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Saturday, 27 October 2012

200 Bukit Kiara Long House Residents Receive Deepavali Contributions

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 (Bernama) -- Two hundred residents of the Bukit Kiara Long House from the needy and disabled groups received contributions in cash and daily necessities as well as wheelchairs to ease their burden and to make Deepavali a meaningful occasion for them.

The contributions presented at a ceremony in the compound of the long house was donated by Segambut MIC.

Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk M.Saravanan, who gave away the contributions said the programme was to assist the poor in the Federal Territory in conjunction with Deepavali celebration on Nov 13.

"This is the second programme carried out so that the poor do not feel left out of the festival," he told Bernama here.

He said the programme was also to bring senior MIC leaders closer to the people in line with its community caring outlook.

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