KUALA LUMPUR: The winners of POPULAR bookstore's 95th Anniversary Buy & Drive Away contest were announced in a ceremony yesterday, where they walked away with prizes worth more than RM200,000.
The lucky winners received their prizes at the Prize Presentation Ceremony held at the POPULAR Flagship Store at the IPC Shopping Centre.
The prizes were presented by POPULAR Malaysia executive director Lim Lee Ngoh and witnessed by Public Bank Berhad director of PB Card Services and Support Tee Chui Chee and Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) director of Card Services Michael Kumar.
The contest was held from Sept 13, 2019 until Jan 12 this year.
To join this contest, participants were required to spend RM95 and above in a single receipt. They had to collect a contest form at the cashier counter, fill in the details and submit their entries at any POPULAR bookstore or via the POPULAR MY mobile application.
For POPULAR Card Members or those who used "Wave" with their Public Bank MyDebit ATM Card, they were granted the privilege of 2 entries.
Total prizes worth more than RM200,000 were won by 42 lucky participants.
The grand prize, a brand new Perodua Aruz, was presented to Ch'ng Tje-Yie, 26, from Selangor.
The first prize, a Perodua Myvi, was presented to Kartina Ghani, 40, from Sabah.
There were another 40 winners who walked away with Huawei's P40 smartphones and POPULAR gift vouchers worth RM500 each.
The contest prizes were made possible by a collaboration between Public Bank Berhad and PayNet.
The POPULAR Group celebrated its 95th anniversary last year with the theme "POPULAR Assures" and the celebration was skewed toward rewarding customers and POPULAR Card members by having a series of activities and promotions.
Some of the major highlights throughout the celebration were a one day closed-door sales for POPULAR Card members held at POPULAR's flagship store at the IPC Shopping Centre, launch of a Limited Edition 3-year POPULAR Card, launch of the POPULAR MY mobile application and e-Card, redemption campaign of limited edition stainless steel mugs, a nationwide Children's Collage Competition, famous Taiwanese author Peter Su's Malaysia tour and many more.