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by HK prison chaplain 胡頌恆神父Dr
Jesus Centre 187 Temple St Jordan
Fr John Wotherspoon
O.M.I.
jdwomi@gmail.com
+852 67095674
Imitating
Pope Francis
Tues Sep 30
Today I'm due to be at the High Court in the morning for the
sentencing of a "drug mule" from South America (who took part in my
anti-drug campaign, so I was able to write a mitigation letter for them) ....
then in the afternoon I'm due to attend a function at the Consulate of Indonesia
(to warn people about the danger of drug trafficking)
US-sponsored Israeli
genocide in Gaza: Video
of huge protest in Germany
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Song of
Songs 1 & 2:
The bride says:
Kiss me. Your love is better than wine.
How right it is to love you, you whom my heart loves.
The bridegroom says:
How beautiful you are,
my love, how beautiful you are.
The bride:
He has taken me to his
banquet hall
and his banner over me is love.
The groom:
Come then, my love, my
lovely one, come.
Show me your face and let me hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet and your face is beautiful.
The bride:
My beloved is mine and
I am his.
Dear
God, please give me a lover's love for you
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
125: Those who put their trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, that cannot be shaken.
Jerusalem, the mountains surround her,
so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forever.
Lord, please help us be
more aware of your protecting presence
Listen
1
Thessalonians 5.1-11: The Lord's coming will not find us unprepared
if we live a good life. You are not children of the night and of
darkness.
You are children of the light and of the day. Put on faith and love for a
breastplate.
Put on the hope of salvation for a helmet.
Encourage one another. Strengthen one
another
Jesus, please help me be a person of
encouragement, not
discouragement
Listen
Reflection: Is God present in the Song of Songs?
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Tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday I'm due to visit some
prisons .... will be good to be behind bars again!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent, N America
Jesus,
today, Tuesday,
please bless the people of
South
Asia
And praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 30th
of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Shanghai
And praying for one of
the world's poorest countries
each day of the month:
On this 30th of the month, Jesus please
bless the people of Rwanda
And praying for one
Islam-related intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Tuesday,
please pacify Boko
Haram
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Mon Sep 29
Yesterday afternoon in Jordan there was a meeting for about 40
kind volunteers who visit prisoners - arranged by Voice for Prisoners
co-ordinator Jane Chow ... who provided an afternoon tea consisting of prison
food/drink!
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: Israel's
genocide will not be forgotten
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Readings for Feast of Michael, Gabriel, Raphael
Tobit
12 (Raphael): When
Tobit's banquet was finished, Tobit wanted to thank Raphael for
all his help. Only then did Raphael tell Tobit and Tobias that he was an angel
sent by God to help them. "I am Raphael, one of the 7 angels who stand ever
ready to enter the presence of the glory of the Lord. Never tire of giving God
thanks. And never tire of helping the poor." Raphael farewelled them, rose
in the air, and left them. They praised and thanked God for all he had done for
them.
Dear God, thank you for all your love, all your blessings
My recording of this reading
Psalm 138: I
thank you, Lord, with all my heart. You have heard the words of my mouth. With the
angels I will bless
you. I will adore you in your holy temple. I thank you for your faithfulness and
love which are far above what we can understand. On the day I called you
answered. You increased the strength of my soul. All earth's kings shall thank
you when they hear the words of your mouth. They shall sing of the Lord's ways:
"How great is the glory of the Lord!"
Lord, when we remember how much you love us
and help us, every day of the year is a Thanksgiving Day
Recording
Revelation 12 (Michael): Then
war broke out in heaven. Michael and
his angels fought the dragon and his angels. Michael
won. Satan and his followers were driven out of heaven. The great dragon, the
serpent, known as the Devil or Satan, was hurled down to earth. His angels were
hurled down with him. The dragon began to make war on the children of the Woman -
those who obey God and bear witness to Jesus.
