Belait Projects For Tsunami Fund
By Hjh Saemah Zulkefli

Kuala Belait - Two projects are underway until the end of this month to collect money for the Tsunami Aid Fund in Kuala Belait.

A charity walkathon will be held at 7 am on January 30 at the Padang Bandaran. It is open to all district residents.

Entry forms can be obtained from Awang Morni bin Haji Zakaria, the head of Belait secretariat office. He can be reached at 8721441.

The District Officer, Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Yusof bin Bakar, said a meeting was held yesterday by the members of the Tsunami Aid Fund committee to discuss projects to help tsunami victims.

All the money obtained from the charity walkathon will be donated to the fund. In a meeting last Jan. 6, executive committee members were appointed and donations amounting to $638 were raised.

Donation letters were sent to Belait district government officers, residents, private companies, youth and non-government organisations and the Belait community.

Their second project, a Charity Bazaar, will be running for approximately three-weeks. Through this project, the total booth rental fees will be completely donated to the Tsunami Aid Fund.

During this Charity Bazaar, a Jumbo Sale of secondhand clothes, of which the committee sets prices, will be held together with the sale of stickers. All proceeds will go to the fund.

Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Yusof bin Bakar said he hopes the public, especially those residing in the district, would be participating in projects, purchase goods and give donations to aid those who have been victimised by the horrendous natural disaster. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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