Presentation of souvenir by Dr. Voon Phin Keong (Vice Principal cum Academic Director, Office of Academic Affairs, New Era College) to speaker(left).	Presentation of Staff Seminar by Mr. Lee Kim Sin (Director, Ulu Langat Community Museum), and moderator was Dr. Voon Phin Keong.	Attendees of the staff seminar.

Title: Worship of Xian Shiye: Gathering and Verification of Reference Materials
Date:  20 July 2016 (Wednesday)
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm
Venue: New Era College, Block B, 3^rd Floor, Room 305
Organizer: Office of Academic Affairs, New Era College
Language: Chinese

Speaker: Mr. LEE Kim Sin (Director, Ulu Langat Community Museum)

Résumé of Speaker:

• He graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia (Biological Science) and Teacher Training College, Johor Bahru.
• Social participation: Former Chairman, Youth Section of Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall and a former member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (2008-2013).

Moderator: Dr. VOON Phin Keong (New Era College)
 

Abstract:

     The worship of Xian Shiye (Sage Counsellor) is an unique phenomenon in Malaysia and is centred on the belief in Capitan Sheng Ming Li who was a pioneer in the early development of Sungai Ujong. Xian Shiye Temples are mainly distributed in the central part of Peninsular Malaysia such as Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan, but has since spread to Sungai Siput in Perak (north), Bukit Mor in Johor (south) and Gambang in Pahang (east).

     Currently, research and publications relating to the worship of Xian Shiye are few. Based on the research of other scholars, fieldworks and investigations were carried out in different places to gather materials to contribute to the study of this subject.