugs proved to be effective in stamping out this badly disfiguring and nerve- deadening disease that often results in the loss of sight and limbs.</div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, it was often confused with syphilis and thus erroneously thought to be highly contagious when, actually, scientists have since found that 95 per cent of people are immune to leprosy.</div><div><br /></div><div>All this makes the disease's tortuous and sometimes callous course in Malaya all the more tragic.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was only in 1949, after three British nuns from the Catholic order of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood settled down here and agreed to nurse leprosy and tuberculosis (TB) patients, that the British authorities were willing to set up a leprosarium proper, the Trafalgar Home in Woodbridge.</div><div><br /></div><div>Such things are all but forgotten these days, but local historian Loh Kah Seng has just launched his book, Making And Unmaking The Asylum: Leprosy And Modernity In Singapore And Malaysia.</div><div><br /></div><div>The book tracks how the British authorities were bent on compulsory segregation of all sufferers, which in effect rendered anyone stricken by leprosy effectively a walking corpse.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was from late 2004 that Dr Loh had been researching the history of leprosy in Malaya for the International Leprosy Association's Global Project. His core finding is that, in banning leprosy sufferers from mingling with the rest of society as a means of minimising the risk of contagion, Singapore's early governments prioritised the control of society for economic progress and modernisation above the needs of individuals.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dr Loh, who has also studied the effects of the Great Depression in 1930s Malaya, points out that even so, the British were selective in how they regarded leprosy sufferers in their colonies. For example, he argues, because Singapore was important to them economically, they made it illegal not to confine institutionally anyone with leprosy. In India, under its 1898 Lepers Act, by contrast, only paupers had to be segregated.</div><div><br /></div><div>While the colonial government pursued compulsory segregation on the grounds that leprosy was highly infectious, Dr Loh points out that they backslid badly when they were short on funds. In 1937, when the Great Depression squeezed budgets and housing people became a great cost, the British government in Malaya admitted that leprosy was only 'very slightly infectious' and that compulsory segregation was 'unnecessary and costly'.</div><div><br /></div><div>His book abounds with examples of the British taking a sledgehammer to flies in dealing with the hundreds of leprosy sufferers, especially considering that TB was vastly more contagious but patients were allowed to roam freely.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dr Loh records former leprosy sufferer Kuang Wee Kee as saying that, of the most-feared diseases in mid-20th century Singapore, 'leprosy, TB and mental illness were the three brothers. Mental illness was...the little brother. Second brother was TB. Leprosy was the big brother. These were the three big clans'.</div><div><br /></div><div>Once segregated, however, the leprosy sufferers were well fed and encouraged to be active in the open air as much as possible. They even grew vegetables and tended livestock, albeit within the confines of their delineated compounds.</div><div><br /></div><div>Many gave up the struggle against the hopelessness to which society had consigned them. Many thus became incorrigible gamblers, instigating fights and killing themselves.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yet many other leprosy sufferers 'unmade the asylum', as Dr Loh puts it, by founding musical troupes, writing and performing plays, and publishing inmates' stories in magazines for sale.</div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, the push of progress continues to belittle their efforts to live with self-respect. In September 2005, residents of the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association had to move from their leafy premises with generous spaces to a flatted factory-like building. There, even for married couples, privacy is no priority. Finding their own digs is often a pipe dream given the stigma that still sticks to the disease.</div><div><br /></div><div>Noting how contagious diseases are rearing their ugly heads these days, Dr Loh muses: 'We have a social duty to be mindful of how ordinary people are treated, and mistreated, in the campaign against disease and infection.'</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7218800115764477939?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-74181484775899782132009-10-04T22:20:00.001+08:002009-10-04T22:26:40.336+08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheeseong/3979552677/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2563/3979552677_c4d9b1ab3b.jpg" alt="" height="500" width="332" /></a><br /><br />施比受更幸福。祝希望之谷的阿公阿嬷们中秋节快乐。<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheeseong/3980311274/"><img style="width: 450px; height: 300px;" class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/3980311274_1f080dce6e.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheeseong/3979552213/"><img style="width: 450px; height: 300px;" class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3979552213_4a43fb8058.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheeseong/3979553001/"><img style="width: 450px; height: 300px;" class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/3979553001_7198f0b532.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheeseong/3979553441/"><img style="width: 450px; height: 300px;" class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2593/3979553441_ab9d63dd55.jpg" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7418148477589978213?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-25659333505891966982009-09-24T14:56:00.001+08:002009-09-27T16:23:26.099+08:00敬致：为希望之谷奋斗的朋友们<br /><br /> <br /><br />事项:“我和嫦娥有个约会”－　双溪毛糯麻风病院社区月光晚会<br /><br />您有多久没有到双溪毛糯麻风病院去陪阿公阿嫲谈天了？？<br /><br />您有多久没有在双溪毛糯麻风病院听阿公阿嫲唱歌了？？<br /><br />你有多久没有和我们一起牵着阿公阿嫲的手一起欢庆佳节了？？<br /><br />这个中秋佳节，来点不一样的我们一起陪双溪毛糯麻风病院去陪阿阿嫲过中秋。<br /><br /> <br /><br />拯救双溪毛糯麻风病院行动小组谨定于<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">2009年10月3日(星期六)</span>2009年10月4日(星期日)主办 “我和嫦娥有个个约会”－　双溪毛糯麻风病院社区月光晚会。此活动的主要目的是让平时工作忙碌的我们乘着这一个中秋佳节好好的和阿公阿嫲聚一聚，谈天说地庆中秋。<br /><br /> <br /><br />集合地点为该院的民众会堂旁的篮球场。晚会准备了简单的茶点招待出席者，欢迎关爱希望之谷的朋友一同到来，与 希望之谷的院民惺惺相惜，回首当年。<br /><br /> <br /><br />此活动节目流程如下：<br /><br />1730-1800场地布置<br /><br />1800-1900载送院民至活动地点<br /><br />1900-1930“希望之谷-我的回忆”照片分享<br /><br />1930-2030余兴节目+茶点<br /><br />2030-2045传灯<br /><br />2045-2130灯笼园游希望之谷<br /><br />2130-2200结束+收拾场地<br /><br /> <br /><br />此活动免费公开让麻风病院社区村民和公众人士参加，惟主办单位希望当晚出席的公众人士能够自行携带中秋佳节食品和灯笼，以增添晚会的气氛。除此之外，，也鼓励热心的大专青年报名成为当晚的义工，一起参与筹备工作。任何疑问或有兴趣的朋友，欢迎联络黄文达017-7993558。<br /><br /> <br /><br />另外主办单位也希望热心公益的社团赞助活动经费或食物：<br /><br />（1） 月饼<br /><br />（2） 水果如：柚子/西瓜<br /><br />（3） 灯笼/蜡烛<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-2565933350589196698?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-1186730866100326732009-07-29T10:59:00.004+08:002009-07-29T11:12:53.976+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kinibooks.com/images/making_unmaking_asylum.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 326px; height: 491px;" src="http://www.kinibooks.com/images/making_unmaking_asylum.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />SIRD, Save Valley of Hope Solidarity Group and the Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Youth Section (KLSCAH-YOUTH) jointly invite you to the launching of Making and Unmaking the Asylum: Leprosy and Modernity in Singapore and Malaysia, a book by Loh Kah Seng.<br /><br />The book will be launched by YB Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping, Selangor state Exco member for Tourism, Consumer Affairs and Environment.<br /><br />Date: 15th August 2009 (Saturday)<br />Time: 2.00pm – 4.40pm<br />Venue: The KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, No. 1, Jalan Maharajalela, 50150 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<br /><br />This very special event also brings together representatives of the former residents of Valley of Hope in Sungai Buloh—the world's second largest leprosy settlement that was partially demolished in 2008 despite calls to preserve it as a heritage site—to share their life testimonies and thoughts resulting from state and public stigma against leprosy. The audience will include social activists and friends/families members who shared solidarity with the Valley of Hope.<br /><br />Making and Unmaking the Asylum recounts the entangled histories of leprosy in colonial and postcolonial Malaya/Malaysia and Singapore—decades of heavy-handed biomedical policies and laws enacted in the name of modernity, science and development, interwoven with the personal accounts of those who were sent to the asylums. The leprosarium was a living hell for many. It is also no coincidence, Loh argues, that the majority of patients were poor and working-class.<br /><br />Yet this book also richly demonstrates how patients resisted being victims—creating new families, forging friendships, working, joining unions, and actively engaging in their communal religious and cultural lives.<br /><br />Having struggled to remake the asylums into homes, ex-sufferers in both countries have been evicted or moved again, their personal and collective histories erased, and their real homes exchanged for hospital wards.<br /><br />About the Author<br />Loh Kah Seng is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asia Studies, Singapore. His doctoral thesis at the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University examined the role of the 1961 Kampong Bukit Ho Swee fire in the making of modern Singapore. He has published on little-studied subjects in the urban social history of Singapore and Malaysia.<br /><br />For further details please contact Ms Lee Siew Hwa at 03-7957 8342/8343 or 016-465 5107; or Mr Chong Ton Sin at 016-379 7231.<br /><br />All are welcome. Please feel free to circulate this invitation.<br /><br />2.00pm Guests arrive<br />2.10pm Guests are seated<br />2.40pm Video screening: Valley of Hope<br />3.00pm Introduction to Making and Unmaking the Asylum & a tale of solidarity by a representative of the Save Valley of Hope Solidarity Group, Teoh Chee Keong<br />3.15pm Book launch by YB Elizabeth Wong, Selangor state Exco member for Tourism, Consumer Affairs and Environment. Discussion session with author, ,Loh Kah Seng and representative, ex-resident of Valley of Hope, Lee Chor Seng<br />3.50pm Discussion and Q&A<br />4.20pm Tea, chit-chat and book signing<br />4.40pm Ends<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-118673086610032673?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-63295473666509805172009-05-11T11:36:00.001+08:002009-05-11T11:43:56.602+08:00Part 1<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SnYC3IqjyXA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SnYC3IqjyXA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" 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src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3535/3463070482_74d5efa1dd.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />希望之谷，一个使我忘却凡尘世俗烦恼的社区，也是我学习摄影的最佳景点。有人问：“玛拉工艺大学无视院民反对征用东院的土地作为校园扩建用地，我们还能为院民做些什么？” 现在您的问题应该得到答案吧。<br /><br />虽然当天彩排与演出状况连连，但这都不减希望之谷院民对乡音演出的兴致。他们报以热烈的掌声是大家继续前进的动力！<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3637/3463049274_381a4cf933.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 332px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3637/3463049274_381a4cf933.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />看她化妆，令人兴起敬佩之意。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3463062698_24b93e5a64.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 332px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3463062698_24b93e5a64.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try 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{parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/3462457149_1e57a3aea3.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/3462457149_1e57a3aea3.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />潮州花灯。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3531/3462297935_279bd4e9cb.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3531/3462297935_279bd4e9cb.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3463177554_302271a749.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3463177554_302271a749.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Amy姐。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3463121036_b7841fb369.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3463121036_b7841fb369.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />吉安鬼魅演出。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3463150804_ec4e2d8761.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3463150804_ec4e2d8761.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3631/3463153344_c424d3b6f3.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3631/3463153344_c424d3b6f3.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/3463259860_7547c5d607.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/3463259860_7547c5d607.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3462343347_7ca9726c33.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3462343347_7ca9726c33.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />严月英琼剧会。<br /><br />忙了整天，身上流的汗水眼泪都是值得的。<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheeseong/sets/72157617133106688/">更多照片……</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-2636368911312912463?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-30305582254866708652009-04-16T13:48:00.001+08:002009-04-16T13:50:20.920+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n9BBnb0_Rrs/SebHDKCf09I/AAAAAAAAASA/mh7-MPVbGa8/s1600-h/poster-xiangyin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_n9BBnb0_Rrs/SebHDKCf09I/AAAAAAAAASA/mh7-MPVbGa8/s400/poster-xiangyin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325162466460554194" border="0" /></a><br />2009年3月14日，抢救乡音文化的微弱光线，那一夜，在陈氏书院点亮了...<br />2009年4月19日，我们继续探寻、发掘、采集...走进双溪毛糯麻风院 <希望之谷><br /><br />由爱FM《乡音考古.思想起》<br />与 马来西亚七大乡团协调委员会 携手发起<br /><br />雪隆潮州会馆文化、组青年团暨妇女组、抢救希望之谷支援小组、双溪毛糯麻风社区参议会 联办<br /><br />第二场 《乡音之年，乡音考古，民俗演祭 II 》<br />日期：2009年4月19日（星期日） <br />地点：双溪毛糯麻风院 <希望之谷><br /><br />乡音活动 1：《双溪毛糯乡音古迹考古之旅》/<br />由古迹保存工作者张集强导览<br />时间：下午3点 - 5点<br />备注：需预先致电报名（03-2078 2492），<br />并于当天2点45分在民众会堂前报到<br /><br />乡音活动 2：《乡音乡影》摄影演祭<br />时间：傍晚6点 <br />地点：双溪毛糯麻风院 民众会堂<br /><br />乡音活动 3：《潮州花灯》民俗演祭<br />时间：傍晚6点 <br />地点：双溪毛糯麻风院 民众会堂<br /><br />乡音活动 4：《乡音之年，乡音考古，民俗演祭》<br />时间：傍晚7点 <br />地点：双溪毛糯麻风院 民众会堂<br /><br />演出单位：<br />吉隆坡德教会紫芳阁潮州大锣鼓队/<br />马来西亚潮乐联谊社/客家山歌王丘惠中/<br />严月英琼剧会/瓜雪暨沙白县福建会馆南音团/<br />中阮演奏家王美玉 /爱FM张吉安<br />咨询：03 - 2078 2492<br /><br />jiankaogudidai.blogspot.com <br />www.douglasho.com <br />www.cheeseong.com/blog<br /><br />被遗忘的历史，被遗忘的古迹，<br />被遗忘的乡音<br />4月19日，一夜难得的团圆演祭<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-3030558225486670865?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-85886934196291575852009-04-07T16:34:00.005+08:002009-04-08T09:25:11.711+08:00<span style="font-size:100%;">双溪毛糯疗养院是30年代英联邦中，最大且最现代化的麻疯病疗养院。当年，它成了麻疯病患唯一的避难所。政府承诺为麻疯病患者提供免费的终生治疗，并允诺他们在此终老。然而，2007年，社会发展的‘怪手’伸进院区，惊扰一群年过半百的老院民……。<br /><br />《永远的希望之谷》纪录片由一群年轻纪录片自愿工作队所拍摄，记载了2007年至2008年间，双溪毛糯麻疯病院最富有历史价值的东院，因为要让路给玛拉工艺大学的医学院发展计划而被拆除及病患被迫迁移的历史。纪录片透过几位老院民的口述历史，告诉您院民的居住权如何被侵害的惨痛经验，以及他们早年患病时所曾遭受的种种歧视与不公平对待。<br /><br />抢救希望之谷支援小组将从2009年4月初开始，在吉隆坡，槟城以及马六甲举行纪录片巡回放映会，让公众深入了解院民的诉求，希望社会不要再忽视弱势群体的生活与居住权以及文化遗产的维护。、<br /><br />《永远的希望之谷》纪录片巡回放映会，入场免费，欢迎公众人士出席交流。放映会当晚也将设立柜台售卖此纪录片。任何询问，敬请联络抢救希望之谷总协调张集强016-3455710或财政梁莉思012-9564215。谢谢！欢迎转寄!</span><br /><br><br /><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><br /><tbody><tr><br /> <td valign="top" width="76" bgcolor="#faf7e4"><p class="style2">第1站：<strong>雪隆</strong> </p></td><br /> <td valign="top" width="170" bgcolor="#faf7e4"><p class="style2"><strong>10/4/2009（星期五）</strong>7.30pm<br /><br /> 隆雪华堂讲堂 </p></td><br /> <td valign="top" width="283" bgcolor="#faf7e4"><p class="style2"><strong>分享者：</strong><br /><br /> 黄义忠（《永远的希望之谷》导演）<br /><br /> 张集强（抢救希望之谷支援小组总协调）<br /><br /> <strong>联办单位：</strong>隆雪华青，AiFM</p></td><br /></tr><br /><tr><br /> <td valign="top" width="76" bgcolor="#fdeab0"><p class="style2">第2站：<strong>槟城</strong> </p></td><br /> <td valign="top" width="170" bgcolor="#fdeab0"><p class="style2"><strong>13/4/2009（星期一）</strong>7.30pm<br /><br /> 韩江学院 </p></td><br /> <td valign="top" width="283" bgcolor="#fdeab0"><p class="style2"><strong>分享者：</strong><br /><br /> 陈彦妮（《永远的希望之谷》工作队成员）<br /><br /> 张集强（抢救希望之谷支援小组总协调）<br /><br /> <strong>联办单位：</strong>韩江电视新闻中心 </p></td><br /></tr><br /><tr><br /> <td valign="top" width="76" bgcolor="#faf7e4"><p class="style2">第3站：<br /><br /> <strong>安顺</strong> </p></td><br /> <td valign="top" width="170" bgcolor="#faf7e4"><p class="style2"><strong>14/4/2009（星期二）</strong><br /><br /> 11.30am<br /><br /> 安顺三民独中 </p></td><br /> <td valign="top" width="283" bgcolor="#faf7e4"><p class="style2"><strong>分享者：</strong><br /><br /> 傅向红（《永远的希望之谷》工作队成员）<br /><br /> <strong>联办单位：</strong>安顺三民独中 </p></td><br /></tr><br /><tr><br /> <td valign="top" width="76" bgcolor="#fdeab0"><p class="style2">第4站：<strong>马六甲</strong> </p></td><br /> <td valign="top" width="170" bgcolor="#fdeab0"><p class="style2"><strong>21/4/2009（星期二）</strong>8.00pm<br /><br /> 马六甲培风中学 </p></td><br /> <td valign="top" width="283" bgcolor="#fdeab0"><p class="style2"><strong>分享者：</strong><br /><br /> 黄义忠（《永远的希望之谷》导演）<br /><br /> 张集强（抢救希望之谷支援小组总协调）<br /><br /> <strong>联办单位：</strong>马六甲培风校友会 </p></td><br /></tr><br /><tr><br /> <td valign="top" width="76" bgcolor="#faf7e4"><p class="style2">第5站：<strong>新山</strong> </p></td><br /> <td valign="top" width="170" bgcolor="#faf7e4"><p class="style2"><strong>15/5/2009（星期五）</strong>8.00pm<br /><br /> 南方学院 </p></td><br /> <td valign="top" width="283" bgcolor="#faf7e4"><p class="style2"><strong>分享者：</strong><br /><br /> 黄义忠（《永远的希望之谷》导演）<br /><br /> 张集强（抢救希望之谷支援小组总协调）<br /><br /> 傅向红（《永远的希望之谷》工作队成员）<br /><br /> <strong>联办单位：</strong>南方学院马华文学馆 </p></td><br /></tr><br /></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-8588693419629157585?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-77498022171312311002009-03-26T18:23:00.002+08:002009-03-26T18:26:53.641+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KYAI7p-iKpk/SctYIrZ1_-I/AAAAAAAAAHk/t4Wpp0jaFlY/s1600-h/poster-voh_big.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KYAI7p-iKpk/SctYIrZ1_-I/AAAAAAAAAHk/t4Wpp0jaFlY/s400/poster-voh_big.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317440691154321378" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kinibooks.com/product_info.php?products_id=992">Click here to buy the CD.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7749802217131231100?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-68170800728710796632008-12-17T13:12:00.000+08:002008-12-17T14:17:45.842+08:00日期：2008年12月20日（星期六）<br />地点：希望之谷（双溪毛糯麻风病院）<br /><br />1500-1800 希望之谷导览 <br /><br />1800-1900 准备晚餐<br /><br />1900-2100 晚餐 + 搓汤圆 + 播放"希望之谷"短片 + "欢喜庆东至+乐生分享会" + 变脸表演<br /><br />2100-2200 （余兴节目： + 欢喜来卡拉）<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-6817080072871079663?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-38714796276319282792008-11-20T00:20:00.000+08:002008-11-20T00:30:08.070+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/3042864169_19d64a5cbb.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/3042864169_19d64a5cbb.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />在上星期六（11月8日），希望之谷来了八位台湾中原大学景观系四年级的学生。他们向居民发表了他们在两个月来在希望之谷调查的成果和建议。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/3043703048_f518be684b.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/3043703048_f518be684b.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />对于他们的用心让我无比的感动。从小小的细节到整个社区的大愿景都可以看到希望之谷不会就此变成废墟。这班台湾学生绞尽脑汁以景观角度推广生态旅游、生态博物馆的概念，既保护历史古迹，又能促进旅游和花圃生意，一举两得。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3042865217_0a13210d0a.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3042865217_0a13210d0a.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />台湾中原景观系学生也为希望之谷设计了新标志，猜猜看那个标志赢得众人的欢心？<br /><br />只可惜台湾学生懂得爱惜历史遗产，有人却把它当成破旧不已的废墟。如果你去年8月来双溪毛糯买花、拍照还是抢救希望之谷，都会看到现在通往希望之谷的入口处跟以前完全不同了。改河道、拆除花圃、扩建马路，这是希望之谷吗？<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/3039191267_2b3e7abd49.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/3039191267_2b3e7abd49.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />这是我第一次来到希望之谷，最显眼的路标。不过，当我看到桥被拆了，百般滋味涌上心头！<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/3040029398_912ac7eb55.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/3040029398_912ac7eb55.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Selamat Datang ke Taman Warisan PKKK. 真讽刺！把建筑古迹拆了后，“良心”发现所以才建一个Taman Warisan吗？<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/3039195679_e992f57228.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/3039195679_e992f57228.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />球场不见了……<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/3039194101_f8d0e24b09.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/3039194101_f8d0e24b09.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />椰水没得喝了……<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/3039193449_d3249aaf2d.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/3039193449_d3249aaf2d.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />椰浆饭也没得吃了……<br /><br />告示牌上写着“这是大马卫生部的土地，闯入者将被控告” （Tapak Milik Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia. Penceroboh Akan Didakwa. ）。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/3039192361_49078e0a2a.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/3039192361_49078e0a2a.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/3039192609_c98cc97212.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 332px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/3039192609_c98cc97212.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />如今柏油路已经铺好了。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/3039189777_c03ee3f88e.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 332px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/3039189777_c03ee3f88e.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2311/2054558994_4425f836cb.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 215px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2311/2054558994_4425f836cb.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheeseong/collections/72157603116384031/">往事只能回味……</a><br /><br />在我们无能为力阻止玛拉工艺大学继续拆除东院的历史建筑物的当儿，我想我们可以做的，就是把这一切有关希望之谷的图片、口述历史和纪录影像留下。希望之谷的前车之鉴，好让下一代的子子孙孙能好好珍惜历史遗产、爱惜古迹。<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheeseong/sets/72157609182700079/">献给东院的院民。</a><br /><br />拨开乌云见晴天，我们向希望前进吧！<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-3871479627631928279?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-60927598420172187392008-09-23T13:51:00.001+08:002008-09-23T14:12:46.604+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.twilight-zones.com/wp-content/images/D.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://blog.twilight-zones.com/wp-content/images/D.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />马来西亚留台联总主办<br /><br />世界文化遗产之永续经营 讲座会<br /><br />主讲人 : 丘如华 女士 ( Alice Chiu Ru-Hwa )<br /><br />Sept 25 : Kuala Lumpur<br /><br />Sept 27 : Pulau Pinang<br /><br />Sept 29 : Melaka<br /><br />Sept 30 : Johor Bahru<br /><br />http://www.wretch.cc/blog/ResMGMT/12361994<br /><br /><br />台湾历史资源经理学会秘书长丘如华简介<br /><br />基于对台湾历史文化的关怀，丘如华女士于民国八十四年即担任乐山文教基金会执行长一职；尔后于民国九十三年六月参与筹备本学会，并受推举为秘书长。在秘书长丘如华女士领导下，本学会始终坚持宗旨和理想，希望以非营利社会团体(NPO)的角色，透过多边的国际交流，促进历史资源以及空间环境之永续经营。除了提升、丰富国人文化生活之内涵及场域，藉此强化地方魅力与经济活力外，学会并且将积极开拓台湾与国际NPO、NGO接轨的平台与网路，以推广国际间的参与、资讯交流及互助支援。<br /><br />丘女士多年来关心公共议题，由发现问题到创造议题、寻求方案，建立自发组织，促成草根动员的力量，再藉由引入资源，扩大民众的参与，一路走来持续关怀并与无数国内、外民间组织共同建立相互支援合作的经验与历程，如台北迪化街、三峡老街、高雄美浓、新竹湖口与北埔、台南新化、澎湖马公、马祖、兰屿都遍布了付出的痕迹。<br /><br />深具国际视野的丘如华女士，积极参与多项关心文化资产保存的世界组织，如国际古迹保护协会（ICOMOS）、亚洲西太平洋都市保存联盟（AWPUNC）及国家信托（NATIONAL TRUST）；丘女士经常在各项国际会议中发表论文，介绍台湾都市保存工作现况，此外并积极引入国外的经验，邀请学者专家回国实地探勘、提供建言，也组团带领产、官、学界表出国考察、吸取经验，让社会力量在摸索中不致迷路。<br /> <br />在兼顾理念与实务的原则下，丘秘书长本持开放的态度，与自身多元的经验与视野，持续带领学会同仁推动、实践各项公共议题的工作，包括：有形与无形文化财及空间资源的研究、活化与再利用；历史保育、都市开发、文化发展在行政面、计划面、与执行面的整合；文化观光与地方产业再生的相关策略、执行机制与组织；资源经营及管理相关课程与教材的研发、人才培训及公民教育；具有前瞻性的历史保育理念与方法的示范与宣导等，皆是触及的面向。<br /><br />丘女士所关怀的不局限以狭窄的角度看待问题；在多元因素所交织影响的社会中，各种公共议题包括民众参与、古迹保存、聚落发展、城市规画等，甚而扩展到与国际社会结盟，善尽国际公民的职责，引进先进的观念和技术，协助台湾社会打开一扇面向光明的窗。<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-6092759842017218739?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-16667470111868268782008-09-23T13:38:00.000+08:002008-09-23T13:48:47.426+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.douglasho.com/gallery/album/misc/tanglung01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.douglasho.com/gallery/album/misc/tanglung01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />莉思为停不了的雨天担心了整个上午, 我安慰说别担心, 搞不好今晚的星星都会掉下来, 尽落在希望之谷. 然后散发荧火般的闪耀. 而后, 星星真的出现了. 坠落在希望之谷, 而光芒依然在盛放着.<br /><br />转载自<a target="_blank" href="http://www.douglasho.com/2008/09/14/tanglun">www.douglasho.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-1666747011186826878?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-36276020121436027142008-09-03T18:53:00.000+08:002008-09-03T20:09:50.243+08:00双溪毛糯麻风病院由人性角度出发治疗麻风病患，是世界上第一个麻风病人自供自足的社区，让他们无需受到外界的排斥。该病院是麻风病史上最具价值的麻风病院模式之一，其构造迄今仍完整地保留下来，目前尚有二百八十余名病人留住。然而，政府允许玛拉工艺大学发展该地段，将影响该院东边地段，也将严重破坏其重大的历史性、社会性意义及建筑价值。<br /><br />为了争取全面性的麻风病院社区保存，以及在我国推广文化遗产保存的概念，去年一些古迹学者和关心麻风病院的热心人士组成了一个名为"抢救希望之谷支援小组"的队伍，在此课题上给予该社区村民支援。这一年来，虽然抢救希望之谷事件的进展没有太大的转錑点，但令人感到鼓舞的是，国内外许多公民社会组织、社团、学生团体等等陆陆续续参访这个独特的社区，从希望之谷探讨我国的文化古迹保护意识。因此，这个社区可谓成为了一个"生活课室"，参访者通过口述历史、社区生活营、导览等等活动启动了难能可贵的生命教育。<br />配合中秋佳节的即将来临，抢救希望之谷小组再次联合隆雪华堂福利委员会和双溪毛糯麻风病院参议会，共同举办一场温馨的中秋晚会，并同时推介暨首映希望之谷纪录片之《永远的希望之谷？》。<br /><br />" 提灯亮点•希望不灭"的活动日期定于9月6日（星期六）傍晚六时，集合地点为该院的民众会堂旁的篮球场。晚会准备了简单的茶点招待出席者，部分中秋佳节食品由隆雪华堂福利委员会和其他团体赞助报效。希望之谷纪录片之《永远的希望之谷？》将在希望之谷的星空下首次播映，欢迎关爱希望之谷的朋友一同到来，与希望之谷的院民惺惺相惜，回首当年。<br /><br />此活动节目流程如下：<br /><br />1800－1900 载送院民至活动地点<br />1900－2000 希望之谷纪录片之《永远的希望之谷？》露天首映礼<br />2000－2100 纪录片分享及享用茶点<br />2100－2145 灯笼园游希望之谷<br />2145－2300 收拾场地和结束<br /><br />此活动免费公开让麻风病院社区村民和公众人士参加，惟主办单位希望当晚出席的公众人士能够自行携带中秋佳节食品和灯笼，以增添晚会的气氛。除此之外，主办单位也希望热心公益的社团赞助活动经费或食物，并鼓励热心的大专青年报名成为当晚的义工，一起参与筹备工作。任何疑问或有兴趣的朋友，欢迎联络廖秋怡012 -2813899或黄文达017-7993558。<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-3627602012143602714?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-27963371000879443172008-07-09T02:47:00.000+08:002008-07-09T02:55:31.201+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2649512845_75d36fe7df.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2649512845_75d36fe7df.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2650342830_675624f7b9.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2650342830_675624f7b9.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2649509801_85420e918f.