The Palace Hotel gives to the less fortunate

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The recipeints of the Christmas gifts with the Palace Hotel team lead
by Ms Phang 5th right, back row.

KOTA KINABALU: The Palace Hotel Kota Kinabalu presented gifts to some 100 parishioners’ children and residents of the Mother of Divine Grace Hostel, Kota Belud, recently.

The gifts were collected from Hotel staff, guests and generous members of the public for the less fortunate, in conjunction with the Christmas celebration.

Ms Phang Joo See, the General Manager said a Christmas tree was placed  at their lobby where the names of the potential recipients were hung.

The tree aptly called ‘Angel tree’ was at the lobby for the whole month of December last year with the names hung on it, and guests as well as generous individuals were encouraged to pick a name off the tree as a recipient for their gifts,  she said.

According to her, the names were of children from the Mother of Divine Grace Hostel and children from impoverished families around the area.

“We collected and sent the gifts to the recipients recently,” she stated, adding that the hotel also brought food and drinks for the recipients and their family.

“We hope our gifts have given them joy. We are happy to have spent time with them in the spirit of giving.”

The collection of gifts for the less fortunate by way of an Angel tree has been carried out by the hotel for the last five years, with beneficiaries from various homes including Bondulu Orphanage Home, Toboh Tambunan, Don Bosco Orphanage Home, Bundu Tuhan and St Maria Goretti Hostel Keningau, among others.

This is one of the hotel’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) events where the hotel integrate social responsibilities and environmental concerns voluntarily into its business activities.

Ms Phang mentioned that the hotel Christmas Decorations were made up wholly with recycled materials collected from the various departments in the hotel.

“This included water bottles, egg trays and old newspapers as well as discarded containers and drums,” she stated.

According to her, this did  not only help the hotel in waste management but also instilled awareness among the young generation on the importance of employing the 4R hierarchy-reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Respect Culture in their everyday life.-AG

Ms Phang talking to the audience about the Angel Tree

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