by admin | May 14, 2026 | CSR
In March 2026, Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which roughly a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade passes, was closed. Seven Malaysian ships were among those stranded, eventually permitted to pass only after diplomatic...
by admin | May 7, 2026 | CSR
Last week, there was news about a visibly underweight tiger, pacing slowly in an enclosure in an international zoo outside of Malaysia. Ribs visible. Hip bones prominent. A video clip spread rapidly across Threads and social media, and Malaysians were outraged,...
by admin | Apr 30, 2026 | CSR
Malaysia has a stray animal problem. Estimates vary, but the numbers are significant. Hundreds of thousands of cats and dogs living on the streets, with shelters operating at or beyond capacity, dependent almost entirely on public donations and volunteer work to keep...
by admin | Apr 23, 2026 | CSR
Last week, I attended an interesting event organized by the Asia School of Business (ASB) and Picha Eats and ate lunch prepared by social enterprises. The food was warm, generous, full of flavour but what stayed with me wasn’t the food. It was the story behind...
by admin | Apr 16, 2026 | CSR
Tan Chong Motor Holdings has been quietly changing lives for decades. Not through year-end donations or glossy CSR pages but through something more deliberate: a community investment philosophy that builds capability, creates pathways, and compounds across...
by admin | Apr 2, 2026 | CSR
Alfred Phua never planned to become a farmer. For 35 years he was a social worker, the kind of person who shows up in the difficult places that most professionals prefer to read about rather than enter. Over time, his NGO work led him toward agriculture: natural...