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2649509801_85420e918f.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2157/2649510917_bcd3cd1a8b.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2157/2649510917_bcd3cd1a8b.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />“翠鸟虫鸣，希望人间” 麻风病院纪实摄影展<br />展览日期：2008年7月1日 - 2008年8月10日<br />地点：茨场街大众书局二楼读家开讲活动区<br />展览单位：抢救希望之谷支援小组<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-2796337100087944317?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-65474247793266367702008-07-05T20:28:00.000+08:002008-07-05T20:35:37.846+08:00感谢抽空出席的朋友们，谢谢你们的支持！<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/2638204137_a09d9f48f5.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/2638204137_a09d9f48f5.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2639032850_f28f5e9798.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2639032850_f28f5e9798.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2638201921_d4df12b7df.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2638201921_d4df12b7df.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/2639031134_fa3c39dcfe.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3030/2639031134_fa3c39dcfe.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-6547424779326636770?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-69960003562607924172008-07-04T04:30:00.001+08:002008-07-05T21:52:29.828+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2633867567_1384c03c17.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2633867567_1384c03c17.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />多谢吉安和爱FM盛情招待，让抢救希望之谷支援小组能为“翠鸟虫鸣，希望人间”双溪毛糯麻风病院纪实摄影展在空中打个广告。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2634683852_db28aaa093.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2634683852_db28aaa093.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/2633860705_09cb31a4e3.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/2633860705_09cb31a4e3.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/cheeseong/sets/72157605568627980/">更多照片……</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-6996000356260792417?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-74417066906781144602008-07-04T04:11:00.000+08:002008-07-04T04:23:24.149+08:00日期：2008年7月5日（星期六）<br />时间：下午3时<br />地点：茨厂街大众书局一楼读家空间<br /><br />大家好。以下是交流会的流程：<br /><br />3.00pm - 短片（1）<br />3.20pm - 《希望之谷》缘起（张集强分享）<br />3.40pm - 《翠鸟虫鸣，希望人间》摄影交流<br />4.20pm - 短片（2）<br />5.00pm - 结束<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7441706690678114460?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-89246231566087901482008-07-03T15:49:00.000+08:002008-07-04T04:10:26.318+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.aifm.net.my/images/footer-logo.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.aifm.net.my/images/footer-logo.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />就在今晚！<br /><br />日期：2008年7月3日（星期四）<br />时间：10pm<br />嘉宾：<a href="http://forum.blogkaki.net/index.php">张集强</a>，<a href="http://jesscheng.com">钟向希</a>，<a href="http://www.cheeseong.com/blog/">司徒旨祥</a><br /><br />网上收听，<a href="http://bkj-station4.jaring.my/aifm">http://bkj-station4.jaring.my/aifm</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-8924623156608790148?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-1820520849857714372008-06-27T09:12:00.000+08:002008-07-05T11:15:20.796+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_KYAI7p-iKpk/SGQ_N3Iy2cI/AAAAAAAAAE0/iep2Dia7aEI/s1600-h/Poster_sungaibuloh.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2183/2523649910_4a1338a78c.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-8741922209520512648?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-39635301367505590642008-05-23T11:35:00.000+08:002008-05-23T11:38:07.290+08:00「樂生一生」是件行為觀念藝術，穿插在「鐵馬影展」中間的一件藝術作品。<br /><br />「樂生一生」的主要理念是「家」，我想問的是，怎麼樣算一個家，這個家由誰來認定。除了實體的住家，我認為更重要的是「精神上的家」，一個無論好壞、充滿記憶的地方。<br /><br />在尚未理解樂生前，我會以為樂生療養院是治療痲瘋病患者的醫院。我以一個外來者的眼光，我將自己和他們做出區隔：「我」是一位健康的人，而「他們」是另一群有病痛的人。我一直以一個高傲的態度認為自己在幫助與我不同的「另一群人」。在我理解自己也是一位痲瘋病患者的後代以後，我才驚覺，住在樂生裡面的人並非與「我」不同的「另一群人」，而是一群在樂生之中度過一生的人，他們在樂生中有家人、有後代、有財產、有回憶，與任何一個在社會中求生的人無異。但有多少人在大環境強調「進步」、「科學」、「便利」的氛圍下，能理解樂生是樂生院民的家呢？還是只是另一個管理「邊緣人」的公家機關而已？「樂生一生」就是在這樣前提下構想出來的作品。<br /><br />人的一生，生、老、病、死是一件古老的課題，在樂生中度過一生者，與其他人有何不同？在我認知中，他們並沒有和一般人不同，在他們之中，有人患過痲瘋病而痊癒，也就是一開始的患者。患者的後代，在這邊健康地出生、長大、結婚、生子，並且希望終老在此。當初為強制安置痲瘋患者的目的已隨歷史漸漸淡去，在這裡誕生的家庭，與一般家庭並沒有不同。<br /><br />唯一的不同，他們是被政府管控的。他們被管控的原因是樂生成立原本是為了管控痲瘋病的傳染，但這些政策和作為最後都被證實是不必要而且殘酷的。無論在日本、臺灣、或世界的任何一個角落，痲瘋病已不是無法控制、無法預防、無法痊癒的傳染病，但過去因無知而留下的恐怖印象卻還殘留在社會的記憶中，所以政府還能利用大眾這種恐懼對樂生院的人加以管控或加以壓迫。<br /><br />樂生的土地中，藏的就是一段又一段被醫藥管控的平凡人生，不只是痲瘋患者的病痛在其中，大眾對痲瘋病患者的無知和恐懼也在其中，以及因恐懼和無知，所賦予政府任意拆遷家園的恐怖權力，也在其中。<br /><br />所以我在樂生的土地上挖了一個一米寬、半米深的洞，並尋找能代表樂生人在此一生的象徵物，丟入其中，再埋起來。樂生的阿伯在聽我講解這個過程時，理解為另一種形式的「時光膠囊」，我覺得很高興我們能互相了解。當然，我作品的意圖不只是當作時光膠囊，而是希望透過整個作品的過程讓院民與社會大眾有更多的對話。<br /><br />在挖洞時，我們幾個文弱書生戰力薄弱，向下挖不到二十公分，便筋疲力盡。樂生的土地異常的難挖，因為當中有大大小小的礫石，小的如拳頭，大的竟有近百公斤！怪不得有人說樂生的土石利潤驚人。還好，在樂生的工友鼎力協助下，我們大概一個工作天順利完成挖掘工作。我們在挖掘的過程中談論樂生的現況和未來，樂生的院民也在旁觀看，我也和他們溝通創作的理念。這整個過程，是對話也是享受，我享受一個藝術工作者創作的過程，更高興看到院民在創作過程中而有所感觸。<br /><br />洞挖完以後，我開始尋找象徵物。我在樂生院中最古老的建築，王字型醫療大樓的第二逕，尋找到一些廢棄的醫療用品、一些護士留下的手稿、照片以及護士服、一個鏽蝕的鎖、一個裝滿藥的罐子、一個壞掉的鬧鐘、一支白蠟燭、一張老舊的健保卡、一本老舊的漢生病預防手冊。這些現成的物品作為日常生活的用品，對我們並沒有特殊的意義。但將它們挑出來作為藝術品的象徵物，它便充滿了與我們對話的趣味。除了醫療大樓蒐集到的物品，我又去要了一些東西，有一個廢棄的輪椅、一個奶瓶、一件尿布、一疊紅包，並在樂生院內檢到一些東西，一根不用的柺杖、一片掉下的屋瓦。最後我買了一個玩具怪手和一株樹苗。在一切就緒以後，我懷著不安和期待等待未知的觀眾來參與這件作品。<br /><br />執行作品的當天是「鐵馬影展」，它是一個以紀錄片紀錄社會不同角落，充滿人文關懷的影展。這天剛好來到樂生播放，很多來觀看鐵馬影展的人，也是第一次來到樂生。下午五點半，鐵馬影展的工作人員替我廣播：「行為觀念藝術『樂生一生』在醫療大樓第一逕及第二逕之間的草坪即將開始，請有興趣的來賓可以開始移動。」廣播後大約聚集十多位觀眾，有專程參觀影展的觀眾、影展的工作人員、社區教室的學生以及家長，以及關心樂生議題的觀眾。<br /><br />在我簡易解釋作品的精神以後，我將蒐集到的物品一件一件的傳遞給觀眾，觀眾圍繞著草坪上的大洞，一邊傳遞現成物。在傳遞過程中，我也提示觀眾，希望觀眾最後能放一些屬於他們自己的象徵物在洞內。我所蒐集的物品，依照時間性提示的是生、老、病、死：奶瓶、尿布、紅包、柺杖、輪椅、藥罐、白蠟燭。依照樂生院的特殊性所提示的則是樂生院的屋瓦、醫療用品、漢生病預防手冊、護士的藥單手稿、護士服、鏽蝕的鎖…等。閱讀我們印象中的象徵物，與實際上拿著象徵物，並看著它丟入洞中，整個儀式性的行為會產生不同於旁觀者的啟發性。<br /><br />在過程中，我也準備屬於我自己的象徵物，一個塑像、一包頭髮。塑像是我為樂生院民所做的塑像。頭髮則是我、我父親和母親的頭髮，暗示的是我的外祖父曾經短暫住在樂生，我與樂生有一段短暫的血緣關係。我曾經想過要在洞內滴進我的一滴血，代表我和樂生的關係；但有朋友認為，放進樂生院民的一滴血也許更有意義。那一滴血代表的是院民在這裡的歲月、心酸、喜樂。後來關於血的象徵物我並沒有放，因為樂生院民的血淚確實已經混雜在我們挖的土地中。<br /><br />在所有象徵物都丟入洞中以後，觀眾開始思考、傳遞屬於自己的象徵物。各種不同的象徵物出現：社區教室學生的象徵物是一輛老舊的火柴盒小汽車，來自韓國的鐵馬影展來賓則放入一千元的韓幣和兩個閃亮的銅板，並在那一千元韓幣上寫了一些字。可惜是韓文，我看不懂。有一張全球援助網的名片以及數張不同的名片。一個看起來很有歷史的護身符。兩張不同人的大頭照，其中一張背面寫著鼓勵樂生的文字。一張咖啡優待券。樂生的博物館志工，也是這件作品的共同創作人 Friday，放的是一把樂生的鑰匙。<br /><br />在所有人的象徵物都丟入洞裏以後，我們開始掩埋的工作。在我意料之外的是，多數觀眾自願輪替掩埋的工作，這個掩埋的行為，似乎讓觀眾有很強的參與感。一位女性觀眾，因為沒有鏟子，所以以手播土的方式，一點一點的將土播進洞內。這個瞬間的場景讓我感動，因為這些行為似乎不是要真正完成現實中的某個利益，而是將創作者、院民及觀眾的距離拉的更近。<br /><br />最後，我在這個地點上種上一棵樹苗，希望在場的人看到這棵樹苗能想起這件事，也希望樹苗和它底下的象徵物，能長久在此與世無爭的存在、茁壯。<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">文摘自<a target="_blank" href="http://www.coolloud.org.tw/node/21189">苦劳网</a>。</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-3963530136750559064?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-70100516490793416952008-04-29T02:01:00.000+08:002008-04-29T02:07:11.002+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2274/2449679960_012b800a70.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2274/2449679960_012b800a70.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />通往心底最深处的一扇门，打开它，却看见人类最丑陋的一面。<br /><br />最近希望之谷被大选热所淹没，“抢救希望之谷支援小组”的筹委们都在忙着大选活动，所以在那儿的活动没那么频密。其中导览活动就不曾停歇过。导览小组已经为好一些国内外的大专朋友服务，带领他们游览这深具历史意义的世外桃源-世界第2大的麻疯病院原址。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2206/2448822341_da1b3109b5.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2206/2448822341_da1b3109b5.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />尽管“抢救希望之谷支援小组”竭尽所能保存中院的房子，可是有些院民的扩建工程已破坏房子原本的建筑结构，实在可惜。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2378/2449646316_e1e3700437.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2378/2449646316_e1e3700437.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />虽说种花和卖花是大多数院民糊口饭吃的经济支柱，过度使用（霸占）土地来种草皮，造成环境污染也成为希望之谷的问题之一。<br /><br />“抢救希望之谷支援小组”接下来会在7月假茨场街大众书局办摄影展，同时也会推介希望之谷纪录片，年底会有大型的花卉展嘉年华会。想要知道更多详情，请留意http://valleyofhope.blogspot.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7010051649079341695?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-73350096823879908882008-04-01T13:09:00.000+08:002008-04-01T13:16:52.006+08:00<a href="http://www.merdekareview.com/news.php?n=6404">万挠高压电·木屋区·路墩 刘天球：雪州课题皆有转机</a><br /><br />■日期／Apr 01, 2008 ■时间／11:41:28 am<br />■新闻／家国风云 ■文章／本刊陈慧思<br /><br />【本刊陈慧思撰述】在雪兰莪州新政府上台之后，压在蕉赖皇冠镇居民心头的大石，可望移走。掌管地方政府与研发事务的雪兰莪州行政议员刘天球大放好消息：州内所有牵涉土地纠纷和地方政府事务的社区课题，都将出现转机。<br /><br />刘天球说，他上任的第一项任务，就是解决州内所有老问题，包括万挠高压电、蒲种绍再娜花园开发坟场、巴板路（Jalan Papan）木屋区、甘榜伯仁邦（Kampung Berembang）木屋区、林巴再也（Rimba Jaya）木屋区、蕉赖皇冠镇（Bandar Mahkota）路墩等问题。<br /><br />他透露，州务大臣卡立依布拉欣（Khalid Ibrahim）已答应拨出土地，让万挠高压电工程绕道而建；州政府也将指示大道公司拆除蕉赖皇冠镇的路墩。<br /><br />新官上任的刘天球（左图）是在其位于雪兰莪莎亚南的州政府大厦15楼办公室内接受《独立新闻在线》专访时，透露上述消息。这名过去总出现在社区运动前线上的行政议员笑对记者说：“所有你关注过的问题，现在全部可以解决了！”<br /><br />他表示，上述所有问题都关系土地和地方政府，而土地和地方政府都在州政府的权限范围，因此州政府替换之后，攸关土地纠纷、地方政府指令的州内课题，都可望圆满解决。<br /><br />他说：“蕉赖皇冠镇的路墩在雪州，因此我们可以把路墩移走。大道公司违法放路墩，可是当时却得到州政府同意。现在州政府是我们了，我们不同意嘛。万挠高压电无法绕道，是因为州政府不给土地，现在新的政府给土地，州务大臣也已答应了。”<br /><br />撤销案件寻求庭外和解<br /><br />刘天球说，州政府在昨早的会议中决定，通知所有市议员研究，尽可能撤销州政府起诉居民的所有案件，还有居民起诉州政府的案子，让双方回到谈判桌上，寻求庭外和解。<br /><br />他举例说，国阵州政府向巴板路木屋区发出拆屋令，今日案子将入禀莎亚南高庭，州政府希望在没有触犯法律的情况下，收回类似指令，寻求庭外和解。<br /><br />他也透露，州政府希望在一个月内，与甘榜伯仁邦（Kampung Berembang）、万挠和巴板路木屋区居民谈出一个解决的方案。他说：“要三赢啦，就是政府也赢，人民也赢，发展商也要赢。”<br /><br />问及是否真可谈出一个三赢的局面，他立即回答：“有绝对的信心，因为我们得到人民的支持，而我们自己本身也是政府，我们也得到一些发展商……这里的发展商是国能、屋业发展商等，我们都有信心，非常有信心。”<br /><br />上述三个课题的居民皆已入禀法庭，起诉政府或就州政府迫迁的决定寻求司法审核，其中万挠高压电案件的居民代表律师梁自坚，还当选万挠居民的国会选区——士拉央区国会议员。<br /><br />至于双溪毛糯麻风病院被拆除的问题会否出现转机，刘天球说，医院属于中央政府，是州政府权限未及之处；提及州政府或可拨出土地，把医学院工程挪移到适当的地点，刘天球说，他将关注此课题，也欢迎参与保留双溪毛糯麻风病院运动的人士与他洽谈此事。<br /><br />现年50岁的刘天球也是民主行动党非政府组织局主任，活跃于雪州万挠“争取高压电缆绕道、反对逼迁”工委会、反对武来岸焚化炉工委会、反对水供私营化运动和反对医院私营化运动、反对木屋区迫迁等社区运动。<br /><br />要雪州告别“白鸽笼”时代<br /><br />刘天球也透露，州政府有意建造空间较大的廉价屋，让雪兰莪州可以告别“白鸽笼”时代，价钱方面则只会稍微调升一点。<br /><br />他也表示，州政府将秉承“居者有其屋”的原则推行廉价屋计划，譬如尝试向中央接管政府组屋，以合理的价钱转售租户。<br /><br />前朝政府以折扣七千元的方式出售廉价屋予原木屋区居民，可是在过去一连串的捍卫木屋区运动中，包括联合政府领袖在内的运动人士提出，这些在木屋区居住了数十年的“城市拓荒者”应享有更大的优惠。<br /><br />问及“城市拓荒者”可否以更低的价钱购买廉价屋，刘天球表示，目前百货涨价，价格方面可能无法调低，惟还有商议的空间。<br /><br />他补充：“当然，我们也会给更大更舒适一点的空间，因为现有的650方尺，太小了……我们要把它做大一点，大到什么程度我们还没有定论。”<br /><br />问及发展商会否配合，他说：“会的，肯定会的，多几块砖、几条铁罢了，新加坡比雪州还要缺乏土地，可是别人的组屋是整千方尺的，就算是两个人住也没那么小……我们已经要告别‘白鸽笼’的年代了。”<br /><br />提及州务大臣卡立依布拉欣早前发出持续推行引人诟病的“零木屋区”政策，引起巨大反弹，刘天球表示，卡立的言论被误解。他解释说：“我们是要零度木屋，但是我们解决的方式跟国阵的完全不一样。我们是要先安顿的，而且要妥善地安顿、合理地安顿。”<br /><br />卡立早前接受《当今大马》专访时透露，雪州将持续推行“零木屋区计划”计划，惟该计划将以人性化的手法推行。此言一出，立即遭到包括马来西亚律师公会及非政府组织抨击，指“零木屋区计划”执行手段高压、满是缺陷，无视于贫穷人民的居住需求。<br /><br />州政府旋即发出文告解释，州政府主张减少木屋区，用意是把人民从贫困的循环中拯救出来，而非如前朝政府般，以残暴的手段夺取人民的土地，转而分配予其他人。<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7335009682387990888?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-30950953774523709992008-02-26T12:17:00.000+08:002008-02-26T12:23:18.542+08:00如果，你有的选择……你在行动不便的情况下，还会出席跟自己没什么直接关系的活动吗？<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2391/2290569855_bc2a65b9e0.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2391/2290569855_bc2a65b9e0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Excel 在年初六办了一场新春团拜，邀请当地的安娣安哥出席吃顿饭。我想“抢救希望之谷支援小组”能把这儿的声音传达出去，让更多关心院民的朋友们来这儿办活动，也不枉这一连几个月来所做出的努力。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2291362150_b58f868aaa.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2291362150_b58f868aaa.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/2290568113_f20c9c35fb.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/2290568113_f20c9c35fb.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2291365254_e7fa75e782.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2291365254_e7fa75e782.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheeseong/sets/72157603980979872/">更多照片……</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-3095095377452370999?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-57794613634581131402008-02-05T14:28:00.000+08:002008-02-05T18:28:22.894+08:00“抢救希望之谷支援小组”导览员上周末带领了一班旅台毕业生和台湾青年乐生联盟成员（咏光和馨文）游览希望之谷。以下是一些活动照片：<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2243/2242720525_1ddaef97b4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2243/2242720525_1ddaef97b4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309/2243511932_0574a4ac23.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309/2243511932_0574a4ac23.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2102/2242718885_b0bb9f4b13.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2102/2242718885_b0bb9f4b13.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2347/2243513224_3f4a1f53de.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2347/2243513224_3f4a1f53de.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2183/2243515942_0894efea2c.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2183/2243515942_0894efea2c.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-5779461363458113140?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-2540465942409779492008-02-01T17:11:00.000+08:002008-02-01T17:23:38.558+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KYAI7p-iKpk/R6LkdjawPsI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Kjbcoo4uj6A/s1600-h/image001.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KYAI7p-iKpk/R6LkdjawPsI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Kjbcoo4uj6A/s400/image001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161939319294803650" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-254046594240977949?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-54574651360944046202008-02-01T16:15:00.000+08:002008-02-01T17:10:34.855+08:00大家好，最近其实都各忙各的事情，凑巧1月20日是新纪元学院第九届毕业典礼暨义卖会，所以“抢救希望之谷支援小组”就借此机会在哪儿展出我们的摄影及资料作品。<br /><br />当天反应还算可以，我们卖了一些书和衣服，而且当天也募捐了一些钱。<a target="_blank" href="http://www.esnips.com/web/Photo-Exhibition20080120/?v=434859&source=ws">以下是当天活动照片的连接</a>。<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-5457465136094404620?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-3783034633066845232007-12-20T01:56:00.000+08:002007-12-20T02:02:41.655+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_KYAI7p-iKpk/R2lcE4S1tRI/AAAAAAAAACw/-jQE3piVjV4/s1600-h/n20071223.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_KYAI7p-iKpk/R2lcE4S1tRI/AAAAAAAAACw/-jQE3piVjV4/s400/n20071223.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145745288148137234" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-378303463306684523?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-16588117681675513652007-12-12T01:51:00.000+08:002007-12-14T13:00:24.828+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/2103176009_7de6d1c4f7.jpg?v=0"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/2103176009_7de6d1c4f7.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Thank you for all coming to "I Love Valley of Hope" carnival last Saturday and Sunday. Without your support we will never reach this point.<br /><br />You make us proud!<br /><br />Get the activities photos here:<br />1. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheeseong/sets/72157603434365645/">cheeseong</a><br />2. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seng_kit/sets/72157602233870163/">seng_kit</a><br />3. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeroyan">zeroyan</a><br />4. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21824127@N07">wenloong</a><br />5. <a target="_blank" href="http://whiteflag99.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!B6DB8C687D1E6B4A!1140/?startingImageIndex=1&commentsExpand=0&addCommentExpand=0&addCommentFocus=0&pauseSlideshow=0">whiteflag</a><br /><br />Who's talking about us:<br />1. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wretch.cc/blog/sengkit&article_id=26435122">我愛希望之谷。</a><br />2. <a target="_blank" href="http://whiteflag99.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!B6DB8C687D1E6B4A!1143.entry">我爱希望之谷嘉年华会</a><br />3. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wretch.cc/blog/vt928&article_id=6039788">希望之谷趴趴走。Day3</a><br />4. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wretch.cc/blog/vt928&article_id=6036990">希望之谷趴趴走。Day2</a><br />5. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wretch.cc/blog/vt928&article_id=6035574">希望之谷趴趴走。Day1</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-1658811768167551365?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-61852162578933073162007-12-05T15:32:00.000+08:002007-12-05T15:34:04.050+08:00<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mny-XF_ZgYM"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mny-XF_ZgYM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-6185216257893307316?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-23751269356135183672007-11-25T03:03:00.000+08:002007-11-25T03:24:13.934+08:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">Background</span><br /><br /><br />SEVENTY-seven years ago, in an isolated valley of Bukit Lagong, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, a group of Malays, Chinese, Indians and Eurasians set up a contained community. They lived in harmony and interdependently of each other. <br /><br /> <br />They were leprosy patients, sent to live in the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement, where they found hope and <br />dignity. It was a heaven that allowed them to re-define themselves as human beings and enabled them to make friends and sustain friendships, express their feelings, form families and be individuals who contributed to their own community. <br /> <br /><br />From the time it was built in 1930, Sungai Buloh was one of the biggest leprosy settlements in the-then British Empire, and the second biggest in the world. It was equipped with advanced facilities and planned following the principals of a garden city. It was a pioneer project based on the “enlightened policy” of segregating leprosy patients in a self-supporting community. Over the years, the settlement also became a research centre for leprosy. <br /><br /><br />Since its establishment, the settlement has been relatively undisturbed due to the public’s fear of, and the stigma attached to leprosy. <br /><br /> <br />Recently, the government announced plans to preserve part of the settlement as a national heritage. But 40 acres (16.19ha) of the settlement has been surrendered to the government, to make way for the medical faculty of the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM). <br /><br /> <br />The project has threatened to destroy Sungai Buloh's authenticity and wholeness as one of the most perfectly planned and impressive leprosarium models in modern history. It will also erase evidence of the country's contribution to the history of humankind.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Preserve the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement</span><br /><br /><br />The Sungai Buloh leprosy settlement has marked a very significant stage in Malaysian history in relation to medicine, planning, architecture and social cultural aspects.<br /><br />The rediscovery of this historical place is one of the most exciting milestones in our modern heritage and preservation. It is like a modern 'ancient site' that awaits people to uncover and interpret on how an isolated world had been planned, structured and functioned to self-sustain a group of humans, being socially, culturally and economically separated from society.<br /><br /><br />There are significant values of Sg Buloh Settlement as described below meets all the criteria of the National Heritage Act 2005, Part X, Section 67(2), Items (a)-(i) which entitles it to be preserved under the National Heritage Act 2005. They are:<br />1. The legacy of Garden City Planning<br />2. Pioneer of Self-Supporting prophylaxis Settlement<br />3. Legacy of multi-racial living environment<br />4. Exceptional example of modern sub-culture<br />5. Renowned famous leprosy research center<br />6. Rare example of a group of colonial buildings<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Who are we “Save Valley of Hope Solidarity Group”?</span><br /><br /><br />When the East part of the leprosy settlement was demolished, it was only a matter of time before their legacy is lost forever. Afraid that this might happen, we formed a group and called it, “Save Valley of Hope”. The research, documentation, shooting and program organization began to enliven this leprosy settlement. Our group members include lecturers, social workers, university and college students.<br /><br /><br />The solidarity group’s effort is only in its initial phase considering our government had not realized the importance of preserving this potential World Heritage. The members of the group are volunteers and goes through an ongoing expansion.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />“I Love Valley of Hope” Carnival Coming Soon!!!</span><br /><br /><br />Refer to the above matter, we, Save Valley of Hope Solidarity Group, together initiated by Sg.Buloh Settlement Council, will organize a carnival for the public titled , "I Love Valley of Hope" Carnival, on 8-9 December 2007, in collaboration with the World Human Rights Day. <br /><br /><br />Our objective is to preserve Sg Buloh Settlement as a heritage for mankind. This 2 days carnival is expected to attract 300 people including children and adults. <br /><br />Through this carnival, we believe we can: <br />- Firmly acknowledge the immortality right of living of the lepers patients in Sg Buloh Leprosy Settlement.<br />- Introduce the Valley of Hope, educate and create awareness among the public regarding the importance of preserving heritage.<br />- Assemble the support and strength of all groups, in collaboration of saving and preserving the Sg Buloh Leprosy Settlement as National Heritage.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Following are the details of the carnival</span><br /><br />Initiated by: Sungai.Buloh Settlement Council<br />Organiser: Save Valley of Hope Solidarity Group<br />Co-organiser: Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Youth, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) and Lost Generation Space<br />Supportive Media: Photo Creator Magazine<br /><br />Title: “I Love Valley of Hope” Carnival<br />Date: 8 - 9 December 2007 (Saturday & Sunday)<br />Time: 8 Dec (10am)- 9 Dec (3pm)<br />Venue: Dewan Orang Ramai, Sg.Buloh Leprosy Settlement<br />Programme:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KYAI7p-iKpk/R0h4_3hBDDI/AAAAAAAAACc/3hfo-J2090g/s1600-h/schedule-en.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KYAI7p-iKpk/R0h4_3hBDDI/AAAAAAAAACc/3hfo-J2090g/s200/schedule-en.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136488413645573170" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Background </span><br /><br /><br />Lastly, Valley of Hope Solidarity Group hope that the public will join us together in the carnival. In the mean time, we also hope to have sponsorship from the public on running this programme. <br /><br /><br />Any donation or sponsorship, please bank in to KL& Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Youth Section. Please state <br /><br />“Donate/Sponsor to I Love Valley of Hope Carnival” on the receipt and send it to 03-22724089.<br /><br />Bank: Public Bank Berhad<br />Account’s name: The KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall<br />Account’s number: 3077138310<br /><br />For further details and enquiry, contact Ms Chua 012-7355025 or Ms Choong 019-3503563 and also visit our website: <br /><br />http://valleyofhope.blogspot.com/<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-2375126935613518367?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-70627169365243402242007-11-25T02:39:00.000+08:002007-11-25T02:57:56.610+08:00前言：<br /><br />雪州双溪毛糯麻风病院 （Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement）成立于1930年8月15日，病院推行社区病院的概念，采用人性化的管理，在麻风病的治疗方面取得突破性的成功，并将治疗方法传至世界卫生组织，使得麻风病最终成为一种可以有效治疗的疾病。院内的设备非常齐全，包含综合医院，研究中心，病患住所，农场，膜拜场所，社交场所，学校，墓场等等，是个不可多得的自治社区。<br /><br />双溪毛糯麻风病院也被称为“希望之谷”，是世界第二大的麻风病院。然而，院中最具代表性的东院区，在许多人关注之下，仍逃不过拆除的命运。在50周年国庆的隔一天，怪手及拆除工人便悄悄进驻东院，随即拆除监狱及在周围的房舍。拆除的声音惊动了当地居民及关心麻风病院保存的人士，经过联络之后，隶属于文化，艺术及文物部的文物局总监拿督祖莱娜教授到现场阻止工程施工无效，进而发出了临时保护法令 （Interim Protection Order）,以便在内阁讨论麻风病院的去留之前，玛拉医学院 (Uitm)所聘用的承包商不得动工。<br /><br />过了3星期后，内阁的协商有了结果，文物局总监被指示收回临时保护法令，承包商再次进入东院，并开始拆除东院的房舍，截至目前为止，东院已有超过一半的房舍被拆除，东院已有超过一半的房舍被拆除。这也意味着这座全世界第二大的麻风病院，最具代表性的区段已经消失了。<br /><br />随着东院被拆除，我们意识到双溪毛糯居民的记忆终究也会消失，因此展开一些研究记录工作刻不容缓，包括现况调查纪录，居民的口述历史，影像记录等等。目前部分研究工作已经开始在进行，大部分参与的人员都是关心文化的年轻朋友，包括上班族，大专讲师，社会工作者，大专院校学生等等。<br /><br />为了让这些工作顺利推行，这些朋友成立了“抢救希望之谷”支援小组(附录2：支援小组组员名单)，透过积极行动的方式来保存马来西亚这项难得的文化遗产。在政府不重视保存东院建筑（有形文化遗产）之下，这群朋友组成的支援小组积极抢救麻风病院的无形文化遗产，具有很大的意义。这些研究工作是在没有任何资源的情况下进行，所有参与的人都是义务的。<br /><br />“抢救希望之谷”小组从今年8月开始，已配合院民举办过不少活动，而接下来的大型活动“我爱希望之谷”嘉年华会将于12月8日至9日，地点于双溪毛糯麻风病院进行。我们希望和院民站在一起，带动更多人认识麻风病院，一起为保存双溪毛糯麻风病院为人类的共同文化资产。 （附录1：详细“我爱希望之谷”嘉年华资料请参阅下一页活动介绍书）<br />附录1：“我爱希望之谷”嘉年华 介绍书 <br /><br /><br />日期：12月8日－9日（星期六和日）<br />时间：早上10点开始<br />地点：双溪毛糯麻风病院公众礼堂<br /><br />宗旨：保存双溪毛糯麻风病院为人类的共同文化资产<br /><br />目的：<br />- 肯定院民在双溪毛糯麻风病院的永久居留权<br />- 让外界人士认识希望之谷和了解保存的价值<br />- 培养青少年对历史文化遗产保存的意识<br />- 凝聚社会各团体的力量，共同捍卫保存双溪毛糯麻风病院做为国家文化资产<br /><br />主催单位：双溪毛糯麻风病院参议会<br /><br />主办单位：抢救希望之谷支援小组<br /><br />联办单位：人民之声、隆雪华青、失落时代艺术空间<br /><br />协办媒体：摄影人杂志<br /><br /><br />Ａ）系列活动：<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_KYAI7p-iKpk/R0hz3HhBDCI/AAAAAAAAACU/a7PBadChows/s1600-h/schedule.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_n9BBnb0_Rrs/R0eaztLAaSI/AAAAAAAAAHc/NzUP4THJ5W8/s400/Poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136244113129105698" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-2092564223339445441?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-63188438962435917982007-11-20T10:23:00.000+08:002007-11-20T10:28:50.402+08:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><strong style="font-family: arial;">2007/11/18</strong><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="bywho"><a href="mailto:news@nst.com.my" target="_self">By : Jennifer Gomez </a> </span><br /></span> <div style="font-family: arial;" class="printer"> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/National/2087061/Article/semailpull_html" target="_self" class="blu"><br /></a><a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/National/2087061/Article/pppull_index_html" target="_self" class="blu"> </a></span> </div> <!--start pix1--> <table style="font-family: arial;" align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody><tr> <td class="caption" id="aphoto"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.nst.com.my/Sunday/National/2087061/insidepix1" alt="Lee Chor SengLee runs a nursery at the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement with the help of two workers." border="0" height="466" width="350" /><br /> Lee Chor SengLee runs a nursery at the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement with the help of two workers.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <!--end pix1--> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span> <div style="font-family: arial;" id="adwrapper"> <p class="abstract"><span style="font-size:85%;"> SUNGAI BULOH: The remaining 48ha of the leprosy settlement here should be maintained as a national heritage. </span></p> <!--start pix2 & pix3--> <table align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> </table> <!