The Festival of Lights was made more meaningful to two orphanages when Public Bank contributed RM5,000 to each home in conjunction with the Deepavali festival on 18 October 2017.

Both orphanages, namely Rumah Kebajikan Karunai/Rumah Kebajikan Anbu Illam and Pertubuhan Kebajikan Anak Yatim Mary K.L. received the donation from Pn. Norida Mohamed, Director and Pn. Mirhani Cecilia Abdul Rahman Heinrich, Manager of Corporate Communications, Public Affairs Division on 3 October and 4 October 2017 respectively.

In addition, each child received an ‘angpow’ of RM100 to enable them to buy new clothes for the celebration of the festival.

 
A blood donation drive was successfully conducted on 23 November 2017 at the Grand Lobby of Menara Public Bank, attracting a crowd of 229 voluntary donors.

Public Bank has been proactive with the blood donation drives for the past 23 years involving 34 sessions. An utmost gratitude to all our donors for giving others the gift of life. 

Public Bank had been witnessing streams of visiting students these many months. A total of 196 students form six local universities namely University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Nilai University, Sunway University, Monash University Malaysia, Xiamen University Malaysia and Multimedia University were at Menara Public Bank on 21 August, 25 August, 28 August, 9 October, 27 November and 4 December 2017 respectively for an educational tour.

Public Bank hosted two visits by students from the Faculty of Business and Information Science (FoBIS), UCSI University on 8 June 2017 and the Faculty of Business Management, Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation on 13 July 2017.

The students were welcomed and introduced further on the Bank through the Corporate Video presentation, followed by talks by the Human Capital Management, Banking Operations Division and Retail Financial Services.

The holy month of Ramadan is observed in many ways. Other than dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasting some people simply choose to reach out to the underprivileged and give back to the community.

Public Bank decided to reach out by visiting the Pediatrics Ward at Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PPUKM) on 19 June 2017 and distributed duit raya and goodie bags worth RM15,600 to 120 children who were warded at the hospital.

The Bank also donated RM10,000 to PPUKM to assist in its daily operations and management costs for patients from the lower income group. On top of that, the Bank also donated a two-door refrigerator to the pediatric ward for them to keep medical supply to replace the current 20-year old unit which was bought during the opening of the hospital.

‘A Day with Public Bank’ workshop was organised by Human Capital Management on 18 April 2017 at the Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU). Led by Mr. Ryan Ong and Ms. Sherine Lam from the Human Capital Strategy Team, the workshop involved 105 students from the Information Technology and Business Schools.

The objective of the workshop was to provide an opportunity for APU upcoming graduates from the Information Technology and Business Schools to gain insight into career opportunities in Public Bank, which includes our Internship and Management Trainee Programmes.

Public Bank staff, customers and members of the public once again came forward to support our blood donation drive which was held on 18 May 2017 at the Grand Lobby of Menara Public Bank.

The drive, a joint-venture programme with the National Blood Centre received an overwhelming response and managed to pull a crowd of 229 willing donors who came to support this noble effort to save the lives of those in need by donating their blood. Altogether Public Bank had conducted 33 similar clinics for the past 23 years.

Kudos to all staff of Public Bank Group who went the extra mile to donate towards the Christmas Wish Tree project last December. The month-long charity drive had made it possible for four homes to receive a collective donation of RM40,000. The four homes were Rumah Ozanam, Rumah HOPE, Agathians Shelter and House of Love. Each home received RM10,000 of which RM5,000 came from Public Bank and the other RM5,000 from the donation by the staff of the Group.

The cheques were presented by Dato’ Razak Dali, Senior General Manager of Public Affairs Division (PAD) to the respective homes on 19 January 2017 at Menara Public Bank, Kuala Lumpur.

Public Bank donated a sum of RM31,090 to two old folks homes namely Rumah Orang-Orang Tua Seri Setia and Persatuan Kebajikan Dan Sosial Kim Loo Ting Kuala Lumpur for its annual Chinese New Year Festive Charity Programme. Each home received a sum of RM12,000, while an angpow worth RM88 each were distributed to 80 residents of both homes.

Mr. Chong Swee Pin, Manager of Marketing Communications, Public Affairs Division, presented the cheques and angpows to the senior citizens on 25 January 2017 on behalf of the Bank accompanied by officers from the Public Affairs Division. 

Public Bank had in 1994 collaborated with the National Blood Bank for its first Blood Donation campaign and 20 years later our Bank is still supporting this noble cause in saving the lives of those in need.

On 23 November 2016, the second of the bi-annual blood donation clinic was held at Menara Public Bank and a total of 202 donors stepped forward and contributed towards this good cause. 

The flood incident which happened in Penang on 4 November 2017 was the worst calamity in Penang’s history.

Following our beloved Tan Sri Chairman’s love, care and generosity shown to his corporate family, staff from the Northern Region II launched their very own donation drive to further assist the staff who were badly hit by the flood.

The generosity of the staff from Branches, HPC, SIU, SDC-CCC, CAC and RMO resulted in a total collection of RM12,350. The funds were distributed to 19 recipients in the hope that it would help lighten their burdens caused by the flood.

Regional Manager of Northern Region II, Ms. Khoo Gaik Hong handed over the contribution to the recipients in a simple ceremony held at the Regional Office in Butterworth on 28 November 2017.