Report on House of Celebration

HOUSE OF CELEBRATION IN DISARRAY  because it is BISHOPGATE burden

Since I have asked the Bishop of Sabah as he likes to be called Bishop Datuk, but no report has been presented to the church on the project then known as CC (Court Case) or rather Celebration Centre and now known as House of Celebration (HoC). Or House of Contempt.

So hear from me with my special report on House of Celebrations at All Saints’ Cathedral ground costing RM30m – a value given by the Bishop Datuk out of the thin air.

So I am putting my report in short sentences.

1.  CC was launched 1^st November 2011 at the All Saints’ Cathedral 100 years of Celebration hence it is a Centre of Celebration.

2.   Fund raising cards were printed and distributed to get pledges and donations but how much had been collected only AVCF knows.since there is no statement of accounts.

3.  At the AGM 2012 of ASC, on 1^st April, 2012, al least RM3 millions were collected but where is the money now?

4.  Something like RM200,000 from ASC had been transferred to the Bulding fund in 2011 alone.  How much more in 2012 is yet to be declared?

5.  At the ground breaking of the House of Celebration on 24^th July, 2012 – the 50 Anniversary of Anglican Diocese of Sabah or rather House of Contempt as many people were angry about the launch and ground breaking without proper authority.

6. The ground breaking ceremony was also in contempt of Court injunction that AVCF be restrained from finance and administration of the Church.  So is it a House of Curses? Several reports had been lodged by the  people inside the Wisma Anglican against me including a false Police Report by Ass Bishop John Yeo.

7.  Why is an illegal project? Plenty reasons for that.

7.1        The Synod 2012 has yet to approve the HoC and more so the congregation has yet to approve the massive project.

7.2        The HoC or CC  has only gone through the ASC PCC in two meetings (so expert) and from there it is believed that the standing committee had given the ‘green’ light.  Is that good enough for such a big project likely to be a white elephant if implemented against protests?

7.3        The fund raising was launched in November, 2011 without any Police Permit.

7.4   How much was actually collected is unknown.

7.5  Is it really true that all the building consultants including the architect give free service as declared by AVCF at the ground breaking ceremony?

7.6        In the press article on the ground breaking ceremony in Daily Express 26^th July, 2012, it was declared by AVCF that donation for the project would soon start. Does he have a Police Permit?  Who is he trying to fool except he has infirmity of mind – unfit to be the Bishop – too much of pressure for him to have short memory or he is through and through a liar as he had started fund raising in 2011?

7.7    Do you launch anything when there is no proper approval from the stakeholders or members of the church.  Was the architect’s plan ready?  Was the Development plan approved by DBKK?  Was it even submitted for consideration? 

7.8  Do you have ground breaking ceremony when everything is still in artist impression?

7.9  How can AVCF just incur all the expenditure for the ground breaking ceremony with the scale of that operations including bringing so many people from outside of KK?.  If God bless the project, just a simple ceremony would do like what happened with Wisma Anglican at the ground breaking ceremony in the late 1980s.

7.10  How can we trust AVCF with money, when we would need at least RM15m before the actual building starts?  Do we have that amount?   Have the building contract already signed quietly without tender and without informing the members and the beneficiaries?

7.11   Where is the development plan if already submitted to DBKK, please exhibit in the ADOS and ASC.

7.12   If ADOS does not have RM15m in the coffer, that prove something is amiss as ADOS had RM49million at the end of 2009 according the Synod 2010.  So where is the RM49 million now?  Please show all records and documents to clear all doubts.

7.13      At the Celebration Dinner for the 50 Anniversary, some thing like RM800,000 was collected but still far too short for the HoC project.

8.  So if the HoC project has not been approved at the earlier Synod 2010, it should not have been proceeded in 2011 and now.  Now, don’t expect Synod 2012 to approve this House of Contempt as Synod 2012 is illegal as the Chairman cannot chair the Synod 2012 due to the Court injunction is still valid on AVCF.  The chairmanship cannot be delegated by the Bishop of Sabah..

9.  The modus operandi of AVCF for having this CC and now HoC is known and hope it will be revealed in due course.

Joshua Y. C. Kong

HOUSE OF CELEBRATION IN DISARRAY  because it is BISHOPGATE burden