KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 -- Malaysian food bank NGO The Lost Food Project (TLFP) has received two new refrigerated logistics trucks donated by the people of Japan, a boost expected to help the organisation provide food aid to an additional 15,000 beneficiaries this year.

The arrival of the trucks is expected to boost TLFP's fleet capacity by 11 per cent, allowing the organisation to deliver essential food aid to thousands more people.

The vehicles were funded under Japan's Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), which supports small-scale community projects. They were handed over to TLFP by the Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia, His Excellency Noriyuki Shikata, this morning at the organisation's headquarters in Jalan C...