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During the year, the Group continued its community care

and involvement vide various contributions in the form of

donations, sponsorships and support in kind to charitable

bodies, schools and local community endeavours. Inter alia,

we renewed our sponsorship of Titian Samara Programme by

Persatuan Al-Hunafa.

The NGO’s mission is to help secondary students with

academic and social problems to develop their life skills

such as confidence, leadership, and communication through

personal development programmes and mentoring. The

programme currently focuses on 5 schools in the Klang

Valley namely, SMK Raja Lumu, SMK Pandamaran Jaya,

SMK Kota Kemuning , SMK Telok Gadong and SMK Subang

Bestari with a total of 190 students.

Apart from building and furnishing the mosques and schools

located within and around the plantation with the necessary

amenities, our Indonesian subsidiary, PTNJL also funds the

monthly allowance for teachers and imams. The Group also

donated King Cup sardines and other food essentials to several

mosques and non-governmental organisations for their onward

distribution to the needy.

As part of our commitment to strengthening the local

socio-economic base, we provide jobs opportunities for

the communities near our projects. In tandem, the Group

Sustainability : Social

hires and trains local employees at our job sites, providing

technical training and skills to improve workers’ wage-earning

potential. We also support local suppliers and entrepreneurs

by purchasing local goods and services. A successful example

of this can be seen in Indonesia where 83.2% of contracts for

goods and services have been awarded to small and medium-

sized local companies. In addition, 22.8% of the FFB processed

by the palm oil mill is purchased from smallholder farmers and

third-party growers. Similarly, in IFC, 75.0% of procurement

contracts have been awarded to local companies.

Since January 2018, the Group has taken in 93 university

graduates to undergo 8 months of workplace experience with

companies within the Group (with the possibility of progression

into permanent employment) through our participation in

and support of the PROTÉGÉ program (formerly known as

Skim Latihan 1Malaysia). This program involves a mix of on-

the-job placements and skills development workshops which

would allow trainees to absorb the organisational and work

culture whilst also developing relevant job-specific training.

Allowances and benefits are given during the program.

Meanwhile, our Indonesian subsidiary, PTNJL has received a

total of 20 students; 10 from SMKN 1 Sebatik Barat and 10 from

SMKN 1 Nunukan to undergo a 2-month internship during the

year. In PNG, educational tours of the IFC production facility

are organised on a regular basis with local schools to raise

awareness of the fishing industry and the canning process.

Annual Report 2020

kumpulan Fima Berhad

(197201000167)(11817-V)

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