Fund to help disaster victims
WE ARE launching The Star Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Fund in association with the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) and Mercy Malaysia.
The public can send their cheques to our headquarters at Menara Star, 15 Jalan 16/11, Section 16, 46350 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, or to our Penang office at The Star Northern Hub in Penang at 202 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang.
If you want to donate to MRCS, please write your cheque to Malaysian Red Crescent Society and mark “Tidal Waves Victims” at the back of the cheque.
If you want to donate to Mercy Malaysia, please make your cheque to Mercy Humanitarian Fund with “South-East Asia Earthquake Appeal” written on the back of the cheque.
The Star will hand over the cheques to the respective organisations at the end of the appeal campaign.
More than 22,000 people, including 55 Malaysians, were killed as a result of tidal waves which swept across the Indian Ocean following a massive earthquake off Sumatra on Sunday.
The phone lines at The Star offices in Petaling Jaya and Penang were inundated with calls from the public yesterday wanting to make donations.
A donor walked into Menara Star yesterday and handed a cheque for RM1,060 for the victims.
The owner of the Lotus Restaurant, Datuk R. Ramalingam Pillai has also pledged RM10,000 to the fund.
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