KUALA LUMPUR: Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, Queen of Malaysia, has donated 376,000 face masks to schoolchildren in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya to help protect them from the haze.
According to a post on Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar's official Facebook page, the masks will be distributed to students in 289 schools in Kuala Lumpur and 28 schools in Putrajaya, with priority given to those from low-income families.
The masks were handed over by Comptroller of the Royal Household Tan Sri Dr Azmi Rohani to the principals and headmasters of the respective schools at the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Education Department.
The donation was made through Yayasan Raja Zarith Sofiah Negeri Johor, in collaboration with the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation and Wangsa Ultima Sdn Bhd.
Also present were Grand Chamberlain of the Royal Household Datuk Azuan Effendy Zairakithnaini, Yayasan Raja Zarith Sofiah Negeri Johor chief executive officer Hishamuddin Abdul Rahim, and Education Ministry Deputy Director (Student Affairs Management) Hirudin Mohit.
Previously, the Queen donated 500,000 face masks to students in Johor and nearly 300,000 masks to frontline personnel in the state, including members of the Malaysia Border Control and Protection Agency and the police.
She also donated 200,000 face masks to Malaysian motorcyclists commuting to work in Singapore amid the haze affecting Johor.
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