HELP ARRIVES FOR THE ORANG ASLI VILLAGERS

 

GOPENG: When highlighted recently about the plight of the Orang Asli communities faces under the current Movement Control Order, the Lions Club of Evergreen (LCIE) president Sylvia Lee led a team of eight members to provide food assistance under the “Feed the Hungry” program to 11 villages around Gopeng and Simpang Pulai, here.

 

 

A total of 220 Orang Asli families with more than a thousand villagers received the aid totaling more than RM11,000.

The food included rice, eggs, noodles, cooking oil, biscuits, canned food, sugar, tea and clothes to help the families reduce their living expenses impacted by the pandemic.

 

 

Sylvia said the Orang Asli villagers were badly affected as they depended on products from the neighbouring jungle for livelihood.

“The movement restriction forced them to stay home, and they were not allowed to sell their wares that included durian and petai,” she said.

 

 

Also present were Teja State Assemblyman Sandrea Ng, Visiting Lions Cabinet Officers Elvin Wong, Constance Choo and Joseph Tan.

BVH JOINT VENTURE WITH MBI TO SUPPORT NEEDY

 

IPOH: Bonanza Venture Holdings (BVH) is joining force with Ipoh City Council (MBI) in “MBI Cares” programme to distribute essential food supplies to 100 vulnerable families, in Ipoh.

The care packs are distributed to families living in Waller Court, Kinta Heights Flats and the Buntong Harmony Flats.

 

 

Each essential care pack contains 18 items such as rice, noodles, bean, garlic and oil, alongside with shampoo, toothpaste, shower gel and a toy for the children.

Datuk Bandar Datuk Rumaizi Baharin @ Md Daud said this was the first time the council had joint venture with BVH as a private sector through ‘MBI Caring’ programme to provide support to the needy in the community.

 

 

“The council will continue to help the poor if the movement control order is prolong, whereby the group selected to benefit are from those underprivileged or those affected by business turn down.

“As of June 4, the council have gave away 750 packs to assist the needy during enhanced movement order period, in Ipoh.

 

 

“In addition, MBI also delivered 200 food packages to residents living in EMCO areas namely Kg. Dato’ Ahmad Said Tambahan 2, Kg. Sg, Tapah Tambahan and Kg Jelapang Baru,” he said.

Rumaizi added that the council working together with the private sector has implemented over 15 projects under the ‘MBI Caring’ programme with an allocation of more than RM50,000 to aid the needy, especially the poor and needy people. 

 

 

BVH executive director of operations Edwin Tan said BVH, an Ipoh-based holdings company, which includes Kinta Properties, Meru Valley Resort, Ban Hoe Seng Auto and Bonanza Educare, has in the past year been supporting vulnerable families affected by the pandemic through various funding and volunteer initiative.

"In addition, Kinta Properties also donated 150 food packages to MBI staff and Ipoh folks affected with the Covid-19 pandemic to reduce their burden especially those living in the flats during movement control order 3.0.

"The packages contain rice, cooking oil, flour, sardine, sugar, tooth paste and tooth brush," he said.

 

 

FATE OF HOTEL INDUSTRY @ TODAY

 

IPOH – MAY 23: The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) has swept out 90% businesses and hotels are not spared, here.

Take a look at the hotel website, most of them have posted a Notice of Temporary Hotel Closure from May 18 until June 7, 2021.

The reason is that hotel is not listed as “essential services” in the latest EMCO list released from the Facebook page of the State National Security Council as updated on May 20.

 

NOTICE OF TEMPORARY CLOSURE

 

Hotel industry is one of the most hit by the current pandemic be it MCO1, 2, 3 and EMCO as interstate and inter-district are either forbidden (not allowed) or reduced (even if allowed).

As of April 2020, a number of hotel in Ipoh faced closure either permanently or temporary due to financial difficulties faced upon the implementation of MCO.

The affected hotels on permanent closure were Syeun Hotel and Ritz Garden.

Some hotels decided to close their businesses temporarily as a measure to help stop the spread of Covid-19 infection.

 

IMPIANA HOTEL IPOH

 

The Malaysian Association of Hotels president Datuk N. Subramanian said  the hotel and tourism industry would require more assistance from the government in order to survive the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic, otherwise, hotels will see further closure with no other option.

“As long as travel restrictions are in place and both domestic and international borders are closed, the hotel industry will not survive, whether total lockdown or not.

 

MU HOTEL IPOH

 

“Since March 18, the industry has lost over 80% of its business despite there is a flow of domestic tourism from June until September, last year.

He added that the hotel industry recorded a loss of over RM6.53 million in 2020, and an estimated loss of RM300 million for every two weeks of the MCO.

“The lost of revenue for the hotel industry in 2021 until today, is about RM5 billion, making it worse than last year,” he said today.

 

CITIDEL HOTEL IPOH