Bicycles for poor students

FLASHBACK Monday November 3, 2008, The STAR

Bicycles for 11 kids in Kuang estate

By STUART MICHAEL

NINE children who come from poor families in Ladang Bukit Darah in Kuang near Sungai Buloh now need not walk to school anymore.

Selangor State Health, Plantation Workers, Poverty and Caring Government Committee chairman Dr Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam and Selayang MP William Leong presented the bicycles to the children and hampers were given to some 30 poor families at the Balairaya Kg Stesyen in Kuang recently.

Rapt attention: The children and the parents listening to the speech by Dr Xavier.

Previously, the children take a half-kilometre walk from Ladang Bukit Darah to school daily.

Besides this, it is learned that the household income of their parents is less than RM1,000 a month.

Xavier said that the reason for this presentation was to show the public the Selangor state government is helping the poor and people from all races.

“We care about the senior citizens from all races and also care about students. That’s why we give aid to poor students no matter what race they are.

“In fact, we want to ensure that the poor children get quality education in the state without having any excuse of the children not going to school,’’ he said.