Hotel Kristal donates Rp 6.6m

Hotel Kristal donates Rp 6.6m

JAKARTA (JP): Hotel Kristal in South Jakarta will donate Rp
6.6 million it raised during a one-day charity golf tournament on
Sept. 15 to the Nurul Amin orphanage in Cinere, West Java.

Hotel spokeswoman Mona Monica told The Jakarta Post on Monday
the donation would go toward renovating the orphanage.

"The Rp 6.6 million donation came from funds collected from
betting on charity holes. We also received US$2,800 by auctioning
an Adams golf club. We are planning to hand over the donation on
Tuesday," Mona said. The money raised by auctioning the golf club
will not go to the orphanage.

The one-day tournament was participated in by about 120
golfers, both foreigners and Indonesians.

Mona said the hotel wanted to do something different by
inviting guests to the golf course for a day of fun.

"We wanted to show our appreciation for the support of the
golfers and the sponsors. Their reaction has been overwhelming,"
Mona said.

The major sponsors of the event were IFM Movewell and Jakarta
Land Management, which manages Hotel Kristal.

The team of William Hendry, Jamie Perry, Wayne Eglinton and
John Crawford took first in the tournament with an overall nine
under par. Second place went to the team of Alistair Speirs,
Herve Coefec and Terry Mills, which finished with an overall
eight under par. (lnt)