Content2011 - PETRONAS Gas Berhad

CEO’s Business Review
The year under review
saw the Company going
full steam ahead in giving back
and sharing with society.
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
IN THE COMMUNITY
Gaining Higher Altitude in the CSR Skies
Being a fl ag-bearer of the PETRONAS Group
of Companies inducted into the country’s
public-listed companies with commendable
CSR practices fraternity, PGB continues to
climb to higher altitudes within the skies of
good CSR practices. The Company believes
in the concept of empowerment for those
benefi ting from the Company’s CSR efforts.
The Company’s aspiration is to create
sustainable value for the society with the hope
of aspiring people everywhere, particularly
in geographies where it operates. Hence,
most CSR initiatives undertaken by PGB are
education-driven, the most signifi cant being
the seasoned and proven Program Bakti
Pendidikan PETRONAS (PBPP) which focuses
on developing the potential of marginally
performing school students to excel in their
studies.
PBPP is a structured and integrated longterm
education programme focusing on
students categorised as borderline students
by the school and Education Department.
The programme includes special tuition
classes conducted by the school teachers to
improve academic achievements specifi cally in
Mathematics, English and Science for Year 4,
5 and 6 primary school students in which the
tuition fees were paid to the teachers via a
voucher scheme fully funded by the Company.
At the same time, the programme also gives
equal emphasis on soft skills via scheduled
fun learning sessions conducted by PGB staff
volunteers who selfl essly invest their time and
energy on a monthly basis.
The Company has undertaken four schools
under its wings, namely Sekolah Kebangsaan
Batu Anam in Segamat, Johor; Sekolah
Kebangsaan Santong in Paka, Terengganu;
Sekolah Kebangsaan Pinang Tunggal in Kepala
Batas, Pulau Pinang; and Sekolah Kebangsaan
Kemasik in Kertih, Terengganu. In the year
under review, Sekolah Kebangsaan Kemasik
58 petronas gas berhad (101671-h)
has been phased out to make way for PGB
to extend its wings to include another school
under its patronage and help deliver more
outstanding students in the selected school.
PBPP has long since yielded the desired results
and this year is one that the Company is proud
to announce. The greatest achievement of PBPP
for the year under review was the outstanding
results of the Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah
(UPSR) 2010 for the PBPP students of the
four schools under the Company’s care.
This achievement is a priceless reward for
the tireless efforts undertaken by PGB staff
volunteers in that the quality of the results
improved tremendously of which out of the
94 PBPP students that sat for the examination,
92% passed. Even more overwhelming is the
fact that 19 students obtained 5As while
another 57 scored a combination of 4As and
3As. This is a highly encouraging achievement
compared to 2009 where 16 students obtained
5As and 12 students obtained 5As in 2008. The
ability of the students under PBPP to achieve
5As, 4As and even 3As scores is considered a