Media Release

Kuala Lumpur, 14 April – In supporting the country to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) is contributing its products and essential items as part of its PCG COVID-19 Relief Programme.

 

PCG delivered its product, a raw material called Polypropylene (PP), to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Advanced Technology Training Center (ADTEC), in Jerantut, Pahang, under the Manpower Department of the Human Resource Ministry. This raw material is used for the production of face shield frames to support local medical teams, including front liners and others in need. The contribution will enable UiTM and ADTEC to collectively produce more than 100,000 face shield frames, to be supplied to government hospitals and clinics nationwide.

 

 

 

Subsidiaries under PCG, namely Kertih Port Sdn Bhd (KPSB) and PETRONAS Chemicals Fertiliser Sabah Sdn Bhd (PCFSSB) are also supporting the surrounding communities within their areas of operation. KPSB provided equipment to the Dungun District Health Department, enabling an increase in the production of the much needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) gears such as aprons, head and feet protectors to be distributed to 10 COVID-19 screening and quarantine centres within Dungun. In Sipitang, PCFSSB supplied Hypochlorite solution to Majlis Daerah Sipitang for the purpose of mass desanitisation in the Sipitang town.

 

In addition, PCG in collaboration with the PETRONAS and Yayasan PETRONAS provided essential food items to the communities surrounding its areas of operations nationwide.

 

 

 

“In these challenging times, it is important for all of us to come together and help each other. Whether they are our medical heroes who are fighting this battle for us in the frontline, those who are dependent on daily wages or other Malaysians who are in need of our assistance, we will do everything possible within our means, including through our products and technological solutions, to help them. We hope our contribution will help alleviate the plight of those affected. We would like to thank all the nation’s first responders, health workers, government authorities and enforcement agencies for their relentless efforts and will give our fullest support to those who are working tirelessly to manage the COVID-19 crisis,“ said Datuk Sazali Hamzah, PCG Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.

 

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E : yogeswari.thangavel@petronas.com