Tanjung Bruas Port Provides Back-to-Back School Supplies for 135 Underprivileged Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TANJUNG BRUAS PORT PROVIDES BACK-TO- SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR 135 UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS
MELAKA, 4 March 2022 – Tanjung Bruas Port Sdn Bhd (Tanjung Bruas Port), a member of MMC Group, together with YB Tuminah Kadi Mohd Hashim, Pantai Kundor assemblyman provided aid for 135 underprivileged students from numerous schools as part of Tanjung Bruas Port’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Back-to-School Programme.
The distribution of the financial aid and school supplies were targeted to be in conjunction with the first day of school in March as scheduled. The students were present to receive the contribution today at Dewan Japerun, Pantai Kundor, Melaka.
With the objective of lightening the financial burden of families with low household incomes, the provision of brand-new school supplies, as well as COVID-19 essentials, will enable these children to embark on their new academic year 2022/2023 confidently.
Md Derick Basir, Chief Executive Officer of Johor Port Berhad said, “We hope that these gifts will bring cheer to the students who have been attending the Home-based Teaching and Learning (PdPR) most of last year due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Tanjung Bruas Port’s focus on giving back to the community will help to empower the lives of the younger generations and strengthen the already good relationship with the community,” he said, adding that the Company will play its part in ensuring that the underprivileged students will not be left behind or drop out of school.
Tanjung Bruas Port’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative focuses on giving back to the communities especially in the areas where it operates, in order to enhance the social and economic well-being of the surrounding community.
As a caring organisation, Tanjung Bruas Port remains committed to being socially responsible in the long run and will continue to contribute and help more students in the future.
Photo Caption: Handover ceremony of ‘Back-to-School 2022’ programme at Dewan Japerun, Pantai Kundor, Melaka.
ABOUT KONTENA NASIONAL BERHAD
Tanjung Bruas Port Sdn Bhd (“Tanjung Bruas Port”) is strategically located along one of the world’s busiest trade route at the centre and narrowest point of the Straits of Malacca. Situated within a large developed hinterland drawn from Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and Northern Johor, the Port is surrounded by more than 500 companies operating within Melaka’s Industrial Parks featuring electrical and electronic companies, fabricated metal product plants, food and furniture manufacturers. This enables the Port to be developed as a major Gateway to handle both Containers and Conventional cargoes to serve the growing industries in Melaka and the Central Region of Peninsular Malaysia as well as its neighbouring countries. The strategic location of the Port also provides an opportunity to tap on marine services such as ship husbandry, ship supplies, bunkering services and ship-to-ship transfers.
The Port was constructed in late 1970 and commenced operation in early 1980 to provide port facilities and services to the local business communities and to handle the exportation of hinterland goods as well as the importation of raw materials. The Port was originally developed on 18.6 acres of land area supported by a T-shaped jetty with two Berths facility. The Outer Berth is 225 metres in length with alongside depth of 10.5 metres and is able to accommodate vessels with LOA of up to 180 metres while the Inner Berth is 120 metres in length with alongside depth of 8.8 metres while the jetty is connected to the shore by a 450-metres trestle/bridge. The Port itself is situated very close to the 12 metres depth line, which is the draft required by most of the modern vessels.
With its strategic location along the second busiest sea trading Straits in the world and the surrounding developed hinterland, the Tanjung Bruas Port has the potential to be developed as a hub for ‘Sea-Air cargoes’. A Comprehensive Development Plan has been established to improve on the current Port facilities via investment in modern equipment to enhance the operations of the Port and supported with strategic marketing and business development initiatives.
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ABOUT MMC CORPORATION BERHAD
MMC Corporation Berhad (“MMC”) is a leading utilities and infrastructure group with diversified businesses in Malaysia and abroad under four divisions, namely Ports and Logistics, Energy and Utilities, Engineering and Industrial Development. Its key businesses under the Ports and Logistics Division includes the port operations of Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd, Johor Port Berhad, Northport (Malaysia) Bhd, Penang Port Sdn Bhd, Tanjung Bruas Port Sdn Bhd and Kontena Nasional Berhad, a logistics provider. Internationally, MMC has presence in Saudi Arabia via Red Sea Gateway Terminal Company Limited, a container port terminal within the Jeddah Islamic Port.
Under the Energy and Utilities Division, Malakoff Corporation Berhad is the largest Independent Power Producer in Malaysia and its subsidiary, Alam Flora Sdn Bhd is one of the leading environmental management companies in the country. Under Gas Malaysia Berhad, MMC is the supplier of reticulated natural gas in Peninsular Malaysia operating and maintaining 2,600 kilometres of Natural Gas Distribution System network. Through Aliran Ihsan Resources Berhad, MMC provides full-fledge water services using high technology treatment in Malaysia.
MMC’s Engineering Division has played a leading role on the elevated section as well as the main contractor for the underground work package for the 51-kilometre Klang Valley Mass
Rapid Transit (“KVMRT”) Kajang Line including 9.5 kilometres underground works. Currently, MMC is the main turnkey contractor for the entire 52.2 kilometres KVMRT Putrajaya Line. MMC has also successfully completed the 329-kilometre Ipoh-Padang Besar Electrified Double Tracking Project as well as the innovative Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (“SMART”) motorway, the first of its kind, dual-purpose tunnel in the world.
MMC is currently in the final stage of completing the Langat Centralised Sewerage Treatment Plant which will serve 920,000 Population Equivalent and Langat 2 Water Treatment Plant which will supply 1,130 million litres of treated water per day.
MMC’s Industrial Development Division develops and manages approximately 5,000 acres of industrial developments namely Senai Airport City (“SAC”) and Tanjung Bin Industrial Park (“TBIP”) in Iskandar Malaysia, Johor and Northern Technocity (“NTC”) in Kulim Kedah. The SAC, TBIP and NTC developments come under the ambit of MMC’s Industrial Development Division, operating under three companies namely Senai Airport City Sdn Bhd, Seaport Worldwide Sdn Bhd and Northern Technocity Sdn Bhd.
In other business, through Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd, MMC is the operator of Senai International Airport in Johor Bahru – the southern aviation hub and an important gateway to Iskandar Malaysia and Kerteh Airport in Terengganu.
Enquiries
Please log on to to www.mmc.com.my or call:
Mohammad Amyrul Hafiz Azizan
Senior Executive of Business Development & Commercial Tanjung Bruas Port.
Tel: +6019 285 3625 / +606 351 1216
Email: amyrul.hafiz@tbpmelaka.com.my
Azlina Ashar
Head of Group Corporate Communications MMC Corporation Berhad.
Tel: +6019 6688 990 / +603 2071 1124
Fax: +603 2026 2431
Email: azlina.ashar@mmc.com.my
