KEEPING COOL: A tiger swims in the spruced-up waters in Zoo Negara
Zoo Negara received a solid sprucing up from more than 500 pairs of hands from Maybank’s virtual banking department recently.
Together with president and chief executive officer Datuk Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, the bank staff cleaned and painted animal enclosures, did general landscaping work and also repainted the tiger “footprints” around the compound.
Also present were Datuk Ismail Hutson, president of the Malaysian Zoological Society, senior zoo officials and special guests which included singer Zainal Abidin, best-known for hit song ‘Hijau’, and children from Rumah Amal Permata Hatiku and Sanctuary Care Centre.
The exercise was in conjunction with the bank’s Global CR (corporate responsibility) Day and was part of 150 similar initiatives simultaneously around the globe involving 15,000 Maybankers from the group’s offices in Malaysia and the Asean region, Hong Kong, China, Bahrain, New York and London.
This is the second year Maybank has organised the event, believed to be the biggest CR event by a Malaysian company globally.
In continuing CR initiatives this year, Maybank London employees will be giving youth a talk on ethical banking practices at the Malaysian Student Department while Maybank Philippines will be organising a flu vaccination drive for Grades 3 and 4 students at Bagong Silang Elementary School, and Maybank New York will deliver food donated by staff and the Bank for City Harvest, the world's first food rescue organisation dedicated to feeding the city's hungry.
In Vietnam, Maybank employees will help build a house for handicapped and homeless children studying at the Long Thanh Vocational school. In Cambodia, it will lead a community housebuilding project and provide monetary support to fund these houses, while in Singapore, bank staff will participate in the collection of recyclable materials called Project ICE (I Care for Earth).
The Global CR Day event was mooted by Maybank last year as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.
