SEDC CELEBRATED ITS SEDC INTEGRITY DAY 2007 TODAY

Kuching: Monday: The Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) today organized its SEDC Integrity Day 2007 at Holiday Inn Kuching. State Secretary, Datuk Amar Wilson Baya Dandot, launched the event.

Among the activities for the day included a slide presentation entitled “SEDC Integrity Journey”, presentation of Integrity Awards to 23 deserving recipients at the Corporation and Company levels and reciting of Civil Service Integrity Pledge by staff members.

The one-morning event concluded with a lecture by Yang Mulia Tunku Abdul Aziz bin Tunku Ibrahim entitled “Integrity: The Way Forward For Malaysia”.

Through the event and other campaigns, SEDC hopes to be the Corporation that can be trusted, respected and relied upon to deliver its tasks. It also hopes to enhance and strengthen the integrity culture amongst the staff of the Corporation and its group of companies.

SEDC has long been adopting integrity as its corporate work culture having launched its first campaign in 1996. Subsequently, Chief Minister YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud launched its Integrity Week in September 2005.

To reinforce integrity as the Corporation’s work culture, SEDC has carried out various initiatives such as campaigns and activities relating to Corporate Governance and Integrity. These include; adoption of core processes distilled from the best corporate practices, quality, integrity and prevention of wastage campaigns, revision of the client charter, review of payment systems and installation in 1994 of monitoring systems.

Some members of Parliament, State Cabinet Ministers, Heads of Government Departments, CEOs of SEDC subsidiary companies, SEDC staff members and other invited guests were among those present at the function.

News released by: Corporate Relations Division (CRD)