Mak Meng Fook and his brother Meng Yoon, a retired construction worker, used to rent a room for RM200 a month before Meng Fook received aid from TNB.
Although it’s easy to see and agree that home ownership is a necessity, not everybody has the financial capacity to afford one. In reality, there are many factors that contribute to why Malaysians may not be able to afford homes, even if a select few were fortunate enough to inherit land.To put the social aspect of ESG values in context, a simple way to look at it is “doing the right thing”. With that, it then reflects that good public relations begins with good behaviour.
While the wider sustainability agenda locally and internationally spurs more fundamental changes in markets, TNB still considers public policy to better serve the needs of their key stakeholders – the people.Rumah PPR like this one located in Kg Muhibbah in KL is an initiative by the government to provide income earners within and under the B40 category to find a home and eradicate squatter areas throughout the nation.
To understand what B40 is, there are three different categories based on monthly income per household and beyond:> B40 – anything less than RM2,500 to RM4,849. “Both of us are less-abled bodies. My husband has polio and I’m a stroke survivor so you can imagine that mobility is a major concern for us. Perhaps that’s why DBKL selected us to be beneficiaries,” Foo said.
“I was very excited and happy when they called me because I truly never expected this sort of help to happen to me – especially when they revealed that we’d soon be homeowners,” she said.The 68-year-old used to install lights and fans for a living. But as he got older, he had to resort to collecting old newspapers, bottles and cans to make ends meet.