Ladies and Gentlemen,
Welcome to the dinner in honour of Ambassador Sun of China and Ambassador Kato of Japan.
We would like to thank SAJ, the Architect of modern Mauritius and lady Jugnauth for accepting to honour us.
A special welcome to
1. Miss ILLAM AZALI, the daughter of the President of Comores
2. to Mr. Bruno Loyale who brought Sultan Kosen to Mauritius, the tallest man in the world and is now for another surprise show.
3. Drs. TENUSHKA and PANKAJ WADHWA who are consolidating our Health Sector with their new clinic in Flac in partnership with ALIF member Swaley Peerkhan
Many interesting events are taking place and we would like to mention a few:
Congratulations to Prof. Ah Chuen for the brilliant performance of his Company and especially his bank which has recorded good profits. Keep it up Prof.
Good wishes to Kee Chong, the Pilot at SBM, the best Minister of Finance we never had, for his new adventure in Africa to make of his Bank a world-known entity.
Good wishes to our friend Iqbal Boolaky, the regional director of the British Computer Society who is organizing his graduation ceremony next Saturday and who has already graduated about 2000 IT professionals.
Good wishes to Marc Hein who is manoevring our finance sector into new challenges and to Jacques Dunienville, our man in Africa who is carving a Mauritius in East Africa.

Vous nous faites un grand honneur de participer ce soir à cette réception pour saluer et souhaiter la bienvenue à deux Chefs de missions de pays amis. Je passerai la parole a M. Ali Parkar, le Patron de Alif Society pour son discours :
Thank you Ali.
I leave the floor to Samira for her address on H. E Mr. KATO, the new ambassador of Japan, a country that fascinates you by its potters, its elegant architecture, the harmony of its gardens, its fine cuisine, its sumo fighters, its 400 research centres and its 10% of the world’s registered patents.
Thank you Samira.
Mesdames et Messieurs, Chers Amis,
Nous avons l’honneur d’accueillir S.E M. Sun Gongyi, le nouvel Ambassadeur de ce géant qui a légué au monde le compas, la poudre a canon, le papier, l’imprimerie et le dernier fleuron: la plus grande ferme solaire flottante au monde capable de produire 40 MW d’énergie ;et maintenant elle s’est mise au travail, après BRICS, pour la réalisation de l’OBOR récemment baptise BRI. L’amitié entre la Chine et Maurice est une très longue histoire. Nous aimons a dire que nous sommes le premier pays à reconnaitre l’existence d’une Chine unique et pas, ce qui est vrai, parmi les premiers. Nous sommes redevables envers l’Empire du milieu pour les réalisations de nos Écoles primaires, nos hôpitaux, nos smart cities, l’aéroport SSR, les projets immobiliers, le stade Anjaley, le Bagatelle dam, le siège de la MBC, et autre nouveau complexe sportif.
La largesse chinoise s’étend dans le monde: pour ne citer que quelques uns : le corridor du Canal de Suez au cout de US35 milliards, le CPEC au Pakistan, plus de 100 milliards, amélioration du Tanzam railway, le métro d’Ethiopie et les infrastructures du Népal, de la Malaisie, du Bhutan et de l’Indonésie.
Mais la générosité de la Chine est mieux appréciée en cernant le projet BRICS, accueilli par la moquerie par ses détracteurs comme BLOODY RIDICULOUS INVESTMENT CONCEPT ou le groupe de PAPER TIGERS, et le BRI. Et rira bien qui rira dernier. La philosophie chinoise croit que les oies sauvages peuvent braver les tempêtes s’ils volent en colonies pour arriver au bon port. Et cette colonie est une réalité maintenant avec le BRI, la Russie jouant un rôle crucial; Le BRICS qui représente 40% de la population et le quart de l’économie mondiale maintenant ; il est prévu que le produit national brut de l’Asie oriental dépassera celui des Etats Unis durant la présidence de Donald Trump et ce sera la déroute du monde unipolaire.
Napoléon disait que quand la Chine s’éveillera, le monde tremblera mais l’évidence est que quand la Chine s’éveille, le monde s’émerveille. Et le monde gagnera s’il monte dans le train de paix Chinois. SUN TA SIR HUAN YIN YUAN YIN. XIE XIE
Ladies and gentleman,
We are living in dangerous times, with sabre rattling in the South China Sea, nuclear tests on the Korean peninsula, terror bombings in the Middle East and around the Indian subcontinent and bomb blasts in European capitals. One can easily get lost in the maze of accusations being exchanged between and among protagonists. Most of the time, the common factor is the Muslim who is being made a synonym for terrorism. Followers of Islam make up about a quarter of humanity, form a majority in 57 countries and are present in substantial numbers in most parts of the world enough to pose as a destabilizing element in their society.
Being part of the Ummah, we feel concerned about our image and we become uncomfortable when the Mass Media blasts the news of terrorist attacks in densely populated areas. Who wouldn’t be if he loves humanity? The Muslim is taught that taking one life is equivalent to erasing the whole of humanity. Apart from association with terrorism, the Muslim woman is pictured as being subjugated to veil herself and needs to go out only accompanied by a man who is the slave driver. A lady from a Foreign mission once hesitated to accept my invitation for dinner like this one as she suspected she would not find her way to her table in a segregated reception.
This description is partly true but using one big brush to tar the entire population of 1.6 billion Muslims into this picture is something that needs to be critically looked at, and certainly something that most Muslims should avoid to achieve. Just simply ask: Qui Bono?
Alternative media is projecting quite a different narrative. Are only Muslim women or all women getting a rough deal by the macho man? Are only Muslim women veiled? Is humanity being decimated only by Muslims? Who created and armed Muslim terrorism that is morphing into new names in new regions? And which country is airlifting 20 ISIS commanders from DEIR EZZOR? Which News Agency is relaying salafist ideology through IKRA TV?
Who is shipping and managing the Afghan opium trade to finance secret services? Why has terrorism not been eradicated with the smartest bombs available to the proponents of peace? Why terrorists are never taken as prisoners but allowed a passage to safety after their activities in a region?
Are we not taking the trees for the forest? Has the world ever considered the number of Muslims who, while risking their own lives, saved victims or would-be victims of terrorism? Has the world asked what is the percentage of terrorists in the population? Take France for example: France is home to between 7m and 10m Muslims, about 10 to 15% of the population. The Security personnel at Orly could be made up of between 10 and 15 % Muslims. If they were the bloodthirsty goons, France would be paralysed any time and every time. Fortunately, making the Muslim the bogey man is not paying according to the expectations of the promoters. Reasonable and sane voices are rising to decry the excesses of some scaremongers.
We would like to say the world should not fear Muslims in general but only the lunatic fringe ready to create havoc. Let us join hands in building a model of civilization where discrimination, insecurity, greed, inequality, survival of the fittest and beggar-thy-neighbour mentality are rooted out for good and where we promote dialogue and cooperation and shared prosperity. Let us together build this lovely world. This is our message. Thank you.
WE are now going to offer a present to our guests and we’ll request Lady Jugnauth to hand over the gifts to them
First H. E Mr. SUN
Now H. E Mr. KATO.
Enjoy your dessert and tea.