The Myanmar Typhoon Nargis Humanitarian Fund and China's Earthquake Aid Fund has received a contribution amounting to more than $198,000.00. With the recent contribution, the funds so far have collected a total of more than $446,000.00.
Receiving the contributions was the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Retired Major General Pehin Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Mohammad, as Joint Fund Advisor at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. DST Communication contributed a total of more than $64,100.00 while B-Mobile contributed $18,065.00. Other contributors were the Ministry of Education with more than $77,600.00, the Mosque Affairs Department with more than $16,000.00, and the Department of Youth and Sports with $3,900.00. Meanwhile, $10,300.00 came from Girls Guides Association, $7,122.00 from Decol Marketing Services and $1,000.00 from the Association of the Retired Royal Brunei Armed Forces Personnel. The total amount of contributions includes contributions through SMS amounting to more than $82,000.00.