KUCHING: Ten residents of the Sarawak Hun Nam Siang Tng nursing home will get to see a charity concert organised by the Lions Club of Kuching One Earth next month.
In a press statement issued on Saturday (Oct 28) it said members of the club paid a visit to Sarawak Hun Nam Siang Tng president Tay Boon Sin and exchanged ideas on collaborating with each other in serving the community.
“Ten residents of Sarawak Hun Nam Siang Tng will have the privilege to watch the musical performance “Reminiscence of Roses” on Nov 15.
“Lions Club of Kuching One Earth is undertaking the major fundraising event, for the purpose of funding the Divine Will Society Dialysis Centre (DWSDC) at Kota Sentosa, here,” the club said.
The charity concert is being billed as the biggest musical production in Kuching history with over 70 performers, 21 of them from the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, with a backdrop of ‘old Shanghai.’
Lions Club of Kuching One Earth president Joseph Tang said the fund raising drive has been receiving good response from the public.
“Apart from donations from KFF Group of Companies Managing Director Tay Boon Sin, another prominent businessman, Sarawak Federation of Chinese Associations (SFCA) president Datuk Richard Wee also donated generously,” it said.
The statement also disclosed that the Deputy Premier and Minister for Public Health, Housing and Local Government, Datuk Amar Dr.Sim Kui Hian is expected to grace the occasion.
Online ticket purchase can be sought from https://theclassics.iticket.com.my/.