Bringing hope : Another RM1.063 mil for a hospital for the people (from left); Dr Chuah, Dr Sak, Dr Ting, Prof Ewe, Dr Ling, Datuk Seri Yap, Chor, Lim and Lee. Sept 25, 2022.
By Foong Pek Yee
The weather was fine and there was an air of festivity all over the place.
Some 100 plus golfers who gathered at the Sungai Long Golf and Country Club in Kajang, Selangor last Saturday (Sept 24) were there for a good cause. .
The event-Charity Golf Meet- has scored a big goal – raised RM1.063mil for UTAR Hospital, a not -for-profit hospital in Kampar, Perak.
“We appreciate all of you coming together to enjoy a game of golf over a good cause for UTAR Hospital,” says Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik who is Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Chancellor.
“Most golfers would agree that the friendship and bond built on a golf course are meaningful and elevating,” says Dr Ling who was MCA president and Transport Minister for about 17 years, and he is well known to have taken part in many golf tournaments to raise funds for education; including funds to expand Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC)in the 1990s and the building of UTAR since the early 2000s to provide quality and affordable tertiary education for the people.
UTAR turns 20 this year.
All smiles: (from left), Lim, Chor, Lee and other golfers at the charity golf meet in Sungai Long Golf and Country Club, Kajang on Saturday, Sept 24.
Describing the event as meaningful, UTAR council member Tan Sri Chor Chee Heung says it brings together diverse groups of people who value acts of charity.
Also the event’s organising committee chairman, Chor notes that UTAR Hospital will benefit Malaysia’s multiracial community especially the less fortunate by providing very affordable medical care.
He thanked the golfers for their support, and also all who contributed to the donations; from friends, partners, donors to sponsors, including Datuk Seri Ir Yap Chong Lee who through his Sungai Long Golf and Country Club, sponsored the golf course for the golf play and the breakfast and lunch for the golfers and guests for the event.
Also present were UTAR council chairman Tan Sri Dr Ting Chew Peh, UTAR Education Foundation Board of Trustees chairman Tan Sri Dr Sak Cheng Lum, UTAR council members Datuk Lim Si Cheng and Datuk Lee Leck Cheng, UTAR president Datuk Prof Dr Ewe Hong Tat and UTAR Hospital board chairman Tan Sri Dr Chuah Hean Teik .
Chor commended Lim and Lee for their months of effort and hard work from day one to help make the event a success.
Prof Ewe in thanking the golfers, donors and sponsors, says their spirit of giving back in support of charity is truly heart-warming.
He says the hospital is a hospital for the community, and the funds raised will help in its development and makes affordable specialist medical treatment more accessible to those in need.
The 350-bed UTAR Hospital comprises 250 beds for Western Medicine and 100 beds for traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM).
The T& CM section has started operations early this year and the Western Medicine section is expected to open next year.
The RM330mil UTAR Hospital is also a teaching hospital under UTAR , a not-for-profit private university which turns 20 this year.
