Annual Report Laporan Tahunan - Baiduri Bank

Corporate Social Responsibility
Baiduri Bank Group has benefited from the support of the community and wants to give back to society
wherever possible. Some of the community programmes supported by the Group in 2008 were:
Caring for the Less Fortunate
Baiduri Bank has been an active and regular supporter of local charities
since its inception. The Bank has a policy of donating in kind, usually
in response to a specific need that has been identified. The Bank
aims to raise public awareness about the needs of special people and
to promote activities that would contribute towards special people
gaining acceptance in the wider society.
Among the contributions made by Baiduri Bank Group in 2008 to this
group were:
• Donation of 10 units of specially designed personal
computers for visually impaired students presented to
the Special Education Section of the Ministry of Education.
• Donation of BND8,000 towards the purchase of a van for
SMARTER.
• The cost of salaries for two teachers in Pusat Ehsan Al-
Ameerah for a year.
• Donation of a specially designed wheelchair to an 18-year
old man suffering from Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy
and Epilepsy.
• Donation to the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports
to help meet the cost of hosting the Special Olympics
Asia Pacific Bocce Competition held in Brunei from 18th to
24th August 2008.
Participants at the popular annual charity golf
event, the Baiduri Masters
The annual charity golf event, The Baiduri Masters is the main activity in which public participation is invited
to help raise funds for charity. The golf tournament, which started in 1996, is the most prestigious and widely
attended in Brunei. In 2008, more than 720 players participated, the highest in its history. It also recorded
another first, with a player striking a hole-in-one, winning himself a brand new BMW 730Li. All surplus from
this event were donated to charities and welfare bodies.
Helping Less-Privileged Children Achieve
Their Education Goals
Baiduri Bank offers education grants to deserving
children from less privileged homes to assist them
in meeting the cost of their school fees. In 2008,
several children from throughout the country
received such grants.
Mr Pierre Imhof presenting an education grant to a school principal
during the Chinese New Year Dinner in Kuala Belait.
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