IPOH, Oct 18 — Retired school principal Mok Soon Sang initially wanted to donate his large collection of books to the Anning Children’s Home in Ampang only upon his...
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“Master Shi said do not wait until my death to donate but to do it then,” he said of his discussion with the abbot that took place 13 years ago.When the library first opened its doors in 2015, a year after construction began, its collection of books stood at some 5,000 books. Its clients are a diverse group comprising of kindergarten children, university undergraduates to members of the public.
While visiting the temple, Mok detoured to the children’s home, which was also located in the same compound as the temple. To construct the three-storey building in which the library occupies the ground floor, Mok contributed RM200,000 of his personal money. “He said I have done a lot to see the library’s fruition and it is only fair that it be named after me,” Mok explained.
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