Guys, come and guess what is the watch that worth HKD1Mil
GEORGE TOWN (March 3, 2010): The MCA has denied reports that a watch presented to its president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat during a function here on Monday night was worth HK$1 million (RM440,000), and stressed that it only cost about RM6,000.
Penang MCA Wanita chief Tan Cheng Liang said the misunderstanding arose when the watch, presented by the Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship (FGBMF) during a dinner it had organised with the MCA, was alluded by the master of ceremony as being symbolically worth HK$1 million "as it carried as much love".
"I feel very sad that the whole event we had organised, with its themes of community service and nation-building, was not reported, but the papers chose to zoom in on this false price-tag," she said when contacted today.
Tan said she had called FGBMF for an explanation as soon as the reports came out about the purported HK$1 million value of the watch.
She said the watch given to Ong had a biblical inscription on it, and the announcer had said it carried so much love and importance that if it were to be made in Switzerland it would be worth HK$1 million.
"It was not even a branded watch," she said, adding that she herself received a watch, which she described as being "ordinary".
"We are very upset," she added. "The presentation of the watches was not even in the programme, but was done in an impromptu manner."
She stressed that both Ong and the organisers were caught unawares by the unwarranted media glare.
"How can they twist this and sensationalise the whole issue?" she said.
The watches were presented during the function which saw a gathering of 4,000 people from 200 churches in the north, at the Penang International Sports Arena (PISA), in conjunction with Chinese New Year.
Ong has said the watch he received was not a personal gift but was presented in the name of MCA.
He said a watchmaker from Hongkong, who had provided the watch, had explained that he was touched by the MCA’s commitment in pursuing the Port Klang Free Zone debacle. -- theSun
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