Siau Kui (sixth left) leads his committee members in the oath-taking, witnessed by Jamit (right).
KAPIT: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) here must continue to support the government to help propel this district’s growth momentum.
Bukit Goram assemblyman Jefferson Jamit Unyat noted there were many NGOs here, such as Tai San Ten Association, United Chinese Association, Foochow Association, Kapit Lions Club and Kapit Red Crescent, and they were all still relevant.
“Such groups are the bridges between the people and the government, especially in the context of social welfare,” he said at Tai San Ten Association’s three-in-one gathering at the civic centre here on Saturday.
The get-together was to celebrate the Mooncake Festival, oath-taking of the association’s committee for the 2016-2017 term, and also to hand out study incentives.
Jamit noted that Tai San Ten Association was set up more than 60 years ago — making it the oldest in this division — throughout which it had been helmed by capable leaders.
Association chairman Kong Siau Kui told the some 500 guests that Tai San Ten members were from two clans — Kwang Tung and Hokkien.
He added that besides organising social welfare and recreational activities, Tai San Ten also gave angpows to the elders annually and cash incentives to members’ children who did well in their studies.
“Tonight (Saturday night), for instance, eighty students received study incentives totalling about RM22,000.”
Siau Kui’s committee comprises vice-chairman Sng Geok Seng, secretary Kong Sien Jong, assistant secretary Jason Yeo Boon Thien, treasurer Sng Geok Yien and committee members Kuang Ee San, Ma Bee Kuan, Ma Tian Kock, Ho Chew Ming, Tiong Chen Yeon and Lu Siew San.