Transcript PRESENTED BY DR. VYTHILINGAM PILLAY PRESIDENT, MALAYSIAN VEGETARIAN SOCIETY Email: [email protected] History of Vegetarianism in Malaysia  Vegetarianism in Malaysia  Veganism in Malaysia 

PRESENTED BY DR. VYTHILINGAM PILLAY
PRESIDENT, MALAYSIAN VEGETARIAN SOCIETY
Email: [email protected]
History of Vegetarianism in Malaysia
 Vegetarianism in Malaysia
 Veganism in Malaysia
 List of Vegetarian Groups
 Target Group
 Long Term Plans by MVS
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EARLY YEARS
◦ Most were taking veggie diet
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1980s
◦ Some fast food chains in big towns
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2000s
◦ Many fast food chains mushroomed including small towns
◦ Media influence
◦ Distribution of Vege Food to public daily/weekly by
religious-based groups / NGOs
◦ Vege Food made available at events / functions by event
organizers
 The
practice of subsisting on a
diet composed primarily or wholly
of vegetables, grains, fruits, nuts,
and seeds, with or without eggs
and dairy products.
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Vegans are those who do not eat meat, fish,
or poultry, and in addition do not use other
animal products and by-products such as
eggs, dairy products, honey, leather, fur, silk,
wool, cosmetics, and soaps derived from
animal products.
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AGAMA CHI HUI TANG
AGATHIAR SANMARKA SANGAM
AHIMSA GROUP
AMMA (AMRITESWARI)
ART OF LIVING
BRAHMA KUMARIS
DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
GEETA ASHRAM
GNANA BODHA SABHA
GUJARATI, JAIN
HINDU SEVAI SANGAM
ISKCON MALAYSIA
KECHARA
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LAKSMI DYANA MANDRAM
MALAYSIA BRAHMIN
ASSOCIATION
SAIVA SIDHARTHA MANDRAM
SANATANA DHARMA SABHA
SATYA SAI COUNCIL MALAYSIA
SHIRDI SAI BABA
SRI RAGHAVENDRA SAMAJ
SRI RAMAKRISHNA MATH
TAO
TEMPLE OF FINE ARTS
TZU CHI
SUPREME MASTER CHING HAI
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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Is Vegan The Future ??? You Decide…..
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Baby Boomer
Generation X
Generation Y
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Campaigns :
◦ Meatless Monday / Friday
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Food Fair
Talk in
School/College/University
Dialogue session with Food
providers / manufacturers
Set up Hotline for
public complaints
Vege / Vegan Certification
Online Survey :
 Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia,
Philippines
Reasons for people not wanting to change to be
Vegan / Vegetarian:
Mock Meat
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Peer Pressure
is the
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Family Influence
preference on the
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No support group
type of
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Difficult finding veg food
Vegetarian Food
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Culture
Is This A Right
Direction ???
Feel Free to Visit
www.MVS.my
Email: [email protected]
Prepared by MVS
Secretary
(Krishna)
Slides
Prepared
Welcome to
World Vegfest 2013