Compiled by DIVYA THERESA RAVI, ALLISON LAI and R. ARAVINTHAN
DATUK Seri Siti Nurhaliza’s reunion with a taxi driver who once took her to a singing competition decades ago has drawn warm reactions online, Kosmo! Online reported.
She met the uncle during a breaking-of-fast event organised by the Nurjiwa Foundation in Kuala Lipis, Pahang, where she also donated to those in need.
The foundation said the moment was touching, noting that the same driver had ferried Siti to the Bintang HMI competition.
It added that on the day she was crowned champion, she returned to her village with her parents in this uncle’s taxi, bringing home a large television she had won in the contest. Some netizens said the taxi driver was also the one who brought Siti’s first success home to Kuala Lipis in the comment section.
> It also reported that a 12-year-old who is battling blood cancer needs up to 35 blood donors to support the life-saving treatment.
The National Blood Centre said the blood is used to support treatment with granulocyte components that the patient needs every day to boost the body’s defence system.
“The public is encouraged to donate blood consistently because every donation can help save the lives of patients in need,” said the National Blood Centre.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
