Highlight of the HSE week

Here are the highlights of the HSE week

MLNG HSE WEEK 2007 : 10 – 14 December 2007

"HSE Is For Life" – this was the theme of the recently-concluded MLNG HSE Week that carried with it an important reminder to everyone across the organization.

Reiterating this message at the official closing of the event on 14th December, 2007, at the MLNG Auditorium in Bintulu, Encik Mohd Medan Abdullah, MD/CEO Malaysia LNG Companies, also congratulated the various organising committees for successfully executing the activities. He pointed out that the event demonstrated the deep commitment and full ownership of HSE matters by staff and contractors alike.

While he opined that to be successful, one has to apply one's knowledge and translate them into actions, he challenged everyone to use the knowledge gained during the week and to take the necessary actions to realize the benefits from such knowledge. He urged everyone to continue working together as a team as demonstrated through the various activities during the week.

A day earlier, on 13th December, Encik Medan had a Staff Engagement Session where he shared with the non-executives major highlights of the just-concluded Collective Agreement (CA) for 2007-2010.

In the morning of 14th December, he attended the session on the PCS result update presented by Encik Sulaiman Sahari, Senior Manager HRM.

At the closing of both sessions, he called on everyone to be positive, constructive and to maintain team spirit in the face of the many challenges and opportunities as highlighted during the CA negotiations, issues raised during the Q&A session and also those indicated by the PCS results.

He shared his thoughts and views by emphasizing that life is not all about having a lot of money when he spoke on the Total Remuneration Package. Rather, he advised that staff should be looking at a bigger picture of what employment with PETRONAS is all about and grab the abundance of opportunities that are presented by it. He also underscored the importance and need for a sense of patriotism in carrying out our duties for the Company and the Nation.

Cik Wan Shamilah, GM Finance, in her opening remarks at the closing ceremony of the HSE Week, highlighted the importance of the theme which makes an integral part of our lives. She shared with the audience on the increasing trend and statistics in the occurrence of chronic illnesses related to cardiovascular diseases. She opined that the HSE Week was indeed an excellent avenue to educate and inculcate awareness on HSE-related matters amongst staff.

Earlier in the week, at the launch of the week-long event on 10th December, Tuan Haji Kamari Salim, GM Engineering (who was also Acting SGM Plant during the period), shared his concerns on the number of fire incidences that happened in the Plant. Although no damage was caused to both human life and assets, he urged everyone to exercise extra care and vigilant and to continuously work towards enhancing the fire prevention efforts.

Tuan Haji Mazlan Mustafa, GM Technical Services, who also spoke as Chairman of the Organising Committee for the launching ceremony, reminded staff and contractors on the importance of the environment and the roles everyone has to play. Later, he handed over a potted orchid plant to Tuan Haji Kamari. The orchid symbolized the delicateness of the environment within which we live and the need to exercise our respective roles in protecting and preserving it.

Throughout the week, various activities were held which saw very encouraging response and participation from more than 400 staff and contractors across all levels.

Among some of the events were environmental and health talks by experts from within the industry, video show, hazard hunt, firefighting and wearing of correct PPE competitions, blood donation, quit-smoking campaign including nicotine level check, poco-poco morning exercise, photography on environment and recycle contests, crossword puzzle and dart of fortune, and a host of other interesting activities. Winners of these competitions walked away with handsome prizes.

Photos and Report by
COMMUNICATION UNIT
PAO Dept

17th December, 2007