By Christopher Lidom
KUCHING, Aug 16: Twenty charitable bodies received contributions worth RM55,652.05 collected from the Kuching Festival Fair (KFF) 2024.
The recipients are the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Malaysia (Kuching), Sarawak Society for the Blind, Sarawak Society for the Deaf, Sarawak Breast Cancer Support Group, Sarawak Chesire Home, Kuching Autistic Association, The Salvation Army, Kuching Life Care Society, The Society for Kuching Urban Poor (SKUP), and Wishesland.
Also included are The Carnation Club of Kuching and Samarahan, The Society for Critically Sick Children, Pertubuhan PDK Sentuhan Kasih Kuching, Sarawak Society for Parents of Children with Special Needs (Pibakat), Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society, Sarawak Hun Han Nam Siang T’ng, Kuching Palliative Association, Sarawak Heart Foundation, Sarawak Deaf Community Service Association, and Kuching Sunflower Caring Society.
The contribution was presented by Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian, who is also Minister of Public Health, Housing, and Local Government Sarawak, with Kuching South City Council (MBKS) mayor Dato Wee Hong Seng and councillors during the Kuching Festival Charity Night held at MBKS Theater yesterday (Aug 15).
Meanwhile, five donors with the highest contributions were also given special recognition during the event.
They are Stall No. 213 and 214’s owner, Hoon Teck Choi (RM13,888); Stall No. 47’s owner, Lim Ngiang Chai (RM7,188); Stall No. 22’s owner, Chai Yen Moh (RM3,000); Global Sales and Marketing Sdn Bhd (RM3,000); and Stall No. 219B’s owner, Mohamad Shafiqzul Mohamad Shamsuri (RM1,000). — DayakDaily
