Sinar Harian - UPF collaborate to promote family values, peace and harmony

SHAH ALAM – Sinar Harian collaborates with United Peace Federation (UPF) in the effort to promote and fight for familial values, peace and universal harmony.

UPF co-chairman Masaichi Hori said UPF, which functions as a non-governmental federation, has core values focusing on solving critical world issues, spreading meaning and the value of love, harmony, and unity.

He said the collaboration with media would strengthen the influence of positive values to society and the world.

“There are many other NGOs that fight for positive values, strong familial ties and corrupt-free community, but they have limitations.

“This is why the collaboration is important to ensure the voices of the majority are heard,” he told Sinar Harian on Sunday.

He also shared that even though Japan was known as a developed country through the eye of the world, its internal values were still affected.

“The communist way of thinking and leftist political parties are strong in Japan. This diminishes the familial ties and the collapse of life for three generations.

“Many Japanese live alone or couples only have one child,” he explained.

Also present were Karangkraf Group Deputy Chairman Datuk Muhammad Nasir Hamzah, Sinar Harian Editor-in-Chief Rozaid Rahman, UPF South East Asia Director Dr Julius Malicdem, UPF Malaysia President Professor Sudeh G Balasubramaniam, UPF Malaysia Deputy President Joachim Ng and Malaysia Women’s Federation for World Peace President Lina Cheng.

Meanwhile, Sudesh said UPF Malaysia now focuses on promoting selfless leadership or leadership ethics that prioritise benefits for others instead of an individual to achieve common goals.

He said that currently, most leaders were inclined to think about their own benefits solely to gain more profits.

“Hence, cultural values ​​need to be inculcated in society, especially among the youths, and this cannot be done alone,” he said.