MBI ASSISTED MARKET TRADERS

 

IPOH: The Ipoh City Council (MBI), Fish Wholesaler Association and Vegetable Wholesaler Market of Kuala Pari jointly organised a charitable event to assist the underprivileged night market dealer, here. 

 

 

Datuk Bandar Datuk Rumaizi Baharin @ Md Daud hand over 200 food packages to ten hawker associations under MBI Caring Programme where each association allocated 20 hawkers to benefit from the food packages.

“Each food packages worth RM50 of grocery and essential items.

 

 

 “The associations are Persatuan Penjaja-Penjaja Kecil Melayu Pasar Malam Bergerak Melayu Kinta, Persatuan Penjaja & Peniagaan Kecil Bandaraya Ipoh, Persatuan Penjaja dan Peniaga Kecil Melayu Perkasa Negeri Perak, Pertubuhan Peniaga-Peniaga  Kecil Kinta, Persatuan Pasar Pagi and Pasar Malam Ipoh, Persatuan Usahawan Bersatu Ipoh Perak, Persatuan Pejaja-Penjaja Kecil Melayu Negeri Perak (1986) Kinta District, Jawatankuasa Surau AR Rahmaniah Taman Desa Aman, Rukun Tetangga Rapat Setia/Hillview and Persatuan Kebajikan Penduduk Kawasan Lengkok Meru Permai,” he said.

 

 

He added that the council gave out 200 food packages to hawkers who are affected by the pandemic, while some 500 of them have temporary permit to run their business from last November, in Ipoh.

 

 

“The affected hawkers are those who are registered with MBI, and who have no income for one month due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

 

“Currently, there are 2,000 hawkers registered with the council, and we will continue to help them if the lock down persists abiding to the Federal Government further rules implemented on Phase 2.

 

 

Persatuan Pasar Pagi and Pasar Malam Ipoh secretary Wong Kok Hoe thank the council and wholesalers for their assistance to 20 of the association members who were badly affected by the pandemic, as they solely depended on morning and night market business, here. 

Pertubuhan Peniaga-Peniaga Kecil Kinta deputy chairman Zahari Abd Murad said that the association has 800 members in Kinta, where 200 members were affected, and we encouraged them to sell their things via online to survive through the pandemic.  

 

 

 Also present was MBI  councilor Tony Khoo, Vegetable Wholesaler Market chairman Tan Peng Kiang and Fish Wholesaler Association chairman Goh Wee Seng.

 

 

 

MAYOR DISTRIBUTED FOOD PACKAGES TO TRADERS, STRINGERS AND MBI STAFF

 

IPOH: The Ipoh City Council (MBI), Boba Teh Sdn Bhd and Perak Media Sports & Welfare Club had jointly organised the MBI Caring charity programme to assist those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, here.

 

 

Datuk Bandar Datuk Rumaizi Baharin @ Md Daud said that food packages (wet and dried stuff) were distributed to 125 traders from Gerbang Malam (Nite Market), as they were not able to trade for one month during the movement control order (MCO 3).

 

 

“We have been doing charity since the pandemic started last year, and we are now focusing on those who lost their income due to the continuous implementation of the MCO.

 

 

“There is an increased of 60% population in Ipoh who lost their income during this pandemic and we will continue to assist them to overcome difficulties.

“In addition, we also donated food packages to five MBI staff and 30 journalists in Ipoh,” he said,

 

 

Daboba Malaysia director Choong Jun Meng said that the company houses a chain of café bubble tea and the management would continue to perform their corporate social responsibility via extending assistance to the needy during the Covid-19 pandemic period.

 

 

Meanwhile, Perak Media Sports & Welfare Club president Rosli Mansor thanked the organisors for giving away dried food packages and rice to 30 stringers from ten media companies in Ipoh.

Also present were – Ipoh City Council secretary Ahmad Munir Ishak and councilor Abu Bakar Hussian.

 

 

 

MBI & KL KEPONG REACHING OUT TO THE NEEDY

 

IPOH: The Ipoh City Council (MBI) and KL Kepong Berhad jointly organized a charity event under the MBI Caring programme to assist the less fortunate residents in Ipoh.

 

 

Datuk Bandar Datuk Rumaizi Baharin @ Md Daud and KL Kepong Bhd chief executive officer Tan Sri Lee Oi Hian gave away 237 food packages to three representatives from the Waller Court Flat, held at the MBI headquarters, here.

 

 

Also present were MBI councilor Clr Mohammad Iskandar Abdul Rahman and KLK (Plantation) administrative director Har Wai Ming.

 

 

Rumaizi said that the donation comes in timely to reduce burden of the residents living in the flat.