Proposed Monash 6-storey Development

Posted to Letters to the Editor, Monash Weekly 7/1/2011
Title: Proposed Monash 6-storey Development

There are concerning issues regarding the proposed six-storey development including a Karaoke bar with 3 am licence:

• Over concentration of restaurants / food premises will cannibalise existing businesses
• A lot more late-night alcohol-fuelled violence will be in the precinct
• More demand on police and council resources to ensure Monash residents peace and quiet enjoyment of their properties at night
• Possible organised gangs will be attracted and infiltrated to this area with early morning licence
• Non-existing by-laws to ensure balanced mix of business

Although I'm a Chinese by descent, I definitely do not like to see the Kingsway turned into a Chinatown like Box Hill, Springvale, Richmond in Melbourne, or Eastwood, Chatswood and Cabramatta in Sydney - almost filled with Asian restaurants or businesses.

Only a balanced mix of businesses and ethnicity in the City of Monash will ensure racial harmony in the near and long-term future.

The World needs only one reason to celebrate - PEACE

Posted to Letters to the Editor, Monash Weekly on 20/12/2010
Title: The World needs only one reason to celebrate - PEACE

Barack Obama wrote on Facebook dated 31/12/2009:
As we head into 2010, our Facebook community has grown to over 7 million. That's over 7 million reasons to celebrate as we enter the new year. Thank you for your support.

Sin Fong commented:
Mr President, don't worry about the 6,999,999 reasons to celebrate, the world needs only one - PEACE!

Casualty statistics are not just numbers; they also represent sadness, misery and scarred memory. Wars create barrier, resentment, hatred and revenge. They destroy buildings, dwellings, lives, humanity and meaningful history.

It's not a matter of "Yes we CAN"; it should be "Yes we WILL" - to live in harmony with other human beings as well as with the environment.