--end pix2 & pix3--><span style="font-size:85%;"> The Save Valley of Hope Solidarity Group , a non-governmental organisation, intends to raise public awareness on the significance of the place to ensure its conservation.<br /><br />"For example, this is truly a melting pot of the various races who lived together and were self-supporting. It's a live classroom for us to teach our young about solidarity and not rely on handouts," said Teoh Chee Keong, the organising committee co-ordinator of an upcoming carnival themed "I Love Valley of Hope".<br /><br />The carnival, which among others wants to show the public that it is safe to be around former leprosy patients, will be held on Dec 8 and 9 at the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement.<br /><br />Programmes include photo and floral exhibitions, a documentary screening on the history of the settlement, a youth camp and a drawing competition for children.<br /></span> <center><!-- start video--> <!-- end video--> </center><span style="font-size:85%;"> The settlement has been the centre of attention ever since debate sparked in early September about the validity of the demolition of the eastern portion of the leprosarium to make way for Universiti Teknologi Mara's new medical and dental faculties.<br /><br />Teoh said the leprosy settlement could be turned into a tourist attraction, showcasing its well-executed urban planning system and architectural appeal.<br /><br /> "We have had foreign students from Taiwan who came here to conduct architectural workshops.<br /><br />"Many are not aware that in the 1920s, when an urban plan for Kuala Lumpur could not be implemented after a trial period of four years, this leprosy settlement became the first location to have a successful urban plan.<br /><br /> "As such, there is a lot to be learnt from this historical site."<br /><br /> Teoh said the settlement also had the potential to become a prominent horticulture hub.<br /><br />Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement Council acting president Lee Chor Seng, 70, said that flowers and plants cultivated in the settlement by former patients were distributed throughout the country and in Singapore and Indonesia.<br /><br /> However, business had slowed down over the last two months following news of the demolition of the settlement's buildings.<br /><br />"We have seen a 30 per cent drop in visitors. Many think that we have closed shop, but we are still here. This is our main source of income."<br /><br />The leprosy centre had 2,800 patients in 1956 but the number has dwindled to just 300 residents now, half of whom are living there due to old age.<br /><br /> The youngest resident at the settlement is 60 years old while the oldest is 88. <br /><br /> For details on the carnival, contact 012-7355025 (Chua) or 019-3503563 (Choong). </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-6318843896243591798?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-48439066545118267982007-11-17T09:27:00.000+08:002007-11-17T09:32:28.717+08:00王德齐<br />07年11月16日 傍晚6:22 <br />玛拉工艺大学校长依布拉欣阿布莎（Ibrahim Abu Shah）与双溪毛糯麻风病院参议会主席李初成今日在一场新闻发布会上针锋相对，双方针对当地居民是否因该大学工程被逼迁的事情，各执一词。<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/4/102/25740.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/4/102/25740.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>依布拉欣今早是在双溪毛糯社区礼堂，移交新居锁匙给其中10名被逼迁的居民。他在致辞时声称，被迫搬迁的麻风病院居民已获妥善安排，同时没有接获任何居民的投诉。<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">“助居民脱离非人住的文化遗产”</span><br /><br />他也表示，玛拉工艺大学已为受影响居民提供卫生设备完善的新家，使他们能脱离“不适合人居住的文化遗产”，因此居民应该感谢政府的安排。<br /><br />“我们看旧居的篱笆是多么残旧，而屋顶也是那么糟糕，根本不适合让人居住。他们的厕所也非常不卫生，疾病很容易就会传染。”<br /><br />麻风病院参议会早前曾召开记者会，投诉医学院工程发展商Tunas Selatan公司在中院屋子尚未完成装修前就先行动工，毁坏了东院居民的生活环境。他们也担心，一旦被迫迁后就失去了栽种花圃的园地，将会面对临老生计顿失的惨痛打击。<br /><br />尽管如此，玛拉工艺大学在今早的新居锁匙移交仪式，也巧花心思讨好居民，特地安排依布拉欣亲自颁发锁匙模型给10名居民，与他们拍肩握手。此外，玛拉工艺大学也在礼堂外准备食物，招待今早出席活动的居民。<br /><br />依布拉欣在演讲中就强调，他是特地放弃出席与首相阿都拉的会议，以便到双溪毛糯会见居民。此外，他也提醒记者们必须针对今日的活动作出正面的报道。<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">称旧居厕所象中国乡下落后</span><br /><br />他较后在记者会中也指称，他们旧居的厕所就好像“中国乡下的厕所”般落后，因为没有屋瓦而必须撑伞如厕。<br /><br />“他们对搬迁新居感到非常开心。”<br /><br />他也表示，玛拉工艺大学已经付出7千令吉的赔偿给每户受影响的人家，而他们随后也会赔偿居民失去花圃的损失，以及估算居民所种植的花树决定其他赔偿。不过，他表示不清楚赔偿给麻风病院居民的总数额。<br /><br />当依布拉欣受询及中院的屋子相对较小，以及厕所为何不设在屋内时，依布拉欣则以“文化遗产”作为挡箭牌，表示他们必须维护文化遗产，而无法随意扩建，以及改变物资结构。<br /><br />受工程影响的居民共有39户人家，而今早获得新居锁匙的居民将会是首批搬入中院。他们原本都是麻风病院东院的居民，却因为玛拉工艺大学医学院工程而被迫迁移到中院的屋子。<br /><br />据《当今大马》今早观察，发展商除了重新油漆和撤换受白蚁侵蚀的屋瓦，他们也扩充后院，让他们能拥有更大的居住空间，并建造拥有屋顶的新厕所。<br /><br />出席今日仪式的人士，包括玛拉工艺大学发展总监彻依占（Che Izam Abu Noh）、雪州卫生局副总监加沙利（Ghazali Hasni Md Hassan）、医学院工程发展商Tunas Selatan公司沙列（Shalleh Yeop）和麻风病院院长贾斯密医生（Dr Jasmeet Singh）。<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">依布拉欣：非全是我们的错</span><br /><br />虽然如此，当依布拉欣在记者会上，要求同席的麻风病院参议会主席李初成（左图）发言时，后者毫不留情地公开批评，不满发展商之前一意孤行地展开拆除建筑物的行动。<br /><br />“在居民迁入中院前，东院空置的屋子就已经被拆毁了。如果晚上发生什么事时，他们出外都感到危险。”<br /><br />眼见形势不对，身处窘境的依布拉欣插口表示，居民只是在“之前”感到不快，并表示“如果有任何不快事情发生，我们愿意道歉”。<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">李初成：搬迁对居民造成不便</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/4/99/24883.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/4/99/24883.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>但是，李初成明显不接受依布拉欣的官腔式回应，他语气坚定的强调，当局先行展开拆除行动，是“对他们不尊敬”。<br /><br />当记者追问依布拉欣是否正式向居民道歉时，他以不屑的语气表示，“如果我们真的有做错任何东西，我们就道歉。我不介意。但是，这也不完全是我们的过错。”<br /><br />李初成也反驳依布拉欣宣称居民乐于接受新居的说法，他表示，由于玛拉工艺大学坚决在麻风病院进行医学院工程，因此居民迫于无奈接受搬迁。<br /><br />“不管如何，他们都必须搬家，但是这不表示他们开心，因为搬迁工程将对他们造成许多问题。”<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-4843906654511826798?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheeseong.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15204359076505777886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-53334132093129648702007-11-17T09:20:00.000+08:002007-11-17T09:25:30.476+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/4/102/25741.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/4/102/25741.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />王德齐<br />07年11月16日 下午3:43<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/4/102/25739.jpg"><src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/4/102/25739.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>玛拉工艺大学校长依布拉欣阿布沙（Ibrahim Abu Shah，左图）教授今日形容，因该大学兴建医学院而面对强拆的双溪毛糯麻风病院，只是“简单、便宜的石灰建筑物”，没有任何文化遗产的价值。<br /><br />依布拉欣今早是在双溪毛糯社区礼堂，移交锁匙给其中10名被逼迁的居民，在新闻发布会上以专家的口吻，大刺刺地表示，“文化遗产就那么简单吗？如果所有东西都是文化遗产，你是在告诉我厕所里的马桶也是文化遗产吗？就算它是建在双溪毛糯？”<br /><br />“虽然双溪毛糯是世界第二大的麻风病院，但还是必须要有更多的元素来让它变成文化遗产。”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">指美丽宏伟建筑物才算文化遗产</span><br /><br />他表示，美丽宏伟的建筑物如吉隆坡火车站，才算是文化遗产。<br /><br />“当你说到文化遗产时，你必须想了解它的意思，比如它所使用的材料、结构和设计，必须具有文化遗产元素。在这个案内，双溪毛糯的小屋只是简单、便宜的石灰建筑物。”<br /><br />这名也是法律与行政学院的教授表示，他愿意写一篇学术论文来告诉记者和反对工程的人士，文化遗产究竟是什么。<br /><br />具有“希望之谷”之称的双溪毛糯麻风病院拥有80年的历史，在1926年开始动工建造，分为东院、西院和中院三个部 份，占地570英亩，为世界第二大麻风病院。<br /><br />它更是全球首家以人性化角度治疗麻风病患的疗养院，将麻风病人安顿在一个与外界隔绝的社区，里头设有房屋、邮政局、警察局、学校、改良所、宗教膜拜场 所和代表当地居民的参议会，俨然一个小国家。其目的是让被社会唾弃的麻风病人可以自给自足、尊重人权的自治环境中生活。<br /><br />虽然目前仍有数百名前麻风病患者在麻风病院内居住，但是东院的土地已归玛拉工艺大学所拥有，并开始进行建立医学院的工程。因此，东院的居民被迫迁移至中院，而部分建筑物，例如监狱、洗衣房等，将会受到工程的影响。<br /><br />出席今日这场移交钥匙仪式的人士，包括玛拉工艺大学发展总监彻依占（Che Izam Abu Noh）、雪州卫生局副总监加沙利（Ghazali Hasni Md Hassan）和医学院工程发展商Tunas Selatan公司沙列（Shalleh Yeop）。<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">称遗产法令指保存图测已足够</span><br /><br />依布拉欣也表示，就算麻风病院是文化遗产，但是这也并不意味政府必须保存其建筑物。<br /><br />“保存麻风病院的纪录，也就是其图测就足够了，你可以检查文化遗产法令。”<br /><br />他也指出，其他更具历史性的监狱如富都监狱和木蔻山监狱都已经被拆除了。他更表示，麻风病院监狱象征病院残酷对待病人的历史，并夸口说，“如果我是部长，我会要那间（麻风病院内）监狱被拆掉”。<br /><br />再三叮嘱记者正面报道强拆风波<br /><br />当受询及文化部的报告也指称麻风病院是文化遗产时，依布拉欣直言表示这份报告具“误导性”。不过，他过后却自知失言，强调这份报告是在麻风病院争议解决前具误导性的。<br /><br />他在记者会中也再三嘱咐媒体必须正面报导今日的活动，以及麻风病院被强拆的风波。<br /><br />若停止工程须赔发展商三千万<br /><br />另一方面，依布拉欣也在记者会上叫屈，因为该大学本来想将医学院设在另外一块更好的地点，但是卫生部和土地与矿务局却选择将双溪毛糯土地拨给他们。<br /><br />“拨我们土地的人士在决定前，应该已经考虑文化遗产的问题。”<br /><br />他指出，玛拉工艺大学遵循法律获得这块土地，并已准备好动工建造医学院，因此反对者也应该顾及他们的利益。<br /><br />他更表示，若玛拉工艺大学选择停工，必须赔偿3千万令吉给发展商Tunas Selatan公司。<br /><br />“我们花费了二年时间，和各部门解决所有的问题才获得这块土地。当所有东西包括拨款已经准备好时，你怎么可以才跑来说停止工程，要求将它列为文化遗产？”<br /><br />前后矛盾，致辞时誓捍卫文化特色<br /><br />虽然这名校长在新闻发布会上口口声声宣称麻风病院并非文化遗产，但是他在仪式上致辞时，却发表前后不一的演讲。<br /><br />他在致词时誓言，校方将会确保双溪毛糯麻风病院的文化特色不会受到破坏，并将提升和美化现有的小屋，使它们变成活生生的文化遗产（Living Heritage）。<br /><br />“除了维持基督教堂和回教堂的现状，我们也会将监狱和洗衣房迁移到另外一个地方。监狱此前是没有屋瓦，而我们重建时也会加盖屋瓦。我们也发现洗衣房已经很糟糕，但是我们会将它搬迁和美化。”<br /><br />“我们也会增设一个麻风病院纪念馆。”<br /><br />依布拉欣也辩称，玛拉工艺大学医学院首批学生即将毕业，因此他们必须尽快完成医学院大厦，以免导致这批学生的学术资格不被承认。<br /><br />他强调，玛拉工艺大学还是将这块土地充作医药用途，同时将能造福更多人群，而不只是麻风病患。<br /><br />“玛拉工艺大学不是建造商业大厦，也不是建造赌场，而是建造医学院和牙医学院，不曾乖离这块土地原本的目的。”<br /><br />他强调，玛拉工艺大学已经尽量保留有价值的文化遗产，并解决当地居民所面对的问题，因此他希望风波就能平息。他指控反对医学院工程的人士，背后隐藏不良目的，同时企图破坏种族团结。<br /><br />“我认为这些意见是不公平的，并藏有坏的意图。这不只是分化各种族，也疏离了我们（大学和居民）的关系。”<div 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/></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-79173650249047363372007-11-14T12:34:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:43:24.565+08:00<p><span style="font-family:黑体;">【本刊陈慧思撰述】</span>马来西亚文化、艺术及文物部部正朝着把雪兰莪州双溪毛糯麻风病院列为国家文化遗产的方向努力！</p><p>在承包商积极拆除东院以兴建玛拉工艺大学医学院工程的同时，文化、艺术及文物部正努力保存医学院工程范围以外的院区。积极保院的建筑学者林永隆告诉《独立新闻在线》，文化部已成立一个临时委员会，向各个相关单位建议把毛糯院列为国家文化遗产。</p><p><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n070724_15.png" align="right" />在一所私立学院担任讲师的林永隆（右图）本周一（10月29日）应文化部的邀请，参与一个由古迹委员会（Pesuruhanjaya Warisan）副委员长雅哈亚（Yahaya）所主持的会议，商讨保留毛糯院的事宜。</p><p>出席会议者尚有玛拉工艺大学代表、国家遗产局代表和马来西亚古迹机构代表。</p><p><strong>12日向各方呈献概念书</strong></p><p>林永隆告诉《独立新闻在线》，文化部在会议上表明有意颁布宪报，把玛拉工艺大学工程范围外的整个麻风病院列为国家文化遗产；文化部有意颁布为国家文化遗产的院区占地119英亩，包含整个中院、西院和没有卷入工程的部份东院区。</p><p><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n070724_19.png" align="left" />他 指出，文化部在周一的会议上成立了一个临时委员会，计划在11月12日向国家麻风病控制中心（Pusat Kawalan Kusta Negara）、士拉央市议会、居民等各个单位代表呈献一份概念书（concept paper），告知出席代表麻风病院的潜在用途和保存价值。</p><p>综合各个相关单位的意见之后，临时委员会将向雪兰莪州政府呈献这份概念书，寻求州政府点头同意列毛糯院为国家文化遗产。</p><p>无论如何，林永隆表示，卫生部早已计划在中院地区建设一座组屋，因此保留毛糯院的努力仍旧障碍重重。</p><p>早前卫生部充分肯定毛糯院的历史价值，卫生部长蔡细历在7月21日宣布，1920年开始建立的雪兰莪州双溪毛糯麻风病院具有历史价值，因此该部有意保留部份建筑物，作为国家遗产以及旅游景点。</p><p><strong>格林俱乐部已遭拆除</strong></p><p>双 溪毛糯麻风病院占地570英亩，为世界第二大麻风病院及英联邦国家最大麻风病院。院内除了有医院和供病人住宿的小屋，还有警察局、邮政局、消防局、会馆 （如福建会馆）、改良所（形同今日的辅导中心）、消闲俱乐部、缝纫厂、中小学、幼儿园、回教堂、基督教堂、华人寺庙，还有一个专为惩罚犯规病人而设的监 狱。这个麻风病人的专属地带，以前还有自己的专用货币。</p><p><span style=";font-family:宋体;font-size:12;" ><span style=";font-family:黑体;font-size:12;" ><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n071029_2.png" align="right" /></span></span>10月9日，副文化、艺术及文物部部长黄锦鸿向《独立新闻在线》证实，卫生部、教育部和文化部三造已议决，仅保留双溪毛糯麻风病院部份“具有文物价值”的建筑物，不完整保留麻风病院。</p><p>目前承建玛拉工艺大学的Tunas Selatan Consortium有限公司已拆除了东院监狱的所有建筑、东院三分一的房舍，以及格林俱乐部（Green Club，右图）。<a href="http://www.merdekareview.com/news.php?n=5231">【点击：双溪毛糯麻风病院逐渐消失 具特色格林俱乐部已遭拆除！】</a></p><p><a href="http://www.merdekareview.com/news.php?n=5231"></a><a href="http://www.merdekareview.com/news.php?r=16&amp;page=4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">來源：獨立新聞在線</span></a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7917365024904736337?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-54277598874608330442007-11-14T12:30:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:31:17.957+08:00<p style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span class="story_date">Saturday November 10, 2007</span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span class="text"><span class="story_date">source: <a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/11/10/lifefocus/19409808&amp;sec=lifefocus">thestar.com.my</a><br /></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> The Egyptian papyri, Hebrew Bible and Hindu Vedas all refer to leprosy as one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Contrary to popular belief, the disease does not cause body parts to fall off. However, leprosy does attack the nervous system, particularly those of the hands, feet and face where they feel no pain. Sufferers are hence more likely to injure themselves without realising it, resulting in missing limbs and facial features, and being called “hideous” or “the living dead”. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Leprosy sufferers first received treatment from seeds of the <i>Hydnocarpus</i> fruit which were planted in abundance at the settlement. Some still exist there today. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> In the 1940s, Dapsone was discovered to control the disease, but due to the high incidents of relapse, patients underwent treatment for as long as 20 years to ensure there was no relapse. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> In 1950, a research unit was set up at the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement, putting it firmly on the world map as a leprosy research centre. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> In 1959, there were 2,396 patients at the settlement. Today, there are 341 patients. In 1969, forced admission for permanent stay at a leprosarium was abolished. From then on, new patients were treated at clinics nearest their homes. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> In the 1980s, Multi Drug Therapy (MTD) was discovered, consisting of three drugs – Dapsone, Rifampicin and Clofazimine – which provided the most effective treatment for leprosy. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Since 1985, the global prevalence of leprosy has been reduced by more than 90 per cent, says Dr Milton Lum, a trustee of the Commonwealth Medical Trust. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> He adds that leprosy had been eradicated in 116 out of 122 countries where it was previously endemic. Malaysia is not an endemic country. In 2005, the prevalence rate for leprosy in Malaysia was 0.32 per 10,000 people, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The same year, 263 new cases were reported in the country, giving a new case detection rate of 1.1 per 100,000 people. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Related Stories:</b><br /><a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/11/10/lifefocus/19395250&amp;sec=lifefocus" target="on_top">Reduced to rubble</a><br /><a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/11/10/lifefocus/19395269&amp;sec=lifefocus" target="on_top">Triumph over hardship</a></span> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-5427759887460833044?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-72896324355884901812007-11-14T12:28:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:31:51.037+08:00<p style="font-family:arial;"><span class="text"><span class="story_date">Saturday November 10, 2007</span></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span class="text"><span class="story_date">source: <a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/11/10/lifefocus/19395269&amp;sec=lifefocus">thestar.com.my</a><br /></span></span></p> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> In 1949, at the age of 15, Ratan Singh was taken from his classroom at St Michael’s in Ipoh, Perak and thrown into a police lock-up at the local hospital. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> His crime? Leprosy. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> “All I know is that I went to school one morning and never went home again. I heard that my family disowned me when they were informed I had leprosy. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> “Soon after this, I made the journey alone to the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement with just RM5 in my pocket. I refused to take the dreaded green train which transported sufferers back then, because people scurried away or pointed at us and said cruel things,” recalled Ratan. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Ratan died early this year aged 72. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="7" width="314"> <tbody><tr><td> <span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/11/10/lifefocus/f_p2inmates.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span> </td></tr> <tr><td><div class="caption"><span style="font-size:85%;">Patients of the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement.</span></div></td></tr> </tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"> I spoke to him during a visit to the settlement where he was a committee member of the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement Council. He said there were 2,500 inmates when he first arrived in 1949. Today, there are only 341 left. The settlement itself is being torn down to make way for a UiTM medical faculty. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Some want to ensure that its memory is preserved, if the structures cannot be. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Joyce Wong Chau Yin, 36 and Phang Siew Sia, 38, grew up in the settlement as children of leprosy patients. Life was blissful there, say the two, who have written a book on the place called <i>Valley of Hope</i>. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> It chronicles life within the settlement in 1930 when leprosy infections peaked, until its eradication in Malaysia today. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> “My parents had fully recovered by the time I was born in 1971. I grew up with 20 families like us in this green paradise, away from discrimination,” Joyce Wong remembers. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> “Yet, our parents instilled in us the need to keep leprosy a secret in the family. We went to school outside the settlement, and didn’t even tell our schoolmates where we lived,” says Wong. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> According to her, they did not at first understand the stigma attached to the disease but encounters with the outside world soon made the fears very real. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> In their book, Wong narrates an incident in which a horrified classmate said her father had told her of a leprosy hospital in Sungai Buloh, where ugly, deformed people were locked up and never allowed to leave. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> It should come as no surprise then that many children of leprosy hide the fact from colleagues, friends and even spouse and children. Wong and Phang wrote their book in order to better understand their past. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> “We thank God for Joshua Raghavar’s book, <i>Leprosy in Malaysia – Past, Present and Future</i>, because it gave us a headstart on where to look and whom to contact,” Wong reveals. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> “We discovered that the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement was a ‘gift of hope’ to a people who had lost the will to live. This is why we named our book, <i>Valley of Hope</i>. The stigma was so bad that even our parents never told us all that they had experienced until we coerced them into talking for the sake of the book,” says Wong. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Back then, leprosy patients were deprived of everything, including an education. But some of their children, like Pang, have earned a Masters degree while Wong is an accountant. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> “We feel a duty to tell the story of the visionaries who gave birth to the settlement – the kind staff, our parents and the patients themselves whose dreams were stolen from them, but who found the will to find new ones in this Valley of Hope,” says Wong. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Pang and Wong’s book tells of many instances of kindness by uninfected people who helped influence the lives of leprosy patients. Saw Cheng, a patient who has been living at the settlement since she was 16, recollects how she was once bedridden and at death’s door when a nurse kindly attended to her. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="7" width="194"> <tbody><tr><td> <span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/11/10/lifefocus/f_p3PhangSiew.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></span> </td></tr> <tr><td><div class="caption"><span style="font-size:85%;">Authors of <i>Valley of Hope</i></span> Wong Chau Yin (far right) and Phang Siew Sia (far left).</div></td></tr> </tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"> “This nurse would carry us to the bathroom and gently clean us everyday. She wouldn’t let the other staff do it for fear they would be rough with us. I can’t remember her name, but she made us feel we were not being left in the bed to rot,” says Saw Cheng, who recovered and is still living in the settlement. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> The late Ratan, too, recalled how Gurkha soldiers once shared their meals with him and kept him from going hungry when he made his journey to the settlement. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Before the 1960s, the book says, no one dared to step into the settlement. In fact, buses would stop 4km down the road, and visitors had to walk the rest of the way. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> “Benches for visitors and inmates were segregated by marking them green and red. Visitors were sprayed with disinfectant as they left, making each visit a terrible experience. Soon families and friends stopped coming,” says Saw Cheng. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Joyce and Phang never experienced any of these things, though, because by the time they were old enough to understand the stigma, it was the 1980s, and they could move freely in and out of the settlement. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Researching their book helped uncover many secrets about their past, such as how they were kept at a place called Babies Home for six months after birth, while their parents decided what to do with them. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> “Our parents recovered and could keep their babies. But others had to give them up for adoption, send them to foster homes or had them adopted by British officials who took them back to Britain after Independence,” reveals Wong. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Some of these children have returned to the settlement from Britain and other parts of the world to learn about their past. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Wong and Phang hope their book, and the pictures in it, will give these people some answers. Most importantly they want all the children of leprosy to know that theirs is not a past to be ashamed of, but a proud story of a people who triumphed over extreme hardship. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Before his death, Ratan visited his hometown for the first time since he was snatched from school all those years ago. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> “My father had since passed on, and I never reconciled with my family. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> “I remember meeting one classmate who is now a doctor. He said to me: ‘We were in the same class, Ratan. You were doing very well academically. The only reason I’m a doctor and you’re not is just a sad twist of fate’,” said Ratan, who spoke 11 languages fluently at the time of his death. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Valley of Hope is published by the MCA Subang Division. To purchase a copy, write to <a href="mailto:wklee43000@yahoo.com">wklee43000@yahoo.com</a> or <a href="mailto:joyce_fp4@yahoo.com">joyce_fp4@yahoo.com</a>, or call 012-3290301 (Joyce Wong).</i> </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Related Stories:</b><br /><a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/11/10/lifefocus/19395250&amp;sec=lifefocus" target="on_top">Reduced to rubble</a><br /><a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/11/10/lifefocus/19409808&amp;sec=lifefocus" target="on_top">What is leprosy?</a></span> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7289632435588490181?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-9703375543146871772007-11-14T12:25:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:32:11.706+08:00<table style="font-family: arial;" id="Table2" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="768"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"> <!-- Breadcrumb--> <div class="text"> <a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/lifefocus/" class="breadcrumb">Focus</a> </div> <!-- end Breadcrumb--> <span class="text"> <span class="story_date">Saturday November 10, 2007<br />source: <a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/11/10/lifefocus/19395250&amp;sec=lifefocus">thestar.com.my</a><br /></span><br /><p><span class="story_header">Reduced to rubble</span></p> <p> <b>The Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement has lost the fight to achieve national heritage status. But even as its walls come down, its legacy of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity lives on. </b></p><p> <b>Stories by SHOBA MANO</b> </p><p> Had it not been unceremoniously torn down, the majestic 78-year-old Bok House would still be standing right now at Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. </p><p> Alas, it is now gone and the Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim brushed the whole episode off by saying: “It was just a house belonging to a rich man.” </p><p> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="7" width="194"> <tbody><tr><td> <img src="http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/11/10/lifefocus/f_p2DemolishedHomes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> </td></tr> <tr><td><div class="caption">Encroached upon: Demolished homes.</div></td></tr> </tbody></table> Today, the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement in Selangor, just 25km from the city and a place of great historical significance, is also being demolished. </p><p> If these two are not worthy of being called “national heritage”, what is? </p><p> Badan Warisan Malaysia president, Tan Sri Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid had nominated Bok House as a national heritage as provided for under Section 68 of the National Heritage Act 2005, in a letter to Dr Rais on April 12, 2006 – eight months before it was demolished on Dec 15. It did the building no good. </p><p> In a press statement issued in the aftermath of the partial demolition of the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement on Sept 20 to make way for UiTM’s medical faculty, a shocked Ahmad Sarji said: </p><p> “Badan Warisan had written to and spoken with the Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister on the historical importance of the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement at the national as well as international levels. </p><p> “The history of leprosy is an extremely valuable legacy to humanity . . . the role and significance (of the settlement) is found in all references to the history of leprosy in the world.” </p><p> Sadly, the settlement’s 77-year-old legacy has come to an end, and Malaysians have lost yet another heritage site that could have easily drawn tourists. All that’s left of it now are memories stored in a book called <i>Valley of Hope</i>, by Joyce Wong Chau Yin and Phang Siew Sia, published last May. </p><p> Both had grown up in the settlement as the children of leprosy patients. </p><p> It is the first book on life in the settlement after Joshua Raghavar’s more academic and authoritative account in his 1983 book, <i>Leprosy in Malaysia – Past, Present and Future</i>. </p><p> Joshua’s book records that in the early 1900s, leprosy camps were surrounded by 5m-high steel and barbwire fences, with guards posted around them. People suffering from leprosy were arrested as they went about their business. </p><p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="7" width="314"> <tbody><tr><td> <img src="http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/11/10/lifefocus/f_p2ratanSingh.