Malaysian cable

Press, 28 July 1976, Page 1

Malaysian cable

i A cable of acknowledgei ment has been received j from the father of the | dead Malaysian Cashmere ■ High School pupil, Ewe | Tuan Sin. x ‘ Signed Ewe Say Aun. j the cable reads: “Body i arrived July 24, 8 p.m. and : buried. Grateful to all.” ■ li was addressed to i Cashmere High School, I Christchurch, and delivered j to the principal (Mr R. A. I Chapman). Mr Chapman said yes- [ terday that he expected | further correspondence j with Mr Ewe, if only in I answer to a letter giving i greater detail of student

initiative in collecting the money, and sources from which contributions came. A small committee representing contributing groups met yesterday to decide how the $3200 would be spent Money given through Cashmere High School from students. teachers, the Parent Teacher Association, and individuals totalled $l6OO The Malaysian Students’ Association collecting almost exclusively from

Malaysian students and employees, raised another $l6OO. The committee decided that since most public funds came through the school, the school contribution would meet the expenses the appeal was originally intended to rover — transport uf the body home — and the additional costs of the Christchurch funeral service and the Malaysian funeral.