Curtin’s business students walk the talk with CSR effort
MIRI: The inaugural Entrepreneurship Carnival in October by Curtin Malaysia saw students selling homemade healthy desserts and fresh juices with the profits going to an orphanage in Miri.
As a corporate social responsibility effort, eight business students of Curtin Malayia walked the talk by donating foodstuff and other daily essentials purchased with profits they made to Kompleks Kebajikan Hamidah Yakup in Bandar Baru Permyjaya recently.
“We felt we should use the proceeds in a meaningful way rather than splitting it amongst ourselves. There are always people in the community in need of help,” said group leader Ling Kah Lung, a second-year management and marketing student.
Other students in the group were Angel Ling Sin Yew, Angie Pua Jia Chi, Bil Lee Yuan, Crystaul Lau Sie Jing, Fiona Lau Ai Ling, Li Vun Seng and Lim Shia Jing.
The sale was part of the ‘Student Entrepreneurship Challenge 2017’ organised by the Curtin Malaysia Faculty of Business, which required students to form business entities, submit business plans and execute them by conducting business during the Entrepreneurship Carnival.
Ling added that the competition gave them the opportunity to exercise their creativity, teamwork, leadership skills and hone their entrepreneurship skills.
Organised by the Faculty of Business to promote entrepreneurship and inculcate an entrepreneurial spirit amongst its students, the Curtin Malaysia Entrepreneurship Carnival saw the participation of 11 small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Miri, including some owned and operated by Curtin Malaysia alumni.
Kompleks Kebajikan Hamidah Yakup is run by Lembaga Kebajikan Anak-Anak Yatim Sarawak ( LKAYS), a non- governmental organisation that serves to safeguard the welfare of orphans in Sarawak.
The complex in Miri is the second in the state after Kompleks Kebajikan Laila Taib in Kuching.