Jesus, may your holy angels protect us
from Satan
Recording
Luke
1 (Gabriel): In
the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to
the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary who was betrothed to a
man named Joseph. The
angel said to her "Mary, Rejoice! You have been greatly blessed by God. You
are to conceive and have a son whom you must name Jesus. He will be great and
will be called the Son of God". Mary said to the angel, "How can this
happen since I am a virgin?" The
angel replied "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most
High will specially bless you. Know this too: your cousin Elizabeth has, in her
old age, conceived a son, and is now in her sixth month". "I am
the handmaid of the Lord", said Mary, "let what you have said, be done
for me". And the angel left her.
God the Son, thank you
for becoming a baby in Mary's womb
Recording
Reflection on the above Bible readings:
Notice
how the names Raphael, Michael and
Gabriel all end in "el"
which means "God"!
When we are sick we can ask Raphael ("Medicine
of God") to pray for us. When we are in danger, we can ask Michael ("Who
is like God?") to pray for us. When we feel powerless and weak, we can ask Gabriel ("God
is my strength) to pray for us
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To
go with today's feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael: the nicest
cake in HK, from Maxims, is .... Angel
cake!
It really is "heavenly"!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Frid: South America
Sat: Cent, N. America
Jesus,
today, Monday,
please bless the people of Europe
& Russia
And
praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On
this 29th of
the month, Jesus please bless the people of Chongqing
And
praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 29th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Nigeria
And praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Monday,
please pacify I.S.
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Sun Sep 28
Last
Thursday night at nearby St Peter's Chapel, MercyHK co-ordinator Agnes
Kwan arranged a Holy Hour led by blind priest Fr
Francis Ching. More than a hundred people attended, including many homeless
and other needy people .... and everyone experienced a most moving time of peace
and encouragement.
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: Israel
murders 32 more Palestinians *** Israel's
ecocide in Gaza
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
c.f. readings for Sunday 26
Amos
1-9: It was God who
formed the mountains and created the wind. The Lord is his name. He says to the
House of Israel: Seek me and you shall live. Do not go to the places of idol
worship. Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. Hate evil and love good. Injustice
and swindling, exploitation of the poor, this is the reason for earthquakes and
disaster.
Lord, please help me to do good and avoid evil
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
146: My soul, give
praise to the Lord. I will praise the Lord all my days. Put no trust in princes,
in mortal men in whom there is no help. Take their breath, they return to clay
and their plans that day come to nothing. They are happy who are helped by
Jacob's God, whose hope is in the Lord our God, who alone made heaven and earth,
the seas and all they contain. It is he who gives bread to the hungry, the Lord,
who sets prisoners free. It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind, who raises
up those who are bowed down. It
is the Lord who protects the stranger and upholds the widow and orphan.
It is the Lord who loves the just but thwarts the path of the wicked. The Lord
will reign for ever, Zion's God, from age to age.
Lord, please increase my trust and faith in you
Listen
1
Timothy 6.11-13: As
a man of God, avoid things like greed and disputes. You must aim to be a saint,
filled with faith and love, patient and gentle. Fight the good fight of the
faith, and win for yourself eternal life. Be
a constant witness to goodness and truth, like Jesus who spoke up as a
witness for the truth in front of Pontius Pilate.
Jesus, help me be a witness to goodness and truth
Listen
Luke
16.19-31: Jesus told this story to the people: There was a rich
man who used to dress in expensive clothes and feast magnificently every day. At
his gate there was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who
longed to eat scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Dogs even came and
licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be
with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. In his torment in Hell, the
rich man looked up and saw Abraham a long way off with Lazarus at his side. So
the rich man cried out "Father Abraham, pity me and send Lazarus to dip the
tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these
flames". "My son", replied Abraham, "remember that during
your life, good things came your way, just as bad things came the way of
Lazarus. Now he is being comforted here, while you are in agony"
Jesus, please help me understand how I should do
more to help poor people
01 02
Reflection on the above readings: Statement from Australian bishops - Lazarus at our gate
Reflection by Fr Peter: English Chinese
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Video
commentary on today's readings - in Italian, Chinese, English, and
Spanish
(+
Cantonese audio)
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Hour
of Love HK radio program 8.00
pm HK time tonight
- with items about HK prison inmates
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Yesterday's
Grand Final in Melbourne .....my number one Queensland team the Brisbane Lions won
their 2nd Grand Final!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia,
Pacific
Fri: South America
Sat: Cent., N America
Jesus,
today, Sunday,
please bless the people of
Africa
And praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 28th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Beijing
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 28th of the month, Jesus
please bless the people of Ivory Coast
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Sunday,
please bless all Muslims in my country
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Sat Sep 27
Yesterday at the High Court all 3 people for whom I wrote
mitigation letters received a 3 month reduction for joining my anti-drug
campaign. God bless the kind judge. All 3 brought more than 600 grams of cocaine
to Hong Kong and received sentences up to 10 years. A long time, but compare
this with Malaysian man, below, who had only 45grams!