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> </td></tr> <tr><td><div class="caption">The late Ratan Singh and wife Rose.</div></td></tr> </tbody></table> They would find themselves shoved with poles and staves to the police station by officers too terrified to touch them. The authorities would then disinfect their houses, vehicles and implements. Later, they would be incarcerated in the camps. </p><p> “Children and adults, the tramps and the educated, those in advanced stages of leprosy and the newly diagnosed, were all dumped together in overcrowded camps without any provision for work or recreation. </p><p> “The only objective was to separate patients from the rest of society,” said Joshua, whose dream of working as a journalist was dashed when he contracted leprosy at 39, and was sent to the settlement in 1950. </p><p> There, Joshua re-trained as a teacher and taught at its only school until his death last year. </p><p> Ironically, he achieved his peak as a journalist within the walls of the settlement, thanks to his book, which is today hailed as a world authority on how leprosy affected Malaysia – medically, historically and socially. </p><p> Before the settlement was established in 1930 on a 230ha lush paradise in the Bukit Langgong Valley, six leprosy camps were set up from 1860, with Pulau Serimbun, an island off the coast of Malacca, being the first. </p><p> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="7" width="234"> <tbody><tr><td> <img src="http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/11/10/lifefocus/f_p2horticulturalists.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> </td></tr> <tr><td><div class="caption">Selling plants has grown into a money spinner for the inmates.</div></td></tr> </tbody></table> The settlement was the brainchild of Senior State Health Officer, Dr E. A. O. Travers, who was appalled by the inhumane conditions at the camps. This prompted him to create a settlement free of high walls and barbed wires. </p><p> “The cool weather, simple but well-equipped chalets for dwelling, and little plots of land where inmates grew plants and vegetables, allowed the leprosy patients some semblance of a dignified life. </p><p> “It also gave them the will to turn adversities into opportunities. The inmates filled every available job since people wouldn’t come into the settlement to work,” says Wong. </p><p> The colonial government trained the unskilled, and soon a community developed as a school, prison, church, temple, mosque, barber shop, <i>kopitiam</i> outlets, sundry shops, bicycle repair shop and social and drama clubs were established. </p><p> When it became too tedious to sterilise money that passed from the settlement to the outside world, the authorities came up with a special currency called the Kingfisher (because the bird graced the notes). </p><p> Wong’s parents are among the 341 people still living in the settlement. They worry that no provision has been made for their welfare since the only home they have known all their adult lives is being demolished. </p><p> “In their youth, many had hoped to be cured and return home. But after living in the settlement for decades, they feel safe there and realise they are home. Now, with this demolition, they are being victimised all over again,” says Wong. </p><p> Lim Yong Long, 33, an architectural researcher at Taylor’s College, is a strong proponent for the preservation of the settlement, and has even appealed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) to save it. </p><p> “This settlement has gone beyond being a national heritage. It is truly a world heritage as it is a model of a complete and comprehensive township that had emerged from a leper colony. </p><p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="7" width="464"> <tbody><tr><td> <img src="http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/11/10/lifefocus/f_p2currency.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> </td></tr> <tr><td><div class="caption">Old currency of the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement called the Kingfisher.</div></td></tr> </tbody></table> “It is also the largest and most elaborately planned leprosarium in the entire British Empire and was modelled on the concept of a lush haven rather than a prison. Other countries emulated this. </p><p> “Even the medical breakthroughs discovered by doctors at the settlement contributed to finding a cure for leprosy. This benefited the whole world,” Lim stresses. </p><p> Lim was among the group that was awarded the Measured Drawings Grant under Badan Warisan Malaysia’s Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize this May. But the demolition has put a stop to his architectural drawings. </p><p> “Many countries have preserved their leprosarium. Brazil alone has preserved 13 of them through its Ministry of Health. The one in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, US, has been gazetted a National Historical Park. </p><p> “The Carville Leprosarium in Louisiana, US, is now the Carville Historic District and Losheng Sanatorium in Taiwan has been preserved too, so why not Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement?” he asks. </p><p> Like the Badan Warisan Malaysia, Lim, Wong, Phang and other Malaysians are still reeling from shock and dismay that the country has yet again lost another invaluable legacy. </p><p> <b>Related Stories:</b><br /><a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/11/10/lifefocus/19395269&amp;sec=lifefocus" target="on_top">Triumph over hardship</a><br /><a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/11/10/lifefocus/19409808&amp;sec=lifefocus" target="on_top">What is leprosy?</a></p><p> </p><a 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</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-970337554314687177?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-72583353320113051522007-11-14T12:18:00.001+08:002007-11-14T12:20:18.756+08:00一只蜥蜴看人間百態……<br /><br />☆化身為一只天花板上的小蜥蜴，觀看人世間的眾生相、荒謬事，挖苦嘲諷，大快人心。<br />特約圖文：水真立早<br /><br />沒有過去，就沒有現在，沒有現在就沒有未來；一個抹去歷史記憶的城市，仿彿是患上選擇性失憶的人，它的發展更容易失去方向，更容易流于膚淺，大家能不能為馬來西亞保留一點雙溪毛糯麻風病院的記憶？<br /><br />★飛檐走壁 串門紀事★<br /><br />一隻壁虎串門子，挨家沿戶去探訪，<br />在天花板上看萬家燈火。<br /><br />失去聲音的一群<br /><br />細蜥串門子，串到雙溪毛糯（Sungai Buloh）麻風病院。<br /><br />細蜥遇見一位老居民，他年輕時曾經是麻風病患者，雙掌上的一些手指不見了。當他掏出一小串鎖匙開門時，那小串鎖匙在掌心上攤了開來，另一只手去撥開鎖匙，然后選了鎖匙后，就用口咬著那支鎖匙，交給那僅吋長的手指，那不完整的手指夾住鎖匙，往鎖匙孔插進去，才把門打開。原來，開一個門需要花那么多時間，費那么大精力。<br /><br />每一道門都有不同的開法，鐵閘、鐵門和木門的開法原來都有它各自的難度，對一個行動不方便的人來說，至少就有這樣的困難。<br /><br />單單是開一道門，就感受到他們的生活原來有那么多障礙，有那么多困難。<br /><br />這位老人家年輕時和一位同院的女子結為夫婦，她也是病患復原的人，一直住在雙溪毛糯麻風病院，沒有離開過這裡，對外界完全不清楚。他們沒有孩子，但有外甥內姪來探訪他們，雙溪毛糯麻風病院應是他們落葉歸根的地方。<br /><br />前些時候，經報章報導有關雙溪毛糯麻風病院的大事小事，都令社會震驚，這塊土地原是保留給麻風病患者康復后生活的地方，如今，各方面都對這塊土地虎視眈眈，大家都企圖用“合法”或不合法的途徑來佔用、爭奪或瓜分這塊土地。<br /><br />在這個村子裡生活的村民，年紀都大了，他們已經習慣了這裡的環境，一走出屋子，就是他們熟悉的泥土草木，開著家門，走到隔壁鄰家去串門子話家常，這一切都是他們已經適應的農村生活型態。住在城市的人，為了要達到自己的目的，美其名帶他們去過一個現代化的城市生活，要他們放棄原本享有的土地，換取一個廉價居住單位，他們能適應嗎？<br /><br />有的居民在半逼半哄、半誘半恐嚇之下，無助之余，心慌起來，竟然簽了搬遷的同意書；有人簽了同意書，但卻不知道后果會如何？他們只知道會得到賠償。在居民當中，有的不能很清楚地說出為什么要簽名？有的人也無法表達他們要求的是什么？因為，許多人當中，他們並不知道自己的最基本權利和權益，根本不知道可以要求些什么？所以，他們連談判權利都被剝奪了。<br /><br />對于這一群沉默的弱勢群體，盼望政府可以更仁慈對待。還有在雙溪毛糯麻風病院外圍的發展機構，如果是存心幫助他們，就誠意地在麻風病院當中提昇居住環境和設施，更盼望有更多民間團體來幫助這裡的居民，讓他們獲得公平的對待。<br /><br />細蜥相信，人間是有公道的，人間還有溫情。<br /><br />★壁上非虎隊★<br /><br />隔牆有瞥伯，世紀大偷窺，<br />虎落平地變狗仔，挖盡人間屎。<br /><br />馬來西亞不是平扁的<br /><br />馬來西亞是亞洲大陸版圖最南端的一小片土地，大馬天然資源豐富，是一個很年輕的國家。<br /><br />馬來西亞過去大力推行旅遊業，也到國外下本錢介紹大馬，甚至太空人升空，都好像在介紹大馬的熱帶文化。馬來西亞大力推行旅遊業的時候，有沒有保留一些文化資產，作為發展旅遊業帶來直接的好處呢？<br /><br />為什么不把雙溪毛糯麻風病院保留下來，單憑雙溪毛糯麻風病院的面積，已是世界數一數二大的麻風病患者居留中心。今天是可以發展成一個文化休閒中心，可以吸引國內外旅客來走走看看。馬來西亞發展的過程中，曾經有過一個這樣的醫療中心、一個世外的村子，有一群社會邊緣的群體在這里生活。<br /><br />馬來西亞要朝向先進國，國民需要深厚的文化素養，平扁膚淺不是先進的條件。<br /><br />★I-Lizard細蜥情報★<br /><br />大窺小覬，大題小作，<br />家糗國事不介意分享。<br /><br />為國家留下歷史記憶<br /><br />雙溪毛糯的麻風病院，曾經是麻風病患者居住療養的地方，這裡也是病患者康復后的生活空間，讓相同遭遇的人集中在一起，彼此扶持，彼此照應生活。<br /><br />今天的雙溪毛糯麻風院，已經不像當年那樣戒備森嚴，完全是一個隔離的生活空間；今天的開放，也讓外圍的人自由進出。來這裡的人無非是找一些人文記憶，懷念麻風病院出產的雞蛋和花卉。<br /><br />馬來西亞一直朝著多元發展，特別是吉隆坡市和雪蘭莪區域都在鏟除各樣古舊建設，再過10年20年，將充斥許多巨大的建築物體。而馬來西亞仿彿是一個沒有歷史概念的年輕人，就像坐在電腦前玩著新版電子遊戲的少年人，“馬來西亞獨立50年”對他來說，是沒什么意義的。<br /><br />★虎蛇龍虫一窩★<br /><br />名人名言：“我們都是一家人。”<br />細蜥細說：“我們都是一窩虎蛇龍虫。”<br /><br />歷史銜接現在到未來<br /><br />如果沒有過去，那就沒有現在，沒有現在，就沒有未來。<br /><br />我國並不重視一些具文化價值的文物，為著新氣象，結果一味鏟除舊的文物，這是很可惜的。吉隆坡市大肆發展，許多戰前建築物毫不保留地鏟除了，吉隆坡的文化層面就少了一份厚度。<br /><br />一個抹去歷史記憶的城市，仿彿是患上選擇性失憶的人，它的發展更容易失去方向。<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7258335332011305152?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-2228983445692530832007-11-14T12:14:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:16:23.284+08:00<h2 class="title">拆痲瘋病院康復者住所和監獄 李偉杰：破壞歷史意義</h2> <div class="submitted"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="first last taxonomy_term_6"><a href="http://mykampung.sinchew.com.my/taxonomy/term/6" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_6">雪隆</a></li></ul> 2007-10-15 16:23 </div> <div class="node"> <div class="content"> <div class="content_wrapper"><div id="scart"><p>（雙溪毛糯訊）馬華梳邦區會主席李偉杰及雙溪毛糯痲瘋病院參議會代主席認為拆除痲瘋病院康復者的住所和監獄已令整個地區的風貌改變，破壞了歷史意義。</p> <p><span style="color:blue;">不認同黃錦鴻“雙贏局面”</span></p> <p>他們無法苟同文化、藝術及文物部副部長拿督黃錦鴻所謂的“雙贏局面”。黃錦鴻日前針對把雙溪毛糯痲瘋病院申請保留為文化遺產的事件表示，該病院<a href="http://203.142.6.171/sci/c.php?c=940&amp;t=http://www.celcom.com.my/cep/xresources/CelcomCORP/consumer/broadband/index.html" target="_new" onmouseover="khadf3('khadpo', this, 16, 940); return false;" onmouseout="khadf6('khadpo'); return false;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid red; color: red; text-decoration: underline;">範圍</span></a>擁有歷史價值的天主教堂和回教堂，將繼續<a href="http://203.142.6.171/sci/c.php?c=955&amp;t=http://www.celcom.com.my/cep/xresources/CelcomCORP/consumer/broadband/index.html" target="_new" onmouseover="khadf3('khadpo', this, 1, 955); return false;" onmouseout="khadf6('khadpo'); return false;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid red; color: red; text-decoration: underline;">獲</span></a>得保留，監獄也將被維修和重建。</p> <p>當局已同意建路，讓公眾自由通往這兩間教堂；康復病患也將獲得安置，達致一個雙贏局面。</p> <p>李偉杰和李初成接受《大都會》訪問時指出，他們對上述事件的發生和處理的手法，感到遺憾和傷心。</p> <p>他們也質疑，把東區的監獄拆了、再在中區重建，還會有什麼歷史價值？</p> <p><span style="color:blue;">希望花圃不須搬遷</span></p> <p>他們說，如今被拆毀的建筑已無法挽救，他們<a href="http://203.142.6.171/sci/c.php?c=953&amp;t=http://www.celcom.com.my/cep/xresources/CelcomCORP/consumer/broadband/index.html" target="_new" onmouseover="khadf3('khadpo', this, 3, 953); return false;" onmouseout="khadf6('khadpo'); return false;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid red; color: red; text-decoration: underline;">只</span></a>希望花圃不須面對搬遷，或至少讓花農和被迫遷居的康復者得到搬遷賠償，才能把瑪拉工藝大學建築工程對當地居民和康復者的傷害，減至最低。</p> <p>他們說，在瑪拉學院完成發展之後，進入該區的人數勢必增加。為了讓龐大的師生人數進出該區，發展藍圖也包括了擴建道路。屆時，在路邊從事花圃生意的康復病患，在失去了原有的住所後，還得面對被迫搬遷的衝擊。</p> <p><span style="color:blue;">申請為文化遺產</span></p> <p>他們希望衛生部、高教部、文化、藝術及文物部能進一步了解到，花圃是痲瘋病院不可分割的一部分，因此把該區申請為文化遺產的努力，也包括保留花圃。</p> <p>《大都會》日前抽樣詢問花農，大多數業者仍沒有接獲搬遷信，對擴建道路一事不甚了解，但他們都祈求上天保佑，花圃最好不受影響。</p> <p>若無法避免搬遷，他們希望當局給予充足的時間和新土地，集中在一起重新營業。</p> <p><span style="color:blue;">李偉杰：力爭最高賠償金</span></p> <p>李偉杰指出，當局和發展商有許多東西仍未談妥，他也還未收到完整的規劃藍圖，無法取得進一步的發展資料，包括興建新路或擴建拉弓路的工程。</p> <p>“我們會為被迫搬遷的居民和花圃業者，向當局爭取最高的賠償金。”</p> <p>他痛心的表示，瘦田無人耕，耕開有人爭。雙溪毛糯當初荒蕪時沒人要，是康復病患默默耕耘，把它打造成著名的花圃，<a href="http://203.142.6.171/sci/c.php?c=945&amp;t=http://www.celcom.com.my/cep/xresources/CelcomCORP/consumer/broadband/index.html" target="_new" onmouseover="khadf3('khadpo', this, 11, 945); return false;" onmouseout="khadf6('khadpo'); return false;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid red; color: red; text-decoration: underline;">現在</span></a>當局要發展就拆樓趕人，站在人道立場、經濟和歷史文化角度來看，都非常不應該，怎麼說是雙贏呢？</p> <p><span style="color:blue;">李初成：重建監獄於事無補</span></p> <p>李初成說，重建監獄於事無補，當局目前要如何保留剩下的幾棟建築物，那是對方的事。現在他們最關注的，是當局的道路工程是否能繞道而建，避免對他們造成第二次衝擊。</p> <p>據他了解，當局原本<a href="http://203.142.6.171/sci/c.php?c=952&amp;t=http://www.celcom.com.my/cep/xresources/CelcomCORP/consumer/broadband/index.html" target="_new" onmouseover="khadf3('khadpo', this, 4, 952); return false;" onmouseout="khadf6('khadpo'); return false;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid red; color: red; text-decoration: underline;">計劃</span></a>在 武吉拉貢路（Jln Bukit Lagong）的河岸興建一條新路，但是花費較高，所以把計劃改為擴建武吉拉貢路，而該路的左右兩邊都是花圃。據悉，當局將收回20呎花圃地，以便把原有 的一條鄉間小路，擴建成來回共4條車道的道路。屆時，約30間花圃將受影響，有的被征用部分土地，有的必須搬遷。</p> <p><span style="color:blue;">十餘花圃業者將因年老而被迫關閉</span></p> <p>他說，高教部和衛生部官員須知情達理，看到病人茍延殘喘經營花圃卻面對困難，應該明白他們的處境并伸出援手。馬來西亞土地這麼大，他不明白為何當局不能到其他<a href="http://203.142.6.171/sci/c.php?c=938&amp;t=http://www.celcom.com.my/cep/xresources/CelcomCORP/consumer/broadband/index.html" target="_new" onmouseover="khadf3('khadpo', this, 18, 938); return false;" onmouseout="khadf6('khadpo'); return false;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid red; color: red; text-decoration: underline;">地方</span></a>建校。</p> <p>他憤慨地說，病患曾與世隔絕，失去親友後的他們努力從栽種活動中尋找一點收入，繼續生活下去。花圃就是他們的希望，衛生部應該明白病人的苦衷，對他們手下留情。 </p> <p><span style="color:blue;">葉秀萍：至少需兩個<a href="http://203.142.6.171/sci/c.php?c=946&amp;t=http://www.celcom.com.my/cep/xresources/CelcomCORP/consumer/broadband/index.html" target="_new" onmouseover="khadf3('khadpo', this, 10, 946); return false;" onmouseout="khadf6('khadpo'); return false;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid red; color: red; text-decoration: underline;">月</span></a>時間搬遷</span></p> <p>長青花圃的葉秀萍說，他們在路邊和河邊都有花圃，前者拿來做生意，后者放置大樹。他們接到通知書，指當局將收回河邊的花圃地段，原本8月必須搬遷，但搬遷行動似乎延后了，他們還在等當局的最新指示。“若要搬，我們至少需要兩個月時間搬清占地一英畝的植物。”</p> </div></div> <span class="field-item">星洲日報／大都會‧2007.10.14</span> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-222898344569253083?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-73016691748739712142007-10-22T22:08:00.000+08:002007-11-12T11:58:56.941+08:00<span id="cBody">雪兰莪州双溪毛糯麻风病院参议会的文告全文：<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>在未谈妥搬迁问题之前，停止继续拆除东院建筑屋</strong></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">今天的新闻发布会主要是参议会准备呈交信件给文化部,高等教育部,卫生部等代表双溪毛糯麻风病院病人发表我们的声音：<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>1〕背景<br /></strong><br />我们双溪毛糯麻风病院参议会将代表麻风病人向您们表达我们的心声及诉求。<br />我们是一群居住在双溪毛糯麻风病院的病人，自患病以来，就来到这个地方。<br />我们当中，大部分都已年过半百，自住进毛糯院以后就再也没有离开过这个地方。<br /><br />在以前，麻风病就像是一个瘟疫，得了麻风病就好像变成怪物一样，社会里的人都把我们当成妖怪来看。 所以，当知道自己患上麻风病时，这对当时的我们来说都是个重大的打击。 很多人都害怕接近我们，我们的家人也承受很大的压力，我们的生命就好像是面对世界末日一样。<br /><br />当世界开始遗弃我们，当身边的朋友开始远离我们，我们很庆幸地来到这个特地为麻风病人而建的双溪毛糯麻风病院。 毛糯院就像是我们的天堂。在这里，我们都是病人，我们再也不用面对社会异样的眼光，我们得到身为人应该得到的基本尊重，我们开始了属于自己的新生活。<br /><br />我们每个人都有属于自己的房子，我们可以自己种花种草，我们得到医疗的照顾，我们开始认识身边的麻风病友，我们自供自足，我们都以为可以在这里安享晚年。因为除了这里，我们也没有其他地方可去，这里是陪伴我们坚强面对生命，给予我们最多温暖的家园。<br /><br /><strong>2〕请尊重我们的生活居住权利</strong><br /><br />但是，今年七月，因为要盖玛拉医学院（ＵＩＴＭ），我们得知我们需要搬离自己住的地方。<br /><br />我们感到不知所措，我们不想要搬迁，可是又不知道可以怎么做。我们从来没有想过会有被逼搬迁的一天，我们以为能在这个自己已经住了几十年的地方渡过余生。<br /><br />目前，在还没有谈妥要不要搬，搬去哪里，赔偿多少的情况下，发展商已经开始强硬动工拆房子了。我们的家园已经变得面目全非，我们感到非常的难过。<br /><br />依据1948年「世界人权宣言」第25条中列出了人人的房屋及生活居住权是被所保障的。<br />“人人有权享受力维持他本人和家属的健康和福利所需的生活水准，包括食物、衣着、住房、医疗和必要的社会服务”<br /><br />国家宪法第五条所指的“生活”相当地广泛，这其中就包括了人有生活居住的基本权益。<br /><br />国家宪法第13条也说明：<br />1〕 个人财产不能被剥夺，除了依据法律。<br />2〕 任何法律条文都不能强制性索取或使用他人的财物，除非得到合理的赔偿。<br /><br />现在，我们的房屋和生活居住权已经被剥夺了。我们从来没有想过会因为发展的洪流，以及玛拉医学院的草率处理而遭受被逼搬迁的命运。因为这样的逼迁，我们的家园已经被破坏，花圃的生意也深受影响。<br /><br />我们要再一次强调，我们拥有居住在双溪毛糯麻风病院的权利，我们已经住在这里几十年了。我们要求政府根据国家宪法及世界人权标准，承认及尊重我们的生活居住权。<br /><br /><strong>3〕我们的诉求</strong><br /><br />因此，我们决定不再沉默，我们希望让政府听一听我们的真心话，让大家了解麻风病人被逼迁的感受。我们希望政府马上停止拆除东院房屋，而且接下来的协商洽谈工作必须是在没有压力下的情况进行。<br /><br />我们认为政府应该给予我们一个合理的解释，并针对以下我们所列出的四个诉求作出正面回应。<br /><br /><strong>1.保障我们生活居住的权利，不会再遭受第二次的逼迁</strong><br /><br />从以前到现在，我们拥有生活居住的权力，也被政府承诺能得到良好的照顾。就因如此，我们都认为这里是我们永远的家园。<br /><br />东院的破坏已经打破政府承诺我们的“合理期待”，打击了我们对政府的信心。现在我们感到十分的担忧和害怕，因为我们不知道我们居住的家园几时会在发展的洪流中继续消失，而我们又再面对被迫搬迁的命运。<br /><br />我们都是年过半百的老人，希望有关当局能给于我们书面的回答，声明这一次将是我们最后一次搬迁。我们不是东西，我们也有人权，一次的搬迁对我们来说已经是重大的打击，我们不想在有生之年面对接二连三的搬迁。我们希望得到基本的尊重。<br /><br /><strong>2.解决赔偿问题</strong><br />我们要求玛拉医学院和参议会见面讨论有关赔偿的问题。参议会将组织一个由院长 （Dr Jasmeet Singh）,委派律师，建筑师及参议会代表所组成的成员来进行谈判工作。这是为了确保所有的赔偿及重新建造能够满足麻风病人们在社交，经济及文化上的需求。<br /><br /><strong>3. 中院重整计划</strong><br />据东院的住所以及社区已经被马拉医学院的发展计划所摧毁，在此恳求有关政府能够提出中院重整计划以便修复中院里所荒废了的建筑物以至达到重整我们生活上应有的社交，文化与经济。<br /><br /><strong>4．将麻风病院列为国家文化遗产</strong><br />迎合文化部以及国家文化政策，我们希望政府能采取主动以保护和修复已有80年历史的文化遗产。麻风病院并非只是重要于麻风病的历史记载，它也是国际组织UNESCO所承认对于人类世纪历史拥有尚高的遗产价值。<br /><br />参议会希望政府及各部门认真看待我们的诉求，我们虽然是病人，但病人也有捍卫自己生活居住的权力。我们非常愿意和政府对话及讨论。<br /><br />参议会将继续和所有病人站在一起，继续捍卫病人的生活居住权力，继续争取更合理的赔偿，让病人能生活得更有尊严。<br /><br />谢谢。<br /><br />李初成 谨启<br />参议会代主席</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7301669174873971214?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-73476024517692644762007-10-22T22:05:00.000+08:002007-11-12T12:01:30.140+08:00<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody> <tr> <td class="a" style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span id="cByLine">杨凯斌<br />07年10月21日 下午5:15<br />轉載自<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/73789">當今大馬</a><br /></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="b"><p class="b"><span id="cBody"><img style="width: 250px; height: 130px;" alt="" src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/30/100/25053.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="130" hspace="5" width="250" />雪兰莪州双溪毛糯麻风病院参议会今日举行记者招待会，代表麻风院院民申诉他们被逼迁的感受，并抨击发展商尚未安顿好院民前就进行强拆建筑，剥夺他们的居住权和人权。他们也促请有关当局在尚未谈妥搬迁的问题之前，即刻中止所有拆除麻风院东院的建筑工作。<br /><br />毛糯院参议会代主席李初成表示，他们准备提呈信件给文化、艺术及文物部长、高教部长、卫生部长、玛拉工艺大学校方、雪州卫生局总监，以提出四大诉求：<br />（一）保障病人生活居住的权利，不会再遭受第二次的逼迁<br />（二）解决逼迁赔偿的问题<br />（三）提出中院重整计划<br />（四）将麻风病院列为国家文化遗产<br /><br /><img src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/30/100/25052.jpg" align="left" height="152" hspace="5" width="250" />李初成（左图）今早在“抢救希望之谷”支援小组活动负责人庄白绮、建筑学者林永隆、参议会秘书梁志君以及多名毛糯院院民的陪同下，出示院民准备提呈给政府的信件。<br /><br />拥 有七十七年历史的双溪毛糯麻风病院 (Sungai Buloh leprosy settlement简称毛糯院)，是集中收容麻疯病患者的社区式疗养院（leprosy settlement），最近因为玛拉工艺大学欲兴建医学院的工程而面临被拆迁的命运。毛糯院最早兴建的东院已遭到拆除，部分病人将被迫迁离他们生活的大 半辈子的家园。而剩余下来的中院和西院的未来是否也会面临被发展洪流侵吞的命运，也陷入阵阵疑问之中。<br /><br /><strong>从未接获任何的黑纸白字知会</strong><br /><br /><img style="width: 250px; height: 140px;" alt="" src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/30/100/25049.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="140" hspace="5" width="250" />李 初成控诉说发展商Tunas Selatan虽然正在如火如荼地展开拆除工作，率先把东院112间户人家之中，约半数的空置房子拆除，并包括具有历史价值的“麻风院监狱”、洗衣厂及菜 市场。但是在整个搬迁的过程中，院民从未接获任何搬迁的通告或黑纸白字，一切只是通过口头传达而已，让他们感到严重缺乏保障。 目前东院只剩下44户人家居住。<br /><br />他说，“在还没有谈妥要不要搬，搬去哪里，赔偿多少的情况下，发展商已经开始强硬动工拆房子了。我们的家园已经变得面目全非，感到非常的难过。”<br /><br /><strong>院民投诉替代房子太小没厕所</strong><br /><br />此外，虽然在本月10日开斋节前，院民曾经向发展商提出赔偿的要求，但是却没有获得明确的回应。李初成指出，发展商只表示会把院民的建议拿回去研究，不过至今仍没有任何下文。<br /><br /><img src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/30/100/25048.jpg" align="left" height="166" hspace="5" width="250" />此外，院民对他们在中院的替代房子的建筑工程进度和房子结构也大吐苦水。其中一名院民陈兴（左图）就炮轰说，多数年迈的院民除了因为即将搬迁而感到极度不习惯之外，也投诉发展商的拆除工作让他们过去环境优美的周围顿时变得很脏乱，院民仿佛是居住在建筑工地上。<br /><br />遭到拆迁的东院院民蔡英及冼滔闲皆强调，他们皆是在不请愿的方式下被迫搬迁的。目前虽然距离全面搬迁的期限即12月只有短短的两个月，但是发展商仍未完成44间位于中院的替代房子工程，只开始建筑其中4间房子的外观。<br /><br /><img src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/30/100/25055.jpg" align="right" height="157" hspace="5" width="250" />他们也抨击替代房子新的房子结构太小，里头更没有建筑本身的厕所。反之只供给共用的外间公厕（右图），使到年老的院民面对行动不方便的问题，以及安全倍受威胁。有些院民曾因为在晚间出外如厕所时遭到匪徒的打劫，为此许多院民早为本身东院的房子加建厕所。<br /><br /><strong>迫迁后失花圃园地没谋生之计<br /></strong><br />不过麻风院民的诉求，主要还是集中在本身的生计及赔偿上。他们大多数皆是靠售卖花圃的生意维生，一旦被迫迁后就失去了栽种花圃的园地，面对临老生计顿失的惨痛打击。<br /><br /><img src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/30/100/25054.jpg" align="left" height="157" hspace="5" width="250" />李初成说，“现在，我们的房屋和生活居住权已经被剥夺了。我们从来没有想过会因为发展的洪流，以及玛拉医学院的草率处理而遭受被逼搬迁的命运。因为这样的逼迁，我们的家园已经被破坏，花圃的生意也深受影响。”<br /><br />“因此，我们决定不再沉默，我们希望让政府听一听我们的真心话，让大家了解麻风病人被逼迁的感受。希望政府马上停止拆除东院房屋，而且接下来的协商洽谈工作必须是在没有压力下的情况进行。”<br /><br />自1958年就迁入毛糯院近半个世纪的李初成指出，毛糯麻风病院的病人，自患病以来，就居住于希望之谷。他们当中大部分都已年过半百，自住进以后就再也没有离开过这个地方。<br /><br /><strong>敦促有关当局正面回应四大诉求</strong><br /><br /><img style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/30/100/25050.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="200" hspace="5" width="300" />麻 风院民指出，东院被强拆已经打破政府所承诺的“合理期待”，并打击了对政府的信心，让他们感到十分的担忧和害怕。因为不知道何时，他们居住的家园会在发展 的洪流中继续消失，或又再次面对被迫搬迁的命运。麻风院民呼吁政府应该给予他们一个合理的解释，并针对他们所列出的四个诉求作出正面的回应。<br /><br />“我们都是年过半百的老人，希望有关当局能给于我们书面的回答，声明这一次将是最后一次搬迁。我们也有人权，一次的搬迁对我们来说已经是重大的打击，不想在有生之年面对接二连三的搬迁。我们希望得到基本的尊重。”<br /><br />院民也要求玛拉医学院会晤参议会以当面讨论有关赔偿的问题。参议会将组织一个由院长加斯密医生（Dr Jasmeet Singh），所委任的律师，建筑师及参议会代表所组成的成员来进行谈判的工作。<br /><br />“这是为了确保所有的赔偿及重新建造能够满足麻风病人们在社交，经济及文化上的需求。”<br /><br />由于东院的住所以及社区已经被玛拉医学院的发展计划所摧毁，院民也恳求有关政府能够提出中院重整计划，以便修复中院里所荒废的建筑物。<br /><br />为了迎合文化部以及国家文化政策，院民更希望政府能采取主动以保护和修复毛糯院已有的80年历史的文化遗产。<br /><br />“麻风病院并非只是重要于麻风病的历史记载，它也是联合国文教组织(UNESCO)所承认的对人类历史拥有崇高的遗产价值。” </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7347602451769264476?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-22505617705580557802007-10-22T21:59:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:46:11.839+08:00<table style="border-collapse: collapse;" background="template_files/default/images/background.jpg" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><th align="left"><span class="body_news_title"></span><br /></th> </tr> <tr> <td height="5"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="96%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="body_news_header" align="right">■日期／<span class="dated1">Oct 21, 2007</span> ■时间／<span class="dated1">09:18:03 pm</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="body_news_header" align="right">■新闻／家国风云 ■作者／特约记者谢晶晶</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><br /><table style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="95%"><tbody><tr><td class="body_news_view" align="justify"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:黑体;">【本刊特约记者谢晶晶撰述】<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">因玛拉工艺大学医学院建筑工程而被逼迁的雪州双溪毛糯麻风病院的病人集体开腔道出被逼迁的感受，并将在明天（</span><span style="font-family:宋体;">22<span lang="ZH-CN">日）致函文化、艺术与文物部、高等教育部、卫生部、雪州卫生局、玛拉工艺大学及发展商，促请立即停止拆除东院，直到居民获得妥善安顿及合理赔偿为止。</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">他们提出的四项诉求包括保障生活居住权利、解决搬迁赔偿问题、重整中院社区规划，及将双溪毛糯麻风院列为国家文化遗产。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;"><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n071021_8.png" align="left" />约</span><span style="font-family:宋体;">10<span lang="ZH-CN">名 居住在双溪毛糯麻风院东院的病人今日由双溪毛糯麻风院参议会代主席李初成及“抢求希望之谷支援小组”陪同，召开记者会。他们表示，在兴建医学院的工程中， 玛拉学院及政府的态度草率，剥夺了他们的房屋和生活居住权，因此，他们决定打破沉默，希望政府聆听他们的真心话，了解被逼迁的感受。</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">这班年老病人表示，当年他们因患上麻风病而被社会当成怪物看待，当世界开始遗弃他们，他们感到很庆幸地被安排生活在与世隔绝，特别为病患规划出的麻风病院自治区，从此摆脱社会异样的眼光，并得到基本尊重。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">宪法保障财产权</span></b><b><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">“我们每人都拥有属于自己的房子，可以自己种花种草，得到医疗照顾，开始认识身边的麻风病友，我们自供自足，大以为可以在这里安享晚年。除了这里，我们没有其它地方可以去，这是陪伴我们坚强面对生命，给予最多温暖的家园。”</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">不料，超过半个世纪后，他们因玛拉大学医学院工程而被逼迁，当局没有征询他们搬迁意愿，及商讨搬迁及安顿条件，发展商已强便动工拆屋，使他们的家园面目全非。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;"><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n071021_9.png" align="right" />他们表示，他们的房屋和生活居住权已被剥夺，逼迁导致家园受到破坏，而作为维持生计的花圃生意也大受影响。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">他们说，《联邦宪法》第</span><span style="font-family:宋体;">13<span lang="ZH-CN">（</span>1<span lang="ZH-CN">）条款阐明，个人财产不能被剥夺，第</span>13<span lang="ZH-CN">（</span>2<span lang="ZH-CN">）条款也阐明，任何法律都不能强制性索取或使用他人的财物，除非有合理的赔偿。此外，第</span>5<span lang="ZH-CN">条款所指的“生活”，包括了人有生活居住的基本权益。</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">“</span><span style="font-family:宋体;">1948<span lang="ZH-CN">年《世界人权宣言》第</span>25<span lang="ZH-CN">条阐明，人人有权享受维持他本人和家属的健康和福利所需的生活水准，包括食物、衣着、住房、医疗和必要的社会服务，政府应承认及尊重其生活居住权。”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">因此，他们提出的第一项诉求，就是要当局保障他们的生活居住权利，保证不会受到第二次的逼迁。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">将拆毁</span></b><b><span style="font-family:宋体;">112<span lang="ZH-CN">间屋子</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">玛拉工艺大学医学院工程将造成双溪毛糯麻风病院东院</span><span style="font-family:宋体;">112<span lang="ZH-CN">间屋子被拆毁，当地目前居住着</span>44<span lang="ZH-CN">户病人居民。据了解，发展商将安顿居民至中院的空屋，中院共有</span>200<span lang="ZH-CN">多间房屋，有</span>101<span lang="ZH-CN">户居民。当地住家每户只住着一至三人。</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;"><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n071021_11.png" align="left" />“抢求希望之谷支援小组”活动负责人庄白绮（左图）补充，发展商答应装修好中院的房屋并安排东院的病人入住后，才拆除东院病人的房屋。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">“不过，发展商已在东院拆除零零散散的空屋，导致整个东院的环境乱七八糟，而病人还须要在那里居住至少一两个月，以便等待中院的房屋完成装修。”</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">双溪毛糯麻风病院参议会代主席李成初指出，整座东院已慢慢被荒废，居民犹如住在工地里。此外，废墟的环境脏乱，容易成为蚊虫滋生温床，为居民带来患上骨痛热症的风险。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"><span lang="ZH-CN">“发展商承诺在</span>12<span lang="ZH-CN">月杪完成中院房屋装修，以安顿所有受影响居民；惟发展商在三个星期前开始装修中院的三间空屋，进度非常缓慢。”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">根据记者现场观察，被装修的空屋非常简陋，且空间狭窄，只有一般客房的面积，客厅即是病人的睡房，屋内并没有浴室或厨房。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">此外，东院居民也投诉，中院的房屋太矮，空间太狭窄，并且是六戶居民共用一间狭窄的浴室。據了解，浴室距離住家至少有</span><span style="font-family:宋体;">20<span lang="ZH-CN">公尺，因此，晚上摸黑出外如厕对老人家造成极大不便，也非常危险。</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">居民提出诉求，要求政府联同发展商、院方、建筑师能够提出中院重整计划以便修复中院里已荒废建筑物，以符合居民在社交、文化与经济上的需求；而不是让发展商随便挑选空屋，并草率装修供病人居住。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">搬迁赔偿未有下文</span></b><b><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;"><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n071021_12.png" align="right" />另一方面，李初成（右图）表示，本月</span><span style="font-family:宋体;">10<span lang="ZH-CN">日，发展商首次与病人展开会谈，发展商已记录下病人要求的搬迁赔偿费，并表示将向玛拉大学反映，惟至今仍无下文。</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">庄白绮指出，居民要求的是玛拉大学及发展商以白字黑字作出的赔偿承诺。除了搬迁费，居民也希望获得赔偿地继续经营多年来赖以维生花圃生意。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"><span lang="ZH-CN">“我们希望提交信件给各造后，大家可会会谈，协商搬迁赔偿及安顿问题。”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">李初成指出，东院地点较偏远，花圃顾客都是长期订户，拆迁行动将影响花卉供应，生意将受打击。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">“设在大路边的花圃其花卉供应则不受到影响。不过，由于他们的生意都以散卖为主，而许多外人误以为整个社区的花圃都受拆迁影响，花圃顾客已明显变少。”</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><b><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">将办花卉展</span></b><b><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">“这里的花卉价格低廉，且花卉种类多，为了鼓励更多人前来买花，参议院计划举办花卉展，这是支援小组策划‘我爱希望之谷嘉年华会‘活动之一。我们也希望当局能重修中院的道路，以方便顾客进来买花。”</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;"><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n071021_7.png" align="right" />居民陈兴（右图）透露，居住了几十年，他以为可在此渡过余生，不料老年时突然被逼迁，要改掉几十年来的生活习惯，让他感觉非常不安。</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">“我们每名病人都享有基本人权，我们的居住权应受到保障，并且有反对搬迁的权力。我们希望发展商立即停工，并尽快解决安顿病人的问题，不要让我们这班人继续坐立不安”</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">“东院被拆毁后，发展商应妥善协助病人重建家园，包括依据被逼迁者的要求装修中院房屋，解决各种生活问题，如厕所设备、居住空间等。”</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">“此外，病人失去多年来辛苦经营的花圃，损失很大，发展商应该作出合理的赔偿。”