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by Wilfred Pilo
KUCHING, July 1: Hock Seng Lee (HSL) is having an ongoing, six-month-long collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to hold a mental health outreach programme.
Today it hosted a ‘Community Matters’ event to support non-government organisations (NGOs) for free at La Promenade Mall.
The NGOs held talks and exhibitions on HIV awareness, domestic violence, gender equality and rural craft.
The collaboration with MOH started three months ago with the setting up of an outreach centre at La Promenade Mall along the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway.
Medical professionals and volunteers from the Sentosa Hospital have been running a three-times-a-week clinic at HSL’s community mall.
The programme is held under the Ministry of Health’s Mentari Malaysia initiative, which seeks to improve outreach and reintegration of people with mental challenges.
La Promenade Mall was selected as the ministry wanted to reach the Samarahan Division, which has a population of about 200,000.
HSL is also expanding the collaboration with the ministry as another outreach centre will be set up at HSL Eden Centre 3, along the Pan Borneo Highway near Padawan.
Its Senior Corporate Communications Manager Jennifer Tang said the company is a long supporter of community matters under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme called ‘Healthy Bodies, Happy Minds’.
“Many of us in HSL come from humble origins and all of us have benefitted from a helping hand at some point in our lives. Our CSR efforts are held with that belief in mind.
“We like to keep the virtuous cycle moving along,” she said in a statement circulated to reporters at the Community Matters Workshop on Level 4, La Promenade Mall, today.
In the same statement, frequent HSL collaborator and social media influencer Ngek Tsai, applauded HSL for supporting mental health.
“The company is walking the talk on its aims in supporting community matters. Mentari is an outreach programme that will greatly benefit society in more ways than one. Mental health is so important,” he opined.
“Over a year ago, I did a video to promote HSL’s CSR efforts. I highlighted Helping Hands Penan, Sarawak Women for Women Society, Hope Place, and more-all NGOs that HSL is housing for free at La Promenade.
“I am proud to be associated with HSL,” he said. — DayakDaily
