A GIFT FROM CARIBBEAN FOODDELIGHTS.

It was less than two weeks after the Reggae Boyz were effectively knocked out the 2002 World Cup to be held in South Korea and Japan that the mother of the La te Reggae Boy, Steve Shorty Malcolm was invited to accept a cash donation from a spor t loving firm, Royal Caribbean Bakery and Caribbean Foods Delight. A cheque for U-S one thousand dollars, (1000.00) was presented to Mrs Victoria M alcolm by Mr. Conroy Julian of Promotions and Advertising Agencies Limited at hi s New Kingston office in Jamaica. The humanitarian gesture by Managing Director of Royal Caribbean Bakery came a fter he received a telephone call from Conroy Julian, who informed him of the de ath of Malcolm, one of the members of the Jamaica national football team who w as killed in a motor vehicle accident on his way from Kingston to Montego Bay . Mr. Hosang immediately offered to assist the family with some of the expenses re lated to the funeral. He had met Steve Malcolm briefly just prior to the 1998 World Cup when he toured the New York Tri-state area with other members of the Reggae Boyz football sq uad. The sports loving Vincent Hosang, hosted the entire team at his Bakery. H e followed the progress of the team and his company was invariably listed among the sponsors when the games were aired on radio. He subsequently found out that the Jamaican Government and the Jamaica Football Federation were taking care of the funeral expenses and decided that his contrib ution could still be useful for the welfare of the two children of the late Stev e Malcolm. Mrs. Malcolm expressed her appreciation for the generous offer of Mr. Hosang, Ev on Hewitt of Irie FM Sports, who facilitated the live announcement of radio an d Mr. Conroy Julian, a catalyst in the whole process. She also expressed appre ciation to the Jamaica Football Association for paying to her and the two mother s of Steve s children his salary for six months. She added that those funds have long been depleted and that a half finished four bedroom house remains a cause f or concern. It has been said that every good deed is guaranteed a reciprocal level of reward , Steve Malcolm played his heart out for the Jamaican team, Mr. Vincent Hosang t hrough his company, bestrides the Caribbean community like a Colossus and has em ployed many, donated to charity in all fields from sports to various community b ased organizations. may his business continue to grow and prosper