JARO celebrates Chinese New Year

Once again, Johor Area Rehabilitation Organisation (JARO) hosted their annual Chinese New Year celebration with their staff at the New York Hotel, Johor Baru.

JARO Chairman, Datuk Jimmy Low Boon Hong [Left]
serving staff from the buffet at New York Hotel, Johor Baru

JARO Chairman, Datuk Jimmy Low Boon Hong, expressed his gratitude to the hotel for their generous support in sponsoring their annual Chinese New Year lunch for the past eight years.

And for the first time in eight years the hotel owner, Lee Chin Wah, was able to join the celebration and Datuk Jimmy took the opportunity to thank him personally.

As a token of appreciation, Datuk Jimmy presented Lee with a handicraft specially made by the JARO staff.

He also presented the hotel general manager, Madam Tan Ai Lee, with a similar token of appreciation.

Datuk Jimmy Low presenting a token of
appreciation to hotel owner, Lee Chin Wah

Some 50 staff from the three workshops in JARO – tailoring, basketry and book-binding – along with the administrative team, always enjoyed the buffet lunch hosted at New York Hotel during Chinese New Year.

For a start, Datuk Jimmy helped to serve the staff from the buffet, encouraged them to enjoy the meal and return to the buffet for more helpings of the food.

It was heartwarming to see how some of the staff members helped to dish food from the buffet for their colleagues who were physically unable to help themselves.

Among the guests were JARO committee members and well-wishers from the Johor Baru Tiong Hua Association who also presented Ang Pau or Red Packets of fortune money to the JARO staff.

Datuk Jimmy explained that JARO provided training and employment to staff who receive a salary as well as EPF savings and SOCSO insurance coverage.

Hotel General Manager, Tan Ai Lee, receiving a
token of appreciation from Datuk Jimmy Low

He was pleased that some of the trained staff, who were able to find employment elsewhere, have left JARO to pursue their own careers.

This Chinese New Year lunch was among the annual celebrations in a calendar of social events that JARO has with their staff, including Hari Raya Aidil Fitri and the International Day for the Disabled.

JARO provides training and employment for people with disabilities in workshops that create quality, custom-made handicrafts and book-binding services.

JARO staff were presented with Ang Pau or Red Packets by well-wishers from the Johor Baru Tiong Hua Association

Located at No. 18, Jalan Sungai Chat, 80100 Johor Baru, Johor, JARO is open from Sunday to Thursday, 8am to 5pm. Closed on Friday and Saturday. Tel: +607 – 224 5632.