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What's<br />
C onverging<br />
Malaysia Airports<br />
Helping The Local<br />
Communities in Sarawak<br />
Managing Director of Malaysia Airports, Datuk Badlisham Ghazali,<br />
presented the cheque and 10 bicycles to eBario Sdn. Bhd.<br />
Managing Director of Malaysia Airports,<br />
Datuk Badlisham Ghazali visited Miri, Bario<br />
and Marudi, Sarawak for a good cause.<br />
These respective places are where Malaysia<br />
Airports’ houses its three operating<br />
airports, namely Miri Airport, STOLport<br />
(Short Take-Off and Landing Airport) Bario<br />
and Marudi.<br />
“We are pleased to contribute back to the<br />
community where we conduct our business<br />
operations in. We believe that the terrains<br />
and natural beauty of Bario has great<br />
potential to be developed into a tourist<br />
attraction in the state,” said Badlisham.<br />
To support the initiative, Malaysia Airports<br />
presented 10 bicycles with a total value of<br />
RM5,000 to eBario Sdn. Bhd. at STOLport<br />
Bario to manage and supervise tourism<br />
activities around Bario; with proceeds going<br />
towards the Kelabit community in Bario.<br />
For those who didn’t know, eBario Sdn.<br />
Bhd. (eBario) is a local company that is<br />
responsible for managing and carrying out<br />
tourism activities in the Bario region. Along<br />
with that, Malaysia Airports also donated a<br />
cheque worth RM5,000 to build a bike shed<br />
that can house the 10 sponsored bicycles.<br />
To build up the excitement, Malaysia<br />
Airports will be collaborating with a<br />
school to organise a bicycle shed<br />
designing competition where the winner,<br />
with the most creative design, will win<br />
prizes of monetary value.<br />
The good deeds didn’t just stop there.<br />
Malaysia Airports even presented a zakat<br />
of about RM11,000 to three suraus and a<br />
mosque at a visit in STOLport Marudi. The<br />
contribution will be used for the purpose<br />
of improving the existing facilities as<br />
well as to cover the costs of utilities and<br />
management expenses of the suraus and<br />
a mosque.<br />
STOLport is operated and managed<br />
by Malaysia Airports and located in the<br />
remote areas of Sabah, Sarawak and three<br />
islands in Peninsular Malaysia. At present,<br />
there are 18 STOLports from the 39 airports<br />
managed and operated by Malaysia<br />
Airports. Managing, operating and<br />
controlling STOLport is part of Malaysia<br />
Airports’ corporate social responsibility in<br />
ensuring the communities in remote areas<br />
can have access and facilities to receiving<br />
food supplies, medicine and education.<br />
Datuk Badlisham presenting the<br />
zakat to a surau in Marudi<br />
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