KUCHING, 15 June – Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (CGC) today celebrated the Gawai Harvest Festival with 59 pre-school students of SK ST. John, Bau, Sarawak with a hope to share the festive joy and cheers on this auspicious day.

SK ST. John is currently home to over 300 students, comprised of standard one (1) to six (6), mostly of Bidayuh descent. Currently, the pre-school at SK ST. John lacks basic facilities such as tables and chairs as well as book racks. The insufficient supply of facilities is also hampering the teacher’s efforts to carry out their noble duties efficiently and effectively.

Taking into consideration the financial constraints faced by SK ST. John, CGC has contributed RM10,000 to enable the school to upgrade the facilities at the pre-school and provide a conducive learning environment for the students. CGC’s Chief Business Officer, Leong Weng Choong presented the cash contribution to the headmaster of SK ST. John, Mr. Litercelon Kaon Anak Juin.

“The event today is one of our many corporate responsibility (CR) initiatives that CGC has undertaken to reach out to the various communities and also the under-privileged members of the society in Sarawak. At CGC, we believe that corporate success is meaningless without giving it back to the society, and that is why we are here today,” said Leong.

Leong said CR exists in every aspect of CGC’s business and operations, where its focus is aligned towards developing sustainable community through shared value creation for the small and medium industries and also for the needy people.

“We hope our contribution today will motivate the students and teachers here to continue their day-to-day activities in a more education-friendly and conducive environment,” added Leong.

Meanwhile, Mr. Litercelon Kaon said: “We are thankful for the fact that corporations such as CGC go out of their way to extend their assistance in providing a conducive learning environment to our students. This means a lot to us.”

CGC also organised a colouring contest and interactive game activities with the SK ST. John pre-school students and later treated them with a sumptuous luncheon.

CGC’s Gawai CR programme with SK ST. John saw the participation of CGC staff from their branch office in Kuching and its head office in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

In the last two (2) years, CGC has contributed more than RM400,000 through its CR programmes as part of its effort in lending a helping hand and reaching out to all cross-section of the society nationwide.

Among CGC’s other efforts to provide assistance to the society include “Back-to-School” programme for the Orang Asli children, blood donation campaigns, Majlis Berbuka Puasa with underprivileged children and festive shopping spree in conjunction with the Chinese New Year and Deepavali celebrations.