About 40 poor single parents and the elderly brought in by
Jumble Station were treated to a marvelous show of generosity by the Sunway
Pyramid Management team yesterday. The forty comprising all the three major
races of Malaysia
were the guests of honor for the launch of the Chinese New Year 2013 Winds of
Fortune event on the Pyramid’s Concourse.
The dance performances by the Shanghai Tang troupe featured
a number of very slick magic tricks against a backdrop of Chinese cultural
dances, with many of the sleight of hand tricks so well carried out, one can’t
help but be thoroughly awed.
But what was most interesting for the JS single parents is
the launch of the SOS “Food for thoughts” Food Donation drive which was
launched by four women stalwarts – Joanne Kam, Liang, Chermaine Poo and
Gabriella Robinson. The food bank drive which will end at the end of February
is aimed at encouraging supermarket shoppers to buy and drop some groceries
into the SOS boxes placed outside of the supermarts to help feed the less
fortunates. In this case, the beneficiaries will be the poor single parents of
Jumble Station.
After that it was angpow and goodie bag time. HC Chan, CEO
of Sunway Pyramid and Dato Ngeow Voon Yean as well as Kevin Tan all happily
handed over a RM50 angpow to each poor single parent there as well as a goodie
bag each thereby generating more smiles from the cash strapped folks.
Topping off the celebration was the Yee Sang dinner at the
Paradise Inn with many of the non-Chinese guests tasting this marvelous dish
for the first time. By the time they got through the steamed fish, the roast
chicken, abalone veggies and other dishes, they were so stuffed and ready for a
good night’s rest indeed. One of them made this poignant remark –“wow, tak
pernah dapat makanan bagus begini!” and to many of them, this was indeed a
‘wow’ experience and it’s all thanks to the kindness of the Sunway Pyramid
management team!
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