07 April, 2011
Hon. Murray McCully MP,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
Dear Minister
We are a group of former Colombo Plan Scholarships students. During the era of The Republic of South Vietnam, from 1954 to 1975, we were very fortunate to obtain our higher education in New Zealand, under the auspices of Colombo Plan scholarships.
We have always remembered the loving care extended to us by the dedicated student officers in what is now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. They were our excellent guardians. What we and our families have now are the results of the generosity and kindness of the people of New Zealand.
Recently we, from all over the world, have banded together to set up a relief fund among us, our families and friends in order to lend a hand in comforting the people of Christchurch from the devastating earthquake on February 22, 2011.
Today we are very happy to report the result of our fund-raising activity to you and your Ministry, our former caretakers. We managed to collect a sum of about $62,000 from 100 contributors. This money has been forwarded to the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal managed by the Department of Internal Affairs. The cheque of $62,000 was presented today to the Honourable Nathan Guy, Minister of Internal Affairs.
Yours sincerely
Hung Nguyen
On behalf of former Vietnamese students in New Zealand.
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