Helping the North Koreans

August 1997

Millions of North Koreans face the threat of malnutrition and starvation. 800,000 of them are children aged five and below. Already, many people have succumbed to the famine and many more suffer with famine-related diseases and severe malnutrition. If food does not reach them when winter comes in October, many people will die with the children dying first. Currently, they are surviving only on rations, which is as low as five teaspoons of rice per person.

In response to this tragedy, caring souls of Malacca High School have not remained silent when the plight of the North Koreans ring their ears. Two societies, the Economics Club and the Red Crescent Society of Malacca High has embarked on a fund-raising mission on noble cause – to help the North Koreans live to see the light of another day.

The Economics Club and the Red Crescent Society have raised up to RM2515.00, a result of the generous outpouring from students and teachers. The amount may not seem substantial but according to statistics, the amount is enough to feed 748 North Koreans for a week.

Quotes

We are only one, but still we are one. We cannot do everything, but still we can do something, and because we cannot do everything, nothing can stop us from doing that something that we can do.

~ Economics Club Teacher/Advisor, Puan Shirley Chua

Even small change can make a big difference in the lives of the underprivileged.

~ Economics Club Teacher/Advisor, Puan Shirley Chua

Sebagai sebuah persatuan yang berteraskan prinsip-prinsip yang luhur dan murni, adalah tanggungjawab semua ahli P.B.S.M. untuk mengutip derma daripada keluarga S.T.M. bagi membela masyarakat Korea Utara demi memperjuangkan prinsip-prinsip kemanusiaan serta khidmat sukarela.

~ Pengerusi P.B.S.M. Y-3, Chong Chow Keat

On Page 46, you can see the people who have made it all possible. From left to right: Mr. Tan Seng Yu, Chong Chow Keat, Sabrina Tan, Pn. Shirley Chua and Tiong Yee Fong.

Quotes

Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the one thing that he can’t afford to lose.

~ Thomas Alva Edison

An intelligent plan is the first step to success. The man who plans knows where he is going, knows what progress he is making and has a pretty good idea when he will arrive. Planning is the open road to your destination. If you don’t know where you are going, how can you expect to get there ?

Basil S. Walsh.

Muka surat 45 & 46 Optimist 76^th Edition.