After moving its headquarters five times in 19 years, the Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall (KLCAH) has finally found a permanent centre of operations to call its own.
In celebration of its 19th anniversary, KLCAH is hosting a fundraising dinner to set up a 176.5sq m office at Maju Link, Bandar Tasik Selatan in Kuala Lumpur.
(Seated from left) Wong, Bin, Chow, Chai, Poon Siak, Poon, Prof Ng, Tan and Lim with the organising committee at the press conference.
The gala dinner will have an Oriental theme and feature a variety of traditional Chinese performances, lion dances and even a performance by Malaysian singer Yao Yi.
A special auction of items belonging to celebrities will also take place.
Donation packages consisting of dinner tickets, commendation plaques, souvenirs and red wine are priced from RM3,000 to RM100,000.
Those contributing RM30,000 and above can pay in instalments over a three-year period.
“We are expecting more than 1,000 guests at the dinner, including some 200 presidents and chairmen of organisations attached to KLCAH across Malaysia,” KLCAH president Datuk Seri KK Chai said in a press conference.
Chai, who is also the founder and group executive chairman of KK Supermart and Superstore Sdn Bhd, said the dinner would allow members to come together and recognise KLCAH’s accomplishments since its founding in 2003.
Appointed KLCAH president in 2015, Chai hoped that the new headquarters would better serve the needs of association members comprising 900 individual members and 90 non-governmental associations.
“Our membership is widespread, incorporating people from all walks of life, including successful businessmen, community leaders, lawyers, doctors and media members.
“We want to provide a good office space where members as well as the general public can organise social functions, meetings, events, seminars and product launches.
“The new office space can function as an operational centre for KLCAH members to plan for the disbursement of financial aid, corporate social responsibility programmes and other charitable efforts to help the less fortunate.
“In times of disaster, it will also be used to coordinate relief efforts,” he said.
The office space has already been purchased.
Chai said the property was bought for RM1.09mil through negotiations with the owner.
The total cost, including renovations which are scheduled to be completed by December, is RM1.5mil.
The committee still needs another RM1.2mil.
KLCAH has already collected RM300,000 and aims to raise a further RM1mil from the dinner, to be held at the ballroom of Wisma Huazong in Seri Kembangan, Selangor on Nov 27.
Also present at the press conference were KLCAH vice-presidents Datuk Wong Che Sing, Datuk Liew Bin, Datuk Ada Poon, Prof Ng Po Kok, Tan Chuan Yong and Lim Lay Hooi, treasurer Datuk William Chow and first KLCAH president Datuk Liew Poon Siak.
