News
16 October 2009
MASWINGS EXTENDED CSR TO LONG SERIDAN
Miri: A group of MASwings staff lead by Head of Corporate Communications Sabah and Sarawak Encik Shauqi Ahmad visited a school at Long Seridan and was welcomed by a local teacher, Mr Joseph Kosmos and 20 students on Thursday, 15 October 2009.
MASwings group handed over toys and more than 100 books to the students of Sekolah Kebangsaan Long Seridan. Prior to the event, MASwings did a ‘Book Drive’ calling for donation of books from its Malaysia Airlines counterpart in New York. Eight boxes of books were sent via Malaysia Airlines flights from New York to Kuala Lumpur and Kuching. The joint effort between Malaysia Airlines and MASwings staff from different continent clearly demonstrates the One Malaysian Hospitality spirit instilled within the organisation.
The objective of the project is to inculcate healthy reading habit amongst the children as well as to encourage them to read books in English. Some of the books donated are cartoon illustrated which, would attract the younger children to read.
During the welcoming speech, Mr Joseph thanked MASwings effort in donating the books to SK Long Seridan. “ I would like to express my sincere thanks to MASwings and hope that the airline will continue with this noble effort. I strongly believe that the students will benefit from the books donated by MASwings”, said Joseph.
The Head of Corporate Communications Sabah and Sarawak, Shauqi Ahmad said, “MASwings has always strived to fulfil our role as a responsible corporate citizen, and building, developing and growing all the communities we operate in. The book donation is a tangible demonstration of our commitment to this”.
“We strongly believe in enhancing the quality of life of the community through education and will continue to actively participate in such programme,” he added.
About MASwings
MASwings commenced its operations on October 1 2007, offers 700 weekly flights, which serves a network of 22 destinations in Sarawak and Sabah as well as the Federal Territory of Labuan. It currently has a fleet of 5 Fokker 50, 4 Twin Otter aircraft and 6 ATR72.