Community In line with our mission to ‘create a positive difference to the lives of communities’, our primary focus of value creation for the wider community is through education, with an emphasis on maritime education. Our maritime academy, Malaysian Maritime Academy (ALAM) continues to be the primary means by which we fulfill our responsibility in providing opportunities to deserving students in the field of maritime education. The Academy provides a full spectrum of maritime education and training programmes, which continues to support the industry’s growing requirement for professionally trained seafarers and leaders for Maritime Malaysia. Since its inception in 1977, more than 13,000 seafarers have been trained at ALAM. In 2016, a total of 266 sponsorships totalling RM12 million were secured from various maritime organisations for school leavers to join ALAM’s Cadetship and Ratings programmes. Apart from our investment in maritime educ a t i on w i t h ALAM, we a l s o reach the communities through our subsidiaries where their own social investment programmes are championed independently with guidance from the Group. As a multinational and globallyfocused organisation, we are also moving towards a more coordinated and synergised approach where the Group collaborates with its subsidiaries wherever possible on projects that bring maximum advantages and value to us and the local community. Further details of our efforts, approach and performance in sustainability will be disclosed in our Sustainability Report 2016. 121 Sustainability Statement
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