Our Batu Lintang and Batu Kawa areas were worst hit. Our Batu Lintang Flood Relief Team did a good job manning the Relief Centres at SMK Green Road and Chung Hua primary School No. 4 at Jalan Nanas. Our Batu Lintang Women Section Secretary Tay Moi Moi almost lived there for 5 days (only leaving to get sleep at home) together with Centre Coordinator Wilson.
At the height we had about 250 evacuees there. I feel heart-warming to see so many well wishers we just dropped in with contributions for the families there.
Now that they are back in their own homes - their real challenge face them. They lost almost everything during the floods. I hope that the authorities will look into how to assist these families. They can co-ordinate people who are willing to come out to help, but need the authorities to organise them and to identify the recipients.
Of course other than these families, we have the traders at Market Street, India street whose goods were damaged from the floods.
Well, our problem is only a mini scale of what Hurricane Katrina did to US!
Weather looks promising the last few days. My family had a nice outing to Sematan yesterday - we had lunch at the famous Ah Nien Seafood and rested with nice cool lemonade at Palm Beach Resort. At least the local Taiko Hing Moh did something good for Sematan - you now can have nice clean facility in Sematan. Well done, Hing Moh Family.
Then we drove to Pandan Beach - this was the nicest beach before, but it was a disappointing to see so much rubbish, plastics on the beach.
We must do something to educate our people about plastic - the worst invention by human kind.
Hope you all got through the rains alright. I suppose everyone is busy with Lunar New Year preparations.
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