Fatimah (second left) helps others in packing the cakes and biscuits at Wisma Wanita in Kuching.
KUCHING: The state government, through the Women and Family Department, has allocated RM148,000 for the ‘Sumbangsih Kuih Raya’ programme this year.
This distribution of cakes and biscuits to enforcement and security personnel working during Hari Raya is an annual affair for the department.
According to Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Fatimah Abdullah, this year the department has identified eight agencies that will receive 7,400 packages – each containing six types of cakes and biscuits – which will be distributed tomorrow.
“This year marks an increase from the 6,500 packages distributed to seven agencies last year, involving a fund worth RM120,000 from the state government,” she told reporters during the packing of the cakes at Wisma Wanita here yesterday.
The eight recipients of the ‘Sumbangsih Kuih Raya 2017’ are the Armed Forces, Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), Fire and Rescue Department, Prisons Department, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), Royal Customs and Excise Department, Immigration Department and Road Transport Department (JPJ).
The packages will be distributed to the army and police tomorrow at Dewan Bukavu of the Penrissen Army Camp, of which the ceremony will be attended by Chief Minister’s wife Datin Amar Dato Juma’ani Tuanku Bujang.
The next distribution will take place at the auditorium of Kuching Central Prison near here this june 14, involving Prisons Department and JPJ personnel.
The event will continue on the same day at the MMEA Complex in Muara Tebas, where the packages will be given to the MMEA, Customs, Fire and Rescue, and Immigration staff members. Head of State’s wife Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Raghad Kurdi Taib will attend the event.
Meanwhile, the Association of Wives of Ministers and Assistant Ministers of Sarawak (Sabati) also contributed RM10,000 for the instant ‘ketupat’ to be distributed to the army.
Members of Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (PBB) Samariang Women’s Wing, Women’s Section of Chamber of Sarawak Bumiputera Entrepreneurs (Dewanita), Single Mothers Association of Sarawak, Indian Women Association Sarawak and Sarawak Kek Lapis Entrepreneurs Association were involved in the packing of the cakes yesterday.