CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Group recognises the importance of corporate social responsibility as an integral part of business and strongly pursue its belief of caring for and sharing with people, business associates and the community. In this respect, the Group continued its initiative to strive for a balanced approach in achieving its business profitability and the expectation of its stakeholders and the community thereby creating value to our shareholders and enhancing the long term sustainability of the Group.

The Group is now into its fourth year of collaboration with National Kidney Foundation (“NKF”) in support of the various events, programmes and activities organised by NKF in various forms such as donations, sponsorships, sta volunteers and resources. The Group jointly with NKF held a 3-day free health screening for the public at Wisma Pertanian in Kota Kinabalu and a similar free health screening was held in Putrajaya for both the government servants and public to raise awareness of kidney diseases and their prevention and better health management. Cash donations collected during the event was channeled to NKF which went towards providing subsidised dialysis treatment and medication for the needy kidney failure patients. Additionally, collection of old newspapers campaign was conducted where the old newspapers collected are then sent to the Community Recycle for Charity (“CRC”) via NKF. CRC serves the needy community through its environment-friendly practices of recycling and the funds collected by CRC will be used to help the needy community.

Statement on Corporate Governance

The Group also participated in the “100 years 100 good deeds” campaign undertaken by Am corp Group Berhad (“Am corp”), a major shareholder, in conjunction with Am corp’s 100 years anniversary. The campaign encompassed a broad spectrum of activities from helping the orphans to providing educational assistance and supporting national events, environmental protection, providing much needed support to disaster victims, fund raising for several NGOs as well as initiate talks and recycling campaigns to promote awareness.

In support of National Blood Bank’s call for blood donation, the Group had organised blood donation campaigns at Boulevard Shopping Mall, Kuching and Am corp Mall, Petaling Jaya in July and August 2010 respectively.

As part of the Group’s CSR efforts, the Group together with Am corp organises and support a number of community services. The Group encourages its employees and business associates to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate as well as to victims of natural disasters such as the flood in Perlis and the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Visits to orphanages and homes of the less fortunate provide comfort and words of wisdom.

The Group continues to play its part in preserving the environment and reducing the carbon footprint to ensure sustainability of the world’s natural resources. Additionally, the Group also promote a culture of waste minimisation and resource optimization. Various recycling campaigns such as paper and plastic recycling campaigns, collection of old magazines and used books were carried out to encourage staff to adopt the habit to reduce, reuse and recycle as much as possible, both at home and at work.

In conjunction with Earth Hour 2011 on 26 March 2011, the Group continued to show its support by encouraging its employees to switch off all non-essential lights in office and home for one hour. Talks by experts to raise awareness of environmental issues were also conducted for employees.


In recognition of employees being the most important asset to drive the organisation to great successes and acknowledges their invaluable contribution to the organisation’s growth, the Group always endeavoured to safeguard the welfare, healthcare, training and career development for its employees. On-going in house training is conducted from time to time to equip employees with the necessary skills and knowledge. Health awareness talks are held regularly together with health service providers to educate the employees on healthy lifestyle and various preventive measures against diseases. To promote healthy lifestyle and work-life balance among staff, various recreational and sporting activities were organised and sponsored. Some of the activities carried out were futsal, marathon-run for a cause, Sky Trex adventure, treasure hunt, mount climbing and eco-friendly gift exchange among staff during year end party. Training on City Survival by a well known experienced trainer was conducted strictly for female employees on the preventive measures so as to avoid confronting a would-be attacker.

A great deal of effort and resources are channeled into the Group’s CSR programmes and the top management are directly involved in the Group’s CSR efforts. The Group looks upon the giving back to society in the hope of making a difference in the many lives it touches.

This Statement on Corporate Governance is made in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Directors dated 25 May 2011.

Deeparaya celebration for the visually impaired folks at the Malaysian Association for the Blind		Staff participants at the NKF World Kidney Day Run
Donation to children from “Our Family Home” orphanage		NKF LifeCheck health screening