Symbol of generosity: Boxes after boxes containing donation items for those affected by the floods piled on top of each other at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base at Subang Airport. Donations have been pouring in ever since the base was designated as a 24-hour collection centre. The items will be deployed to victims in the flood hit states.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians are a very generous lot, and they proved it yet again with an outpouring of help for the flood victims in the east coast states. The response to the The Star-MRCS-Firefly Relief Fund has been so overwhelming that it exceeded the airline’s daily cargo capacity to fly the goods to Kota Baru and Kuala Terengganu.
Firefly chief executive officer Ignatius Ong said that to date, 73,000kg of dry food, personal care and medical supplies had been delivered to the two cities where representatives from IMAM Response and Relief Team (Imaret) – a team powered by the Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia (Imam), Mercy Malaysia and TUDM Oscar were collecting and distributing items to the various flood relief centres.
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