Tag: charity

More than good food.

Recipe for a worthy cause. Sept 23, 2022.
By Foong Pek Yee
It was drizzling since early morning .
But the crowd in Golden Kimwah Restaurant in Damansara Kim, Petaling Jaya yesterday was very good.
Apart from the good food in this popular neighbourhood eatery, the patrons were there for a noble cause -raise funds for Utar Hospital, a not -for- profit hospital in Kampar, Perak.
The event, organised by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) council and with the support of the restaurant, raised RM56,936. 80 from 7.30am to 3.30pm yesterday.
The donors include Ezon Bhd group chief executive officer  Ikaxa Tan, Ir Ling Leong Choong from Sitiawan, Perak and Datuk Peter Ng from Kajang, Selangor.
Highlight: Dr Ling frying char kuay teow.  Looking on are (from right), Dr Ting, Ezon Bhd group chief executive officer Ikaxa Tan and Utar council member Datuk Lim Si Cheng, also the event organising chairman. 
Big support :  Ikaxa Tan handing over a cheque to Dr Ling.
Good deeds:  Dr Ling (seated) receiving a cheque from Ir Ling Leong Choong. Looking on are Dr  Ting (second from right) and Utar council member Tan Sri Chor Chee Heung (behind Dr Ling).
Council chairman Tan Sri Dr Ting Chew Peh expressed his gratitude to the people for their support.
And he used the Chinese saying – to save a life is better than to build a seven – level pagoda- to underscore the importance of their support.
A mission:  To help build Utar Hospital for the people (from left);  Dr Ting, Datuk Peter Ng, Ir Ling Leong Choong, Utar official Fook Oi Yee and Wong Jung Lik. 
Earlier, Utar chancellor Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik fried a plate of char kuay teow to kickstart the event.
Utar Hospital is a 350-bed hospital for Western medicine (250 beds) and Traditional and Complementary Medicine (TCM)  (100 beds).
The hospital, costing RM330mil, is expected to be fully operational next year.
The TCM section has started operations early this year.

He never give up

by Foong Pek Yee
13 Dec, 2021
HIS garden is a sight to behold.
It is a symbol of love and hope.
At 82, Phang See Kong has been planting perilla plants at the backyard of Gopeng Museum since a few months ago.
“Are they (leaves) pretty?  They come in 10 different colours and shades,” says Phang who tends  to his plants daily.
He has a few hundred pots of the plants,  and he hopes to sell them to raise funds to maintain the  museum.
Labour of love:  The Perilla Garden  at the backyard of Gopeng Museum
The museum which offers free admission  has been shut down due to the pandemic.
It is set to re-open in January 2022
Phang who is the museum’s curator  has been at wits end to raise funds to maintain the museum he co-founded in 2009 with three others  –  Bernard Yaw, Wong Kuan Cheong and Tan Yoke Chun.
Wong had passed away while Yaw has migrated a few years ago.
Only Tan and Phang continue to stay in Gopeng, about 18km from Ipoh city centre.
Phang was a teacher and headmaster in Gopeng where he spent his entire working life.
He went on to serve in Gopeng as special assistant to then Gopeng Member of Parliament and Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Dr Ting Chew Peh between 1991 and 2008.
Phang is also a writer.
 His book   ” A Meander down Memory Lane (1850-2000) ”  documenting Chinese pioneers in Gopeng – a famous tin mining area until the collapse of the world tin market in the 1980s- was published in 2016.
A pot of the perilla plant is priced between RM18 and RM12.
Phang can be contacted at 016-5421287.