FOR
THE KIND ATTENTION OF FELLOW MEMBERS, ALL TAOISTS, KIND DEVOTEES:
Invitation
to 9th Singapore Taoist Day - Celebration to mark Tai Shang Lao Jun
(Lao Zi) and Fund Raising Dinner to raise funds for "Taoism Studies
and Development Fund" to aid the establishing of Tao Theology and
Culture Center
To
commemorate next year's Lao Zi's birthday, Taoist Mission (Singapore)
and 9th Singapore Taoist Day Organizing and Working Committee - 2004
have been working vigorously for 9th Singapore Taoist Day Celebration,
so as to continue the mission of glorifying Taoism, promoting Chinese
tradition and culture and preserve Singapore's multi racial and religious
harmony.
A
series of activities is planned for you, your families and friends.
Taoist Mission welcomes everyone to participate in the events. They
are as follows:
| 1) |
Taoist
altar setup to honour and celebrate Tai Shang Lao Jun (Lao Zi)'s
birthday. |
| 2)
|
"Zhonghua:
Tradition, Culture and Life 2" bilingual mobile exhibition
with 3D display. |
| 3) |
Fund
Raising Dinner for "Taoism Studies and Development Fund"
to aid the establishment of Singapore Tao Theology and Culture Center. |
At
this year's 8th (2003) Singapore Taoist Day Celebration, besides the grand
altar for prayers, we also had a large scaled - "Zhonghua: Tradition,
Culture and Life" mobile exhibition. The exhibition had 15 themes
and focused on the life of a Chinese and various Chinese tradition festivals.
Hence allowing the public to have a better understanding on Zhonghua tradition,
culture and life. Only with mutual understanding we can have mutual respect
in a multi racial and religious society.
This exhibition had gained the support and thumbs up from the public,
fellow Taoists, other races and religions. Some had even suggested it
to be exhibited in the form of the museum-style, so as to preserve the
rich heritage of Chinese culture and Taoism, allowing future generations
to have better understanding of their own religion and culture and encourage
other races to have a clearer perceptive over Zhonghua tradition, culture
and life.
The
Organizing Committee will be contacting all local secondary and primary
schools to make arrangement and send their students to visit our exhibition.
Furthermore, this event had gained Singapore Tourism Board (STB)'s support
and recognition.
STB
had specially invited Taoist Mission (Singapore) to work together and
assists them in the following:
| 1)
|
To
host next year 9th Singapore Taoist Day Celebration in Chinatown
and enhance its attractions for tourist and the local. |
| 2)
|
To
revive Chinese culture and tradition that are slowly fading out
and allow more young Chinese to understand their 'roots'. |
| 3) |
To
enable promotion of Chinese heritage preservation and allow local
Chinese and Singaporean to be proud of 'Singapore Chinatown'. |
In
view of these reasons, Taoist Mission (Singapore) accepted this priviledged
invitation to stage the celebration in Chinatown.
President
of Republic of Singapore His Excellency S.R. Nathan and Mrs. Nathan
are our Guests of Honour for the 9th Singapore Taoist Day and will officiate
the opening ceremony of the celebration.
9TH SINGAPORE TAOIST DAY- 2004
| Date |
: |
1st
- 18th March 2004 |
| Venue |
: |
Open
Field next to Sago Lane & Chinatown Complex |
| Opening
Ceremony cum Dinner |
: |
4th
March 2004 (Thursday) |
| Ritual
Dao Chang |
: |
2nd - 6th March 2004 |
| Mobile
Exhibition |
: |
1st
- 18th March 2004 |
We
are thankful to have the support of the following organizations:
| A. |
Singapore
Tourism Board |
| B. |
Kreta
Ayer-Kim Seng C.C.C |
| C. |
Chinatown
Business Association |
| D. |
Inter
Religious Organization, Singapore (IRO) |
| E. |
China
Taoist Association, China |
| F. |
Hebei
Province Taoist Association, China |
We are also awaiting the replies from other overseas organizations.
