Guest guest Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 IPOH, Jan 22 (Bernama) -- The Perak Indian Chamber of Commerce will organise a blood donation drive and free medical check-up in conjunction with the Thaipusam festival on Tuesday.Its president, B.K. Kumar, said Saturday the event would be held from 10am at the chamber's service centre in Bandar Ipoh Raya, opposite the Gunung Cheroh Sri Subramaniar Temple where about 200,000 people are expected to turn up for the festival."We are hoping that the devotees coming for Thaipusam will take some time off to participate in this good cause," he told Bernama here.The event is jointly organised with the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centres and Ipoh Hospital.-- BERNAMA sourced: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=115698 Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release 1/19/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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