Kee Hua Chee Live!: TIO TOE TROUGH THE TULIPS!

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TIRED OF TRYING TO TIE TULIPS TO 'T' AS IN TIP TOE THROUGH THE TULIPS?

Red tulips and others of every hue and colour combinations will be flown in and sold to Sungai Wang Plaza concourse at RM 5 each.

Real, fresh, beautiful tulips of every colour and combination will brighten your home and usher in great feng shui! Plus, all proceeds will go to Special Children Society of Ampang, thanks to KLM Airlines and Rabobank!

NEVER MIND, COME 12 MAY, YOU CAN BUY FRESH, REAL, LIVE TULIPS AT SUNGAI WANG PLAZA FOR A MERE RM5 EACH. FROM 12 MAY 2012 TILL STOCKS LAST BUT I BET THE 3,500 TULIPS WILL BE SOLD PRETTY FAST SO COME EARLY FOR THE BEST CHOICES! AT HOME

AS YOU ADMIRE THE EXOTIC BLOOMS AT HOME WISHING YOU COULD GROW SUCH FABULOUS FLOWERS IN TROPICAL MALAYSIA, REVEL IN THE KNOWLEDGE YOUR MONEY IS GOING TO A GOOD CAUSE AS ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO CHARITY SO YOU WILL BE ADDING TO THE MERITS SO AS TO IMPROVE YOUR KARMA FOR YOUR NEXT REBIRTH.

OF COURSE SOMEONE HAS TO FLY THE TULIPS FROM HOLLAND WHERE THE WORLD'S BEST TULIPS ARE GROWN ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE TO KUALA LUMPUR. SO WHO CAN IT BE BUT KLM THE DUTCH AIRLINES!

IT’S TIME TO GIVE MUM A BOUQUET OF FRESH TULIPS

KLM Annual Charity Tulip Sale returns this Mother’s Day

If you are looking for that perfectly unique gift for your mother this coming Mother’s Day, brighten up her special day with a bouquet of fresh tulips freshly flown in from the fields of the Netherlands by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

This seasonal flower is usually planted in October and November so that it grows in time to thrive in the cold winter and only flowers for a short time from mid April to end May, making them a sought after and unique bloom.

The Netherlands are famous for their cultivated tulips and is one of the most dominating countries in export of tulips and tulip bulbs, while annually busloads of tourists visit the Netherlands to see the tulip fields in bloom.

However you don’t have to travel so far to enjoy the beauty of the tulip. Handpick your own colourful bouquet of beautiful tulips at the 14^th KLM Annual Charity Tulip Sale which will take place on Saturday, 12 May 2012 at the Concourse Level of Sungei Wang Plaza from 11.00 a.m. onwards.

Priced at RM5 each, there will be 3,500 stalks for sale including the double tulip and the fundraiser targets to raise RM28,000 for charity this year.

This year’s beneficiary is the Special Children Society of Ampang (SCSOA). What began as a mother’s search for a good place to send her daughter with Down’s Syndrome has now turned into an school-like establishment that meets the educational and social need of special children.

SCSOA now has almost 80 special children under its roof, ranging from 2 – 36 years of age. It provides individualised education programmes and group sessions to enable interpersonal skills, communication skills, behavior programmes, early intervention sessions for children of three to six years old, pre-vocational and life skills training, leisure and recreation.

In addition to providing quality and meaningful education to help fulfill each child's potential to become an independent, useful and valued member of society, SCSOA also provides a support system to families and carers.

“Fourteen years on and going strong, the KLM Annual Charity Tulip Sale is a success thanks to generous support from the public and our event partners alike. Their generosity has helped thousands in need over the years and this year, the special children from the Special Children Society of Ampang will benefit from the funds raised,” said Ms. Estee Ng, Air France-KLM’s Country Manager for Malaysia.

“The tulip is one of the Netherlands’ most famous icons, and through our Annual Charity Tulip Sale we wish to share the flower’s beauty and uniqueness with Malaysians and we believe that it is only apt for us to do this in conjunction with the Mother’s Day celebrations,” she added.

The 2012 KLM Annual Charity Tulip Sale is set to repeat the success of the past 14 years with the support of partners Rabobank; Sungei Wang Plaza as the official venue sponsor for the 14^th year; and popular online Malaysian community Cari.com as the official online media.

Pledging its support for the fourth year is Rabobank – a global financial services leader specialising in food and agribusiness banking – who has committed to contribute RM1 for every tulip sold, so that consumers only have to pay RM5 instead of RM6 each thus making it more affordable to the public. In addition to making the tulips more affordable, the Dutch bank will also top up another RM2 for every tulip sold, bringing their contribution this year to RM10,500.

Mr. Kao Chee Ming, Country Business Director for Rabobank in Malaysia said, “Rabobank is pleased to once again be a partner of the KLM Annual Charity Tulip Sale. This is a multi-faceted CSR effort for us where not only the company contributes to the fundraising event but also our employees are invited to donate for a good cause.”