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Press Conference RMHC Charity Golf Championship - September 3, 2002PRESS CONFERENCE FOR RMHC - TROPICANA CHARITY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP 2002
PETALING JAYA, 3 SEPTEMBER 2002 - The Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities Fund of Malaysia today received a total contribution worth RM187, 000 from 8 sponsors for its annual RMHC-Tropicana Charity Golf Championship. Representatives from the 8 companies were present at a Press Conference held at the Greens, Tropicana Golf & Country Club to present their sponsorships to RMHC President, Puan Fadillah Yakin. The 8 companies were McDonald’s Malaysia, MacFood Services (M) Sdn. Bhd., TaylorMade-Adidas, Leco Enterprise, Coca-Cola Far East Limited, BP Malaysia, Havi Foods and Tropicana Golf & Country Club.
The RMHC - Tropicana Charity Golf Championship 2002 will be held on September 28th at the Tropicana Golf & Country Club. Many attractive prizes, including two cars for the holes-in-one, are waiting to be won. The two cars are a SAAB 9-5 Sedan and a SAAB 9-5 Wagon. All participants will receive a goody bag worth RM600.00 each. Amongst the items in the goody bag are a great-looking TaylorMade Golf Bag, an Adidas Golf Shirt, Maxfli XS Tour Golf Balls and a golf cap. The entry fee for each participant is RM1,000.00. Besides the golf, RMHC will also organize games and activities for children. Ronald McDonald will be making a special appearance to entertain the children.
In her speech at the press conference, RMHC President Puan Fadillah Yakin said, “This is the ninth RMHC Charity Golf event that we have organized. Proceeds from this event will be channeled to two major RMHC projects: the building of a second Ronald McDonald House and the Tunas Wawasan scholarship program. The Ronald McDonald House is a home away from home for families who have to travel far to enable their children who are suffering from serious illnesses to receive treatment at the Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. To date, more than 180 families have benefitted from this house which was built on the grounds of the Hospital. RMHC therefore is very keen to build the second Ronald McDonald House to enable more families in need to benefit from this facility. It is a project that can serve the needs of the largest number of people. The “RMHC Tunas Wawasan” is a scholarship program that gives scholarships to underprivileged children. The scholarship includes school fees, book expenses, pocket money and other schooling needs. RMHC currently helps more than 40 secondary school students all across the nation. RMHC works with the Ministry of Education to choose two students from each state to be under this program every year over the next five years. For more information about The RMHC-Tropicana Charity Golf Championship, please call the secretariat at 7726 1888 ext. 202/379/203. |
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