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Malta Developers Association president Sandro Chetcuti presented President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca a €20,000 donation to the Malta Community Chest Fund at the association’s annual Christmas party for members at Verdala Castle, Buskett.
Ms Coleiro Preca thanked the MDA for its generous donation and its continual support of the Malta Community Chest Fund. She said she always found in the MDA “generous, sensitive hearts who do everything they can to help others”.
She added: “I have spent my entire career with people, championing the less fortunate but in the almost three years as President, more than ever before, I come face to face with people who are always in need, and never in my life have I gone through a time when I saw how sickness causes so much poverty. I can appreciate the people in business who are extremely generous and I want to pay tribute to you for your sensitivity towards your neighbour, who needs a shoulder to rest on.”
In his speech Mr Chetcuti urged MDA members to put aside differences and to accept that everyone is human, with defects and shortcomings, while celebrating friendships.
“Let us all thank God for everything He has given us and continue to do our...