Vernacular and mission schools to benifit from Community Chest
by LEE YEN MUN
KUALA LUMPUR: Vernacular and mission schools in the country can now
seek assistance from a new charity foundation The Community Chest set up
by the country's top business tycoons. The Community Chest
promises to dispense at least RM100mil yearly to Chinese, Tamil and
mission schools, and other learning institutions which apply for
assistance from it. It will be managed by a board of trustees and chaired by Genting Malaysia chairman and chief executive Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay.
The foundation started its work by giving out RM26.1mil in assistance to 61 schools during a mock cheque presentation by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at its launch at SJK (C) Confucian here yesterday. Of the 61 schools, six were SJK (T) schools, six were mission schools
and the rest SJK (C) schools. They received between RM25,000 and
RM2.5mil each.
