It was about one in the afternoon and was raining heavily in Bukit Tinggi, Klang. But it did not deters a group of residents from the Bandar Bukit Tinggi housing estate to come out in umbrellas to put across their appeal to the Selangor state government to allocate a piece of land in the area for a Buddhist temple to be built there. The devas must be shedding tears of support for a Buddhist vihara in Bandar Bukit Tinggi!
In that area, a piece of land with the size about 28,000 sq ft has been designated for use to build a place of worship for the non-muslims. A local Buddhist organisation, the Mudita Buddhist Society has submitted application in early 2009 for that piece of land to enable the society to build a Buddhist temple. Considering that nearly 70% of residents in the surrounding areas are of the Buddhist faith, it is not too much too ask for a place of worship to be built there. Furthermore, within the vicinity there is not even one Buddhist temple to serve the spiritual and religious education needs of the Buddhist community.
Buddhist community in Malaysia are usually quite subtle in approaching the government for land to build temples or solving issues related to their religion. For a group of residents to come out in the rain to request the government to listen to their needs, this must be a matter of serious concern to them and close to their heart.
Therefore the Selangor state government are strongly urged to consider approving the land application by the Mudita Buddhist Society so that the religious needs of the community will be taken care of. The people already spoken, what say the state government? - Loka
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