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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.
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