Barbaric Singapore. Boycott Singapore Airlines. Singapore
hangs Malaysian man for 45 grams of heroin *** Pope
Francis: Death penalty inadmissable
His feast day today: St Vincent de Paul *** St Vincent de Paul Society
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: Updates
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The
Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Ecclesiastes
10 & 11: Foolish people are lazy, and careless
in speech.
Wise people are diligent, and careful in speech. Young people, rejoice in your
youth.
Young people, remember your Creator in the days of your youth. Let everyone remember: our life
is short.
Don't waste your life. Live life well. Our days pass quickly
and old age is soon at the doorstep. Old age: when to go uphill is
difficult
and even walking is not easy. In all we do, let us love and
honor the Lord our God.
At the end of our lives on earth, it is to God we will have to give an
account of the way we have lived.
Lord, make us know the
shortness of our life so that we may have more wisdom in living our livesMy
recording of this reading
Psalms
120 & 121: I call to the Lord in the hour of my
distress:
"Lord save me from people who speak with lying lips". Long enough have I been dwelling with those
who hate peace.
I am for peace, but they are for fighting. I lift up my eyes to the mountains.
From where shall come my help? My help shall come from the Lord
who made heaven and earth. The Lord is our guard and our shade.
Day and night we shall not be afraid. The Lord will guard our going and coming
both now and forever.
Lord, please protect us from
danger, day and night
Listen
1
Thessalonians 4.13-18: You asked us about the situation of people who
have died.
Do not mourn in an unhealthy way for them,
like people who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and
that it will be the same for everyone who dies in God's friendship: God
will give them life with Jesus. They will live in God's House for ever
With thoughts such as these you should comfort one another in times of
mourning
Jesus, please increase my faith in the life to
come
Listen
Matthew
11.25-30: One day Jesus prayed:
Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
I am joyfully amazed at the way simple people
understand and accept what I'm saying,
while proud and clever people miss the plot. And he said to the ordinary people:
Come to me,
all you who are treated unfairly by unjust religious laws.
I will give you peace and justice. Learn from me, and you will know peace,
for I am gentle and humble of heart.
Jesus, please help people who
are suffering from unjust religious laws
Listen
Reflection: Most people don't realise that "heavily burdened" (usual translation in Gospel passage) refers to unjust religious laws!
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From today's first reading: Old age: when to go uphill is
difficult
and even walking is not easy.
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
Sun:
Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: South
America
Sat: Cent. & N
America
Jesus,
today, Saturday,
please bless the people of Central
& North America
And
praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 27th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Tibet
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 27th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Tanzania
And
praying for one Islam-related intention
each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Saturday,
please pacify the
Taliban
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Fri Sep 26
Yesterday morning I was at the District
Court in Wanchai for a "hearing" of one of the people for whom I am
surety. This morning I'm due to be at High Court for the sentencing of 3 people
from South America - brought drugs to HK - for whom I have written
mitigation letters - after they joined our campaign to stop drugs coming to HK
US-sponsored
genocide in Gaza: Moving
UN speech by King of Spain *** We
are sailing to Gaza
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Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Ecclesiastes 8 & 9: I see injustice in the world:
good people are treated badly; bad people are treated well.
I do know, however,
that good people are in the special care of God. We must try to be happy as much
as we can.
We must try to make the most of our lives. Spend your life with the woman
you love.
