Bazaar for the less fortunate

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Published: Tuesday December 31, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday December 31, 2013 MYT 10:50:05 AM

Bazaar for the less fortunate

BY WONG PEK MEI

Come rain or shine: (From second, left) Chang, Tengku Nazaruddin, Ho and Choong holding up umbrellas during the launch of the bazaar.

   

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THE Charity Fun-D Bazaar offers shoppers products and services by the disabled and less fortunate, including organic fruits fresh from the orchard, blind massages and handmade items.

Shoppers will be able to get their hands on interesting items and do good by helping the needy to earn an extra income at the bazaar, which is held at SStwo Mall.

According to organiser G Prop Marketing and Management Sdn Bhd managing director Ho Sweet Fun, the bazaar was an opportunity for the needy to introduce and sell their works while boosting their self-esteem and teaching them to be self-reliant.

Spastic Children’s Association of Selangor and Federal Territory volunteer Ong Seng Chee said business was brisk at the association’s booth that sells organic fruits.

“We get our fruits from the president’s orchard in Bukit Tinggi. They are all organic and pesticide free.

Fresh from the orchard: Ong showing the durians and mangosteens on sale to raise funds for the Spastic
Children’s Association of Selangor and Federal Territory.

“We mostly sell kampung durians at RM3 per kg and the D24 type that costs RM15 per kg. We also sell mangosteens at RM8 per kg,” he said during the launch of the bazaar.

Ong added that the D24 durians were popular and had been fully reserved by a customer that day.

Another participant at the bazaar, Independent Living and Training Centre secretary Gurdip Kaur, was offering henna services which starts at RM10 and wire handwork that costs RM20 a piece.

“This bazaar has given us a chance to highlight our work and we hope more malls will follow suit in providing us a platform for us to display our products and services,” said Gurdip, who is wheelchair-bound after she fell and injured her spine in 1993.

She said such bazaars would create more awareness of their centre, thus helping them to sell their products faster.

The bazaar will be running every weekend from 10am to 6pm until Jan 26.

Interesting gadget: Tengku Nazaruddin (left) and Chang checking out the booth run by Krishnan
Sivasankaran, 39, who sells alarms for self-defence and perfumes.

Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) has also set up counters for assessment fees and renewal of business licences.

Present at the launch were Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) complaints department director Tengku Nazaruddin Tengku Zainuddin, who represented Petaling Jaya mayor Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad, Subang Jaya Municipal (MPSJ) councillor Chang Kim Loong and SStwo Mall centre manager Eddie Choong.