Catholics donate RM1.14 million to Tabung Harapan

KUALA LUMPUR: Catholics in Malaysia have collected RM1,143,653.10 for the Tabung Harapan.

The Church in Malaysia offered one weekend’s collection from all its parishes to Tabung Harapan Malaysia as a gesture of solidarity.

The setting up of the fund was part of a patriotic act by Malaysians to help pare down the nation’s RM1 trillion debt.

Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced the setting up of the fund on May 30 for Malaysians to contribute towards a reduction of the country’s debts.

The Kuala Lumpur Archdiocese has been tasked to hand over the money collected from all the nine arch/dioceses of Malaysia to a representative from the Ministry of Finance.

The collection by the parishes was for the Masses of June 22 to June 24 and there was only one collection.

Besides the weekend collection, individuals were also encouraged to contribute directly to the Tabung Harapan especially if they wished to receive a tax-exempt receipt.

As of 3.00pm on Aug 13, the amount collected by the Tabung Harapan fund was RM175,356,930.51 (RM175mil).

Tabung Harapan Malaysia Maybank 
A/C no: 5660 1062 645

Article reproduced from Herald Malaysia online