Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah graced the Yayasan Sultanah Bahiyah (YSB) Charity Dinner 2016 here last night.

The event was also to celebrate the actual birthday of Tuanku Abdul Halim, on Nov 28, and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the YSB.

Also present were YSB chairman Tan Sri Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz Tuanku Abdul Halim, who is also member of Kedah regency Council; Tunku Temenggong of Kedah Tan Sri Tunku Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah, who is the chairman of Kedah Regency Council; Tunku Puan Temenggong of Kedah Puan Seri Tengku Maliha Tengku Ariff and Tunku Laksamana of Kedah Tan Sri Tunku Abdul Hamid Thani Sultan Badlishah.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah and Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid also attended the event.

At the event, the YSB managed to raise RM4.6 million to enable it to continue organising its welfare and community activities in Kedah.

The foundation also launched its new fundraising project, which is through the sale of special registration number plates, SMS 1 to 9999, as a tribute to Tuanku Abdul Halim, who is the 5th and 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong. - BERNAMA