KUALA LUMPUR (March 31, 2011): The Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti) has helped raise a total RM2.5 million for ongoing relief efforts in disaster-hit Japan.
Contributors included eCosway.com, 7-Eleven Malaysia and BerMaz Motor Sdn Bhd, with US$100,000 (RM303,000) in donations each. Bakti gave RM100,000 while the welfare organisation of the wives of Selangor assemblymen and former Barisan Nasional assemblymen (Kasih) donated RM10,000.
Bakti president Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor presented the donation to Japanese ambassador Masahiko Horie here today.
Also present were Bakti deputy president Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman and Berjaya Corporation CEO Datuk Robin Tan, who presented the mock cheque from 7-Eleven to Horie.
“It is our hope that this (donation) would, in a small way, help alleviate the pain and suffering of those affected by the disaster,” said Rosmah. “Our prayers go out to the victims, especially the elderly, women and children.”
She commended the corporate sector for coming forward with generous donations.
Other donors are S P Setia Bhd, Yayasan Al-Bukhari, Pan Malaysian Pools Sdn Bhd, Selangor Turf Club, Penang Turf Club, Lembaga Totalisator Malaysia, Eu Yan Sang Sdn Bhd and Limkokwing University of Creative Technology. They donated some RM1 million collectively.
The money will be channelled to the victims through the Japanese Red Cross Society.
Horie said he was moved by the continuous generosity of Malaysia in helping his nation recover from the disaster.
“The Japanese government is doing all it can to contain and control the damage from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
“I believe my people will live to overcome this tragedy and difficulties faced in the past three weeks, and I believe that we will be able to do it with the support of our Malaysian friends,” he said.
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