Beritajaya 2020 Issue 1
Berjaya Corporation Berhad’s Quarterly Newsletter - Issue 1, 2020 KDN No : PP 7432/02/2013(031932) MINISTER OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT VISITS GAWAD KALINGA VILLAGES IN MANILA On 1 December 2019, the Minister of Housing and Local Government, YB Puan Hajjah Zuraida Kamaruddin visited the Gawad Kalinga communities in Quezon City and Taguig City in the Philippines, accompanied by Tan Sri Dato' Seri Vincent Tan, Executive Chairman of Berjaya Corporation Berhad, Luis Oquiñena, Chairman of Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation (“GK”) and Tan Eng Hwa, Executive Director of Berjaya Philippines Inc. The Minister was briefed on the multifaceted approach adopted by GK towards proverty alleviation and development through the Gawad Kalinga villages. GK is a Philippines-based poverty alleviation and nation-building organisation established in 2003. The Gawad Kalinga model has also been adopted in other developing nations like Cambodia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Berjaya Philippines Inc. has been a supporter of GK since 2012. To date, the Berjaya-GK collaboration has built more than 1,000 homes for the poor in the Philippines. During the visit to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Flood Control Gate at Napindan, Pasig City, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Vincent Tan briefed the Minister on Berjaya's participation in helping the Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources in its solid waste and waterways (Front row, from left) Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan, YB Puan Hajjah Zuraida Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan showing YB Hajjah Zuraida Kamaruddin clean-up through the use of Kamaruddin, Luis Oquiñena, and Tan Eng Hwa (second row, right) at GK PWD the trash skimmer boats at the Manila Development Authority Flood skimmer boats.
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