Of late Sime Darby had been in the news (not in the mainstream media obviously) for the wrong reasons!
Sime Darby CEO, Dato’ Seri Ahmad Zubir
Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Darby, Dato’ Seri Ahmad Zubir
The blog Sime Darby Watch is pre-eminent when it comes to news related to Sime Darby. Here is its expose, by installments, of the GLC’s 5 big, fat lies in 2008. To read the first two, click here.
Below is Sime Darby Bhd’s announcement to Bursa Kuala Lumpur on 5 January 2009 …
In the name of “privately funded initiative” and possibly privatizing the civil service!
Building an airport like KLIA East @ Labu, which has been given a swift “midnight approval” by the Abdullah Badawi administration to proceed, is not a development project for the timid and weak of heart.
No to KLIA@East – We already have KLIA!
It is perhaps a coincidence that recently Sime Darby was inadvertently forced into and be involved – by chance – in two major projects of national interests which would see the rakyat rise up to voice their displeasure.
Thank you for “respect(ing) the “wishes of the rakyat” for IJN to remain in its present structure.” Thank you for being “aware of IJN’s role in providing excellent and affordable medical treatment, particularly to pensioners, low-income earners and the poor.” Thank you for listening to my plea for not breaking the rakyat’s hearts. Thank you, … Read more
Sime Darby CEO Ahmad Zubir
Dato’ Seri,
I am hoping this note of mine would make a difference.
I am appealing to you to use your good office to stop a corporate raid that would literally help prevent breaking the rakyat’s hearts altogether.
Save IJN. Say No to Sime Darby.
On 17 December 2008, Sime Darby announced to Bursa Malaysia that the company had written to the government expressing an interest in acquiring IJN (Institut Jantung Negara / National Heart Institute which was set up in 1992.)
It’s reported at Rocky’s Bru here that the Executive Vice-President of Sime Darby Berhad’s Group Human Resource Mohamed Ishak Abdul Hamid will appear in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court again tomorrow “on a charge of not complying with a notice from Companies Commission of Malaysia to produce documents on the sacking of Group Financial Officer Razidan Ghazalli and Golden Jomalina’s General Manager Muhammad Mohan Kittu Abdullah.”