Whatever work you have to do, do it well.
Lord, please help me to be
optimistic and cheerful
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
119: They are happy who follow God's word,
those who seek God with all their hearts. How can young people avoid evil?
By seeking you and obeying you, Lord. Open my eyes, Lord, that I may understand the beauty of your word.
Lord, when I'm worried or in trouble,
your word revives me and gives me strength. Lord, keep my eyes from what is false.
Bend my heart to your word and not to love of gain. The word from your mouth means more to me
than silver and gold. The unfolding of your word gives light
and teaches simple people.
Lord, thank you for your word
which gives peace to our hearts
Listen
1
Thessalonians 4.1-11: We urge you and appeal to you in the Lord
Jesus to make more and more progress in the kind of life you are meant to
live. God wants you to be holy. He wants you to keep
away from fornication. Live life peacefully. Get a decent job and
earn your living
Jesus, make me be a better person, a
better Christian
Listen
John
10.11-14: Jesus said to the religious leaders "I am
the Good Shepherd.
The Good Shepherd is one who lays down his life for his sheep. A hired man, since he has no real concern for
the sheep,
abandons them and runs away if he sees a wolf coming. I am the Good Shepherd.
I know my own sheep, and my own sheep know me"
Jesus, Good Shepherd, please help me to be a
good sheep, and a good shepherd
Listen
Reflection: When "wolves" come ... e.g. a typhoon ... good shepherds don't "run away" but take extra steps to care for their sheep .. c.f. this menu of Wed Sep 24, below
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Not sure whether to smile or cry ...another typhoon is due
HK next week!
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
Sun: Africa
Mon: Europe,
Russia
Tues: South
Asia
Wed: East
Asia
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid: S.
America
Sat: Cent, N. America
Jesus,
today, Friday,
please bless the people of South
America
And praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 26th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Xinjiang
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the
month:
On this 26th of the month, Jesus please bless the
people of Madagascar
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the week:
Jesus, today, Friday,
please bless all Muslims
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Thu Sep 25
Yesterday during typhoon Signal No. 10 I went to McDonald's in
Jordan. And again I say "God bless McDonald's for letting needy people stay
there". Thanks to a recent donor at our canteen in Temple Street, I had
some coupons which could be used at McDs, so I gave them out to a number of
people who were "sitting hungry" ... and then when I walked down to
McDs in Nathan Road I gave out the remaining coupons to other needy people.
Nearly all my walking was without an umbrella ...very little rain ..."super
typhoon"? During the day around 30 needy people collected rice meals from
our canteen. And see 
below
Guardian says HK
was devastated by typhoon
?? ("Devastated" means "destroyed"/"ruined")
!
US-sponsored
Israeli genocide in Gaza: Gaza
like Holocaust - President of Chile
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The Book Blog:
readings + recordings
Readings are from
Simple Bible
Ecclesiastes 6 & 7:
Even if a person studies wisdom, what use is
it?
Wise person and fool both must die. Yet wisdom gives protection and
strength.
And wisdom reminds us that all of us make mistakes.
Therefore we should be slow to condemn others.
Lord, may the memory of my own
mistakes make me slow to judge other people
My
recording of this reading
Psalm
118: Give thanks to the Lord for he is
good.
His love has no end. Let the sons of Israel say:
"His love has no end." Let those who honor the Lord say:
"His love has no end." It is better to take refuge in the Lord than
to trust in humans.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. I was falling, falling, falling,
but the Lord was my helper. The Lord is my strength and my song.
He is my saviour. The Lord's right hand has triumphed.
His right hand has raised me up. I shall not die, I shall live
and recount all his deeds. The stone which the builders rejected
has become the corner stone. This is the work of the Lord,
a marvel in our eyes. This day was made by the Lord.
We rejoice and are glad.
Lord, we give thanks to you,
for you are good.
