ChemsainNewsletterVolume3_2020

Contents 03 Message from Managing Director 04 Health, Safety & Environment Performance Data 07 Events July - September 2020 22 People of Chemsain

MESSAGE FROM MANAGING DIRECTOR It is very sad that I have to report the demise of Tuan Haji Mohamad Ali Mahmud, Chemsain Board Director, on 28th September 2020. A group of Chemsain Directors including me and my wife, Elizabeth, visited his beloved wife, Marzanah and family during this very sad time. Tuan Haji Mohamad Ali was appointed a member of Chemsain Board of Directors in 2002. He was a person of integrity, nice and pleasant to work with. During his time with Chemsain, he must have been very happy to see to the expansion and development of the company to what it is today. We would like to express our grateful thanks to him for his contribution as Board Member to the growth of Chemsain. As shown in this and past issues of Chemsain Newsletters, the company has over the years emphasized greatly on human resource development and training. To go along this direction, i t is important to recognize human resource as the greatest asset of a company. With various training, the staff will value the efforts made for the improvement of their knowledge and skill for career advancement . At the same time, the staff should think of not only what they can get from the company but in return also think of how best they can contribute to the well-being of the company. Our HRD headed by Mr Larry Ong has been in the forefront in providing various training to improve the skill and knowledge of not only Chemsain staff but more so as a training provider to the manpower of various industries. Training and development will surely increase job satisfaction and morale among staff. With well- trained manpower for various industries, it will surely enhance the economic growth of Sarawak. Chemsain HRD has been so well established with a good image that the Economic Planning Unit of Sarawak Government has appointed our HRD to provide technical and entrepreneurship training to Sarawakians under the B40 income group. Well done to Mr Larry Ong and your team members for all the hard work and effort. Chemsain Newsletter is useful in motivating our staff to be happy at what they are doing, more efficient and productive in their performance. It is also an important channel in keeping our members informed and interested in the company’s activities, services, social events and other news. Most of the reports in the Newsletter appear to be on training from HRD and HSE. For Chemsain Newsletter to be more meaningful, it should reflect on the activities of every department of the Company. Our Ms Sharon Chai, Graphic Designer & Communication Executive, would like to have more articles for the Newsletter. All Heads of departments please take note on this and do your best to give every support to Sharon. The challenges of Covid19 are still before us with a threat of the coming of the third wave of the virus. So it is very important to protect yourself and others around you by taking appropriate precautions. Please follow strictly the advice of our Senior Manager of HSE Department and the SOP of the Health Authorities. Take care, stay safe and God Bless CHAN WOON PENG

VOL. 3 H E ALTH , S AF E T Y & E NV I RO N M E N T P E RF ORMANCE DATA KEY PERFORMANCE INDEX (KPI) SAFE MAN-HOURS WORK Without Lost Time Injury (LTI) FATAL CASES (LTI) MAJOR INJURY (LTI) Hospitalized, incident resulting four & more lost days. MINOR INJURY (Non-LTI) Injury without medical leave or resulting in less than three lost work days. NEAR MISS OCCUPATIONAL POISONING & DISEASES INCIDENT RATE FATALITY RATE INJURY RATE FIRE RATE CHEMICAL SPILL OTHER INCIDENTS Resulting in eg.Property/Equipment damage, theft, negligent; Road accident before/after work etc. CHEMSAIN MAN HOURS CHART FOR YEAR 2020 Safe M an- Hours for Yea r 2020 SEPT 74,318 703,557 AUG 72,674 629,239 JULY 556,565 JUNE 76,506 480,059 MAY 77,285 400,550 APR 77,285 330,070 81,809 MAR 84,294 248,261 FEB JAN 82,817 163,967 Total Manhours 81,150 Accumulative Manhours 03

VOL. 3 JULY 2020 AUG 2020 SEPT 2020 YTD YTD JAN - SEPT 2020 JAN 2015 - SEPT 2020 76,506 72,674 0 0 74,318 703,557 5,118,200 0 0 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 cases CHEMSAIN has achieved 74,318 safe man-hour without any Lost Time Injury (LTI) in September 2020. Total safe man-hour for Year 2020 to date is 703,557. Cummulatively since January 2015, safe man-hour achieved by CHEMSAIN is 5,118,200 hours. 04

