SUBANG JAYA: Do not send food or clothing to the Philippines for Typhoon Haiyan victims, urged humanitarian NGO Mercy Malaysia, as it was an inefficient form of aid.
Executive committee member Prof Dr Shalimar Abdullah explained that because it took two flights and a five-hour ferry journey from Kuala Lumpur to the affected area of Ormoc where Mercy Malaysia was stationed, and transport was extremely difficult.
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