(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners in Singapore celebrated World Falun Dafa Day at Hong Lim Park on May 5, 2014, and wished the founder of Falun Dafa Mr. Li Hongzhi happy birthday. May 13, 2014, marks the 22 nd anniversary of Falun Dafa's introduction to the public.
The event started with performances by the Divine Land Marching Band, followed by a Falun Gong exercise demonstration to soothing exercise music. The two hosts talked about how Falun Dafa has been embraced in over 100 countries around the world, as well as about the brutal persecution in China.
Many locals and tourists in the park stopped to learn more about the event. Many signed the petition calling for an immediate end to the Chinese Communist Party's forced organ harvesting from living Falun Dafa practitioners in China.
Singapore Falun Dafa practitioners wish Master Li Hongzhi a happy birthday
The Divine Land Marching Band performs at the event to celebrate World Falun Dafa Day
The Falun Dafa exercise demonstration at Hong Lim Park in Singapore
“Falun Dafa Promotes Universal Values”
Ms. Laurence Federici, an English teacher from France, asked many questions about Falun Dafa and took a few fliers. She said, “No one wants to oppose truthfulness compassion and tolerance, except for those who want to destroy peace.” She also said the persecution should be exposed to the world.
Ms. Federici was in Singapore for two days on her way to visit her daughter in Australia. Walking in the park, she heard the band perform and saw the exercise demonstration.
People sign a petition calling for an end to the Chinese Communist Party's forced organ harvesting from living Falun Dafa practitioners.
Mr. Xie works at a restaurant nearby. He came to the event to see what was going on. Watching the exercise demonstration, he asked a practitioner where he could learn the exercises. The practitioner gave him a flier with contact information, and said he could also benefit from bearing in mind the words “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”
Mr. Xie agreed with those sentiments and said that there were a few more Chinese employees at the same restaurant. The practitioner told him to take them truth-clarification materials, because whatever they had heard about Falun Dafa from Chinese-language media would likely be propaganda and lies fabricated by the Chinese Communist Party.
Passersby reading the display boards and studying paintings created by Falun Dafa practitioner artists
Mark Kelly was visiting Singapore from Perth, Australia. Mr. Kelly has been a trainer in management skills for 12 years. He said that respect among people, including respect for another's belief, is very important. He signed the petition form and said, “We have no right to deprive other people of their belief and freedom. Forced organ harvesting is absolutely wrong.”
Singaporean Mr. Kanas watched the exercise demonstration. He said that the exercise was good for health and could relieve tension, which is very beneficial for people in Singapore because the small country has a quick pace and intense work pressure. He signed the petition form against forced organ harvesting and said that more Singaporeans should help the Chinese people.
Many Chinese tourists took truth-clarification fliers. One young Chinese man was stunned to see so many Falun Gong practitioners demonstrating the exercises. He said, “You definitely won't see this in China.” After hearing that millions of Chinese have quit the Communist Party and its affiliated organizations, he agreed to quit, too.
A Chinese mathematics teacher said he respected Falun Gong as a faith. He said he had visited Hong Kong and met Falun Gong practitioners there. He said they were telling the Chinese tourists the facts about the persecution in China.
