SINGAPORE : Supermarket retailer NTUC FairPrice is doing its bit
to help tsunami victims in the region and it is inviting shoppers
to chip in by buying S$10 food relief packages.
NTUC Fairprice staff were putting together 5,000 food relief
packages at its warehouse.
Each package contains staple food items like rice, milk and
biscuits; in total the supplies are worth S$50,000.
These packages will be delivered by partner airline Cathay Pacific
to Colombo later this week.
But that is not all the supermarket chain is doing.
NTUC FairPrice chairman Chandra Das said, "Previously we just
donated ourselves; but apart from donating ourselves, we are asking
other Singaporeans to join up with us and we will be able to do
more. I think many Singaporeans want to do something but they don't
know how to do it."
Come January 1, members of the public can buy these Food Relief
Packages at S$10 each from supermarkets.
Each package sold will then be sent to affected areas, including
Aceh and India.
The retailer, which is working with humanitarian organization Mercy
Relief on this project, aims to raise S$100,000.
Mercy Relief says this will kickstart its own programme, with
volunteers in Sri Lanka within the next few days.
Hassan Ahmad, executive director of Mercy Relief, said, "We've
already got requests from our partners in Sri Lanka for food
supplies and we will be using this contribution from NTUC to
channel it there.
"Its very natural; the extent of the damage there is the most
extensive, and our partners there are ready to receive these relief
supplies."
You can also donate cash as donation cans will be placed at all
FairPrice outlets from Thursday. - CNA
When I read the ZaoBao after I stepped into SG, it seems that they
threw the bags around... No care made 
Also, why are they packed here? Didn't they consider that when the
bags are on the C-130, there are chances of bags being damaged when
the plane lands?