KPJ’s grow-focused efforts bring more positive results — President

JOHOR BAHARU: KPJ Healthcare Bhd ( KPJ) is very encouraged by the growth-focused efforts that have brought more positive returns this year.

Its president/managing director, Amiruddin Abdul Satar, said the group’s Malaysia segment’s revenue for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014 (1Q14) rose by nine per cent to RM544.6 million compared with RM400.5 million in the same period of 2013.

He said this was due to the increased activities of the

and

newly- opened existing hospitals.

“KPJ is encouraged by the 1Q14 results, which demonstrated the strength of our business and underscored the opportunities KPJ can have in today’s rapidly expanding healthcare industry,” he said to reporters after the company’s annual general Meeting here yesterday.

He said its Indonesian segment revenue for the fi rst quarter rose by 56 per cent to RM10.8 million compared with the same period in 2013 of RM6.9 million.

Earlier, KPJ chairman, Datuk Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim, said last year saw KPJ continuously making significant inroads into new markets while simultaneously enhancing its presence in the current ones.

It completed acquisition of 100 per cent of equity in the Sri Manjung Specialist Centre in Perak and opened a new KPJ Pasir Gudang Specialist Hospital in Johor, he said. — Bernama