The Star Online: Metro: South & East
The Star Online: Metro: South & East |
- Unique class reunion
- Telco donates laptops and PCs to the needy
- Nasom having food fair to raise funds
| Posted: 28 Aug 2011 07:35 PM PDT MALACCA: Two medical doctors were in attendance but no consultation or medical advice was sought. A few lawyers present expressed their views but not about legislation. Half a dozen teachers attended roll call but rendered no lessons. A few bankers, engineers, corporate executives and the rest all blue collar workers were also in the mix. At no time did professional and personal status or standing in community was brought into focus. All this spoke well of forty three students and teachers of Malacca's Gajah Berang Secondary English School (GBSES) Class of 1978 Fifth formers who banded together enthusiastically in reunion. All catching up with one another whom they had not met for some thirty years. Two interesting aspects came about which held much surprise and spontaneous and heartfelt gratitude. The oldest reunion participant was 73 year-old Wong Non Chin who taught most of the former senior students while they were in primary school. On getting wind of the reunion through an announcement in StarMetro's Metro Watch, he rang up reunion organising committee chairperson Peter Chung and insisted on keeping the date no matter what. Peter on his part sprang a fine gesture. As manager of a local engraving company, he crafted special gold plated pewter based coin-like souvenir momentos which were given to all who turned up from all over Malaysia, Singapore including a handful from Australia and New Zealand. Suitably worded to reflect the spirit of the occasion complete with the embossing of the GBSES crest, the former fifth formers gladly pledged to meet up again in 2016 when most of them would be catching up or in the midst of retirement years. The dinner gathering began with a minute's silence for those mates who had passed. Once the reunion and consumption of food and drinks wore on, true friendship, strong bonding and great camaraderie were the characteristics that stood out foremost. Comparing receding hairlines, sagging jowls and spreading midriff, seemed to be the order of the night as mates swapped and recounted memories, adventures and stories of those bygone years. Said Peter aptly "For many of us, it was the first meeting in some thirty years. All of us at the gathering, in our fifties were at one time or another in the same class as we went through primary and secondary school level education at Tengkera English School (TES) and GBSES respectively between 1960 and 1978. It was in the primary school days when we as young pupils bonded together regardless of race, religion or creed. It also spelt a time where firm and lasting friendships were made either in the classrooms, canteen or the sports field or during school excursions. All this have stood the test of time and the reunion was one compete success as it truly reflected our perceptions in life. |
| Telco donates laptops and PCs to the needy Posted: 28 Aug 2011 07:33 PM PDT KUANTAN: Telco company, DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (DiGi) donated desktop computers and laptops together with free Internet connection to the underprivileged here recently. It was part of the company's "Internet for All" initiative during the fasting month and festive season of Hari Raya Aidilfitri. The company presented five units of desktop computers to Tengku Ampuan Fatimah Children's Home and a unit of HP Notebook with DiGi Internet modems each to four community rehabilitation centres (PDK). The centres were PDK Tunas Sri Teruntum, PDK Pengkalan Udara of Kem Batu 10, PDK PPOC Paya Besar and PDK Pejabat Kampung Tiram. DiGi's corporate affairs director Zaiton Idrus said their aim was to ensure that Malaysians from all walks of life were able to enjoy Internet connection which had unlimited access to information. "Contributions such as these are important as they can keep up with the pace of technological advancements that provides access to information and education. "We also hope that the gifts will bring joy to them especially in the coming Hari Raya celebration,'' she said here recently. She added that the children would be encouraged to learn about modern technology and have access to online learning tools that could help them be better prepared for exams. Zaiton also said DiGi had set aside 70 laptops and 10 desktop computers complete with DiGi's broadband connectivity worth about RM150,000 to be distributed nationwide. The company had already distributed the items to 16 orphanages and PDKs in Kuantan, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Selangor and Johor. |
| Nasom having food fair to raise funds Posted: 28 Aug 2011 07:33 PM PDT KUANTAN: The National Autism Society of Malaysia (Nasom) is organising a charity food fair aimed at raising funds to manage its centre here in Jalan Teluk Sisek on Oct 1 from 10am until 3pm. Centre coordinator Mimi Suraya Anuar said the Kuantan Nasom requires an operating budget of RM100,000 annually. She added that fees collected from its members were insufficient "The fees collected are lower than RM80,000. "Nasom has to depend on well wishers and sponsors to cover the shortfall and hope that the food fair will be able to raise enough fund to help ease the centre's financial burden," she said. Mimi Suraya added that the centre was set up in 2005 with six students and the number had grown to 28 children aged 4 to 13. The centre, she said, has seven teachers and two therapists. "Besides providing early intervention programmes, the centre also provides occupational therapy and sensory integration therapy to children with autism and other learning disabilities," she added. Mimi Suraya hoped that the public would support Nasom's good cause be it cash or kind. She added that cash donation are tax exempted as stipulated under Section 44(6) of the Income Tax Act 1976. For further details, call the Kuantan Nasom at 09-567 1070. |
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