Fatimah (right) and Norkiah in a photo shared by the minister.
KUCHING (April 15): Wife of former Yang di-Pertua Negeri, the late Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Norkiah Bagong, will be missed by many, especially children at the orphanages in Sarawak.
Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah said this when paying tribute to Norkiah who passed away around noon yesterday at Sarawak General Hospital here.
“Our children at all our welfare institutions such as Rumah Kanak-Kanak Toh Puan Norkiah, Rumah Kanak-Kanak Datuk Ajibah Abol, Rumah Kanak-Kanak Taman Sri Puteri, to name a few, will miss her for her love, care and concern for their wellbeing,” the Dalat assemblywoman said in a press statement.
“During Ramadan month, before Hari Raya, she brought them out to buy new clothes and shoes for Hari Raya.”
Similarly, Fatimah added, the poor and the needy in society will also miss her.
“In fact, her last phone call to me before she fell sick was about asking JKM (Welfare Department) to help find a place to stay for a poor senior citizen who has no family members.
“I will miss our discussions on welfare institutes for that was the area closest to her heart. We will miss her. May Allah grant her rest and peace,” she said.
Norkiah, 72, was laid to rest at the Samariang Muslim Cemetery here.
She married former Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abang Salahuddin Abang Barieng in 1996.
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