We believe this would draw the attention of fellow Taoists and people
globally and thus to have better knowledge and understanding on Taoism
and Chinese heritage so as to achive mutual respect and living in harmony.
Our
main focus for the next Taoist Day Celebration is on the setting up
of the Tao Theology and Culture Center. Plans had been laid out earlier
on but as we had allocate full resources on promoting Taoism and preserving
Chinese heritage, the progress of setting up the Tao Theology and Culture
Center had been put on hold. However we are determined to establish
this Tao Theology and Culture Center. Therefore Taoist Mission (Singapore)
had mobilized all of its resources in setting up this Tao Theology and
Culture Center.
With
the establishment of the Tao Theology and Culture Center,
we can continue and move with greater pace in promoting Taoist teachings,
Chinese heritage, arts, music and education so as to nurture excellent
Taoist intellectual and also learn more about multi-religion and cultures
in Singapore.
Simultaneously,
we would setup an Information Center to provide the public with valuable
resources and information. Although we are inexperience in this field
but with a mission and objective of promoting the Chinese heritage and
values and in order to allow those who are keen and interested in Chinese
heritage and Taoism to come together and learn, we boldly went ahead
in setting up a Tao Theology and Culture Center. This would also be
a new milestone for Taoism in Singapore. In the process of setting up
the Tao Theology and Culture Center, no doubt we need the advice and
help from China Taoist Institute, China Shanghai Taoist Institute, Hong
Kong Taoist Institute, Zhonghua Taoist Institute, Fung Ying Seen Koon
Taoist Culture Database and various Institute, Religion Culture Centers
and scholars from all over the world.
We
need the support from all, kind devotees, friends and fellow Taoists.
Taoist Mission (Singapore) and 9th Singapore Taoist Day Organizing and
Working Committee - 2004 sincerely appeal your contribution and donation
to the 'Taoism Studies and Development Fund' so as to assist us in setting
up the Tao Theology and Culture Center.
To
allow us to achieve our goal faster, the 9th Singapore Taoist Day-2004
Celebration Dinner will be raising funds through the selling of tickets.
Each ticket (1 seat) cost S$100, each table (10 seats) cost S$1,000.
We welcome all to purchase the tickets and attend this grand event to
celebrate together; we also welcome the donating of seats/tables.
For purchasing of 1 table or above, upon receiving your amount, we would
personally (only in Singapore) deliver the invitation letter to your
premises or send it to you by mail. We thank you for your generous support
and participate enthusiastically in our fund raising for 'Taoism Studies
and Development Funds' so as to establish Singapore Tao Theology Culture
Center. Your support will certainly give us more courage and bring new
hope to us and to do an even better job in promoting Taoism and Chinese
heritage.
Those
who are interested, kindly enclosed application forms 'Taoism Studies
and Development Funds' to support the setting up of Singapore Tao Theology
Culture Center and with the crossed check stating "Taoist Mission
(Singapore)", mail it to: Taoist Mission (Singapore) P.O Box 288,
Bukit Panjang Post Office, Singapore 916810. Please state whether to
purchase/donate Dinner tickets. Or, you can fax the application forms
to 68415186. We looked forward for your good news and respond.
We accept any donation amount, however huge funds are needed in establishing
the Singapore Tao Theology Culture Center, with a earnest heart to promote
Taoism, Chinese heritage and preserve world peace and inter-religious
harmony we hope you would lend us a helping hand and support us and
donate generously.
Blessings
Fu Sheng Wu Liang Tian Zun
President of Taoist Mission (Singapore)
Chairman of the 9th Singapore Taoist Day
Organizing and Working Committee
Master Lee Zhiwang
Taoist
year 4700 Year Kui Wei, the eighth of the eleventh lunar month
1st of December 2003
(Taoist Day can only be a success with your support!)
We Welcome Your Donation for
"Taoism Studies and Development Funds" in
establishing the Singapore Tao Theology and Culture Centre
Bank
:DBS Bank Ltd
A/C Name: Taoist Mission (Singapore)
A/C No.: 015-022349-9
