Montfort - Malacca

Golf tourney to help needy youth
By : Jason Gerald John


MALACCA: Help us provide a better future for the youth of today.

This is the appeal by the Montfort Youth Centre (MYC) in Ayer Salak here, which is seeking funds to renovate its buildings and buy computers to train the boys who are from poor and underprivileged families.

For this, the centre will be organising a charity golf tournament and dinner at the Orna Golf and Country Club in Ayer Keroh on Jan 12.

The centre's director, Brother Stephen Tee, said RM200,000 was needed to renovate the buildings and buy computers to facilitate teaching for the boys who could not pursue their studies due to financial constraints.

"The upgraded buildings and computers will not only benefit the 43 boys at the centre but will also benefit many others in the years to come.

"Therefore, we need assistance in any way possible to help these boys study at the centre and acquire skills in vocational training, such as motor mechanics and computer maintenance.

"This will allow them to earn a decent living in the future."

Speaking at a hotel here yesterday, Tee said the Brothers of St Gabriel had been running the MYC for more than six years and relied on donations from companies and individuals.

"The golf tournament, in which a Hyundai car is up for grabs for a hole-in-one, and dinner is expected to raise about RM70,000. We would still need RM130,000.

Tee said the entry fee for the tournament was RM300 per person, inclusive of dinner.

Non-golfers may buy dinner tickets at RM50 per head or RM500 for a table.

For further information, contact 06-3510114 or 06-3510115.