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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 118481" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong>Re: Guru Nanak Temple in the Red</strong></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>source: <a href="http://www.voiceonline.com/voice/thisweek/headline5.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #810081">http://www.voiceonline.com/voice/thisweek/headline5.php</span></a></em></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><em><span style="color: navy"> <strong><span style="font-size: 18px">SURREY GURDWARA: POLITICS OF FINANCE</span></strong> </span></em></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Rattan Mall</span></p><p><a href="mailto:editor@voiceonline.com"><em><span style="color: navy">editor@voiceonline.com</span></em></a></p><p><span style="color: navy">Saturday JANUARY ,09 2009</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: navy">Former president of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Temple Balwant Singh Gill told The VOICE on Friday morning that he was consulting a lawyer about suing those who were spreading the “false” rumour that the gurdwara had made a donation of $500,000 to another gurdwara in 2008.</span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: navy"><strong>He said the gurdwara had made a donation to Cloverdale Sikh Society for only $ 50,000.</strong> </span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: navy">But Gill confirmed that the gurdwara had also donated $20,000 to Bear Creek Punjab Cultural Society.</span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: navy">On Tuesday, when I had asked the new president of the gurdwara, Bikramjit Singh Sandhar, about an email I had just received that claimed that the attachment documents were from the Canada Revenue Agency website and that “Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Surrey donated $ 500,000.00 to Cloverdale Sikh Society and $20,000.00 to Bear Creek Punjab Cultural Society in 2008,’ he said he had no idea about it. So I forwarded it to him.</span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: navy">Later, a local newspaper put up that story on its website.</span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: navy">What I found strange was that the person who emailed that material did not provide a name or a phone number. What was the need to be afraid? </span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: navy">When I called Balwant Gill on Tuesday and then again on Thursday, his cellphone’s message box was full. On Thursday, I left a message on his home phone number, mentioning about the financial controversy and asking him for a response, but he didn’t get back to me. I called him again on Friday morning and this time a member of the family answered the phone and then handed it over to him.</span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: navy">Gill confirmed the financial claims by the Sikh Youth slate that took over the administration of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Temple on January 1 that the temple owes some $450,000 – a $200,000 loan and a $150,000 line of credit – and said that the money was mainly used to hold the gurdwara elections.</span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: navy">He also confirmed that many receipts were destroyed by a hot water tank leak in the treasurer`s office. He said there was a proper insurance claim for the damage to the property because of that leak and there was no secret about it.</span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: navy">When I had asked the gurdwara’s new president, Bikramjit Singh Sandhar, on Tuesday how he was going to deal with this financial problem, he said: “We’re still looking at what else we’re going to be finding out yet. So we are finding out from [the bank] what else is still coming towards us. Once we find out, then we’ll se how we’re going to deal with it ... to pay this off. Otherwise, we’ll see why this happened and how it happened.”</span></em></p><p></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: navy">Meanwhile, the Sikh Youth’s takeover has already engendered so much enthusiasm among the Sikh youth and adults that money will not be a problem.</span></em></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: navy">You can be sure that they will carry out all the necessary repairs to the gurdwara and clean up the langar that, as I had exposed back in November in an article titled “How Safe Is The Food Served At Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Temple Langar?”, had received three “high” hazard ratings.</span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: navy">I am also sure that the Sikh Youth will also reach out to the mainstream community and enhance the image of Sikhs and other Indo-Canadians.</span> </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 118481, member: 884"] [b]Re: Guru Nanak Temple in the Red[/b] [LEFT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][I]source: [URL="http://www.voiceonline.com/voice/thisweek/headline5.php"][COLOR=#810081]http://www.voiceonline.com/voice/thisweek/headline5.php[/COLOR][/URL][/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][I][COLOR=navy] [B][SIZE=5]SURREY GURDWARA: POLITICS OF FINANCE[/SIZE][/B] [/COLOR][/I] [/LEFT] [COLOR=navy]Rattan Mall[/COLOR] [EMAIL="editor@voiceonline.com"][I][COLOR=navy]editor@voiceonline.com[/COLOR][/I][/EMAIL] [COLOR=navy]Saturday JANUARY ,09 2009[/COLOR] [I][COLOR=navy]Former president of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Temple Balwant Singh Gill told The VOICE on Friday morning that he was consulting a lawyer about suing those who were spreading the “false” rumour that the gurdwara had made a donation of $500,000 to another gurdwara in 2008.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy][B]He said the gurdwara had made a donation to Cloverdale Sikh Society for only $ 50,000.[/B] [/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]But Gill confirmed that the gurdwara had also donated $20,000 to Bear Creek Punjab Cultural Society.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]On Tuesday, when I had asked the new president of the gurdwara, Bikramjit Singh Sandhar, about an email I had just received that claimed that the attachment documents were from the Canada Revenue Agency website and that “Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Surrey donated $ 500,000.00 to Cloverdale Sikh Society and $20,000.00 to Bear Creek Punjab Cultural Society in 2008,’ he said he had no idea about it. So I forwarded it to him.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]Later, a local newspaper put up that story on its website.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]What I found strange was that the person who emailed that material did not provide a name or a phone number. What was the need to be afraid? [/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]When I called Balwant Gill on Tuesday and then again on Thursday, his cellphone’s message box was full. On Thursday, I left a message on his home phone number, mentioning about the financial controversy and asking him for a response, but he didn’t get back to me. I called him again on Friday morning and this time a member of the family answered the phone and then handed it over to him.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]Gill confirmed the financial claims by the Sikh Youth slate that took over the administration of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Temple on January 1 that the temple owes some $450,000 – a $200,000 loan and a $150,000 line of credit – and said that the money was mainly used to hold the gurdwara elections.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]He also confirmed that many receipts were destroyed by a hot water tank leak in the treasurer`s office. He said there was a proper insurance claim for the damage to the property because of that leak and there was no secret about it.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]When I had asked the gurdwara’s new president, Bikramjit Singh Sandhar, on Tuesday how he was going to deal with this financial problem, he said: “We’re still looking at what else we’re going to be finding out yet. So we are finding out from [the bank] what else is still coming towards us. Once we find out, then we’ll se how we’re going to deal with it ... to pay this off. Otherwise, we’ll see why this happened and how it happened.”[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]Meanwhile, the Sikh Youth’s takeover has already engendered so much enthusiasm among the Sikh youth and adults that money will not be a problem.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]You can be sure that they will carry out all the necessary repairs to the gurdwara and clean up the langar that, as I had exposed back in November in an article titled “How Safe Is The Food Served At Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Temple Langar?”, had received three “high” hazard ratings.[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]I am also sure that the Sikh Youth will also reach out to the mainstream community and enhance the image of Sikhs and other Indo-Canadians.[/COLOR] [/I] [/QUOTE]
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