Your love has no end
Listen
1
Thessalonians 3.11-13: May God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ
make it easy for us to visit you again. May the Lord be generous in increasing your
love, and make you love one another and the whole human race as much as we
love you. May the Lord so confirm your hearts in
holiness, that you may be blameless in the sight of our God and Father
when our Lord Jesus Christ comes with all his saints
Jesus, please increase my love for the whole
human race
Listen
John 10.1-10: Jesus said to the religious leaders "I
am the gate of the sheepfold. If anyone enters the sheepfold by some other
means than the gate, that person is a thief. The person who enters by the gate is the
shepherd of the flock. The sheep hear his voice as he calls each one by
name and leads them out of the sheepfold. When he has brought them out, he goes ahead of
them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy. I have come so that people may have life, not just now but for
ever"
Jesus, Good Shepherd, please help more and
more people hear your voice and follow you
Listen
Reflection: Jesus the Good Shepherd knows each person's name
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Maybe I'm not right but yesterday's "super typhoon"
wasn't so super .... ok ... so a few trees came down ....but really ...not so
much strong wind and not all that much rain ..."super"? One
exception: Fullerton
Ocean Park Hotel had some excitement
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Please join me in praying for one part of the world each day, especially for the leaders of that area:
Sun:
Mon:
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs: S.E. Asia, Pacific
Frid:
Sat:
Cent,
Jesus,
today, Thursday,
please bless
the people of
And praying for one
part of the Mainland each day of the month:
On this 25th of the month, Jesus please bless the people of
And praying for one of the
world's poorest countries each day of the month:
On this 25th
of the month, Jesus please bless the people of Lesotho
And praying for one Islam-related
intention each day of the
week:
Jesus, today, Thursday, please pacify Al-Qaeda
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(Several trips since 2020 but not convenient to post reports)
Africa:
2020: My trip to Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg
Jan 1, 2020: How cocaine trafficking is impacting West Africa
2017:
My trip to Southern Africa, Dubai (
The
Last Run)
2016:
My trip to Kenya, Uganda
2015: My trip to Tanzania, Malawi
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Latin America:
2019-05-10: No More Mules Peru FB boost 199,000 views!
2019-01-20: Article in El Pais, Uruguay - 01 02
2018-09-18: No More Mules Facebook campaign - more than 300,000 people reached in Venezuela
2018: My trip to Latin America
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South East Asia:
Aug 16, 2020: CNN - Indonesian women recruited to take drugs to Hong Kong
Oct 23, 2019: FM988 Breakfast program in Kuala Lumpur at which I was a guest
June 2019: My campaign featured in The Malaysia Drug Trade (6 written reports & documentary video)
2019-03-25: Eleven HK01 video and photo reports about Malaysian drug mules arrested in HK- here (one of the reports is about my anti-drug campaign).
Dec 2018 - My Jan 2019 trip to Malaysia
2018: My trip to Thailand and Cambodia
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Hong Kong:
July 2019: My warning to HK domestic helpers - published here in HK Filipino media
2018-09-22:
My
60 min video interview with Radio99,
in Cantonese, is here: 01 02
to help stop people going to prison
2018-07-29: SCMP- Beware drug lords luring domestic helpers, refugees into narcotics trade
2018-04-08: The Pearl Report on TVB - concerning HK's Long Term Sentencing Review Board and my anti-drug campaign
March 18, 2018: South China Morning Post report on my work
2017-09-27: SCMP Spirit of HK Awards (video starts after 20 secs)
2017-08-24: Cable TV video report on my anti-drug campaign and a Facebook report on the video report (click "translation" for English)
2017-05-17: SCMP - The prison chaplain who has stopped 150 drug mules reaching HK
2017-03-25: Oriental Daily report of case of South African woman given discount for help to my campaign *** May 14 updates: Oriental Daily, Sing Tao
Dec 1, 2016 - HK News: More women being recruited as drug mules
2016-10-13: HK01 report about campaign and about work for the poor
2016-09-11: Oriental Daily report about my campaign - and same day Editorial
2016-08-27: Oriental Daily article about court case and campaign
My
anti-drug campaign sites
(skillfully
managed by kind HK friends):
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomasmulas/
Facebook: Chinese no more mules page
http://hkdrugblog.org/name-and-shame/index.htm
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Photos
from my time in China 2001-20008
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