Organisations continue with relief efforts for Myanmar
Posted: 14 May 2008 2214 hrs

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SINGAPORE: Relief efforts for Myanmar's cyclone victims are continuing among Singapore organisations, although one ran into a hurdle.

There has been an outpouring of donations at Peninsula Plaza in aid of Cyclone Nargis victims, but packages started piling up on Monday and the management office asked for their removal, citing fire and security hazards.

Although volunteers complied, packages piled up again on Tuesday night. Zeyar, a volunteer, said: "We have no other place to collect the things... That's quite sad to have this situation right now."

The building officers have offered a temporary storage area, but volunteers, unsure of the longer-term storage prospects, have decided to cut short their donation drive to the end of this week.

At the Singapore International Foundation, staff decided on a small fundraiser. They brought food to the office to sell to fellow tenants on all nine floors of the office building, with proceeds going to the Red Cross for the cyclone victims.