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CCM donates 30,000 health kits to pilgrims New Straits Times 21 Aug 2013 Streets Central 5 English N/A Daily
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CCM donates
30,000 health
kits to pilgrims KUALA LUMPUR: Chemical Company of Malaysia Bhd (CCM) is contribut ing 30,000 personal health kits worth RMS26.238 for this year's Sa habat Korporat Tabung Haji pro
cautions to protect themselves from
disease so that they are fit to per form the rituals.
"We hope that the health kits will
help them to treat and manage sim gramme. ple ailments so that they will stay To date, CCM has presented healthy and get the best out of their 376,000 kits worth over RM7.5 mil pilgrimage," he said. lion and benefited hundreds of The health kit comprises halal thousands of Malaysian pilgrims in certified CCM Pharmaceuticals the past decade. products such as Uphamol 650 for This year's donation is set to aid relief from headaches, pain or fever; more than 20,000 Malaysians who will be making the pilgrimage to Flavettes Vitamin C to boost the im mune system; Sloan's Analgesic Rub Mecca as early as next month. CCM group managing director, ointment for relief from muscular Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir said the aches and pains; Eye Glo Regular to group's yearly contribution was tes relieve eye irritation in dry condi tament to its commitment to en
tions; and Donna Glucosamine for
hancing the wellbeing of haj pilgrim effective relief from jointrelated on a momentous but strenuous jour symptoms. Every year, CCM also participates ney. in Kursus Asas Haji (KAH) and "Every year, millions of pilgrims from all over the world converge in Kursus Haji Perdana (KHP), which Mecca to perform the fifth pillar of are organised by the Tabung Haji in Islam under intense heat, which
all states for pilgrims preparing for
could be challenging and over whelming to some, especially the elderly," said Amirul. "With the gathering of a sea of people during the haj, it is important
the haj.
During KAH, CCM educates pil grims on their products that are in
cluded in the health kits and organ ises promotional activities. CCM also
for the pilgrims to take extra pre sets up promotional booths during KHP.
Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir
(left) receives a token of appreciation from Minister in the Prime
Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir
Baharom (third from left). With them are Lembaga Tabung Haji's chief executive officer Datuk Ismee Ismail (second from left) and chairman Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim.