:STIA charity golf netted RM60K

TAWAU, The effort by the Sabah Timber Industries Association (STIA) in organizing the STIA charity Golf Tournament 2008 is in part of the caring attitude by the association for the less fortunate people in line with the government’s effort to build a caring society.

Chairman of the association Chua Yeong Perng in his closing speech said that this is also to enlighten people to share their love to everyone.

`I wish the best to all generous contributors and players at the tournament as now we had collected the RM60,000 needed to help them’, he stated over the amount to be distributed to Society of the Deaf, the Special Olympic Sabah and the Sri Stella special children’s home.

A total of 77 players took part in the one day event held at the Tawau Golf Club’s Hot Spring golf club where the event was earlier launched and supported by the Minister of Youth and Sport of Sabah YB Peter Pang En Yin.

The nett event was won by Lee Li Kiong.

The tournament was held after around 11 years of absent but it would again be held as an annual event by STIA. The last such tournament held netted a sum of RM50,000 under past chairman of the association, Lim Piak Chu, where the amount was used to build a dining hall for the district’s senior citizens’ home at Hot Spring.

Players at the charity tournament generated RM10,050 while the most generous contributor donated RM10,000 for the cause.