</span><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;"><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n071021_10.png" align="left" />居民冼滔贤（左图）则指出，由于附近的屋子已被拆毁，晚上出门时四周环境空荡荡，非常危险。院长基于同情而同意在搬迁后，在中院拨出一小块空地供他种植花卉，惟有关地点距离住家很远，即三个</span><span style="font-family:宋体;">Rantai<span lang="ZH-CN">（一</span>Rantai<span lang="ZH-CN">为</span>66<span lang="ZH-CN">尺），因此，他目前未将花圃迁至新地点。</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:宋体;">此外，抢救希望之谷支援小组召集人之一兼建筑学者林永隆表示，东院里除了</span><span style="font-family:宋体;">112<span lang="ZH-CN">间屋子，</span>10<span lang="ZH-CN">间公共浴室、一所监狱、菜市、洗衣场、各籍贯会馆及改良所（福利社），这些建筑物逐一被拆毁建医学院。</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span style="font-family:宋体;"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;"><span lang="ZH-CN" 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<p>（吉隆坡21日讯）双溪毛糯麻风病院参议会今日要求有关发展商，在未谈妥搬迁赔偿或安顿问题之前，停止继续拆除东院建筑物。</p><p>双溪毛糯麻风病院参议会预计将在明日致函予文化部、高等教育部、卫生部、雪州卫生总监以及玛拉工艺大学（UITM）发展商等，要求有关单位关注麻风病人所面对的问题，以及尽快解决搬迁赔偿、安顿家园等事件。</p><p>同时也提出了4项诉求，包括（1）保障麻风病患生活居住的权利，不会再遭受第二次的逼迁；（2）解决赔偿问题；（3）中院重整计划，以及（4）将麻风病院列为国家文化遗产。</p><p><strong>李初成：种花卖花养活自己</strong></p><p>参议会代主席李初成表示，双溪毛糯麻风病院是麻风病患者的天堂，大多数都在这里住了很多年，并在这里靠种花、卖花养活自己，但却因为玛拉工艺大学兴建医学院的事情，让他们失去了美丽的家园。</p><p>他说，该医学院发展商只是在口头上答应赔偿及安顿家园，但在多日以来，不但没有谈妥或给予赔偿费用，发展商更继续拆除东院一些没有人居住的房子，造成病患者的起居不便。</p><p><strong>发展商赔偿无下文</strong></p><p>“我们双方早在10月10日时已见面，当时对方表示会给予合理的赔偿及安排住所，不过至今依然没有下文。而在东院拥有约112间的房屋，除了尚有病患居住的约44间房屋外，其余的已经被拆除得七七八八。”</p><p>李初成今日是在双溪毛糯麻风病院民众会堂召开记者会时，这样表示。出席者还包括病患冼滔贤、杨娘金、蔡银，许庚新、陈兴、梁志君、抢救希望之谷支援小组负责人庄白绮、古迹研究者林永隆等等。</p><p>他希望，有关发展商能马上停止拆除东院房屋，并在没有压力的情况下协商洽谈搬迁赔偿事情。他更希望，有关的赔偿问题，可以尽快解决，并让病患者获得合理的赔偿。</p><p><strong>参议会组谈判委会</strong></p><p>他说，参议会也将要求和马拉工艺大学见面，以便讨论赔偿问题。参议会也将组织一个由院长、委派律师、建筑师以及参议会代表们所组成的成员，以便进行谈判工作。</p><p>“这些都是为了确保所有的赔偿及重新建造能够满足麻风病人在社交、经济及文化上的需求。”</p><p>另外，李初成也表示，由于搬迁造成麻风病患的生计问题，没有足够土地让他们种植花草，造成收入减少，因此，他希望有关单位也能给予关注。</p><p><strong>举行花展促销花草</strong></p><p>他指出，为了让促销麻风病患所种植的花草，参议会也将举行花展，吸引那些爱花者购买。他也呼吁爱花者能继续到该处购买花草。</p><p>他说，他希望有关发展有个完善的社区发展计划，以便全面照顾到病患者的起居方便，才不致于让病患失去家园。</p><p><strong>庄白绮：谈妥赔偿才搬迁</strong></p><p>抢救希望之谷支援小组负责人庄白绮表示，麻风病院内的病患并不是不愿意搬迁，只是必须在谈妥赔偿费用以及安顿家园、花圃的问题后，才会搬迁至中院，才能继续种植花草，养活自己。</p><p>她说，根据1948年“世界人权宣言”中的第25条中列出了人人的房屋及生活居住权是被保障的。与此同时，国家宪法第5条所指的“生活”相当广泛，也包括了人有生活居住的基本权益。</p><p>她表示，在国家宪法第13条也说明，个人财产不能被剥夺，除了依据法律，以及任何法律条文都不能强制性索取或使用他人的财务，除非得到合理的赔偿。</p><p>“参议会及麻风病患们要求政府根据国家宪法及世界人权标准，承认及尊重他们的生活居住权。”她说。</p><p><strong>蔡银：装修进度缓慢</strong></p><p>住在东院的其中1名病患蔡银女士指出，虽然有关发展商表示将会整修中院的房屋，不过装修进度却是相当地缓慢，目前只是整修了3间房屋而已。</p><p>“若真的可以，我们也不想搬。我在这里（东院）已经住了很多年，当初也花了不少钱进行装修。现在若真的要搬，也是没有办法的事情，不过希望可以尽快获得赔偿及安顿家园。”</p><p><strong>冼滔贤：担心卫生安全</strong></p><p>另1名同样住在东院的病患冼滔贤也表示，由于附近的空屋已经被拆除，除了会引起卫生问题之外，病患者也担心自身的安全。他希望，有关发展商除了能给予赔偿或搬迁费用之外，也能安排足够的土地，让病患能继续种植花草，解决生计问题。</p><p><strong>杨娘金：政府应援手</strong></p><p>病患杨娘金则说，有关发展商口头上答应要赔偿，却迟迟没有答复，已逼病患走上绝路，他希望，政府能伸出援手，协助以及关怀病患所面对的问题。</p><p><a href="http://chinese.cari.com.my/news/kwongwah/snews.php?ns=/news/2007/10/21/134.html">光華日報</a><br /></p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-982891840658084736?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-15412242671025194832007-10-22T21:53:00.001+08:002007-11-12T12:07:04.809+08:00<div id="inpage_left" align="left"> 2007-10-22 15:20 <a href="http://mykampung.sinchew.com.my/taxonomy/term/6" rel="tag" title="" class="taxonomy_term_6">雪隆</a> <div class="node"> <div class="content"> <div style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 292px; text-align: left; float: left; margin-bottom: auto; margin-right: 10px;"> <!-- <div style="border: 1px solid #ccc; width: 292px; text-align: left; float: left; margin-bottom: auto; margin-right: 10px; "> --> <ul class="innerfade" id="spotlight" style="margin: auto; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; text-align: left; position: relative;"><li title="" href="http://mykampung.sinchew.com.my/files/hw021k11%5B1%5D.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto auto; padding: 0pt; z-index: 2; position: relative; display: list-item;"> <div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto;" align="center"> <img src="http://mykampung.sinchew.com.my/files/preview/292x300.hw021k11%5B1%5D.jpg" style="" align="middle" /> </div> <p style="margin: auto auto 0px; padding: 0pt 0pt 10px; width: 292px; float: left; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">雙溪毛糯麻風病院參議會成員在中院民眾會堂前展示布條，要求政府各造重視東院44戶居民心聲，妥善安頓他們。</p> </li><li title="" href="http://mykampung.sinchew.com.my/files/hw021k12%5B1%5D.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto auto; padding: 0pt; z-index: 1; position: relative; display: none;"> <div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto;" 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></span></div></div><div class="content_wrapper"><p>何房舍，不要讓居民活在恐懼、不健康及沒有保障的環境。”</p> <p><span style="color:blue;">4訴求呈政府各造</span></p> <p>該院參議會是在“搶救希望之谷”支援小組的協助下，召開新聞發佈會時表示，該會也將把涵蓋4項訴求的信函，分別提呈給文化、藝術及文物部、高等教育部、衛生部、雪蘭莪教育局局長及瑪拉工藝大學，要求正視東院居民的心聲。</p> <p>“參議會曾在本月10日，與發展商洽談，但至今仍沒有回覆。”</p> <p>他強調，居民已經對東院的一草一木產生不可割捨的感情，以為能在東院里終老至死，他們擔心搬進中院，與現有約101戶居民共同生活后，將產生許多問題，包括新的房舍狹小，共用廁所浴室等。</p> <p>“我們要的不止是賠償，我們希望能回到以前舒適的日子，能自供自給，靠自己的勞力賺錢，不是隨便給我們一個地方，有空屋就把人塞進去。”</p> <p><span style="color:blue;">麻瘋病院居民4訴求</span></p> <p>麻風病院居民聯署提呈給各政府部門的訴求：<br />●保障居民生活居住的權利，不會再遭受第二次的逼遷；<br />●.解決賠償問題；<br />●中院重整計劃；<br />●將麻風病院列為國家文化遺產。</p> <p>在院長賈斯密醫生鼓勵下，雙溪毛糯麻風病院患者在數十年前開始從事花卉種植，並以此賴以為生。隨著政府發展雙溪毛糯地段，公眾以為當地不再售買花卉，影響花農的生計。</p> <p>李初成說，雙溪毛糯花農有意在12月舉辦花卉展，呼吁花卉愛好者到來選購花農辛苦栽培的花卉，包括農曆新年前上市的金桔樹。</p> <p>他說，政府只是發展東院的一部份土地，麻風病院其它地方的花卉重植仍正常操作。</p> </div> <span class="field-item"><a href="http://mykampung.sinchew.com.my/node/18933">星洲日報</a>／大都會‧2007.10.21</span> </div> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-1541224267102519483?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-52542893352946432362007-10-22T21:47:00.001+08:002007-11-14T11:42:24.028+08:00（雙溪毛糯訊）雙溪毛糯痲瘋病院參議會將提呈信件給各有關部門，要求發展商在未談妥搬遷問題前，停止拆除東院建築物。<br /><br />參議會主席李初成週日（21日）在記者會上披露，他們將於週一（22日）把信件呈交給高教部、文化部、衛生部、雪蘭莪衛生總監、瑪拉醫學院發展商等，並提出4大訴求，希望政府儘快給予合理解釋。<br /><br />自7月發展商拆除東院122間房屋建設瑪拉醫學院至今，當局未曾以書面通知居民有關搬遷及賠償事宜，惟發展商卻已著手拆除東院房屋，令尚居住在當地的44戶居民不知何去何從。<br /><br />他指出，目前東院只剩下44間房子未被拆除，而發展商也曾口頭指示東院居民可在12月搬到新興建的中院，不過依目前的建設進度來看，似乎無法如期在12月竣工。而且，發展商拆掉四周圍的空房子後，居民猶如居住在工地實為不人道，而且被拆除的房子也容易引起蚊子滋生，引發瘧疾。<br /><br />盼列為國家文化遺產<br /><br />“目前在還沒有談妥要不要搬、搬去哪裡、賠償多少的情況下，發展商已經開始動工拆房子，這讓我們感到非常難過。”<br /><br />此外，一些經營花圃的居民也擔憂一旦搬遷後不獲土地賠償，令他們的經濟來源深受影響。<br /><br />李初成說，居民們在當地住了一段時日，遠離了社會人士的異樣眼光，在當地自給自足，早已將這裡視為本身的家園，而今他們不知道家園何時會被發展的洪流取代，擔心往後又必須面對另一次的搬遷。<br /><br />他表示，發展商在10月10日第一次會議時，並沒有提及搬遷賠償金及花圃產業的問題，因此，他們要求瑪拉醫學院和參議會討論有關賠償金的問題，參議會將組織一個由院長、律師、建築師及參議會代表進行談判工作，以確保所有的賠償及重新建造能夠滿足痲瘋病人的社交、經濟及人文上的需求。<br /><br />根據古蹟研究者林永隆指出，東院被摧毀的建築物除了112間房子，還包括10間公共浴室、1間菜市場、1間洗衣場及1間監獄。<br /><br />居民也要求政府能夠提出中院重整計劃，以修復中院理所摧毀的建築物。另外，居民也希望政府能夠將已有80年歷史的痲瘋病院列為國家文化遺產。<br /><br />勿草率安置居民<br />發展商應規劃社區<br /><br />關愛希望之谷的居民希望發展商在安排他們搬遷前，應好好規劃一個新的社區，而不是草率地將他們安置在中院的房子了事。<br /><br />居民陳興說，他們在當地住了幾十年，如今不只為痛失家園感到難過，還要擔心無法適應新環境而感到心裡不安。此外，他希望發展商在修復中院房子時，能夠考慮到病人的需要及方便問題。<br /><br />“每個人都有人權，痲瘋病人也是，即便是大家都反對搬遷，也應有人權保障。”<br /><br />居民冼滔賢說，由於他的花圃面積較大，院長已為他爭取到一小片的土地安置他的花卉，惟新地點距離他家很遠，加上大多顧客對新地點不熟悉而減少光顧，令他的生意額下降。<br /><br />12月辦花卉展<br /><br />經營花圃生意的居民楊娘金希望政府不要為了發展而忽略了花農的需求，斷了經濟來源等於將他們推向死亡之谷。<br /><br />居民蔡銀聲稱，發展商還沒有安頓好居民及賠償土地給他們，就強硬逼居民搬遷，而從事小型花圃的她希望能獲得土地賠償，讓她繼續種菜種花，賺取生計。<br /><br />花農阿都拉希望一旦搬遷後，花圃也可以一併搬到新地點，他表示設在路邊的花圃並未受搬遷影響，公眾還是可以到花圃購買植物。<br /><br />參議會主席李初成表示，由於不少公眾都誤解重新建設後的雙溪毛糯不再賣花，因此他們或會在12月舉辦“我愛希望之谷”花卉展，藉以呼籲民眾重新光顧花圃。<br /><br />4大訴求<br /><br />1.保障居民生活居住的權利，不會再遭受第二次的逼遷<br /><br />2.解決賠償問題<br /><br />3.中院重整計劃<br /><br />4.將痲瘋病院列為國家文化遺產 （<a href="http://www.guangming.com.my/content.phtml?sec=193&amp;sdate=&amp;artid=200710210900">光明日報</a>•2007.10.21）<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-5254289335294643236?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-49563767348319393162007-10-22T21:40:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:43:18.268+08:00<table align="right" border="0" width="96"><tbody><tr><td><img src="http://www.chinapress.com.my/data%5C2007-10-22%5Clocal%5C1022lk07.jpg" align="right" /></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: '細明體';" bgcolor="gainsboro">麻風病院居民拉著的橫幅，由台灣樂生院製作；后者是一間因發展遭拆除的台灣麻風病院。</td></tr></tbody></table>（雙溪毛糯21日訊）麻風病院東院被發展已逼在眉捷，超過50間空置小屋子被剷平，可惜44戶居民仍搬遷無期，與廢墟為鄰，對未來茫然無助！<p>當地居民促請發展商，馬上停止拆屋工程，直至搬遷事務敲定為止。</p><p>麻風病院參議會代主席李初成指出，本月10日參議會與發展商首次開會，后者口頭承諾，將賠償居民，並安頓居民至中院居住。</p><p>“當時發展商說需與瑪拉工藝大學談論賠償事項，可惜迄今仍沒有下聞。”</p><p>不過，李初成拒絕透露，居民所要求的賠償數額，避免節外生枝。</p><p>同時，李初成說，發展商原說居民需在12月搬遷至中院，可惜目前為止，發展商才在中院裝修著3間小屋子，進展緩慢。</p><p>“以這種速度看來，不知可時才能完成44間小屋子，居民怎樣搬遷呢？”</p><p>他指出，東院共有112間小屋子，除了44間由居民居住外，其余皆是空屋；超過半數已被拆除。</p><p>他說，拆屋工程持續進行，留在當地的居民，被逼面對積水、蚊蟲滋生等問題，長期下去，恐怕會爆發骨痛熱症。</p><p>李初成今日在新聞發佈會上，這么指出。</p><p>出席者包括搶救希望之谷支援小組負責人莊白綺、古跡研究學者林永隆及一群東院居民。</p><p>李初成也將提呈訴求信給有關政府單位，希望各造正視麻風病院居民面對的問題，人道立場處理此事。</p><p>另外，東院10間公共浴室、洗衣場、菜市場及監獄也將遭拆除。</p><p><b>要求政府正視心聲<br />居民提出4大訴求</b></p><p><table align="right" border="0" width="96"><tbody><tr><td><img src="http://www.chinapress.com.my/data%5C2007-10-22%5Clocal%5C1022lk07b.jpg" align="right" /></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: '細明體';" bgcolor="gainsboro">超過50間小屋子已被拆除，形同廢墟。</td></tr></tbody></table>麻風病院東院居民提出4大訴求，要求涉及政府單位正視他們的心聲！</p><p>這份訴求信將呈交給高等教育部、文化藝術與文物部、衛生部、雪州衛生局及發展商。</p><p><b>麻風病院中院新屋<br />廁所設屋外不方便</b></p><p>麻風病院中院的新屋子，被居民批評過于窄狹，特別是廁所設在屋外，令行動不便者面對如廁困難！</p><p>發展商在中院裝修或興建的44間新屋子，依據過去的設計形式，把廁所建在屋外，每6戶居民共用數間廁所。</p><p>居民指出，他們居住在東院時，自行修葺把廁所建在屋內，可是中院的新屋子，廁所一律在外面。</p><p>“部分麻風病患不良于行，晚上如廁更是加倍困難。”</p><p>同時，居民也批評，新屋子週遭也沒有足夠空地，讓他們栽花種木。</p><p><b>誤以為停止售花<br />花圃生意額下降</b></p><p>外人誤以為麻風病院已停止售花，導致花圃生意額下降！</p><p>麻風病院參議會代主席李初成指出，最近生意減少，因許多人斷章取義，誤以為報章指出麻風病院已遭拆除及停止售花。</p><p>他說，被拆除的東院，花圃不多，而且是以批發為主。</p><p>“花圃集中在中院，因此拆除東院，沒有對鮮花產量造成影響。”</p><p>他希望大家繼續來這裡買花，避免居民遭受雙重打擊。</p><p>李初成也計劃在12月舉行花展，鼓勵大家來買花，特別是迎接明年農曆新年的到來。</p><p><b>難適應新環境</b><br />★陳興</p><p>我們在東院居住數十年，如今年過半百，很難適應新環境。</p><p>新屋子太窄，廁所又在外面，如廁很不方便。</p><p>我希望居民獲得合理賠償，畢竟這一次搬遷，對我們的心理及經濟是重大打擊。</p><p><b>安排土地種花</b><br />★冼滔賢</p><p>我在東院擁有一個花圃，以售花維生，不過受發展牽連，必須搬遷，所幸獲得院長同情，安排中院一塊土地，讓我在那裡繼續種花。</p><p>我希望發展商趕快修建中院的小屋子，因為我隔壁的空置屋子已被剷除，積水及蚊蟲滋生，很不衛生。</p><p><b>冀獲政府關懷</b><br />★楊良金</p><p>我不幸患上麻風病后，搬來這裡居住，豈料老年卻面對搬遷。</p><p>我希望政府同情、關懷我們，別讓希望之谷變成死亡之谷。</p><p>我在東院居住及經營花圃，約一畝土地，我希望在搬遷至中院后，也能獲配土地，繼續種花。</p><p><b>冀廁所建屋內</b><br />★蔡銀</p><p>搬遷問題遲遲未談妥，令我覺得很沒有保障。</p><p>我希望搬遷后，能擁有土地來繼續種花，而且我希望廁所建在屋內，否則如廁很不方便。</p><br /><p>來源：<a href="http://www.chinapress.com.my/content_new.asp?dt=2007-10-22&amp;sec=local&amp;art=1022lk07.txt">中國報</a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-4956376734831939316?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-9364335187187040412007-10-13T16:09:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:45:26.866+08:00<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="97%"><tbody> </tbody></table><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://news.yam.com/j/scupio_search.js"></script> <span class="idx1" name="article" id="article"><p>（中央社記者王鴻國台北縣二十七日電）青年樂生 聯盟在爭取保存樂生療養院時，曾獲國際力量聲援，在馬來西亞的毛糯療養院，與樂生院一樣同為集中收容漢生病（痲瘋病）患者的療養院，現在也面臨拆遷命運； 因此，青年樂生聯盟明天上午將率眾前往馬來西亞駐台辦事處聲援毛糯，籲馬國勿拆毛糯院。</p><p>青年樂生聯盟今晚表示，台灣的樂生療養院在政府長期互踢皮球推託責任下，保存方案既未與在地院民達成共識，應有的古蹟審議程序也遲遲沒有進展，眼看捷運局已將怪手駛進樂生院大門口，幾個相關的主管單位卻默不作聲，默許這些違法工程繼續進行。</p><p>在 馬來西亞，擁有七十七年歷史的雪蘭莪州雙溪毛糯療養院 (Sungai Buloh leprosy settlement)，與樂生院同為集中收容漢生病（痲瘋病）患者的社區式療養院（leprosy settlement），卻因瑪拉工藝大學欲興建高層建築的校舍工程而面臨被拆遷的命運，毛糯院最早興建的「東院」已遭到拆除，部分院民被迫遷離他們生活 的大半輩子的家園。</p><p>青年樂生聯盟指出，他們對馬來西亞當局拆除毛糯療養院並迫遷一事，表達嚴重的抗議與高度關切，毛糯院不僅僅是這些居民的家園，同時也在國際痲瘋病史上扮演重要地位。誠懇呼籲馬來西亞政府，重新檢討此次草率決定，完整保留毛糯院，讓居民安心續住並永久維護這寶貴文化資產。</p><p>來源：<a href="http://news.yam.com/cna/society/200709/20070927788242.html">中央社</a><br /></p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-936433518718704041?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-44656423659721913862007-10-13T16:04:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:46:56.351+08:00<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="a" style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span id="cByLine">王德齐<br />07年10月12日 下午3:55</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="b"><p class="b"><span id="cBody"><img src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/30/99/24954.jpg" align="right" height="115" hspace="5" width="250" />古迹保存运动不仅只是在于捍卫古迹免遭拆除，而是如何将这个老旧的空间开放，让不同背景的社会人士都能参与其中，让古迹长久“存活”下去。<br /><br />与双溪毛糯麻风病院同样面对迫迁命运的台湾乐生疗养院，在青年乐生联盟的带动下已变成一个人民文化空间。那里曾是外人不敢踏入，麻风病患者不能外出的隔离国度，目前却已变成演唱会或夏令营的举办地点，或摄影、写生、漫画或文字创作的灵感泉源。<br /><br /><img src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/4/93/23377.jpg" align="left" height="240" hspace="5" width="320" />积极参与捍卫乐生疗养院运动的台湾学者丘延亮，在分享他们的经验时就表示，青年乐生联盟虽然不是一个很紧密的组织，但是却成功把该疗养院变成一个开放的空间，让大家都能善用当地的资源举办活动，发挥本身的创意和潜力。<br /><br />“你做什么东西，不需要开会，不需要通知我们，也不需要大家审查。你来就来吧！我想大概就是这样一个让大家都能参与的空间，你所做的每一样东西都是一个加分。”<br /><br /><strong>创意青年打造台北新开放空间<br /></strong><br />具有“希望之谷”之称的双溪毛糯麻风病院拥有80年的历史，是全球首家以人性化角度治疗麻风病患的疗养院，将麻风病人安顿在一个与外界隔绝的社区。不过，麻风病院东院土地目前已归玛拉工艺大学拥有，并准备建立医学院，导致这片古迹面对摧毁的命运。<br /><br /><img src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/4/98/24736.jpg" align="left" height="257" hspace="5" width="320" />远 在台北县新庄市的乐生疗养院则是台湾第一家公立麻风病隔离医院，在1929年由日本殖民政府设立。由于捷运计划的机厂将设在乐生疗养院现址，因此平均年龄 74岁的患者在94年便遭迫迁。关心疗养院命运的青年学生随后在2004年成立青年乐生联盟，多次阻挡有关当局进行强拆工作。<br /><br />因此，“抢救希望之谷”支援活动小组便在昨晚举行“乐生与希望”交流会，邀请丘延亮来马分享和分析保留乐生运动的过程，希望能将台湾的经验贯彻在捍卫双溪毛糯麻风病院的工作。<br /><br />当晚交流会的主持人共吸引80名出席者的热烈响应，其中许多参与者是来自雪隆大专校园的学生。丘延亮也是台湾中央研究院民族学研究所副研究员和前香港浸会大学社会学副教授。<br /><br /><strong>没政党动员也有6千人参与捍卫<br /></strong><br /><img src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/30/99/24956.jpg" align="right" height="206" hspace="5" width="150" />丘延亮（右图）表示，虽然乐生疗养院和双溪毛糯麻风病院相比显得较小和较少病人，不过在高度发展的台北已经“是一个不可多得地方”。<br /><br />“台北再也没有那么大棵的树，再也没有那么新鲜的空气，再也没有一个大家可以画画、写生的地方。”<br /><br />“我 们要保存乐生（疗养院），一方面是文化的，一方面是人权的，一方面是医疗的，另一方面是跟台湾今天这么唯利是图、这么一个还在发展迷思底下、在一个政党恶 斗为权力不为人民的情况低下，抗争的意义不但是要把这些空间保留下来，而且要把这个空间变成活的、人民的、创造的、自由的空间。”<br /><br />他指出，由于台湾政治的恶性发展，使到这个社会变得非常闷，使到年轻人不愿意参与政党。因此，一个具创造性，并让他们找到发挥空间的捍卫乐生疗养院运动对年轻人来说非常意义，甚至有一次游行在没有政党动员的情况下获得6千余人的响应参与。 </span></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table style="margin-top: 10px;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" width="5%"><img src="http://www.malaysiakini.com/_speed/zh/images/bullet00.gif" height="10" width="8" /></td> <td class="b" width="95%">创意青年打造台北新开放空间</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="5%"><img src="http://www.malaysiakini.com/_speed/zh/images/bullet00.gif" height="10" width="8" /></td> <td class="b" width="95%">没政党动员也有6千人参与捍卫</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="5%"><img src="http://www.malaysiakini.com/_speed/zh/images/bullet00.gif" height="10" width="8" /></td> <td class="b" width="95%">12月办“我爱希望之谷”嘉年会<br /><br />來源：<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/73549">當今大馬</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-4465642365972191386?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-69634990950426685702007-10-13T16:03:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:48:17.145+08:00<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="a" style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span id="cByLine">王德齐<br />07年10月12日 傍晚6:09</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="b"><p class="b"><span id="cBody"><img src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/30/99/24967.jpg" align="left" height="166" hspace="5" width="250" />五六十年前，台湾的麻风病患者被警察扣上手铐，送往乐生疗养院强制隔离；现在，他们虽然平均年龄已经74岁，却因为捷运计划而遭迫迁到他们形容为“回到笼子”的迴龙医院。<br /><br />积极参与捍卫乐生疗养院运动的丘延亮昨晚在交流会中就指出，虽然台湾在数十年来面对天翻地覆的转变，不过乐生风波显示台湾在处理人权问题上，从未出现变化。<br /><br />“缺了手、缺了脚、缺了鼻子不是丑恶，一个不会同理、不会尊重人的心才是真正的丑恶。”<br /><br />乐生疗养院是台湾第一家公立麻风病隔离医院，在1929年由日本殖民政府设立。由于捷运计划的机厂将设在乐生疗养院现址，因此住在院内的麻风病患者自从94年便遭到迫迁。<br /><br /><img style="width: 200px; height: 299px;" alt="" src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/30/99/24968.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="299" hspace="5" width="200" />关心疗养院命运的青年学生随后在2004年成立青年乐生联盟，而麻风病患者也组成自救会捍卫本身的权益。他们多次以身阻挡有关当局展开拆除工作，其中一次激烈的冲突就发生在今年9月12日。<br /><br />由于双溪毛糯麻风病院所面对的遭遇和乐生疗养院雷同，“抢救希望之谷”支援活动小组便在昨晚举行“乐生与希望”交流会，邀请丘延亮来马分享和分析保留乐生运动的过程，希望能将台湾的经验贯彻在捍卫双溪毛糯麻风病院的工作。<br /><br />这场在隆雪华堂举行的交流会更获得80名民众的热烈响应，并由“抢救希望之谷”支援活动小组成员庄白绮主持。<br /><br /><strong>利用患者做实验致使多人自杀</strong><br /><br /><img src="http://corp.malaysiakini.com/cms/ib/data/4/98/24738.jpg" align="left" height="206" hspace="5" width="260" />台 湾的麻风病患者当初就不是在心甘情愿的情况下被送入乐生疗养院。目前担任台湾中央研究院民族学研究所副研究员的丘延亮指出，殖民政府在收容日当天突然强行 将患者带上收容列车，甚至将走过之处都一一加以消毒，导致当时的台湾社会对患者的歧视更深。病患也被迫和家人终身断绝往来。<br /><br />有别于双溪毛糯对患者实施人性化的照顾方式，乐生疗养院内也曾发生许多惨绝人寰的事件。丘延亮指出，在早期，所有男性在结婚前都必须结扎，而怀孕的妇女也必须堕胎。此外，一些不肖的医药人员更利用患者进行药物实验，导致许多患者因为痛不欲生而选择自杀。<br /><br />虽然如此，患者在居住了五六十年后早已“以院为家”，而依山而建的乐生疗养院的周遭环境也非常适合他们养病。住在疗养院内的周富子在创作的歌曲《每天早上蝉在叫》中就唱到，“树仔大业好遮荫，有路宽宽可以走，还有新鲜自然的空气，风吹带来又微微，这是对我们帮助的。” </span></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table style="margin-top: 10px;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" width="5%"><img src="http://www.malaysiakini.com/_speed/zh/images/bullet00.gif" height="10" width="8" /></td> <td class="b" width="95%">利用患者做实验致使多人自杀</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="5%"><img src="http://www.malaysiakini.com/_speed/zh/images/bullet00.gif" height="10" width="8" /></td> <td class="b" width="95%">台湾政府仅保留小部分疗养院</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>來源：<a class="t" href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/73558#l"></a><a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/73558">當今大馬</a><br /><span id="cTitle"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-6963499095042668570?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-10228170051279296272007-10-13T15:59:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:50:12.364+08:00<p><span style="font-family:黑体;">【本刊陈慧思撰述】</span>“太漂亮了，比我们的乐生院还要漂亮！”台湾学者和学生赞颂我国双溪毛糯麻风病院的美，且发出了“完整保留毛糯院”的呼声。</p><p>积极参与台湾捍卫乐生疗养院保存运动的台湾学者丘延亮和一群台湾中原大学景观系的学生皆认为，双溪毛糯麻风病院是一个独特、舒服、优美的空间，应完整保留。</p><p><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n071012_3.png" align="left" />参观过双溪毛糯麻风病院的中原大学学生林牧村（左图）说：“真的很漂亮，真的很漂亮！”他与《独立新闻在线》分享他的感想时说：“看了之后很喜欢，觉得很棒、很美，想在那儿作素描，也想跟他们（院民）聊天。”</p><p>他还说：“那儿的人都很开朗、不封闭自己，有趣的是那儿的族群也很融合，感觉好棒。”林牧村的两名同学林俊明和施欣慧也说：“那儿空气很好，感觉是一个开放的空间，不像是一个疗养院，是舒服的社区，有村庄的感觉，人民也很和善。”</p><p>林牧村、林俊明、施欣慧等一行约十名来自台湾中原大学的学生目前在我国进行景观考察，其中一个考察景点是双溪毛糯麻风病院。参观了毛糯院之后，同学们皆赞叹毛糯院自然环境的优美，也都表达了完整保留毛糯院的想望。</p><p><strong>可创造人文共享空间</strong></p><p><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n070717_15.png" align="right" />丘延亮昨晚在隆雪华堂与出席者分享保留乐生院运动经验时表示，参与保留乐生院运动者非但为乐生疗养院的保留而斗争，也赋予该地生命力和创造力，令它成为一个活的古迹。</p><p>他指出，捍卫乐生者成立的乐生青年联盟每周皆在乐生办音乐会、文学营、舞蹈治疗、讲座会等活动，把台北郊外的乐生疗养院转换成一个人民发声的平台和各种形式创造的空间和媒介。</p><p>乐 生疗养院成立于日治时代的1929年（昭和四年），位于台北及新竹交界的迴龙地区，是台湾第一所麻风病院。根据“维基百科”的资料，1994年台湾卫生处 把乐生卖给台湾市政府捷运工程局，2003年捷运第一波拆除工程施工，次年台湾青年成立了“台湾乐生联盟”，2005年台湾社会又成立了“台湾保留自救 会”，结合乐生院民的力量展开了热烈的捍卫乐生运动。</p><p><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n071012_6.png" align="left" />据丘延亮（左图）透露，目前工程局已经拆除了七成院区，捍卫者要政府保留剩下的三成院区中的九成，可是政府只有意保留其中六成，民间和政府尚在斡旋中。</p><p>丘 延亮指出，乐生青年联盟“不是一个紧密的组织”，但其好处也在于此；正由于组织性不强，每个关心者都可以自由参与其中，施展所长。他说：“大家都觉得这是 一个开放性的空间，不需要开会、审查，可以自己想象、投身的地方，没有人要求你做什么，但是你做的每一样东西都是一个加分。”</p><p>他认为，我国的保留毛糯院运动也可以朝此方向努力，在捍卫古迹之余，在毛糯院创造一个人文共享空间。</p><p>丘延亮昨晚是在“抢救希望之谷支援小组”主办的“乐生与希望”交流会上发表上述言论。<br /><br /><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n071012_5.png" align="right" />拥有芝加哥大学人类学系博士学位的丘延亮是台湾中央研究院民族学研究所副研究员兼前香港浸会大学社会学系副教授，多年来积极参与台湾社会运动。交流会的主持人是“抢救希望之谷支援小组”成员庄白绮。</p><p>庄 白绮透露，目前“抢救希望之谷支援小组”正联合各个单位的力量，积极推行各类活动，努力把毛糯院营造成一个开放空间。继导览活动和中秋园游会之后，10月 28日隆雪华青也将在毛糯院举办第三届“健步重阳”家庭日，“支援小组”也计划在12月举办“我爱希望之谷嘉年华会”，以一系列的活动吸引公众参观和认识 毛糯院。</p><p><strong>台湾病友同样意愿不一</strong></p><p>副文化、艺术及文物部部长黄锦鸿日前向《独立新闻在线》证实，卫生部、教育部及文化、艺术与文物部三造已议决，仅保留双溪毛糯麻风病院部份“具有文物价值”的建筑物，不完整保留麻风病院。<a href="http://www.merdekareview.com/news.php?n=5112">【点击：麻风病院不会完整保留 仅保留有文化价值建筑】</a></p><p>目前承建马拉工艺大学的发展商Tunas Selatan Consortium有限公司已连续两周在麻风病院东院的监狱和高地住宅区一带如火如荼地进行拆除工程。 </p><p><img src="http://www.merdekareview.com/image_files/news/n071012_4.png" align="right" />在交流环节，新纪元学院媒体研究系讲师傅向红（右图）表达了她的担忧，即我国政府蛮横、不怕丢脸，可是另一方面民间社会也怕事，忌讳站到街头与政府对抗，加上毛糯院内部问题复杂、院民没有一致及强烈的保留意愿，保留毛糯院运动存在重重障碍。</p><p>丘延亮回应时指出，台湾乐生病友内部也有许多问题，保留意愿也非全然一致的，仍有病友只求赔偿，没有强烈的保留意愿。目前乐生院拆剩30%，可是每个有心人都在运动中得到启发和力量，乐生院也成了运动人士互相激荡和鼓励的地方，这也算是一种获得。</p><p>张集强也认同“开放性空间”的概念，他说：“古迹是一棵树，不同的人看到这棵树会想到不同的事情，有的人想到树干可以用来做家具，有的想在树下看书。”</p><p>他说：“古迹能给人能量，就算到最后古迹保存没希望了，它仍会保存在我们心里。”</p>來源：<a href="http://www.merdekareview.com/news.php?n=5139">獨立新聞在線</a><br /><span class="body_news_title"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-1022817005127929627?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-3967694800252017692007-09-27T15:04:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:51:06.307+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_n9BBnb0_Rrs/Rvt0cdh08SI/AAAAAAAAAFk/BzlKSxOqjIo/s1600-h/1408641699.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_n9BBnb0_Rrs/Rvt0cdh08SI/AAAAAAAAAFk/BzlKSxOqjIo/s320/1408641699.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114809834120999202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />各位朋友：<br /><br />與樂生院同為長年遭到隔離的漢生病友居住的馬來西亞毛糯院正面臨拆遷的危機，我們邀請您連署聲援毛糯院並於本週五一同至馬來西亞駐台單位遞交抗議信。<br /><br />時間:9/28上午十點<br />地點:馬來西亞辦事處(台北市敦化北路102號)<br /><br />聯絡人:青年樂生聯盟 何欣潔 0911371768<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-396769480025201769?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-66994814201527106222007-09-12T11:12:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:52:40.003+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><strong>2007/09/08</strong></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="bywho"></span></span> <!--start pix1--> </div><table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-family:arial;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody><tr> <td class="caption" id="aphoto"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://www.nst.com.my/Sunday/Focus/20070908145354/insidepix1" alt="Ali Long, 63, gazing forlornly at the eastern part of his 'home' which has been demolished. He hopes the settlement will be spared &quot;for memory's sake&quot;." border="0" height="238" width="350" /><br />Ali Long, 63, gazing forlornly at the eastern part of his 'home' which has been demolished. He hopes the settlement will be spared "for memory's sake".</span></td></tr> </tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> <!--end pix1--><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" id="adwrapper"> <p class="abstract"><span style="font-size:100%;"> The 77-year-old Sungai Buloh leper settlement was once hailed as the most scenic and impressive leprosarium in the world. Now bulldozers are crashing through this unique garden city in the name of development. TAN CHOE CHOE checks out the place. </span></p> <!--start pix2 & pix3--> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> <tbody><tr><td><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://www.nst.com.my/Sunday/Focus/20070908145354/insidepix2?display=xsmall" alt="Chui Ying, 70 (left), and her husband Kong Cheen, 75, are doubtful if their home can be saved from development." border="1" height="94" width="199" /></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="caption"><span style="font-size:100%;">Chui Ying, 70 (left), and her husband Kong Cheen, 75, are doubtful if their home can be saved from development.</span></td></tr> <tr><td><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://www.nst.com.my/Sunday/Focus/20070908145354/insidepix3?display=xsmall" alt="This 1969 picture shows a patient-turned-farmer working on a plot of land that he'd been allotted." border="1" height="96" width="199" /></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="caption"><span style="font-size:100%;">This 1969 picture shows a patient-turned-farmer working on a plot of land that he'd been allotted.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <!--end pix2 & pix3--><span style="font-size:100%;">THE scene is right out of a watercolour painting. The sky is overcast; the landscape dotted by farmers growing flowers, grass and potted plants; coconut trees swaying in the breeze with ripe fruits beckon at every corner.<br /><br />But on closer look, one can see scores of abandoned cottages, some roofless, some partially collapsed, and some with trees growing right through them.<br /><br />Strangely, the farmers, although friendly, are not leprosy patients but mostly Indonesian workers.<br /><br />This is the much talked about Sungai Buloh leper settlement, once noted as the most beautiful and modern leprosarium in the world because of the surrounding lush forests.<br /></span> <center><!-- start video--> <!-- end video--> </center><span style="font-size:100%;"> It was built by the British colonial administration in 1929 as a self-contained settlement for leprosy patients uprooted from society and condemned to live in isolation under the Leper Enactment.<br /><br />Badan Warisan executive director Elizabeth Cardosa wrote in her <i>New Sunday Times</i> column in July that the settlement "represents a part of our medical and social heritage, which sadly most of us know nothing about".<br /><br />Author Joyce Wong Chau Yin, whose book ‘Valley of Hope’ details the history of the settlement and its inmates, described it as "a very important part of the history of leprosy in this country as well as the world".<br /><br />The leprosarium originally covered an area of 230ha, but was reduced to 120ha to make way for the new Sungai Buloh Hospital, a nursing college and a new highway.<br /><br />The area will be further reduced because 16ha on the eastern side of the settlement has been alienated by the Health Ministry for Universiti Teknologi Mara to build its medical faculty.<br /><br />The construction of the faculty is estimated to displace between 40 to 50 residents of the settlement, most of whom are elderly former leper patients.<br /><br />The authorities are still mulling over whether to gazette the area as a heritage site, giving hope to the inmates that their home won’t be taken away from them.<br /><br />But in a move that was described as a "blow to heritage" last Sunday, UiTM had gone ahead and torn down some walls and removed tiles from the roof of the old prison — making some of the inmates nervous about their future.<br /><br />"It’s the only home we know and we’re all mostly elderly people now. Why can’t they let us live out our lives in some semblance of dignity and peace?" asks former patient Kong Cheen, 75.<br /><br />Kong Cheen has lived in the settlement since he was 25 years old. He met his wife Chui Ying, another leprosy patient, when she was admitted in 1961.<br /><br />"They said we will be given houses on the western side, but what about our farming plots here?<br /><br />"We will lose our main source of income if we move and they destroy our farm," says Chui Ying.<br /><br />The couple admits that they are too old to work their farm plots themselves. Instead, they lease it to an outsider who employs foreign workers to work the plots for them.<br /><br />"We get a few hundred ringgit in return to supplement the monthly allowance of RM136.80 from the government. It’s not much but it’s a lot to retirees like us," says Kong Cheen.<br /><br />Another villager, Sin Kok Han, 72, says he has lived in the settlement for over 55 years.<br /><br />"I don’t want to leave. This place bears testimony to the story of my life and my wife’s. How would you feel if I ask you to leave your place of birth? That is how we will feel if they evict us," says Sin.<br /><br />Echoing his sentiments is Ali Long, 63, a leper patient who has lost both his hands and legs.<br /><br />"It will be a loss (sayang) if they give this place up to development. This place has witnessed much... so many stories... so many memories," says Ali.