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Baha’i women’s contingent at the Women’s Day celebration at the Padang Merdeka, Kuching on 4 Sep 2004, all dressed up in attires representing the various ethnic gropus in Sarawak

On 11 September 2004, a group of Kuching friends led by Dr. John Fozdar, a member of NSA Sarawak, visited Mr. Koh Sze Hock and his wife in Batu Kawa, a suburb of Kuching City.

“It was a very enjoyable meeting and the friends promised to keep in touch with Mr. Koh and his wife,” wrote Dr. John in a recent report on the visit.

“Mr. Koh was a young man in 1966 when we visited long houses along the Samarahan river and the first Bahá’í communities outside of Kapit and Limbang began to spring up. Kg. Turong, Betong Kanowit, Merang and a few others were among the first to have believers,” he said.

Organised by the LSA of Kuching City North, this year’s commemoration of the passing of Baha’u’llah started at 10pm at the Centre. Over 20 friends came to the event with each family bringing roses as a token of their love for Baha’u’llah. The evening started with a long devotion. This was followed with a talk [...]

Today, an interfaith delegation comprising of members of the Muslim Faith, the Anglican church and Roman Catholic church, the Kuching Buddhist Association, the Hindu Temple Association and Sri Mahamariamman Temple, the Sikh Temple Association and the Bahá’í Faith paid a courtesy call on His Excellency, the Governor of Sarawak.

Kuching (Sarawak Tribune) 2003.11.07 - A delegation of senior representatives from the Anglican Church, Catholic Church, Baha’i Spiritual Assembly, Buddhist Society, Sri Mariamman Temple, Hindu Temple Association and the Sikh Temple Association held an informal gathering with officials of the Sarawak Islamic Council during a courtesy call at the Sharia Court Building yesterday afternoon.

A very successful Winter School was held at Sematan Beach from 6 – 9 December 2002. It was attended by about 180 Baha’is and was graced with the presence of Counsellor George Soraya, Auxiliary Board Members Bunsie Tunton, Kalong Katik, Rahmi Kho and most members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Sarawak.

I’m glad to share with you that we held a Children Class pre-campaign last weekend (7-9th Feb) with assistance from Mdm Parvaneh, a resource person from West Malaysia, the National Child Education Committee and Sarawak Bahá’í Institute. The venue was the CAWF office at Jalan Keretapi. The purpose of this pre-campaign was to bring the friends (those having completed Ruhi Book 3 and/or Children’s Class teachers) to study more on the importance of moral education (using Ruhi Book 3) and for the multiplication of the children’s classes and to bring in the seekers.

Payments of Huqúqu’lláh should be made only through the Deputy or Representative of Huqúqu’lláh. In quite reliable circumstances, it may occasionally be channelled through the local or national spiritual assembly. But this should not be a usual route for transmission of Huqúqu’lláh funds. If money is sent through spiritual assemblies, they will issue a receipt. When the money is given to the Office of Huqúqu’lláh, we have to issue another receipt. This causes confusion with accounting when two receipts are issued for the same sum of money.