NGOs urged to make residents of old folk’s home happy
SIBU: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are urged to organise more activities with the residents of Rumah Seri Kenangan to make the old folk’s home livelier. In making the call, Minister for Women, Early Childhood, and Community Wellbeing Development, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said NGOs and youth groups should not be prevented from entering or working with […]
Sometimes, good to put elderly in old folks’ home
This is Part two of three of a feature series on ageing and its socio-economic impact IN tandem with modernisation, communities around the world have experienced significant transformations in many aspects including societal and familial structures as well as lifestyles. One such example is the care of the elderly. Traditionally, once they were grown up, […]
Kuching old folks home residents get vaccine jabs
KUCHING: Fifty-eight out of 59 senior citizens of old folks home Rumah Seri Kenangan (RSK) here have been vaccinated. The only one who missed out was not eligible due to health factors, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “I requested counselling be provided in which two counsellors […]
Sports Toto postpones CNY donation campaign
KUCHING: Sports Toto Malaysia Sdn Bhd had decided to postpone its 34th Chinese New Year Ang Pow Donation Campaign. The said campaign was supposed to start on Jan 28 but due to the worsening Covid-19 pandemic recently, the management has to postpone it. “The current pandemic situation is worrying and we hope that the nation […]
Sports Toto to donate to old folks’ homes
KUCHING: Sports Toto will hold a 5-day donation campaign that will begin on Jan 28 next year, with the target to benefit a total of 118 old folk’s homes nationwide. Unlike the previous Sports Toto’s Chinese New Year Ang Pow Donation Campaign – where it was held in 50 towns and cities annually for the […]
New building for old folks ready by year end
KUCHING: The long-awaited new building for Rumah Seri Kenangan (RSK) Kuching, an old folks’ home at Mile 12, Kuching-Serian Road, will be completed at the end of this year. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Minister Datuk Sri Fatimah Abdullah said the project, which was supposed to be completed in 2015, had run into […]
SugarBun reaches out to needy
KUCHING: Local franchise brand SugarBun extended Chinese New Year celebrations to both the young and elderly here. The event included visiting the residents of Rumah Seri Kenangan Old Folk’s Home on Feb 5 and opening their restaurant to children of the Salvation Army on Feb 8. According to a press statement by SugarBun, the events […]