<br /><br />Those still living in the settlement are mostly elderly people in their 60s and 70s or very young children.<br /><br />Many youths have since moved out and assimilated with society at large in the ‘outside world’.<br /><br />One youth who remained after his father — a former leper patient who has passed on — is Lourdes Surenderen, 29, and he welcomes development because he feels that the settlement is being exploited by outsiders.<br /><br />He says many immigrants have settled in the area, occupying some of the abandoned cottages, "getting free electricity, water, and shelter".<br /><br />"They are causing us social problems. There have been increasing cases of theft and vandalism since they came here," he claims.<br /><br />Malaysian Leprosy Relief Association (Malra) secretary-general Datuk E.J. Lawrence believes it’s time the settlement was developed, but for different reasons.<br /><br />Lawrence, who helped found Malra in 1959, says the association was set up to help former leprosy patients rehabilitate and live independently.<br /><br />"The interest of the outside world in this settlement shows Malra has succeeded in eroding the stigmatism that has long been associated with people afflicted with leprosy.<br /><br />"It shows that people are no longer afraid to come here and mingle with the patients and this should be viewed positively," he says.<br /><br />Leprosy was once considered an infectious disease that could not be cured — "but it’s no longer true", says Lawrence.<br /><br />By 1969, powerful drugs had been discovered that could halt, in a matter of days, early cases of the debilitating disease and prevent the hideous deformities that are often its legacy.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" ><b>Leprosarium facts</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />• Officially opened in 1930, it was hailed as the most modern and impressive leprosarium in the British Commonwealth because of its scenic setting and modern buildings and facilities.<br /><br />• It was second largest only to the Culion Island Settlement in the Philippines that was established in 1910, with a population of about 6,000.<br /><br />• Divided by a hill in the centre, the west section is for the sick and disabled who required care; the east is a village for cured patients to live independently, each working their allotted plot of land to grow fruits, vegetables and raise livestock.<br /><br />• Every kind of imaginable facility was provided — a school, churches, mosques, Indian and Chinese temples, grocery shops, workshops, etc.<br /><br />• The settlement was managed by the lepers themselves, working as clerks, police, hardeners, watchmen, dispensers, dressers and nurses.<br /><br />• Between the 1930s and 1980s, it was a major centre of treatment and research in the world, especially for trials of alternative drugs<br /><br />• At the height of the illness in the 1950s, it housed some 3,000 patients.<br /><br />• About 300 patients still live there today, although most have been cured and are free to leave.<br /><br /></span><hr style="height: 3px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-size:100%;color:blue;" ><b>Gazetting a piece of history</b></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />IN the limelight after it was abruptly ordered to halt demolition works at the leprosarium last Sunday, UiTM is asking for answers from the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry on why no efforts had been made to gazette the settlement even though it has existed since the 1900s.<br /><br />The question arises: How exactly do the authorities go about gazetting a heritage site?<br /><br />Under the National Heritage Act 2005, the Heritage Commissioner is responsible for the National Heritage Register and the National Heritage Department (Jabatan Warisan Negara) is the administrating department for this.<br /><br />The commissioner, Datuk Prof Zuraina Majid, has the power to identify areas that are to be gazetted, including the buffer zone around the area, if necessary.<br /><br />Anyone who thinks a site is of heritage value can nominate the site to the commissioner, by sending an application letter with information on the historical background of the site, its built and usage.<br /><br />The application should also include photographs of the building, building plans and site plan with the location of the buildings clearly indicated.<br /><br />"Once we have identified the area, we will visit the site and examine its heritage value and authenticity of history," says Jabatan Warisan Negara head of enforcement Khalid Syed Ali.<br /><br />This is done after a notice is given to the owner of the site, seven days in advance, of the visit.<br /><br />Once the significance of a site is verified and the commissioner thinks it suitable to be gazetted, the commissioner will send a notice of her intention to the owner of the site — 60 days before making the designation.<br /><br />"A notice of intention will also be forwarded to the Land Office," says Khalid.<br /><br />If the commissioner thinks it necessary for the purpose of conservation and preservation, she will issue an interim protection order to the owner, with the concurrence of the state authority.<br /><br />Then she will publish the intention to gazette in local newspapers after getting consent from the state .<br /><br />"We are open to objections from the public for 30 days after the gazette is published, as stipulated under Section 28 of the Act," says Khalid.<br /><br />If there’s no objection, the commissioner will issue gazette notice to the owner and the local town and city planner, and publish the designation in the Gazette and local newspapers.<br /><br />If there are objections, the commissioner will set a date, time and venue to listen to the objection and then decide whether to go ahead with the designation or not.<br /><br />Badan Warisan executive director Elizabeth Cardosa says a site can be gazetted as Grade 1, 2 or 3, which corresponds to the interest, uniqueness, level of authenticity and architectural significance of the site.<br /><br />Grade 1 is the highest and is synonymous to the term National Heritage, while 3 is the lowest.<br /><br />"Grade 1 and 2 sites are likely to qualify for conservation grants, but not Grade 3. There are guidelines on what owners or custodians can and cannot do with their sites once gazetted," she adds.<br /><br />For example, for Grade 1 sites, the external face and internal layouts of the buildings must be retained along with all architectural elements and materials, "but appropriate adaptive re-use is permitted".<br /><br />In the case of the leper settlement, researcher Lim Yong Long had submitted a nomination form to the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage on July 10 for it to be gazetted as a National Heritage site.<br /><br />And Badan Warisan’s views on the settlement are clear in a Press statement issued on Tuesday where its president, Tan Sri Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid, said: "Badan Warisan has written to, and spoken with, the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, on the historical importance of the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement at national as well as international levels.<br /><br />"… The history of leprosy is an extremely valuable legacy to humanity … the role and significance (of the settlement) is found in all references to the history of leprosy of the world …"<br /><br />"It was so successful that it became a model on which other leprosy centres around the world were based."<br /><br />Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia heritage and conservation committee chairman Mohd Zulhemlee An agrees with Badan Warisan.<br /><br />"We should conserve the leprosy centre, not because it’s a heritage building but because it’s an independent and sustainable community that is of historical value to us ... since the 1920s.<br /><br />"The buildings may just be simple cottages to many people, but they were built with colonial features and adapted to tropical climes. They are of architectural significance," he says.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Focus/20070908145354/Article/index_html">NSTonline</a><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-6699481420152710622?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Save the Valley of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03586468088998221356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-89393270378060765732007-09-07T21:03:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:53:16.360+08:00<table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="125"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ececec"><img src="http://www.sinchew-i.com/images/photo/2007/09/03/0201.jpg" border="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ececec">■於國慶日後，承包商開始進行拆建工作。<a href="http://www.guangming.com.my/gmgn.phtml?sec=193&amp;sdate=&amp;artid=200709032596#" onclick="window.open('http://www.sinchew-i.com/photo2.phtml?sec=scigmidb&y=2007&id=200709030201','Photo','top=10,left=10,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,menubar=no'); return false"><span style="color:red;">(放大)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ececec"><img src="http://www.sinchew-i.com/images/photo/2007/09/03/0202.jpg" border="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ececec">■於週一沒有操作的神手仍停留在工地內。<a href="http://www.guangming.com.my/gmgn.phtml?sec=193&amp;sdate=&amp;artid=200709032596#" onclick="window.open('http://www.sinchew-i.com/photo2.phtml?sec=scigmidb&y=2007&id=200709030202','Photo','top=10,left=10,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,menubar=no'); return false"><span style="color:red;">(放大)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ececec"><img src="http://www.sinchew-i.com/images/photo/2007/09/03/0203.jpg" border="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ececec">■部份房屋連屋頂上的屋瓦也被拆完。<a href="http://www.guangming.com.my/gmgn.phtml?sec=193&amp;sdate=&amp;artid=200709032596#" onclick="window.open('http://www.sinchew-i.com/photo2.phtml?sec=scigmidb&y=2007&id=200709030203','Photo','top=10,left=10,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,menubar=no'); return false"><span style="color:red;">(放大)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ececec"><img src="http://www.sinchew-i.com/images/photo/2007/09/03/0210.jpg" border="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ececec">■黃錦鴻：文物部已援引法令發出庭令，禁止瑪拉工藝大學工程承包商在90天拆除雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院，以待內閣討論，能否成為保留地。</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div id="scart">（雪蘭莪•雙溪毛糯訊）文化、藝術及文物部已於週一（3日）取得庭令，禁止瑪拉工藝大學的承包商停止拆除雙溪毛糯麻瘋病 院，但週一仍有7至8名高教部的官員到現場巡視病院內的情況，並表明當局將在拆遷事件上保持一定的平衡點，即具有歷史價值的監獄建築或許被迫拆除，但穆斯 林回教堂和祈禱室將被保留。<br /><br />其中一名官員指出，當局要拆除該院的原因，是想要讓病人有更美好的生活環境。當記者詢問他是否已接獲庭令時，他竟然拋出一句“你怎麼看待這裡的病人呢？”，似乎在逃避記者的提問。<br /></div><br /><span style="color:blue;">神手仍停放工地</span><br /><br />隆雪華堂總執行長陳亞財和建築學者劉永龍，也跟隨高教部官員巡視痲瘋院環境。<br /><br />《光明日報》記者於週一到現場巡視時見到於前兩天進行拆除工作的神手已停工，惟所有的拆牆工具與神手仍停放在工地內。<br /><br />雙溪毛糯痲瘋病院獲悉法庭已發出庭令禁止當局繼續動工時，大家都感到欣慰。他們希望政府不要為難年老的他們，讓他們能安享晚年。<br /><br />他們並不反對當地有更好的發展，但在發展的同時，希望政府能開墾另外一幅地，好好安頓已與家人失去聯絡的病人，畢竟逼遷對他們來說是非常殘忍的。<br /><br /><b>文物部發出禁拆指令<br />麻瘋院暫保留90天</b><br /><br />文化、藝術及文物部副部長拿督黃錦鴻披露，文物部已援引2005年全國文物法令第27及33條文於週一發出指令，禁止瑪拉工藝大學工程承包商拆除雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院，為期90天。禁令實行期間，該部門將完成文化遺產保留研究報告，再提呈內閣討論，以保障有價值的文物遺產。<br /><br />他指出，在2005年國家文物法令第27條文下，瑪拉工藝大學工程承包商受令停工90天。為了避免承包商施予小動作和以各種不同的藉口和方式繼續開工，法庭也同時發出2005年國家文物法令第33條文，即暫時保護令，為該痲瘋院作雙重把關。<br /><br />根據條令，若承包商牴觸庭令，他們將被罰款5萬令吉，坐牢5年或兩者兼施。<br /><br /><span style="color:blue;">牴觸庭令罰款5萬</span><br /><br />他接受《光明日報》電訪時聲稱，部門專員曾於週日（2日）在承包商動工時前往阻止，但對方卻絲毫不為所動，繼續拆除雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院的屋頂圍牆，因此，該部門才決定於週一向法庭申請庭令，最終獲得批准。<br /><br />“我們已知會衛生部（地主），該部門也支持我們的決定，接下來，我們將按照內閣的指示儘快完成研究報告。不過，由於此地還涉及高等教育部，因此它最終的結果如何，能否成為保留地，則需通過內閣討論和同意。”<br /><br />他說，站在文化、藝術及文物部立場而言，雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院確實具備歷史、古早建築及醫療等文化遺產特色，值得內閣仔細考研。<br /><br /><b>未列入保留範圍<br />院方不能100%放心</b><br /><br />住在痲瘋院已58年，現任該院參議會工作人員的李初成告訴《光明日報》記者，當他們知道停工令批准後，都感到一陣欣慰。但只要此地一天不列入保留範圍，他們就不能100%放心。<br /><br />“如果90天後我們還是得搬遷，搬去那裡？搬遷費如何處理等問題？叫我們該交給誰去解決？”<br /><br />他指出，病人住在這裡已60年，東區逾40戶人家是拆遷工程下影響最深的病人。大家都希望社會人士和知識分子，尤其是大馬律師公會協助他們保衛家園。<br /><br /><span style="color:blue;">盼律師主動協助</span><br /><br />“我們無法出去找律師幫忙，希望律師們能主動進來接觸我們，以他們的法律知識協助我們解決問題。”<br /><br />現年61歲的林梅影說，她自7歲那年住進痲瘋院開始就不曾離開這裡，她辛勤照料寬大1英畝的花圃，數十年的心血實在不忍被承包商的機器剷平。她苦笑的說：“我們是病人，也是人啊，自己也要生活”，希望政府能體諒他們的處境，給他們一個安樂窩。<br /><br />雙溪毛糯痲瘋病院共有306個病人，他們全部已康復。老人院住著年齡介於60至80歲的老人家，分別是95名老公公及64名老婆婆，他們都有專人照顧起居飲食。還有105人擁有自己的小房子，他們大多以種植盆栽和花草維持生計。<br /><br /><b>李家全將帶上內閣討論</b><br /><br />衛生部政務次長拿督李家全指出，地方發展和遺產保留並不是對立的關係，只要各牽涉的部門協調合作，這件事情就能有個圓滿的結果。<br /><br />他週一巡視痲瘋院後告訴記者，他將把週一的巡視狀況向衛生部長拿督蔡細歷報告，週三（5日）時，此事將帶上內閣討論，相信很快就有議決。<br /><br />他指出，兩週前，衛生部首席秘書已接獲指示處理此問題，但由於涉及的部門和單位繁多，才會延伸後來的問題，包括停工與否、土地擁有權及庭令等問題。<br /><br />他聲稱，他不清楚地主是誰，需要向土地局查證，也不曉得停工令是否已發出，他需要搞清楚整件事，才召各部門好好協調。<br /><br />此外，李家全於週一早上在國會走廊對於雙溪毛糯痲風病院，於週日被拆除感到驚訝與不解，因為衛生部較早已指示承包商停止任何拆除行動，以申請將該院列為國家文化遺產。<br /><br />他說，文物部長拿督斯里萊士雅丁也已同意這麼做，但是，有關承包商卻不聽從指示。<br /><br />他認為承包商不聽指示，可能是因為相關法令還未正式頒佈；相關法令一旦製定及生效，任何人擅自拆除已被列為文化遺產的建築物就等於抵觸法令，將會受到對付。<br /><br />詢及拆除痲瘋病院事件是否會影響病人時，李家全指出，政府當初是想充分利用麻瘋病院土地而決定在該區展開發展計劃，因此肯定也已為如何安頓病患做好打算。<br /><br />他指出，事實上他們已經將痲瘋病人安置去擁有更先進良好設備的醫院，因此病人並不是問題，問題是如何將它正式列為文化遺產。<br /><br /><b>痲瘋病院演進表</b><br /><br /><span style="color:brown;">8月8日</span><br />瑪拉工藝大學取得土地局批准，擁有痲瘋院東區部份土地，計劃興建行政及管理中心。<br /><br /><span style="color:brown;">8月14日</span><br />痲瘋病院院長賈斯敏在國家遺產局官員協助下，成功停止承包商拆除東院東區廢置的小監獄。同一天，東區3個花圃業者接到土地局的指示，要他們必須在一個月內清空他們所霸佔的地段。<br /><br /><span style="color:brown;">8月21日</span><br />文化、藝術及文物部副部長拿督黃錦鴻宣佈，部門將討論把雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院列為國家文化遺產，衛生部也諭令承包商暫時停工。<br /><br /><span style="color:brown;">9月1日、2日</span><br />瑪拉工藝大學工程承包商於週六及週日悄開到麻瘋病院，以神手企圖強拆建築，受到當地居民大力阻止。<br /><br /><span style="color:brown;">9月3日</span><br />文物部向法庭申請庭令，禁止承包商拆除痲瘋病院，為期90天。 <span class="author">（<a href="http://www.guangming.com.my/gmgn.phtml?sec=193&amp;sdate=&amp;artid=200709032596">光明日報</a>•2007.09.03）</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-8939327037806076573?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Save the Valley of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03586468088998221356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-86651057126935480102007-09-06T15:56:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:53:44.510+08:00-6th Sep 2007<br /><br />人類史上有過不少集合了前人智慧結晶的偉大傑作，為當代帶來貢獻，甚至起了顛覆性作用，讓后世無數人的命運得以改變，變得更好。但隨著時代演變，它們卻因原有扮演的功能已褪色，而走向沒落。<br /><br /><br />在大馬，就有一些具有重要歷史價值的城鎮，因失衡的計劃，畸型的開發，或人口的流失，被遺棄了。終久失修，人去樓空，連剩余的破舊建築物也可能從地面上被「抹掉」。<br /><br />《東方日報》尋訪這些曾為大馬人做出偉大貢獻，但今天已瀕臨湮沒的城鎮，包括貢獻鐵苗的龍運鐵山、錫苗的林明、煤礦的煤炭山，以及最近因開始被拆除而引起人們關注的麻風病院社區雙溪毛糯。<br /><br />《湮沒城鎮》系列將分開不同時段連載。讀者每閱一段，可以沉殿思考，才再繼續。首先登場的，正是近期成為新聞焦點的田園社區「烏托邦」雙溪毛糯。<br /><br />雪蘭莪雙溪毛糯麻風病院，已在月前被本地民間學者證實，該院在人類文明史及麻風病治療史上，都有非凡意義。若獲良好與完整的保存，后世人能從中學習它對世人帶來的教育意義；反之，只殘留依稀記憶。<br /><br />該病院社區除了有重大醫學發現外，在歷史文化、建築學、城鎮規劃概念方面，其重要價值也是不可被忽略。<br /><br />《東方日報》實地調查和向各方瞭解后發現，事實上，雙溪毛糯麻風病院的貢獻並不局限在本區域，而是涵蓋了全世界，但由于77年來未曾被大肆宣揚，以致其偉大貢獻鮮為人知。<br /><br />社區如今剩300病患<br /><br />再加上，隨著人類在1960年發明了由3種藥方組成的聯合化療（MTD），得以治愈糾纏人類數千年的麻風病，更中斷該病症的傳染性，令到「麻風」兩字不再可怕，全世界麻風病患人數也開始劇跌。<br /><br />雙溪毛糯麻風社區從居住了逾2000名病患居民的頂峰時期，逐漸沒落至如今僅有約300名病患，許多特別供病人居住的小屋因而騰空，社區內的許多公共設施建築物，如福利機構、宗教場所及監獄等也停止運作。<br /><br />瑪拉大學相中建校<br /><br />正因為如此，該院極為重要的東院部分，在2年前被瑪拉工藝大學無聲無息地相中，通過地方政府將東院40英畝原屬衛生部的土地，規劃為該校校地，並敲定今年8月2日動工。<br /><br />儘管衛生部和文化、藝術及文物部介入，要展延工程的進行，以便進行研究工作，來決定是否列為國家文化遺產，將具有歷史及文化價值的病院社區保留下來，但讓人遺憾的是，瑪拉工藝大學並沒有擱置建校工程，至今已3度強行展開拆除工作。<br /><br />該院內具有象征意義的監獄，已有部分被破壞。每次拆除行動本報記者都趕到現場進行報導，見到民間學者和當地病患居民雖嘗試阻止拆除，卻無能為力。都得請求衛生部及文化部官員到來制止，而每次制止喊停后，過不久承包商仍會繼續發起再一次工程行動。<br /><br />9月3日，該院3度遭承包商強行拆除后，文化部終于動用2005年保護法令第27條停工令，及第33條文暫時保護法令，對已再三漠視停工指示的承包商發出最嚴厲警告。法令有效期限是90天，觸犯者可面臨最高5萬令吉罰款或5年監禁，或兩者兼施。<br /><br />無論如何，雙溪毛糯麻風病院已消退的功能，及廣大群眾對該院的重要性認知不足，導致保留該院社區的力量變得單薄，可能更多有歷史意義的建築物將夷為平地。<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.orientaldaily.com.my/">東方日報</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-8665105712693548010?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Save the Valley of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03586468088998221356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-23349384175419978612007-09-06T15:49:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:54:15.186+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: right;font-size:100%;" >-6th Sep 2007</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /> </div><div style="float: right; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; text-align: justify;"> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" bg="" width="80"> <tbody><tr> <td> <span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://www.orientaldaily.com.my/images/daily_news/am295203435.JPG" /></span> </td> </tr> <tr style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <td> <h6><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" >雙溪毛糯麻風病院裡，社區監獄雖有重要象征意義，但由于早已被廢棄，于是成了拆除行動首個目標。圍牆已倒，屋瓦沒了，拄著拐仗的病患居民慨嘆何時會拆到他的家？圖片右上角可隱約看到推倒建築物的「怪手」。 -詹華祥-</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></h6> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><h4 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>從肩責重任．到回歸平淡</strong><br /><br /></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;">1923 白人醫生特拉維斯在新加坡的熱帶醫學大會上，提出以開明政策創造一個「近乎自供自足的社區」，以改善麻風病患生活條件。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">1930 西院和東院建竣，雙溪毛糯麻風病院于8月15日正式成立，成為當時英殖民共和聯邦國家最大、設施最先進的麻風療養院和研究中心。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">1935 發行只限院內流通的紙鈔，檢驗紙鈔會否傳染疾病，直至1938年停止發行。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">1936 配合病患人數日益增加趨勢，最后階段的中院部分工程展開，以增加更多房屋。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">1946 第一個有效治療藥物Dapsone（DDS，氨苯（石風））開始投入治療麻風病。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">1948 在雙溪毛糯院內初步發現麻風桿菌已變種，開始對Dapsone產生抗藥性。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">1964 該院與英國倫敦的醫藥研究院合作，使用試驗老鼠經過1年研究后，在該院發現有抗藥性的3名病人，證實了對Dapsone的抗藥性。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">1969 百年歷史的檳城木蔻山麻風病集中營的315名病患，大規模遷移至雙溪毛糯，前者于較后關閉。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">1976 發現首宗原始耐藥。雙溪毛糯的動物之家被用來進行腳墊調查，這是第一次在亞洲進行。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">1981 雙溪毛糯麻風病院與英國醫藥研究院的14年合作計劃，共在多份醫藥和科學刊物發表了約百份研究報告。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">1981 世界衛生組織建議使用Dapsone、Rifampicin和Clofazimine 3種藥物組成的聯合化療，成功解決麻風桿菌對單一藥物治療的抗藥性。麻風病變得容易治愈，病患人數開始劇跌。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>面對拆除命運</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>2007</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">7月10日本地古跡研究學者林永隆以個人名義，致函文化、藝術及文物部、衛生部、雪州衛生局及高教部等單位，要求整體保留雙溪毛糯麻風病院為古跡，並說明其保存價值。較后衛生部長宣佈成立跨部門委員會研究。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">7月22日古跡保護機構執行主任伊麗莎白卡多薩在《新海峽時報》發表「There's Hope for The Valleyof Hope」。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">8月12日隆雪華堂青年團率團前往該院進行實地考察。8月13日瑪拉工藝大學承包商首度展開拆除工作，東院監獄成為首個下手目標，導致病人和學者不滿和擔憂。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">9月3日該院3度遭承包商強行拆除后，文化部動用2005年保護法令第27條停工令，及第33條文暫時保護法令，對漠視停工指示的承包商發出最嚴厲警告。法令有效期限90天。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>從與世隔絕到開放</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">這個特別功能社區成立于英殖民時代的1930年8月15日，當時被稱為The FederalLeper Settlement at Sungai Buloh，1965年改名為雙溪毛糯麻風病院。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">它在1 9 6 9年被我國政府重新命名為「國家麻風病控制中心」（Pusat Kawalan KustaNegara）。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">整個病院社區佔地562英畝，分為西院、東院及中院3個部分。最早的西院于1929年建竣，由病房和行政區組成，該病房是專門安置失明、殘障等情況嚴重的病患。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">東院于1930年建成，主要是讓已痊愈或情況不嚴重的病患居住的場所，中心地帶集中了民眾會堂、學校、福利機構、宗教場所及市集等建築物，供居住的小屋則圍繞中心地帶而建。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">中院是1936年興建，主要為配合當時病患居民人數劇增的需要，而興建更多房屋。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">整個病院社區處在森林和山區等天然屏障內，與世隔絕的環境，早期要從外界出入該院須經過特別通行，后來才隨著當地交通設備的發展與時代改變，開放讓外人自由出入。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">但迄今真正被允許在社區內居住的，主要還是麻風病患或其家屬。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>希望之谷：兼顧病患生心理</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">雙溪毛糯麻風病院興建于1930年，是當時英殖民和共和聯邦國家中最大、最現代化的麻風病療養院，佔地562英畝的病院社區，涵蓋了醫院、病患住所、小鎮、農場及森林區。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">古跡研究兼現代建築學者林永隆向《東方日報》說，該病院社區的設計概念來自白人醫生特拉維斯，從該院區如今的保留情況，還能從中發現它每個部分都經過周詳計劃來興建，堪稱為「偉大傑作」。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">所謂周詳設計，包括選擇了雙溪毛糯這個策略性地點、兼顧了病患在生理和心理層面的需求，以及當地每間建築物的存在與規劃，都有其深意和作用，帶出的教育意義尤其值得讓后世更進一步研究。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">由于這座病院社區讓許多麻風病患從此重獲新生，它也被稱為「希望之谷」。</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">林永隆說，雙溪毛糯麻風病院成立前，當時馬來亞半島也有其他麻風病患收容所，用以將病患從人類社會隔離在收容所內。「但，這些收容所的設施及治療都不理想，導致病患無比的痛苦，甚至須長期依靠吸食鴉片麻醉自己才能過活。」</span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></h4><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >從事種植活動　病患經濟來源</span><span style="font-size:100%;">-6th Sep 2007</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">隨著麻風病治療的突破，如今在大馬就算感染了麻風病，也能在簡單的療程下得到治愈。</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">若說起雙溪毛糯麻風病院， 或許還有許多人不認識它，但是，若說起雙溪毛糯的著名售賣盆栽、草皮及橘子等植物的地方，相信很多人都不會陌生。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">這個靠近雙溪毛糯醫院的著名植物買賣地點，正是在雙溪毛糯麻風病院社區內。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">每間小屋四周，都保留了土地的設計特質，在超過70年前這裡設立麻風病院時，它的社區規劃模式，就是特別顧及麻風病患的心理和生理層面的需要而設計，讓在這里居住的居民能從事種植活動。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">在病院社區已開放的今天，種植行業也成了病患居民的主要經濟活動，瑪拉工藝大學的發展計劃，導致在東院居住的40多名病患居民受到最直接影響，因為投入畢生心血的種植和居住多年的環境，即將因而讓路搬遷。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >社區五臟俱全　病患自治管理</span><span style="font-size:100%;">-6th Sep 2007</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">雙溪毛糯麻風病院曾是一個自給自足、沒有藩籬、沒有圍牆的社區， 也是病患離鄉背井后的家園，在1935年時還一度發行只限在院內流通的紙鈔，長達3年。</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">社區裡具備的各種設施，包括宗教場所、福利機構及公共設施等，成功讓病患能自治管理，並在健全環境下生活，多元種族共存的和諧社會，也在這里獲得實現。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">設施失修</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">無論如何，病患人數逐年減少的趨勢，導致如今許多小屋出現空置，許多具備各種功能的公共設施因而荒廢，在年久失修情況下變得陳舊不堪。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">原有功能逐漸消退，讓失色的雙溪毛糯麻風病院，需要找到重新定位的價值。</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">民間學者努力讓該院的保存價值浮上台面之際，瑪拉工藝大學的發展計劃是否有辦法與文化遺產的保留並存？應該是值得當局參考方案，但近期的事態發展似乎不樂觀。</span><br /><br /><br /></div><h4 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Source: <a href="http://www.orientaldaily.com.my/">東方日報</a><br /></span></p></h4><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-2334938417541997861?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Save the Valley of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03586468088998221356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-12988595053671391282007-09-06T14:52:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:54:45.731+08:00<strong style="font-family: arial;">2007/09/06</strong> <div style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;" id="adwrapper"> <p class="abstract"> KUALA LUMPUR: Three ministries are to discuss together a solution to the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement issue. </p> <!--start pix2 & pix3--> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> </table> <!--end pix2 & pix3--> The three ministries involved are the higher education, health, and culture, arts and heritage.<br /><br />Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said yesterday the secretaries-general of the ministries would meet to thrash out the issue tomorrow.<br /><br /> They will discuss the possibility of at least preserving the mosque, church and the prison precinct at the site.<br /><br /> "A solution will be presented to the cabinet next week."<br /><center><!-- start video--> <!-- end video--> </center> Rais told the <i>New Straits Times</i>: "We don’t want to hinder the development of Universiti Teknologi Mara in building the medical faculty.<br /><br />"However, we have due respect for the wishes of families as well as the Health Ministry to preserve structures that have historical importance."<br /><br />"We can’t preserve everything as we want to develop the place as well."<br /><br />In the meantime, he said, the cabinet agreed yesterday that no statements should be made about the issue until the meeting is held.<br /><br />Last Sunday, UiTM, which had started demolishing some of the buildings on the site, was served a stop-work order by National Heritage Commissioner Datuk Prof Dr Zuraina Majid.<br /><br />By then, however, four of the abandoned chalets had been torn down and the roofing on several other buildings removed.<br /><br />UiTM had said that something "fishy" was going on as it had gone by the book in demolishing the buildings, which it said had no heritage value.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/20070906075553/Article/index_html">NSTonline</a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-1298859505367139128?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-46392034069905988202007-09-05T00:35:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:55:10.501+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong style="font-family: arial;">2007/09/04</strong></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <!--start pix1--><!--end pix1--> <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" id="adwrapper"> <p class="abstract"><span style="font-size:100%;"> THE Health Ministry is in the dark over why demolition work had started at the Sungai Buloh Leprasarium. </span></p> <!--start pix2 & pix3--> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> </table> <!--end pix2 & pix3--><span style="font-size:100%;"> Its parliamentary secretary Datuk Lee Kah Choon was surprised by the contractor’s actions as he had been directed to stop demolition work two weeks ago.<br /><br />"The buildings have historical value and we are going to preserve part of the buildings. I do not know why the demolition works continued. I need to clarify this with my ministry’s secretary-general Datuk Dr Nasir Ashraf."<br /><br />He said Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek had proposed that part of the buildings be turned into a heritage site. Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim had agreed.<br /><br />Lee said the issue was not about the patients as the ministry could relocate them to better facilities.<br /></span> <center><!-- start video--> <!-- end video--> </center><span style="font-size:100%;"> "I don’t think the patients are the problem. The issue is preserving part of the buildings."<br /><br />Meanwhile, Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat said the area had yet to be earmarked as a heritage site.<br /><br />He said Universiti Teknologi Mara had been given the green light by the Finance Ministry to build a hospital there.<br /><br />"I have no knowledge on the status of negotiations between the various ministries."<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/Frontpage/20070904073639/Article/index_html">NSTonline</a><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-4639203406990598820?