17-12-2001

Change the world for the better: The power is in your hands

Dear Prime Minister Clark,

My name is Sunflower Chong and I come from Singapore. I was very inspired in response to the call made by Nobel Peace Prizewinners to make a difference. Mr. Colin Archer from international Peace Bureau from Geneva believes that all the NGO with the Governments can take the leadership role in resolving the conflicts by steering the world towards Peace.

I would like to share a great idea that can help to shift the collective consciousness of the entire world and possibly become a significant step to restoring peace.

Pope John Paul II. has also called for a world for peace next year 2002. I had written to him that I too would also join his hand to ensure peace is here to stay for all our children.

Our proposal is calling for World Harmony Day on 20 February 2002 at time 20:02pm. A time when people all around the world will come together in large and small groups to hold a 2 minutes Peace Silence. It will be a great challenge for all of us to make 200220022002 a reality. All it needs is your belief that this CAN actually happen and your government's ability to spread the word. Let's make February 20th a day that serves to remind us that peace can be achieved through positive action.

Please use your vast information network to rally support far and wide in order to try and make this world a better place for all. This event could very well become a milestone in the history of peace making simply because you cared enough to make it happen. All conflict arises from misplaced desire. If there is a limit to government assistance then we as the citizens of the world have to help to achieve peace in our world and thus in our hearts.

Thank you very much for your attention.

Yours Truly,
Sunflower Chong

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Reply Letter

ATTN : Prime Minister Helen Clark

28-01-2002

Dear Prime Minister Clark,

My daughter and I were very delighted to receive your letter dated on 19-12-2001. We thank you very much from the bottom of our heart for your attention in our endeavour.

The UN letter to me stated very clearly that as an individual they could not bring my proposal to UN. Which mean I need my country to do it on my behalf. Unfortunately, I do not have any response. Therefore I had been writing to the world leaders to spread the message of 200220022002, with the hope along the way someone might carry the mission on our behalf. This mission had been quite a struggle but at the same time it gave us great happiness because along the journey, we met a lot of beautiful people who was inspired to help us in our cause.

Our greatest gift to the world is to work very hard besides United Nations to achieve World Peace. Since the conception of World Harmony Day on 11-11-2001, my daughter and I had not stop a minute in our pursued to make 200220022002 a reality.

I would like to let you know our progress work so far:

1) We had already set up the website -
www.worldharmonyday.com (Launch on 24)

2) We had email to NGO and Permanent Missions to assist us in our endeavour.

3) We had sent our proposal to most of the leaders of the world directly.

4) We had sent our proposal to Mr Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York and propose the idea of organizing a special event on 200220022002 with the support of Sony Corporation in America and the Irish Rock Group U2.

I hope that in New Zealand you could do something special on 200220022002.

Yours Truly,
Sunflower Chong

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Reply Letter

ATTN: Prime Minister Helen Clark

04-02-2002

Dear Prime Minister Clark,

We were so excited to receive your marked priority mail on the 2nd Jan. On behalf of my team, I thank you very much for the quick reply. With this letter of "Hope" it gives us the gut and confidence to call upon Coca-Cola to sponsor World Harmony Day on 200220022002.

Our mission for World Harmony Day is also about achieving "Inner Peace". In short, it is about harmony, 2 represent Earth to Heaven and Heaven and Earth.

Coca-Cola launched "Heaven and Earth" in 1999. It is a great opportunity for Coca-Cola to promote their drink on World Harmony Day. In short, World Harmony Day is meant for "Heaven and Earth" and vice versa. It is perfect timing, I have to work doubly hard to convince them to join our hand for this good cause.

I have suggested to Coca-Cola that for every "Heaven and Earth" drink sold, a certain percentage will go to the funds for education because after you save a child, you still need to give him education to fence for himself.

I also suggested to them to make this project an annual affair just like the "Terry Fox Run" and let Coca-Cola make it their pet project to promote Peace. I have convinced them that it is a great promotion for Coca-Cola worldwide.

I had also written to UNICEF to sell the idea to Coca-Cola and convince them to sponsor World Harmony Day -200220022002. Since they are already sponsoring the Unity Chain, I believe it will not cost them very much to include the Peace Chain to their program. I had already sent all my proposal to the authority of Coca-Cola in the Singapore's office.

We need a lot of innovative ideas to help Mr. Kofi Annan in his pursued to make UN credible. We all must stand besides him body, mind and soul to build a better world.

Thank you for your attention and kind cooperation

Yours Truly,
Sunflower Chong