Berjaya Philippines Inc.

FLORIDABLANCA ENVIRO CORPORATION (FEC), a duly registered company in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 06th December 2017, is a subsidiary of BERJAYA PHILIPPINES, INC. The Company’s ultimate parent Berjaya Corporation Berhadof Malaysia, is mindful that its business sustainability is linked to the sustainability of the environment, thus since 2005,it has successfully developed world class and State-of-the-Art sanitary landfill projects in Malaysia and China. Malaysia’s Bukit Tagar Enviro Park – one of the most known sanitary landfills in Asia is being operated by FECs affiliate Berjaya EnviroParks Sdn Bhd. It has gained a number of local and foreign recognitions and awards for its many achievements in its outstanding standards of operations and innovations for more than a decade.In 2018, FLORIDABLANCA ENVIRO CORPORATION started its foray in waste management through the development of an engineered sanitary landfill facility in the Philippines – FLORIDABLANCA ENVIRO PARK PROJECT – a regional integrated waste treatment facility in the Province of Pampanga. The sanitary landfill facility designed to receive 10 million cubic metres wastes is nested on a 91-hectare property in Brgy. Pabanlag, Floridablanca. With the concept of Design-Build-Operate-Own and Invest (DBOOI), the facility is intended to cater and to provide the Province of Pampanga a long-term solution for waste disposal and will be fully operational by 2023.  PROJECT SITE Located in Barangay Pabanlag, Floridablanca Pampanga, the FLORIDABLANCA ENVIRO PARK PROJECT is the first level IV sanitary landfill in the province. It is strategically bounded on the north by Porac, by Guagua and Lubao on the east, by Lubao and Dinalupihan on the South and San Marcelino on the West. ACCESSIBILITY FLORIDABLANCA ENVIRO PARK PROJECT is located approximately at + 10 km northwest of Floridablanca, + 400m west of Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX). With the current access through the Pabanlag road traversing the Pabanlag-Apalit road, the…...

Story and Photos by Leo Laca The SOLAR-POWERED CLASSROOM PROJECT was funded by BERJAYA PHILIPPINES to be able to generate electricity for the benefit of the 780 pupils of its eight classrooms. From left to right are Mr. Diosdado Medina, OIC-Asst. Schools Division Superintendent, Ms. Winnie Manansala, Berjaya Philippines Financial Controller, Mr. Tan Eng Hwa, Berjaya Philippines Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Jennifer Placente, School Principal, and Ms. Flordelisa Pereyra, Assistant Schools Division Education changes a child’s life.  It is the foundation on which every individual grows their knowledge transforming it into meaningful ways of adapting to the world.PANGARAP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Caloocan City is a public elementary school of about 3,000 pupils that is located 24 kilometers north of Manila.  Due to a land ownership dispute, the power distribution company is barred from installing them with electricity, thus, the school classrooms can only rely on available sunlight that penetrates the jalousie windows of each classroom.  “Our school needs electric power and water supply. We are thankful that Berjaya sponsored in installing the solar panels to light up some of our classrooms,” a very appreciative statement the school Principal, Ms. Jennifer Placente, said to Mr. Tan Eng Hwa when he visited the school to hand over the donation amounting to  P 127,500 (RM10,562) The donation financed the “Solar-powered Classroom Project” of the school which aims to generate electricity and ventilation for its 8-classroom building that will benefit about 780-grade school pupils. Solar power is the conversion of renewable energy from sunlight into electricity. Due to its geographical location, the Philippines is an  excellent site for increased integration of solar energy for a much cheaper and economical option for electric power. electric power. Samantha Althea Reglos is a Grade 5 pupil who describes the learning experience before and after the state of their classrooms…...

Personal Protective Equipments were turned-over to The Medical City medical staff, in extreme left is Mr. Rodney Mallari, Office Management and Purchasing Manager representing Berjaya Philippines. As COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the world, the role of the private sector is encouraging even if their businesses have to step back during the crisis.  Even in the midst of challenging times, through philanthropy, donations are being made directly to recipients without much fanfare but the sheer desire to help especially for the welfare of the medical front liners. Rising to the challenge is BERJAYA PHILIPPINES who as of 31 May 2020 have donated a total value of One Million Pesos (MYR 85,000) by donating Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) to various hospitals namely The Medical City in Pasig City, St. Dominic Hospital in Bacoor Cavite, St. Martin de Porres Charity Hospital in San Juan City, East Avenue Medical Center in Quexon City, St. Camillus Medical Center in Pasig City, Lucena United Doctors Hospital in Quezon Province. The donations were coursed through Gawad Kalinga Chairman Luis Oquiñena who personally distributed the PPE’s to the aforementioned hospitals....

Employees of Berjaya Philippines Group pose with Mr. Tan Eng Hwa (middle) during the vaccination program held at The Medical City in Ortigas, Pasig. “We cannot wait for the government to do it by themselves so the private sector must act proactively given this ever-changing situation of virus mutation. We must protect our employees by providing vaccines so that they can work and never let our businesses be stalled,” Mr. Tan Eng Hwa expressed his views on the importance of vaccination to Berjaya employees. The first tranche of company-procured AstraZeneca doses was administered to the Group’s first batch of employees on 1 September 2020 at The Medical City in Pasig with Berjaya Philippines Group Executive Director Mr. Tan Eng Hwa in attendanceThe Berjaya Group Vaccination program reinforces the company’s support for the government’s national vaccination rollout by donating half of the 2,000 vaccines procured through a tripartite agreement via the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion, who is representing the private sector and Secretary Carlito Galvez, the Chief Implementer of the National Task Force Against Covid-19.The second dose for this batch is expected to be administered after three months so the employees will be fully-vaccinated paving the way to the paramount goal of herd immunity to reduce risks of severe infections....