Standard Chartered Bank Marks World Sight Day
By Malai FadleyRizal

Bandar Seri Begawan - Following Standard Chartered Bank's global commemoration, SCB Brunei yesterday marked the World Sight Day 2006 by organising a three-day event aimed at raising public awareness, showing support and garnering funds for the visually impaired.

World Sight Day celebrated on October 12, every year is the international World Health Organisation's day of awareness for avoidable blindness.

The event included a `Sungkai' treat at Dixy Chicken at The Mall, Gadong and a chess game for the visually impaired apart. Also organised was an exhibition on visually impaired learning and working tools.

Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank, Ms Tiew Siew Chuen said `Seeing is Believing' is an important global initiative for SCB as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility.

According to a press statement, SCB has over the last two years raised more than US$3 million through donations by SCB employees and the bank itself. The funds will be used for cataract operations, to train eye doctors and to build training facilities and vision centres around the world.

Ms Tiew highlighted the efforts of a courageous Bruneian student who is visually impaired, Noralizulrainee Ali Yusop, who will be running to raise funds for `Seeing Is Believing' in the Brunei Marathon 2006.

He, along with running partner, Mr Andy Ang, General Manager of Wealth Management and Shared Distribution of the bank, have set up a fundraising website for those who wish to donate online. Interested parties who wish to learn more about their fundraising efforts can visit www.seeing isbelieving.org.uk/andyang/

Ms Tiew added the theme for World Sight Day this year is `Low Vision and Refractive Error', referring to the conditions affecting hundreds of millions around the world.

SCB encourages active participation in Brunei's upcoming marathon on December 10 because low vision can cause great suffering and deprivation for many people, but can often be simply and cost-effectively mitigated by low vision services.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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