大家一起7979 让爱人成为生活态度 Let Loving Others be the way of life

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Lately, a critically acclaimed movie, "Abang Adik” told us the stories of two unfortunate brothers who lived and worked at the downtown Pudu wet market. Both brothers were local yet lived like foreign workers because they had no identification documents. Henceforth, their lives were full of challenges and injustice. Similar incidents are happening in other places in Malaysia, many of us are aware of it, yet we don’t feel the pain because we are not the ones in difficulty. When will the sorrow of the poor stop? There was a social worker in the movie who helped the brothers, but she was unfortunately murdered. Hopefully, this incident will not be a stumbling block for you to serve others, but be the stepping stone for you to enhance your people-helping skills. Hence, 7979 provides a Volunteer Advance Training Course to enhance your people-helping skills and knowledge, while getting acquainted with people of the same field.              

In the mid of writing this article, the authorities were actively clamping down on the overstayed foreign labour, our government encouraged the employers to legalise their employed foreign labour. Malaysia has how many foreign workers? Deputy Minister of the Human Resource Ministry, Datuk Mustapha Sakmud revealed that there are currently 2.73 million recorded foreign workers in Malaysia, but nobody knows the actual number. A conservative estimation of the actual figure might be double the official number. Foreign workers who entered the country legally failed to exit this country upon the expiry of their working permit will immediately classified as overstayed illegal foreign workers. In some cases, the foreign workers owed massive debts at home to come overseas to work, yet they ended up without work due to fraud. Negeri Sembilan’s State government planned to confine all foreign workers to a gazetted community for the convenience of governing and care. The pros and cons of this plan will definitely raise a lot of controversies, it all boils down to how we value one another.   

​At the same time. our government is also countering corruption. Revealing from a case's initial investigation, the figure was as massive as a nation’s income; yet some said that was only the peak of an iceberg. If that were to be true, then how many generations of quality lives has it snatched away? Hopefully, you will not lose hope because of all these, but choose to be the light that spreads warmness in this society that is turning more and more indifferent by practising kindness every day of our lives.   

The weak Malaysia Ringgit has directly or indirectly increased our cost of living. The official inflation rate seems to be at an acceptable level, yet in our daily lives and from our purchasing power, we can feel the pressure of it. The grassroots especially received the hardest blow, they always feel there is not enough money to use. We urge you to participate in our 100 X RM100 small-amount fundraising project, and be one of the 100 donors in this season, to assist families in crisis to weather the storm.            
Lastly, I wanted to say, that the neighbourhood around Pudu is occupied by the grassroots and the poor, the Chinese here speak Cantonese and not Mandarin as in the movie, and recently the language here has become more varied with the addition of more foreign languages. Hopefully, the tears that you shed watching the movie will help you to turn compassion into actions to help others. Amid ordinary and poverty, many landmark high-rise buildings can be seen from that place, where is our place? Are you willing to walk into the poor and accompany them?    ​
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最近火红的电影《富都青年》剧情，讲述发生在首都吉隆坡市中心的老旧社区富都（Pudu）巴刹一带的悲惨故事。两兄弟因无身份证件，生于本地却如外籍，遇到许多的挑战和不公。相似的情况和遭遇常常发生在马来西亚，我却只时有所闻，因为已不成新闻。贫穷人家的悲歌何时了？电影里有个协助这两兄弟的社工，却遭遇不幸，希望这情节不会拦阻您想要助人的心，而是更响往提升自己助人的专业度。因此，7979提供了志工进深培训课程，提升您助人的技巧和知识，也可以在课程里找到同路的伙伴们。

在写这文章时，政府正在大举取缔非法逾期逗留的外籍人士，并鼓励雇主们合法化所聘请的外劳。大马的客工外劳有多少人呢？人力资源部副部长慕斯达法沙目披露，目前大马客工外劳高达2百73万，实际的数目无人知。保守估计要翻倍。有合法入境的客工外劳们，期限到准证被撤销又无法回国，即时成为逾期逗留的非法外劳了。更有举债前来，却发现受骗无法工作还债的。森美兰州政府，计划在年底前，规定所有外劳要住在特别规划出来的社区，以方便管理和照顾。这事的利弊，预料会掀起一番舆论，孰是孰非，取决于我们对待他人的价值取向。

与此同时，政府也在打贪。根据我国一个案件的初步资料显示，富可敌国的天文数字；有人说这只是冰山一角，若属实，这冰山会让多少人冷了多少截？但愿您莫因此心灰意冷，反而在这逐渐冷漠的社会中，选择发光传热，日行一善，让爱人成为一种生活态度。

马币疲弱，无疑直接间接地提高了生活费。官方的通膨率似乎尚可接受，但在平常的生活和购买力上，我们都体会水涨船高的压力。社会中基层群体尤其是感受到钱不够用。我们恳请您参与 100 x RM100 小额募款计划，在这一季里成为100人捐献RM100的其中一人，帮助急难家庭渡过难关。

最后想说，富都近邻一带，住着许多基层和贫穷群体，当地华人讲粤语而非电影中的华语，当然近年来也越来越多外来人掺杂了各国的语言。但愿电影观后的感动，能化为怜悯与助人的行动。该地望得到一栋栋世界级的高楼建筑，在平凡与贫穷之间，我们身置何处？是否愿意走向贫穷人，陪伴他们？

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大会一起7979 让爱人成为生活态度