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Save the Valley of Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03586468088998221356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-33231383107267734412007-09-05T00:00:00.001+08:002007-11-14T11:56:16.906+08:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="bywho" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="mailto:heidi@nst.com.my" target="_self">By : Heidi Foo</a> </span></span><br /><br /> <!--start pix1--> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-family:arial;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody><tr> <td class="caption" id="aphoto"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://www.nst.com.my/Tuesday/Frontpage/20070904073520/insidepix1" alt="Demolition work at the Sungai Buloh Leprosarium came to a halt yesterday." border="0" height="261" width="350" /><br />Demolition work at the Sungai Buloh Leprosarium came to a halt yesterday.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <!--end pix1--> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" id="adwrapper"> <p class="abstract"><span style="font-size:100%;"> KUALA LUMPUR: The demolition of buildings at the historic Sungai Buloh Leprosarium was halted yesterday. But the question is whether it came too late. </span></p> <!--start pix2 & pix3--> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> </table> <!--end pix2 & pix3--><span style="font-size:100%;"> At least four chalets were completely torn down and two-thirds of the wall surrounding the abandoned prison within the leprosarium were destroyed.<br /><br />The roofing on several buildings in the area had also been removed.<br /><br />The order to stop the demolition was given to Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) by Heritage Commissioner Datuk Prof Dr Zuraina Majid on Sunday.<br /><br />About 16ha of the leprosarium land had been alienated to UiTM by the Health Ministry for the construction of its medical faculty two years ago.<br /></span> <center><!-- start video--> <!-- end video--> </center><span style="font-size:100%;"> The New Straits Times yesterday quoted researcher Lim Yong Long as saying the site had significant historical value because it used a garden-city concept to create a modern community.<br /><br />It also reported that demolition work had started.<br /><br />Yesterday, UiTM vice-chancellor Datuk Seri Prof Dr Ibrahim Abu Shah rose to the defence of its action, saying the demolition was done "by the book".<br /><br /> He also said the buildings that were torn down had no historical or heritage value.<br /><br />Ibrahim said: "According to the law, it is not necessary for us to follow the stop-work order as the commissioner should have given us a 60-day notice.<br /><br />"They themselves are not complying with the law. The reason we are complying is because we have due respect for both the law and the commissioner," he said yesterday.<br /><br />He provided documents to show they had acted accordingly.<br /><br />Ibrahim said the ministry agreed to offer UiTM 16ha of land to build a medical faculty in April two years ago.<br /><br />"In May last year, the director-general of land and mines gave UiTM approval to enter the area and proceed with destroying the buildings."<br /><br />However, he said, the department later received a letter from the Health Ministry with instructions to freeze the offer of the land awarded to UiTM.<br /><br />"We were informed that the decision was made so that the Health Ministry could proceed with its own development on another 47ha of land within the leprosarium area.<br /><br />"The whole idea was to develop the area."<br /><br />Ibrahim also said the freeze was later lifted, as stated in a letter signed by Selangor Health Director Datin Dr Ang Kim Teng addressed to Gombak Public Works Department. UiTM then proceeded to demolish the buildings.<br /><br />"As we were doing this, we received instruction from the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry not to destroy the prison and chalets."<br /><br />He added that it was agreed that the surau and chapel in the area be maintained and that the 40 residents who would be affected by the development would receive compensation and be housed in 36 chalets nearby.<br /><br />"I hope the relevant parties will take a look at these buildings. They have been abandoned for a long time."<br /><br />He urged the government to also consider the first batch of medical students who will be graduating next June.<br /><br />"One of the requirements to get accreditation is that the programme has facilities.<br /><br />"The quality and recognition of our medical graduates will be at stake if the delay continues.<br /><br />Earlier, Deputy Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Wong Kam Hoong, who visited the site, said his ministry had issued an order to UiTM to cease work in the area.<br /><br />He said according to the National Heritage Act, the ministry had the authority to issue an order of up to 90 days with regard to an area in dispute.<br /><br />"Meanwhile, the ministry will use this period to get to the bottom of the issue and decide whether the site should be demolished or remain untouched."<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/Frontpage/20070904073520/Article/index_html">NSTonline</a><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-3323138310726773441?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-75820365869492871952007-09-04T23:55:00.001+08:002007-11-14T11:56:51.413+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="bywho"><a href="mailto:heidi@nst.com.my" target="_self">By : Heidi Foo</a> </span><br /></span><!--start pix1--> </div><table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;font-family:arial;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody><tr> <td class="caption" id="aphoto"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/Frontpage/20070903073520/insidepix1" alt="Tiles have been removed from the roof of the old prison which now stands bare. The external walls surrounding the old prison quarters have already been demolished." border="0" height="528" width="350" /><br />Tiles have been removed from the roof of the old prison which now stands bare. The external walls surrounding the old prison quarters have already been demolished.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"> <!--end pix1--> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;" id="adwrapper"> <p class="abstract"><span style="font-size:100%;"> SUNGAI BULOH: Historical buildings at the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement are being torn down even before a decision to develop the area has been reached. </span></p> <!--start pix2 & pix3--> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span> <table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> <tbody><tr><td><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/Frontpage/20070903073520/insidepix2?display=xsmall" alt="Datuk Prof Dr Zuraina Majid says site has historical value" border="1" height="199" width="133" /></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="caption"><span style="font-size:100%;">Datuk Prof Dr Zuraina Majid says site has historical value</span></td></tr> <tr><td><span style="font-size:100%;"><img src="http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/Frontpage/20070903073520/insidepix3?display=xsmall" alt="A perimeter wall at the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement has been demolished, while roof tiles on some buildings have been removed." border="1" height="178" width="200" /></span></td></tr> <tr><td class="caption"><span style="font-size:100%;">A perimeter wall at the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement has been demolished, while roof tiles on some buildings have been removed.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <!--end pix2 & pix3--><span style="font-size:100%;"> The demolition exercise began three days ago, although negotiations between several ministries, Universiti Teknologi Mara and other parties to preserve the settlement were still going on.<br /><br />National Heritage Commissioner Datuk Professor Dr Zuraina Majid rushed to the site yesterday on getting information that buildings were being demolished and tried to prevent workers from continuing.<br /><br />"They should not begin demolition while negotiations are going on. All related parties are seeking a balance between heritage preservation and the need for development.<br /><br />"We want an amicable solution. Our main concern is preserving the site, which is of historical value," she said.<br /></span> <center><!-- start video--> <!-- end video--> </center><span style="font-size:100%;"> Among the ministries involved in the negotiations are the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry, the Health Ministry, the Tourism Ministry and the Housing and Local Government Ministry.<br /><br />Non-governmental organisations and concerned individuals are supporting efforts to preserve the site, which was a leprosarium for more than 70 years. The key buildings were built in the early 1900s.<br /><br />Centre for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia researcher Lim Yong Long, who had studied the settlement, said the site had significant historical value because it used a garden city concept to create a modern community.<br /><br />"The concept boasts extensive multiculturalism from the different cultures and races, to the places of worship evident till today."<br /><br />Leprosy settlement committee member Lee Chor Seng said 45 lepers on the east section would face eviction if the demolition continues.<br /><br />"In this community, there are 306 patients between the ages of 60 and 80 who have lived here all their lives. Many are too old to move around and depend on the sales of their plants for income," said the 70-year-old resident.<br /><br />Lee hopes the government would intervene and save the site not only for historical reasons but to consider the plight of the people who live in some of these buildings.<br /><br />It is learnt that the 16ha east section of the settlement would be redeveloped for a Universiti Teknologi Mara hospital. The east section is believed to be the oldest and most historically precious site.<br /><br />About 10 workers were seen removing the tiles from the roof of a former prison and two chalets, which were once inhabited by lepers. The external walls surrounding the old prison quarters have already been demolished.<br /><br />The site was the pioneer leper settlement that used a self sustainability concept and also a reputable research centre for leprosy. It used to be the second largest such settlement in the world.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Frontpage/20070903073520/Article">NSTonline</a><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7582036586949287195?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-81886041097992111392007-09-04T23:53:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:57:10.776+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">WHEN less than two months ago Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek acknowledged the historical value of the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement and announced that the cabinet had agreed to the formation of a working committee — which included representatives from the Higher Education and Culture, Arts and Heritage ministries — to look into the matter of turning it into a heritage site and a tourist attraction, it seemed assurance enough that there would be a stay of execution on the plans to develop a medical campus. </span><!--start pix2 & pix3--> </div><table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; font-family: arial;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> </table><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"> <!--end pix2 & pix3--><span style="font-size:100%;"> It was, therefore, more than a little shocking that the walls of some buildings had been torn down and tiles had been removed from the roof of the old prison. With so many parties involved, it could just be a matter of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. In which case, while the damage has been done and what has been destroyed has been irrevocably lost, it is not too late to save the rest. There is no reason why the confusion cannot be speedily straightened out, as appears to be the case now that the order has been made to stop the levelling.<br /><br />But this does not appear to be just a problem of a demolition that has jumped the administrative gun. Sadly, this is not an isolated case. More often than not, heritage conservation has consisted of valiant rearguard actions against the destruction of the built historical landscape rather than the long-term commitment to protect the legacy of the past. Like the stigma that still seems to stick to leprosy, this appears to be another case that reflects an aversion to heritage preservation.<br /><br />Just as bad are the mutations and modifications in the name of conservation which compromise the authenticity of heritage buildings and sites and devalue their historical, social and cultural significance. Bearing in mind that the 77-year-old settlement is still home to a self-sufficient society of patients from diverse backgrounds, races and religions who have been living there since they were young, growing flowers, fruits and vegetables, and developing strong bonds of friendship and community with each other, it becomes even more imperative that it continues to become a living testimony to its social as well as its medical heritage. And this should include preserving the nurseries which are very much a part of the settlement’s identity. It is vital to maintain the spirit and substance of the community and its way of life even as plans are made to redevelop the settlement.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/Columns/20070904074048/Article">NSTonline</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-8188604109799211139?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-7497247970710984912007-09-04T23:17:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:57:43.468+08:00<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="text" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="story_date">Tuesday September 4, 2007</span></span><br /><span class="text" style="font-family:arial;"> <p> <b>KUALA LUMPUR</b>: The Cabinet will discuss the demolition of buildings in the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Centre on Wednesday to seek the best solution, said Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim. </p><p> He said the Health Ministry and his ministry had agreed that Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) should not be rushing into abolishing all the buildings at the Leprosarium. </p><p> "On the technical part, it is too late for us to save the buildings that have been pulled down. However, the Heritage Commissioner has been asked to do an assessment on what has been demolished and what we can still save," he said. </p><p> He said the lesson from the episode was that certain quarters should not act hastily in demolishing old buildings, with historical elements, as it would cause the country to lose part of its history. </p><p> However, he said the negotiations between Health, Culture, Arts and Heritage and Higher Education Ministries were necessary as the country should also not allowed itself to lose out in development just because it wanted to keep a heritage site. </p><p> The Heritage Commissioner issued a stop work order on Monday to stop further demolition of the building until a decision is made as to whether to preserve it as a heritage site. </p><p> The order was to protect the site pending discussion between the three ministries. </p><p> The leprosy centre opened in 1930 and was once the Commonwealth’s largest and most modern facility for the research and treatment of the disease with up to 3,000 patients. </p><p> It is learnt that 16ha of the east section of the settlement would be redeveloped for a UiTM hospital. </p></span></div>Source: <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/9/4/nation/20070904180906&amp;sec=nation">www.thestar.com.my</a><br /><span class="text" style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-749724797071098491?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-53739616251559762902007-09-04T23:15:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:58:09.363+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bdate">updated:2007-09-04 20:40:24 MYT</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;" id="scart"><span style="font-size:100%;">（沙登訊）文化、藝術及文物部長拿督斯里萊士雅丁指出，他將在週三（5日）的內閣會議上，提出討論雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院被拆除的課題。<br /><br />他說，這課題事關重大，他本身將與衛生部長拿督斯里蔡細歷，以及高教部長拿督斯里慕斯達法在週三的內閣會議上，尋求適當的解決方案。<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> 他表示，本身對發生這起事件深感遺憾，不過基於發生技術問題而導致麻瘋病院部份具有歷史價值的建築物最後還是無法倖免被拆。</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="color:blue;">歷史價值未在憲報公佈</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> 他說，問題主要出在當局沒有及時把具有歷史價值及最重要的部份建築物在憲報上公佈所致。</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> “文化部和衛生部皆同意瑪拉工藝大學不必倉促拆除雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院所有的建築物，畢竟有部份的確能夠保留作為國家醫藥歷史的遺產，校方應該跟我們討論 。”</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> 他披露，文化遺產委員會已受指示在未來針對一些可以保留及哪些不能被拯救的情況，作出詮釋。</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> 萊士雅丁週二是為選舉委員會（SPR）出版的“大馬50年民主與大選圖冊”主持推介儀式後，在新聞發佈會上受詢及此事時這麼說。</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> 有關大選圖冊是選委會配合成立50年金禧紀念日而出版，作為大馬獨立以來奉行民主選舉制度一個完整的歷史記錄；全書共厚200頁，編委會精選了過去11屆全國大選的圖片，並一一把它匯輯成圖冊。</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> 萊士雅丁說：“我們應該從這件事吸取教訓，即當局不應該倉促拆除那些擁有歷史價值的古老建築物，否則國家以後將失去部份珍貴的文物遺產。”</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="color:blue;">文化部有權阻拆文物遺產</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> 萊士雅丁指出，文化部在一些程度上確實有法律權力去阻止任何一方對文物遺產建築物進行的拆除行動。</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> “只是，在雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院的課題上出現技術問題，就是我們準備要把部分保留的地方通過憲報公佈，礙於未有最後決定，所以有關方面就能以發展理由來把它拆掉。”</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"> 他認為，假如政府一早鑒定有關建築物的部份地方必須保留作文物遺產，今天就不會出現這種局面。 <span class="author">（<a href="http://www.sinchew.com.my/content.phtml?sec=1&amp;artid=200709041717">星洲日報</a>•2007.09.04）</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-5373961625155976290?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-66688414861477697832007-09-04T23:14:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:58:56.374+08:00<span class="bdate">updated:2007-09-04 20:39:36 MYT</span><br /><br /><div id="scart"><span style="font-size:100%;">（巴生訊）瑪拉工藝大<a href="http://203.142.6.171/sci/c.php?c=860&amp;t=http://www.rhbbank.com.my/" target="_new" onmouseover="khadf3('khadpo', this, 6, 860); return false;" onmouseout="khadf6('khadpo'); return false;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid red; text-decoration: underline;color:red;" >學</span></a>為拆除痲瘋病院行動作出辯護，並表示上述佔地16公頃的土地，是於2005年4月22日，獲得衛生部批准作為該大學興建學生宿舍和學術樓用途。<br /><br />該大學校長拿督斯里依布拉欣教授說，去年5月22日，聯邦土地理事會同意該大學發展上述地段。<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />“不過，在2007年8月14日，假該大學召開的遺產理事會會議，開會討論上述建築物是否已被頒佈為歷史建築物。<br /><br />“過後，瑪拉工藝大學多次聯絡遺產理事會，但卻得不到任何的答案。”<br /><br />他是針對報章報導，指上述地段還未獲准發展，即動工拆除地段上的歷史建築物的事件作出澄清。 <span class="author">（<a href="http://www.sinchew.com.my/content.phtml?sec=1&amp;artid=200709041444">星洲日報</a>•2007.09.04）</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-6668841486147769783?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-9890837372133241982007-09-04T23:13:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:59:22.486+08:00<span class="bdate">updated:2007-09-04 20:38:31 MYT</span><br /><br /><div id="scart"><span style="font-size:100%;">（吉隆坡訊）文化、藝術及文物部副部長拿督黃錦鴻今日（週二，4日）說，在發出禁令後，任何涉及拆除痳瘋院舊建築物者，將會被提控。<br /><br />他說，文化部已援引2005年全國文物法令第27及33條文發出禁令，並在週一（3日）把文件傳達給負責單位。<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />他說，任何觸犯上述條文者，可被罰5萬令吉或5年監禁或兩者兼施。<br /><br />黃錦鴻出席國家圖書館配合國家獨立50年，為特殊中小學生舉辦的“國慶”文娛活動主持開幕後，在新聞發佈會上這樣表示。<br /><br />他說，文化部一直都在關注上述課題的演變，並會在最近將研究報告提呈給內閣，以決定是否要保留痳瘋院舊建築物。<br /><br />他指出，在獲悉痲瘋院建築被拆時，文化部立刻發出禁令。<br /><br /><span style="color:blue;">3部門尋求解決方案</span><br /><br />他說，雖然有些建築被拆掉，這些都是意料不到的事，拆除單位可能選擇國慶日假期進行拆除行動，這種做法帶有不良意圖。<br /><br />他指出，上述課題涉及3個部門，除了該部外，尚有衛生部及高等教育部，因此，3個部門會再次商討，尋求解決方案。<br /><br /><b>推動閱讀風氣<br />撥3500萬設“鄉村圖書館”</b><br /><br />黃錦鴻說，為了推動閱讀風氣，文化部將撥出3500萬，在國內多個內陸鄉區設立“鄉村圖書館”。<br /><br />他說，一旦計劃落實後，生活在鄉區者，仍有機會接觸到讀物。<br /><br />此外，他吁請國內企業家，充份採納“特殊青少年”，讓他們能在社會一起生活和工作。<br /><br />他說，這些特殊者對本身的工作通常會全心投入，進而提高生產率。<br /><br />參與這次特殊中小學生國慶活動，共有來自聯邦直轄區19間中小學250名學生參與。 <span class="author">（<a href="http://www.sinchew.com.my/content.phtml?sec=1&amp;artid=200709041269">星洲日報</a>•2007.09.04）</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-989083737213324198?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-69797547053598747012007-09-04T23:11:00.000+08:002007-11-14T11:59:54.311+08:00<span class="bdate">updated:2007-09-04 09:53:12 MYT</span><br /><br /><div id="scart"><span style="font-size:100%;">（雙溪毛糯訊）衛生部政務次長拿督李家全將把雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院被拆課題帶上國會討論。<br /><br />他說，由於牽涉多個部門，其中包括衛生部、文化、藝術及文物部以及高教部，所以需要時間做出協調。<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />“衛生部長拿督斯里蔡細歷非常關注雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院被拆課題，而且在2個星期前已經指示衛生部秘書長為首的特別委員會著手處理。”<br /><br /><span style="color:blue;">具歷史價值值得保留</span><br /><br />他補充，雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院具有歷史價值，可以作為國家文化遺址及旅遊景點，而且屬於自治社區，值得保留給下一代子孫。<br /><br />他表示，目前並不清楚該地段的用途及擁有者，如果證實由該部擁有該地段，將會更方便處理。<br /><br />他針對承包商繼續展開拆除雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院工程時，進行突擊巡視時如此表示。<br /><br />陪同出席者包括溪毛糯麻瘋病院院長賈斯敏、醫藥助理官林添財等。<br /><br />有關的拆除工程在接獲由文物部申請的庭令後已經暫時停工。<br /><br /><span style="color:blue;">感覺被騙<br />居民激動憤慨</span><br /><br />雙溪毛糯地方參議會理事李初成，希望李家全可以協助保留該處。<br /><br />他形容政府的做法猶如迫害年邁及只想安享晚年的居民，甚至剝奪他們基本的討生權利，讓他們的生活無以為繼。<br /><br />他說，由於病患一直以來都只靠政府提供住宿及食物上的捐助，因此為了有錢可以購買生活用品，病患都會自力更生地種花來維持生活。<br /><br />李初成認為，政府部門這邊廂口口聲聲安撫居民說不會拆除雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院，那邊廂卻讓發展商繼續工程，讓居民有被欺騙的感覺。<br /><br /><!--高教部官員：<br /> <br /> 保留祈禱室回教堂<br /> <br /> 此外，來自高教部的8位官員也在今午前往雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院的監獄巡視，並表明將在發展該處時，保留祈禱室及回教堂。<br /> <br /> 有關官員不願透露姓名，並在記者詢及會否保留雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院時，反問記者怎麼看待該處的病患。<br /> <br /> 同時，他強調，該部在該處發展是為了讓病人們在環境更好的環境下生活。--> 由於李初成及其餘居民的情緒一度激動，李家全也答應居民會儘快協助他們解決問題。 <span class="author">（<a href="http://www.sinchew.com.my/content.phtml?sec=1&amp;sdate=2007-09-04&amp;artid=200709033818">星洲日報</a>•2007.09.04）<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-6979754705359874701?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-26586126163163379792007-09-04T23:06:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:00:30.163+08:00<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="70%"><span class="title">麻瘋院或列文化遺產<br />承包商悄悄拆牆</span></td><td align="right" valign="top" width="30%"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <span class="bdate">updated:2007-09-02 20:04:33 MYT</span><br /><br /><table align="right"><tbody><tr><td><br /><br /></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ececec"><td><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="205"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ececec"><img src="http://www.sinchew-i.com/images/photo/2007/09/02/0269.jpg" border="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ececec">■承包商出動神手強行拆除建築物。<a href="http://www.guangming.com.my/content.phtml?sec=193&amp;sdate=2007-09-02&amp;artid=200709021304#" onclick="window.open('http://www.sinchew-i.com/photo2.phtml?sec=scigmidb&y=2007&id=200709020269','Photo','top=10,left=10,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,menubar=no'); return false"><span style="color:red;">(放大)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ececec"><img src="http://www.sinchew-i.com/images/photo/2007/09/02/0270.jpg" border="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ececec">■黃錦鴻（右）剛於上週二（8月21日）巡視麻瘋病院內的監獄，不料承包商卻於週六悄悄開抵進行拆除工作。<a href="http://www.guangming.com.my/content.phtml?sec=193&amp;sdate=2007-09-02&amp;artid=200709021304#" onclick="window.open('http://www.sinchew-i.com/photo2.phtml?sec=scigmidb&y=2007&id=200709020270','Photo','top=10,left=10,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,menubar=no'); return false"><span style="color:red;">(放大)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ececec"><img src="http://www.sinchew-i.com/images/photo/2007/09/02/0271.jpg" border="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ececec">■高達10呎高的外牆，已拆至所剩無幾。<a href="http://www.guangming.com.my/content.phtml?sec=193&amp;sdate=2007-09-02&amp;artid=200709021304#" onclick="window.open('http://www.sinchew-i.com/photo2.phtml?sec=scigmidb&y=2007&id=200709020271','Photo','top=10,left=10,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,menubar=no'); return false"><span style="color:red;">(放大)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ececec"><img src="http://www.sinchew-i.com/images/photo/2007/09/02/0272.jpg" border="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ececec">■承包商派工人爬上監獄屋頂拆除瓦片。<a href="http://www.guangming.com.my/content.phtml?sec=193&amp;sdate=2007-09-02&amp;artid=200709021304#" onclick="window.open('http://www.sinchew-i.com/photo2.phtml?sec=scigmidb&y=2007&id=200709020272','Photo','top=10,left=10,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,menubar=no'); return false"><span style="color:red;">(放大)</span></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><div id="scart">（雙溪毛糯訊）文化、藝術及文物部副部長拿督黃錦鴻上週二（8月21日）已宣佈，將討論把雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院列為國家文化遺產，但是，瑪拉工藝大<a href="http://203.142.6.171/sci/c.php?c=860&amp;t=http://www.rhbbank.com.my/" target="_new" onmouseover="khadf3('khadpo', this, 6, 860); return false;" onmouseout="khadf6('khadpo'); return false;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid red; text-decoration: underline;color:red;" >學</span></a>工程承包商卻於國慶日隔天的週六（9月1日）悄悄開到麻瘋病院，以神手企圖強拆建築，由於受到當地居民大力阻止，最終承包商仍病樓內部監獄的圍牆。<br /><br />據黃錦鴻當時表示，麻瘋病院建於1926年，後來成了一個社區，裡頭有回教堂、天主教堂、墳場，甚至監獄，留有許多文物遺產。因此，他會向文物部長匯報，並交由內閣決定是否保留它。<br /></div><br />《光明日報》週日（2日）到場瞭解情況時，發現東院病樓監獄的10呎高圍牆，已被拆剩約三分之一，屋頂瓦片也被拆光。承包商的10名員工出動神手，週日仍在現場進行拆除工作，由於大批媒體出現，這些工人再次停工。<br /><br /><span style="color:blue;">媒體出現工人停工</span><br /><br />據悉，馬來西亞文化遺產機構的負責人週日上午曾到場，並要求承包商停工，但工人一度停工，待馬來西亞文化遺產的負責人離開後，工人又繼續進行拆除工作。<br /><br />雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院擁有80年的歷史，有“希望之谷”的稱號。它於1926年動工建造，分為東院、西院和中院三個部份，佔地570英畝，為世界第二大麻瘋病院。<br /><br />目前麻瘋病院東院的土地已歸瑪拉工藝大學所擁有，並計劃利用東院的土地建立醫學院。<br /><br /><hr /><table bg="" style="color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="2" hspace="50" vspace="50"><tbody><tr><td><span style=";font-size:130%;color:red;" ><b>你知道嗎？</b></span><br /><b>世界第二大麻瘋院<br />被稱“希望之谷”</b><br /><br />雙溪毛糯麻瘋病院擁有80年的歷史，有“希望之谷”的稱號。它於1926年動工建造，3年後全面使用，分為東院、西院和中院3個部分，佔地570英畝，為世界第二大麻瘋病院。<br /><br />西院是供讓行動不便的麻瘋病人居住、東院則是收容能活動的病人、中院則是後期應付病樓爆滿而興建。為了照顧當時被社會遺棄的病人，裡頭有回教堂、天主教堂、墳場、監獄，甚至擁有本身的貨幣，成為一個社區。<br /><br />目前麻瘋病院東院的土地已歸瑪拉工藝大學所擁有，並計劃利用東院的土地建立醫學院。