A Maiden Effort

Olympia College Kuala Lumpur has taken the step to offer assistance to school-going students.

Starting July 9 till Nov 5, 20 selected schools in the Klang Valley will benefit from Olympia College’s sponsorship of 10,000 copies of The Star and the NiE and F4F5 pullouts.

This is the first time the college is involved in The Star sponsorship scheme.

Raffles Education Group chairman Tan Sri Dr Yahaya Ibrahim said the sponsorship was in line with the college’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme to improve education in the country.

“Through NiE, students are more exposed to current affairs. The general knowledge gained is important and beneficial,” he said at the sponsorship presentation held at the college recently.

“Our initiative is aimed at cultivating in students a habit of reading newspapers as well.

“This can be achieved through the regular use of the pullouts in schools.

“When students familiarise themselves with the pullouts, they will almost automatically read the newspaper,’’ said Dr Yahaya.

He added that once students made this a habit, their level of English would improve too.

Dr Yahaya said that Olympia College, a member of the Raffles Education Group, would continue to play a part in helping to develop future leaders.

Executive director, Kevin Pereira, described the NiE and F4F5 pullouts as “reference materials that make for quality reading.”

Also present at the mock cheque presentation were teachers and students from some of the schools that would benefit, namely SMK Puchong Utama 1, SMK Puchong Batu 14, SMK Dato Onn, SMK Vivekananda, SMK Bangsar and SMK Puteri Titiwangsa.

Meanwhile, MOX Gases Sdn Bhd, better known as Malaysian Oxygen, sponsored RM10,000 worth of F4F5 to six schools in July.

The schools were SMK Sek 24 (2), Shah Alam, SMK Sri Utama, SMK Tinggi Klang, SMK St Xavier, SMK Sungai Ara and SMJK Chung Ling.

For details on how companies can sponsor copies of The Star to be distributed to schools, call Alvin Liew (019-2100 319) or Nur Afzan (019-3413 343) at Star Publications (M) Bhd’s corporate sponsorship unit.

Source: The Star