2,000 food packs for Putatan families

PUTATAN: Thousands of families in Putatan breathed a sigh of relief when 2,000 food packs arrived on Thursday. The distribution was organised by Tanjung Aru assemblyman, Datuk Junz Wong.

Junz, who is also the Sabah Minister for Agriculture and Food Industry, said the distribution involved some 2,000 food packs covering six villages in Putatan who are also constituents of the Tanjung Aru state constituency.”

“They are Kampung Muhibbah, Kampung Pasir Putih, Kampung Sri Pandan, Kampung Contoh, Kampung Sipanggil and Kampung Meruntum.”

“The aid consists of 2kg of fish, a pomelo, a bag of rice, a tray of eggs, and essentials like mihun, instant noodles, flour, sugar, salt, two packs of milo, keropok, cooking oil, creamer and condensed milk.”

He also thanked Mr Jacky Ho, an aqua-preneur for the kind contribution of two tonnes of fish.

Junz added this programme had been ongoing for the second consecutive week.

“Last week, we distributed 4,860 packs to houses in Sembulan and Pulau Gaya. I want to make sure nobody is left behind. So earlier this week, we topped up those that were left out of the 4,860 packs last week. On Thursday this week, another 2,000 packs have arrived Putatan, bringing the total sent to 6,860 packs after about 10 days of continuous distribution.”

Junz constituents from these six villages in Putatan to call the respective representatives to collect the supplies.

“Please contact the relevant representatives to liaise with the collection of the food aid. There is enough for everyone. Do not panic and continue cooperating throughout the process,” he said.

The distribution centres are as follows: Kampung Muhibbah - 012-8721998 (Ketua Kampung Jiman Akmat) 014-6537608 (Sofuan Ibrahim); Kampung Pasir Putih - 012-8438775 (Ketua Kampung Marzuki Bin Ompai) 010-5845200 (MPKK Samad); Kampung Sri Pandan - 013-8712363 (Ketua Kampung Borham) 013-8999723 (MPKK Hj Sahidi); Kampung Contoh - 019-8808775 (Ketua Kampung Hj Ismail Ayup) 0178379165 (MPKK Mohd Nwor); Kampung Sipanggil - 011-36963700 (Ketua Kampung H.Abduraman bin Habib Alawi) 011-25320062 (MPKK Yahamad Budin); Kampung Meruntum - 012-8660265 (Ketua Kampung Linah Sirin) 0138594838 (MPKK Mohd Nazri).