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Community
Our community pillar is focused on promoting
volunteering and engagement between GAB staff
and the communities in which we operate. The focal
point is “The Big Day Out”, an annual event in which
GAB employees across the country are challenged to
come up with impactful activities with a non-profit
organisation or a charity of their choice. Employees
work in teams and are allocated seed money to use
for their activity. “The Big Day Out” programme is a
way to involve all employees, regardless of where
they live in Malaysia.
In FY2011, we decided to invite our business partners
to be part of this project. As a result, more than 550
employees and 100 of our business partners across
the country participated in 33 different community
projects that included: planting of mangrove
seedlings, conducting basic health screening for
village folks, building a physical therapy area for a
school in Petaling Jaya and running a blood donation
drive.
T H E B I G DAY OU T
– T H E E NG I N E E R I NG T E AM
The Engineering Team broke up into two teams
in a bid to conserve the environment and improve
community relations. This gotong-royong effort
to beautify and maintain the Sungei Way town
was a mode of getting to know the neighbours
and fostering community rapport with them.
The first team’s task was to clean GAB’s exit
which connects the Seri Setia plaza with the
Company. The team faced the challenging task
of chopping the branches of a nearby tree and
trimming wild bushes around the area. “It wasn’t
an easy task, chopping the tree branches with
minimal equipment and on top of that there
was bad weather. However, determination and
courage goes a long way,” noted one of the team
leaders, Tan Seng Kiat.
The team then made their way to clean the pedestrian
bridge connecting the Seri Setia Plaza and the
Company by sweeping the rubbish on the bridge and
cleaning the clogged drains and the exit areas of the
overhead bridge. With the help of the village chief,
the team also identified three main groups living in
the town in need of assistance: a single mother with
three children, one of them being disabled; a 75 year
old single man who depended on public donations;
and an old folks’ home. These three groups were
given a month’s worth of groceries each.
The second team was tasked with the clearing of
overgrown bushes and plants of the Sungei Way Old
Folks’ home. Due to the seniors’ old age, they were
unable to throw away their rubbish properly. This
resulted to the accumulation of waste around the
area, creating environmental and safety hazards.
“We practically filled two lorries with rubbish, and I
feel that we did a very good job in painting the gate
and the home’s letterbox. We were even afraid that
the owners may not recognise their own house!” said
team leader Ng Joo Chan.
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