PUTERA 1MALAYSIA SENDING FOOD AND VOLUNTEERS TO EGYPT

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 (Bernama) -- The Putera 1Malaysia Club will send 30
tonnes of foodstuff to Egypt Wednesday to help Malaysians affected by the
anti-government protests in the country.

Its president Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim said they would go with an AirAsia
plane provided by the low cost carrier.

Abdul Azeez, who had just returned home after leading a mission to help
Malaysian students affected by floods in Queensland, Australia, said they would
bring 30 volunteers, among them doctors to help students and others in the
troubled country.

"We will provide food and help in evacuation mission. Parents should not be
worried as the government is doing its best to help their children there," he
said.

There are about 11,300 Malaysian students registered with the Malaysian
Embassy in Egypt.

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian stage demonstrations across major
Egyptians cities in a bid to force President Hosni Mubarak to end his 30-year
rule, plunging the country in its worst crisis in recent times.