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Importance Of Soup Kitchen Essay

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Why soup kitchen should be here to stay
When Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.announced that soup kitchens will no longer be allowed to operate within a 2 km radius of Lot 10, a shopping complex located at the heart of Kuala Lumpur, his declaration was not well received among Malaysians.
Claiming that such a move is part of the government’s stern effort in banishing beggars and homeless people in the city, he also warned the citizens that they could be fined for donating to beggars.
Tengku Adnan reasoned that instead of giving a helping hand to the unfortunates, soup kitchen has only succeeded in encouraging people to remain jobless and homeless. He further added that by feeding the homeless, the city’s image has been tainted as cleanliness has been compromised.
But was he right?
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Soup kitchens were established to help the needy; those who are often neglected and left fending for themselves without the ability to do so, however, it is not a sufficient long term plan if we aspire to have a community where every single person have a place to stay, food to eat and job to go to.
So entrenched are poverty and homelessness in our country that they are like deep complex wounds, which left to fester on its own after years of ignorance, have started to damage the surrounding tissue, muscles and structures. With wounds like these, soup kitchens unfortunately can only be the salve in which if we want to cure it, we will need surgeries that can cut to the root of the problem.
Therefore, the lack of a feasible policy in aiding the marginalized community up until today is what empowered soup kitchen’s existence and is what the government should focus on instead of callously banning these organizations whose sole purpose is to

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