Lending a helping hand

The Sunway Group is committing more than RM34 million to combat Covid-19

SUNWAY Group has announced a total commitment of more than RM34 million to help Malaysia combat Covid19. The commitment is expected to support at least 40,000 beneficiaries in total.

Malaysians are currently under a movement control

order (MCO),

Cheah said the aid is to help Malaysians who need it the most to tide over the difficult times. which came to force on March 18, and was extended to April 14 by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to curb the spread of the highlycontagious respiratory disease.

Sunway Group founder and chairman Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah said the aid is to help Malaysians who need it the most to tide them over difficult times.

“The impact of Covid19 on larger businesses is universal,” he said. “However, it is now important for us to pay attention to those who need it the most – Covid-19 patients who have lost their jobs because of the disease, the non-essential retailers who have had to shut down their businesses temporarily, our own employees who have been affected, and also our front-line healthcare staff comprising doctors and nurses, as well as other employees within the Sunway healthcare division who are at risk while serving national interests.

“And not forgetting the B40 communities. As we always have done, we stand alongside Malaysians in these trying times. We are all in this together and we can overcome this crisis as a nation.”

Cheah has also been appointed by the Prime Minister to serve on the Economic Action Council (EAC) which is a special task force to find ways to stimulate the economy; and to come up with short and medium term plans to ensure economic growth. The EAC is also instrumental in taking additional necessary actions for the delivery of the nation’s Economic Stimulus Package in light of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Sunway Group has donated RM1 million to the government’s Covid-19 fund to minimise the burden of those who are directly affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, specifically unemployed Covid-19 patients and those under quarantine.

Alongside Yayasan Kebajikan Negara (YKN) among other collaborations, Sunway has also pledged RM300,000 to help the B40 communities whose livelihoods are at stake around Sunway townships throughout the nation.

Sunway Healthcare Group will also be setting aside 100 beds across both Sunway Medical Centre and Sunway Medical Centre Velocity, as well as a budget of up to RM12 million to cover the cost of subsidising treatment for these public patients from MOH and UMMC hospitals.