School to raise funds from charity golf event

SJK (C) YAK CHEE in Puchong plan to hold a charity golf tournament at the Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Club on Oct 14 to raise funds for the school.

The golf event is expected to raise about RM200,000. The money will be used to build a hall and canteen at the school.

To make the event a success, the SJK(C) Yak Chee School Hall and Building Committee have teamed up with Jalil Morning Golfers, a group of social golfers.

Committee chairman Raymond Liew said the school would need about RM4 million to build the hall and canteen.

“The golf tournament will be the first in the series of events to be organised by the school to raise the money required. We are grateful to Jalil Morning Golfers for their support. They have the contacts to get the players. We are expecting about 240 players for the golf tournament,'' said Liew.

SJK (C) Yak Chee is the biggest Chinese school in Puchong. It was built in 1930. The student enrolment stands at 3,700. Due to increasing development in Puchong, the student enrolment is expected to increase in the coming years.

SJK (C) Yak Chee Old Boys Association chairman Liong Yen Lam has also urged former students to participate in the golf tournament.

“Many of the school's former students are active in golf. The time has come for them to contribute to the school. Even those not active in golf, can contribute in terms of donation,'' said Liong.

For individual participants, the entry fee is RM300. The golf tournament will be followed by a gala dinner and a prize giving ceremony.

For more information on the charity golf event, contact 03-8070 1161 or 019-575 3958.

被神仙遺棄的島

被神仙遺棄的島
updated:2005-10-03 15:56:05 MYT

神仙住的地方，就是天堂之所在。峇厘島，遊客稱它神仙島；據說，島上的信奉印度教的居民相信萬物都有神明，神無處不在、無時不在，因此在神的眷顧之下，島民多年來一直都過著與世無爭的日子。

一直以來，這裡一直都是人們心神嚮往的世外桃源。但任誰都沒料到，2002年的10月，幾枚土制炸彈就把人們的世外桃源炸毀了，天堂一夕間變成了地獄，仿佛遭受了詛咒般，守護島上的眾神一夜間，都棄島逃走了。

神仙走後，島上只剩下淚水與血水橫流，無助的島民，除了誦經祈禱外，完全不知所措。那被炸出的地底大洞、那一具具被抬出的血淋淋屍體、那失去親人而失聲痛哭的人、那被炸成廢鐵的汽車，都還歷歷在目。那一次之後，有好長的一段時間，遊客不來，島上的經濟停擺，居民的生活慘淡。

好不容易過了3年，爆炸的陰影漸漸消散，純樸的島民還以為神仙又再度重返島上，但原來，恐怖主義的魔咒還未解除，3個人肉炸彈，再次把這個不再受神仙眷顧的島，變成了人間地獄。

最新的爆襲擊雖然造成的傷亡並沒有上一次嚴重，但是，對峇厘島乃至整印尼的傷害程度絕對是有過之而無不及。

3年前，在毫無設防的情況下，爆炸聲劃破島上寧靜的夜空，世人都感到震驚、悲痛，但還不至於失望、憤怒。即使有憤怒，也是衝著冷血的恐怖份子，但今次，大家的憤怒及失望，卻是針對印尼政府。短短的3年內，在幾乎相同的地方，竟然可以讓腰繫炸藥的自殺式施襲者堂而皇之地走進餐廳引爆炸彈，政府當局顯然並沒有吸取之前血的教訓。

作為仰賴峇厘島旅遊業賺進大量外匯的政府，怎麼能忽略這個已經受襲過一次的地方，怎能抱僥倖的心態，以為恐怖份子炸過一次就不會再盯上它了？特別是蘇西洛總統是打著反恐牌當選的，竟然讓恐怖襲擊一而再發生，顯見印尼安全機制的鬆散，政府在對付境內恐怖份子力有未逮。

印尼政府經顯然已錯失了今次重振峇厘島風光的機會，未來還不知道需等多久，人們才會再度安心地踏上峇厘島，重拾神仙般無憂無慮的避世生活。

星洲日報／國際‧文：蔡思潔‧2005/10/03