</td></tr></tbody></table> <span class="author">（光明日報•2007.09.02）<br />Source: <a href="http://www.guangming.com.my/content.phtml?sec=193&amp;sdate=2007-09-02&amp;artid=200709021304">www.guangming.com.my</a><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-2658612616316337979?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' 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href="http://www.merdekareview.com/news.php?n=4521" class="news_list" target="_blank">双溪毛糯麻风病院意义非凡 月底恐遭玛拉大学工程破坏 </a><span class="date1" style="font-size:78%;">(1593)</span></td> <td class="dated1" align="right" valign="top" width="35%">17.7.2007 9:24 pm<br />本刊陈慧思</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-818030531153544796?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-24374442452995515732007-09-04T12:21:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:01:34.961+08:00<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><a class="t" href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/71924#l"><span id="cTitle"></span></a><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="a" style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span id="cByLine">王德齐<br />07年9月3日 傍晚7:37</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="b"><p class="b"><span id="cBody"><img style="width: 250px; height: 163px;" alt="" src="http://images.malaysiakini.com/4/95/23870.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="163" hspace="5" width="250" />这两日来险遭强硬拆除的双溪毛糯麻风病院，今日迎来另一名政府高官——卫生部政务次长李家全亲临巡视，但是他依然无法对这座具有80年历史的历史遗产许下任何具体承诺。<br /><br />继文化、艺术及文物部副部长黄锦鸿之后，李家全在今天下午3时与双溪毛糯麻风病院院长贾斯密医生（Dr Jasmeet Singh）会面，并前往上周末面临强拆命运的东院进行约长半小时的巡视，以了解该麻风病院的整体情况和所遭受的破坏。<br /><br />玛拉工艺大学工程承包商是在<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/71871" target="_blank">国庆日隔日</a>，忽然重新启动暂停半月的拆除工作，并成功拆除东院专为惩罚犯规的麻风病人而设的监狱的一部分围墙。不过，拆除工作最终在贾斯密医生和雪州卫生部总监洪金定介入而停止。<br /><br />不过，承包商却在昨日反口，继续强拆剩余的围墙和另一间空屋，并和国家遗产局专员祖莱娜教授玩<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/71874" target="_blank">“躲迷藏”</a>，导致后者被迫两度折返以阻止工程。承包商在今天并未进行任何拆除工作。<br /><br /><strong>李家全认可麻风病院遗产价值</strong><br /><br /><img src="http://images.malaysiakini.com/4/16/4244.jpg" align="left" height="205" hspace="5" width="180" />据当时在场的隆雪华堂执行长陈亚才披露，李家全（左图）今天巡视的主要目的是要搜集更多麻风病院的资料，以向卫生部长蔡细历作出报告，为决定该院命运的跨部门委员会会议进行准备。<br /><br />闻讯前来的当地居民也借此机会向李家全表达，他们对承包商说拆就拆态度的强烈不满。他们也要求卫生部协助完整保留麻风病院，以及他们赖以维生的花圃。<br /><br />“不过，李家全只是说他会尽量保留麻风病院，不过并没有保证一定会成功。他也表示认同麻风病院拥有历史古迹的文化意义和价值。”<br /><br />陈亚才也表示，李家全在被问及承包商不理村民和文化部阻止继续动工的问题时，后者也答应将回去部门了解麻风病院所牵涉的土地问题，以确定麻风病院的地主和权限。<br /><br /><strong>遗产局发保护令阻工程继进行</strong><br /><br />此外，他也透露，国家遗产局专员祖莱娜教授已在今早援引2005年国家文化遗产法令，发出通知信给玛拉工艺大学校长，表示文化部有意将麻风病院列为文化遗产。<br /><br />“国家遗产局专员今早也发出短期保护令，暂时将麻风病院列为文化遗产，并要求玛拉工艺大学停止拆除行动，等待该局完成研究工作。有关保护令的有效期长达30天，而她也能在有效期结束后继续延长指令。”</span></p><p class="b"><br /><span id="cBody"></span></p><p class="b"><span id="cBody">請至<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/71924">當今大馬</a>網站閱讀完整新聞<br /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-2437444245299551573?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-88349195336745126972007-09-04T12:20:00.001+08:002007-11-14T12:02:15.340+08:00<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody> <tr> <td class="a" style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span id="cByLine">司徒旨祥与杨凯斌<br />07年9月2日 下午5:41</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="b"><p class="b"><span id="cBody">继昨日推倒监狱的围墙，夷平两间废置的房子后，玛拉工艺大学工程承包商今日继续强拆拥有80年历史的双溪毛糯麻风病院，违反昨日的停工协议。<br /><br /><strong>推倒剩余围墙，夷平一空屋</strong><br /><br /><img src="http://images.malaysiakini.com/1/95/23872.jpg" align="left" height="146" hspace="5" width="219" />承包商一行人今早10点，又出动一辆铲泥机（神手）和约数名工人，将剩余的麻风病院东院监狱围墙全面推倒，夷平附近仅存另一间空屋。过后，还出动人手拆除部分监狱建筑物的瓦片。唯后来因为天不作美，两度下起倾盆大雨，才导致承包商不得不停工。<br /><br />国家遗产局总监祖莱娜虽然在11点左右赶到现场，欲阻止承包商继续施工，但是态度强硬地承包商却表示，若没有黑字白纸，本身只会听令玛拉工艺大学的指示才会停工。<br /><br /><strong>承包商：昨日停工协议无效</strong><br /><br />毫无肆忌的承包商甚至反口说，昨日与雪州卫生部总监洪金定所达至的<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/71871" target="_blank">暂停拆除监狱工程的协议</a>不合法，因此作罢。<br /><br /><img src="http://images.malaysiakini.com/4/95/23873.jpg" align="left" height="200" hspace="5" width="200" />在场的古迹研究学者林永隆（左图）透露，祖莱娜在向承包商交涉时，炮轰他们没有人情味，不断强拆的行径太过分，也不等待正在研究如何维护麻风病院的内阁作出定夺，就急不急待施工。她透露将会寄发一封内阁目前正在研究此事的指令，给承包商。<br /><br />祖莱娜除了斥责承包商没有权力擅自动工外，也质问究竟是谁允许承包商进行强拆。<br /><br /><strong>第二度强拆，承包商“失踪”</strong><br /><br />由于交涉过程时，下起倾盆大雨，有关的承包商拆除工作不得不宣告中止，双方也因躲雨而中止交涉。祖莱娜也原以为承包商在经过交涉后，将会自行动工，而先行离开。<br /><br /><img src="http://images.malaysiakini.com/4/95/23874.jpg" align="right" height="200" hspace="5" width="300" />不过在大雨结束后，承包商旗下的工人却开始以人手，拆除部分监狱建筑物的瓦片，承包商此时却恰好宣告“失踪”。不过，稍后又开始下起第二场雨，导致拆除工作再次宣告暂停。<br /><br />在林永隆的联络下，祖莱娜再次折返现场以协助阻止承包商继续进行拆除工作。正当林永隆和祖莱娜，正在头痛如何寻觅失踪的承包商交涉时，一名经过的工头向他们证实，今日的拆除将会到此为止，让麻风病院的监狱暂时逃过被夷平的危机。</span></p><p class="b"><br /><span id="cBody"></span></p><p class="b"><span id="cBody">請至<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/71874">當今大馬</a>網站閱讀完整新聞<br /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-8834919533674512697?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-43671905373511027602007-09-04T12:16:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:02:55.036+08:00<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-size:100%;"><a class="t" href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/71871#l"><span id="cTitle"></span></a><br /></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="a" style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span id="cByLine">杨凯斌<br />07年9月1日 晚上8:23</span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="b"><p class="b"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span id="cBody"><p>当举国上下仍沉浸在昨日欢庆50周年国庆的气氛中，已被文化、艺术及文物部宣布为国家文化遗址的双溪毛糯麻风病院，今日仍难逃被玛拉工艺大学工程破坏的阴影。<br /><br /><strong>暂时妥协拆监狱围墙和空置房子</strong><br /><br /><img src="http://images.malaysiakini.com/1/95/23862.gif" align="right" height="146" hspace="5" width="219" />今 日下午两点开始，玛拉工艺大学工程承包商tunas jaya 派出一辆铲泥机（神手）和约10名工人，企图前往强拆被列入为医学院大楼范围的双溪毛糯麻风病院东院。不过在当地居民、建筑学者林永隆和白小保校工委会副 秘书庄白绮的大力阻止之下，承包商不得不暂时停工，只拆除了东院专为惩罚犯规的麻风病人而设的监狱的围墙。<br /><br /><img src="http://images.malaysiakini.com/4/95/23867.jpg" align="left" height="218" hspace="5" width="250" />在阻止拆除的过程中，数名居民不惜“以身挡车”，趋前喝制神手司机和承包商工人停工。而长期关心麻风病院议题的林永隆更遭一名工头出言恐吓说“若你再讲，我就打人”。有关工头嚣张的举止，也引起当地居民的公愤。<br /><br />闻讯而至的麻风病院院长贾斯密医生（Dr Jasmeet Singh）以及雪州卫生部总监洪金定，在与承包商负责人会晤之后达至妥协，只允许他们拆除监狱附近空置的几个房子，暂时解除了东院遭全面拆除的噩运。</p><br /><p>完整新聞，請連線至<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/71871">當今大馬</a>網站瀏覽<br /></p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-4367190537351102760?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-23700451111928220622007-09-04T12:03:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:03:31.160+08:00<h5 style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><b>Elizabeth Cardosa:</b> There's hope for the valley of hope</h5><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="bywho" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="mailto:heritage@badanwarisan.org.my" target="_self">By : Elizabeth Cardosa</a> </span><br /> <!--start pix1--> </div><table style="font-family: arial; text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody><tr> <td class="caption" id="aphoto"><img src="http://www.nst.com.my/Sunday/Columns/20070722075729/insidepix1" alt="The original Sungai Buloh leper asylum." border="0" height="230" width="350" /><br />The original Sungai Buloh leper asylum.</td></tr> </tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> <!--end pix1--> <br /> </div><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;" class="abstract"> IF any of my friends in the Klang Valley want to buy plants, they are likely to drive to Sungai Buloh, about 25km from Kuala Lumpur. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <!--start pix2 & pix3--><br /> </div><table style="font-family: arial; text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> <tbody><tr><td><img src="http://www.nst.com.my/Sunday/Columns/20070722075729/insidepix2?display=xsmall" alt="Young and vibrant. The leprosarium's cadet corps get into line in 1969." border="1" height="145" width="200" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">Young and vibrant. The leprosarium's cadet corps get into line in 1969.</td></tr> </tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> <!--end pix2 & pix3--><span style="font-family:arial;">Many of the commercial nurseries which thrive there are within the Sungai Buloh Leprosarium, which can trace its history back to the mid 1920s.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> From the earliest times, those suffering from leprosy (Hansen’s disease) were ostracised by society and forced to live in inhumane conditions. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Lepers were segregated in compounds with fences surrounded by barbed wire, as if they were criminals.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> In the 1940 Straits Times Annual, Harry Miller’s article titled "Lepers at Sungai Buloh … A Model Settlement in Malaya" informs us that of the 3,000,000 lepers in the world then, 2,000 lived at the Sungai Buloh settlement. The inhabitants were a mixture of races:</span><br /><center style="font-family: arial;"><!-- start video--> <!-- end video--> </center><span style="font-family:arial;"> "Chinese, most of the races of India, Malays, Javanese, Thais, Eurasians and a sprinkling of other nationalities. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"They form a big family of men, women and children with different languages, religions and customs isolated by law, bound by the common fetter of leprosy, yet living in complete harmony." </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Back in 1922, Dr Ernst Travers (after whom Jalan Travers is named) took charge of the leper asylum in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">What he found was 400 men, women and children living in appalling conditions, with no clothing, blankets or food. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> He offered them compassion, treatment, clean bedding and clothes — turning around a wretched situation, wracked with daily riots and disturbances, into one of hope. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It was his advocacy that was to see the lepers transferred from the asylum in Kuala Lumpur to a new settlement at Sungai Buloh.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> When the settlement was officially opened in 1930, it was the largest and most modern leprosarium in the British Commonwealth, said to be the "most impressive because of its scenic setting and its modern buildings and facilities" (www.leprosyhistory.org).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> The Sungai Buloh Leprosarium was also a noted centre for research. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> From as early as the 1930s, drug trials and development of alternative drugs and other scientific investigations were carried out until the early 1980s.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Among these were investigations, from the 1940s through the 1960s, into the first successful multi-drug treatment and the development of a new regime for leprosy which has cured millions of patients.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> And this model of a self-contained settlement had a profound influence on the design of other leper settlements in other parts of the world.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Anthony Joshua-Raghavar in Leprosy in Malaysia. Past, Present and Future (1983) calls the Sungai Buloh Settlement a model of modern human settlement planning. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Clear zones for housing, social facilities and medical facilities, with modern sewerage, safe water supply, and buildings which were functional and modest, were constructed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> In response to the tropical climate, deep overhanging roofs and good ventilation provided more comfort for the lepers, who were very sensitive to bright light and high temperatures. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Two sections were divided by a hill with forested slopes and the reservoir.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> The west, for sick and disabled patients who required care, and the east which was the "kampung" for those who were healthy and could live independently, working the allotments which they were given to grow fruit trees and vegetables, and raise animals.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> There were also communal facilities — a school, churches, mosques, Indian and Chinese temples, grocery shops, workshops, etc. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Originally covering an area of 230ha, it was reduced to 120ha when the new Sungai Buloh Hospital was built, together with the nursing college and new highway access.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> In 1940, the settlement had several social clubs, one for women to play both outdoor and indoor games, one for Indians and another for Chinese and even an English speaking club.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> A drama club, a book club, educational facilities, and food and sundry shops were found here, and there were even special currency notes to eliminate the possibility of infection spreading outside of the settlement. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> The settlement was managed by the lepers themselves, working as clerks, police, gardeners, watchmen, dispensers, dressers and nurses. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It was a self-supporting and empowered community whose inhabitants could live with self-respect and dignity.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Today, one still passes through a small gateway to enter this township of gardens and nurseries. Homes are neatly laid out along narrow streets meandering through the area, but only a few hundred inhabitants still remain. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> In the book, Valley of Hope (2006), Joyce Wong Chau Yin and co-author Phang Siew Sia record the story of the settlement and its residents. Wong’s parents were patients there and she was born there and grew up nearby.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> In an interview, Wong says: "Sungai Buloh is a one-of-a-kind place, probably in the whole world. Very seldom can we find such a well-organised, self-sufficient community.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"It is a repository of stories of patients who have struggled to live through both the physical and psychological sufferings caused by leprosy. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"As such, it is a very important part of the history of leprosy in this country as well as the world."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> The Sungai Buloh Leprosarium represents a part of our medical and social heritage which, sadly, most of us know nothing about. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> In May this year, Badan Warisan Malaysia awarded a Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize Measured Drawings Grant to a group of students from Taylor’s College to document a selected number of buildings in the Sungai Buloh Leprosarium.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> During their research, supervising lecturer Lim Yong Long (to whom I am indebted for much of the research for this article) learnt that the eastern section of the settlement is to be demolished soon and the area is to be redeveloped into new facilities for the Universiti Teknologi Mara Medical Faculty.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> On July 10 this year, Lim submitted a nomination form for the settlement to be included in the National Heritage Register. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">His passionate appeal appears to have caught the sympathetic ear of the Minister of Health who is reported to have said that his ministry had decided to preserve some parts of the centre because of its historical significance and there were plans to "turn part of the centre’s heritage buildings into a heritage site ... (and) a tourist attraction" (NST, July 21).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">With this stay of execution, I hope that a cultural heritage impact assessment is carried out on the whole site to help make informed decisions on what is best in this redevelopment plan; that the stakeholders, most especially the inhabitants and their carers, are consulted and their views taken cognisence of.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> Could, for example, the original dwellings be preserved and converted into accommodation, the wards turned into care centres for the surrounding communities, the existing religious facilities maintained and used by the local population?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"> For this to be a viable and vibrant tourist attraction, the historical, scientific, social and cultural significance of this model centre for treatment and research in leprosy must retain its authenticity and its heritage values.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It is reassuring to know that this settlement will continue to be a living testimony of the story of leprosy in Malaysia.</span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">The writer is executive director of Badan Warisan Malaysia. She can be contacted at heritage@badanwarisan.org.my.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Source: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Columns/20070722075729/Article">www.nst.com.my</a></b><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-2370045111192822062?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-70005309071685406492007-09-04T11:50:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:04:13.993+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="story_byline"><b>By ROYCE CHEAH</b></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="text" style="font-family:arial;"> <p> PETALING JAYA: The Sungai Buloh Leprosy Centre is under siege with four chalets already demolished and the roof tiles of the former prison building being removed to make way for a UiTM campus building. </p><p> This is despite the Cabinet directive that discussions between all parties must continue to preserve the site while allowing some development. </p><p> The contractor hired by UiTM demolished two chalets last Saturday before Selangor Health director Dr Ang Kim Teng went to the site to order them to stop. </p><p> According to Lim Yong Long – an advocate for the preservation of the centre – the contractor had broken his promise to Dr Ang that they would wait for a Cabinet decision on Wednesday. </p><p> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="7" width="314"> <tbody><tr><td> <img src="http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/9/3/nation/chalets.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> </td></tr> <tr><td><div class="caption">Heritage gone: Demolition work being done at the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Centre yesterday.</div></td></tr> </tbody></table> Yesterday morning, the contractor demolished two more chalets and were removing roof tiles from the former prison that used to house convicted lepers, said Lim. </p><p> This time, Heritage Commissioner Datuk Zurainah Majid was alerted. </p><p> Lim said that a heated discussion ensued, with the contractor asking Zurainah for orders in “black and white” to stop work. </p><p> “Part of the settlement has been earmarked for heritage purposes. It is this very part that the contractor is demolishing to make way for a UiTM medical hospital,” said Zurainah. </p><p> “The Cabinet has instructed that all parties continue discussions, so I do not know why they have gone ahead,” she said, adding that the contractor told her they were under orders from UiTM to continue. </p><p> Zurainah said discussions with the committee in charge of the preservation of the settlement would continue today. </p><p> It was reported two weeks ago that eviction notices were served on some nursery operators at the centre after they had stopped an attempted demolition of the former prison building on Aug 13. </p><p> In July, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek had said that part of the leprosy centre would be turned into a heritage site and tourist attraction. </p></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="text" style="font-family:arial;">Source: <a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/9/3/nation/18765981&amp;sec=nation">www.thestar.com.my</a></span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-7000530907168540649?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-2983086274194003092007-09-04T11:48:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:05:11.339+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="story_byline"><b>SPEAKING UP</b></span></span> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> I READ “<a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/8/21/lifefocus/18601507&amp;sec=lifefocus">Living legacy</a>” (<i>StarTwo</i>, Aug 21) with great interest. I am aware that the debate on preserving the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement started in July, but your article was an eye-opener on the true significance of the place. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> I strongly believe that the whole colony is worth preserving, and the communities that live there and their culture need to be kept as authentic as possible, in order to maintain the true meaning and spirit of this settlement, for future generations to appreciate. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> If the present generation is not fully aware of the existence of such an important site, just imagine what historical “emptiness” we would be passing on to our young if places like this settlement were to come to an abrupt end. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> It would be a great loss to let the structures just deteriorate with time, or worse, be demolished on the lame excuse of building some structures that could be easily accommodated on other sites. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Preserving heritage sites must surely be as important as the management of modern infrastructures. Therefore, I hope that the government will put more emphasis on keeping invaluable sites intact, even as it makes plans to build new projects. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Moreover, careful planning must be made before turning any historical place into a tourist attraction. Otherwise, the essence of its heritage may become “commercialised”, not to mention the threat of environmental degradation due to overpopulation or uncontrolled human activity. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Like the effects of global warming, such losses can never be redeemed with tourism revenue, or any other revenue! <b><i>– Doris, Johor</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><i>Source: <a href="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/8/27/lifefocus/18672660&amp;sec=lifefocus">www.thestar.com.my</a><br /></i></b></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-298308627419400309?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-3037754765715063272007-09-04T11:47:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:06:03.450+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >I READ with great distress the article about the eviction notices being served on some of the nursery operators at the leprosy centre in Sungai Buloh (<i><a href="http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2007/8/17/central/18613329&sec=central" target="_blank">Nurseries to make way for UiTM campus</a></i> – <i>The Star</i>, Aug 17). </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" class="text" ><p> The nurseries at the Sg Buloh leprosy centre are a favourite haunt of plant lovers, gardening enthusiasts and horticulturists. These nurseries have existed for a long time and have contributed to the development of the local horticulture industry. </p><p> Many of these nurseries were run by residents of the leprosy centre. This makes it even more special because rather than just suffer in silence, they worked hard to make a decent living and to gain a sense of dignity. </p><p> This to me is a true embodiment of Malaysia Boleh. It is ironic that this eviction notice is being served just as we are gearing up for the 50th Merdeka celebration. </p><p> In an enlightened society, the Sg Buloh nurseries would have been given the necessary support to become a major horticultural centre for Malaysia. </p><p> UiTM has many branch campuses and even if it needs more space, why of all places does it have to pick this little green haven in Sg Buloh? </p></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" class="text" ><p> Even if the nurseries have to go, the brave pioneers of our horticulture industry should be given a decent place to operate. </p></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" class="text" ><p><b>SURIN SUKSUWAN, Lausanne, Switzerland.</b> </p></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" class="text" ><p>source: <a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/8/23/focus/18657938&amp;sec=focus">www.thestar.com.my</a></p></span></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-303775476571506327?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172118379993206465.post-33894831515892675522007-09-04T11:45:00.000+08:002007-11-14T12:06:40.548+08:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="text" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="text" style="font-family:arial;"> <p> I READ with dismay that yet another place of heritage value has to give way to development. </p><p> I am talking about the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Centre. </p><p> If so much sentiments and consideration can be given to Universiti Malaya as a heritage site being one of the oldest institutes of higher learning, I see no reason not to give the same reverence to Sungai Buloh. It has equal importance in its rich history as a previous asylum for the leprous community and also for its contribution to medical research for leprosy and its treatment. </p><p> Let's not be too hasty to erase bit by bit the living proof of our rich history and heritage. </p><p> What is removed and destroyed will be lost forever. </p><p> There will always be land to build institutions but there will never be the same Sungai Buloh if we allow development that will mar its natural settings. </p><p> <b>Dr TGM, Ampang, Selangor.</b> </p></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="text" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="story_header">Source: <a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/8/19/focus/18628523&amp;sec=focus">www.thestar.com.my</a></span></span><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9172118379993206465-3389483151589267552?l=valleyofhope.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rainforesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201748912491334654noreply@blogger.com3