VOL. 3 08.JULY.2020 HSE department participated in the OSHWEEK 2020 19.AUG.2020 online event organized by Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Sarawak. Online Fire Safety Training organized by HSE. H E ALTH , S AF E T Y & E NV I RO N M E N T ACT IV IT IE S 27.AUG.2020 Service Provider HSE Liaison Engagement webinar organized by Sarawak Oil (SKO). Issues highlighted including PETRONAS Logistic Toolkit (PLT) Integration to OSIS system sharing, Locations Noise Mapping Sharing and Waste Management Sharing. 09.SEPT.2020 HSE Department participated in online Webinar on 10.SEPT.2020 Conducting Internal HSE Audit organized by Intensive Energy Sdn. Bhd. HSE Committee meeting chaired by Mr. Anthony Rentap at Orchid Room, Chemsain Building. Agenda for discussion included the latest SOP for COVID-19 prevention, HSE promotional or campaign and other HSE related issues. 05

VOL. 3 22.SEPT.2020 Fire Emergency Response awareness training with BOMBA. The speaker is PB Arahman Bin Spiee from Fire and Rescue Department Batu Lintang, Kuching. 26.SEPT.2020 Urine Drugs and Alcohol Test (UDAT) and premobilization briefing at Serimas Wharf, Miri. 28.SEPT.2020 MSOSH Audit. Lead auditor Mr. Mohd Fauzan bin Mohd. Hardi assisted by Mr. Sadiyuk Henry Rigit. The aim for this audit was to be awarded with the GOLD MERIT AWARD after achieving GOLD CLASS I award for three consecutive years. 06

Events

VOL. 3 PROGRAM Arrival of PPKKKK Students PENINGKATAN KAPASITI & KAPABILITI KUMPULAN KHUSUS Organised by : Chemsain HRD Speaker : Larry Ong Venue : Chemsain Auditorium | Kch Date : 22 July 2020 Students Registration Write-up by : Larry Ong First Induction Session by Larry Ong, CHRD Manager Chemsain HRD, a registered Training Provider with Human Resource First Induction Session by Larry Ong, Development Fund (HRDF) has been CHRD Manager appointed by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) under the Sarawak State Government to conduct Program Peningkatan Kapasiti dan Kapabiliti Kumpulan Khusus (PPKKKK) for Laboratory Technician and Drone Piloting Training. PPKKKK is an effort by the Sarawak State Government to provide technical and entrepreneurship training to Sarawakians under the B40 income group category. The Sarawak State Government implemented this programme with the aspiration to turn Sarawak into a High-Income State by the year 2030. Safety Briefing by Felbian Jolhing HSE Executive 08

VOL. 3 Safety Training by Felbian Jolhing, HSE Executive Chemsain HRD officially started the Safety Training by Felbian Jolhing, HSE Executive programme for Laboratory Technician Ice breaking Session and Drone Piloting Training on 6 July 2020. A total of 27 trainees from Miri signed up for these two trainings for the next 6 months. The trainer for the Laboratory Technician Training is Prof Dr Lau Seng, a renowned lecturer in the field of Chemistry in Sarawak while the trainer for Drone Piloting Training is Lim Guang Ming from Drone Academy Asia, an esteemed partner of Chemsain Group of Companies. The aim of the training is to equip the trainees with technical skills that will be relevant to the industry with hope that it will become a platform for them to find jobs or seek better employment. 09

VOL. 3 PPKKKK SHARING SESSION Organised by : Chemsain HRD Speakers : Cassandra Henry & : Larry Ong & Felbian Jolhing Venue : Chemsain Training Room | Kch Date : July - August 2020 Write-up by : Cassandra Henry On 8 July 2020, Chemsain HRD accepted this offer to become a Skills Training Institution to organize two trainings fully borne by the Economic Planning Unit under Chief Minister’s Department of Sarawak. This project allowed skills and entrepreneurship training to be provided in order to improve the quality of life of B40 (lower income households). A total of 27 trainees from Miri for Laboratory Technician and Drone Piloting Training attended the PPKKKK orientation. The aims of this session were to introduce them to the trainees’ life and become familiar with the working environment. During the orientation, activities such as team building, communication skills, group presentations and discussions were conducted so that the trainees were able to know each other better and learn how to cooperate with each other as a team. Our team believes that learning has always been a social activity. Therefore, we hoped that by sharing our life experiences, they will be able to understand that when there’s a will, there’s a way and never letting their weaknesses or challenges in life hinder them from achieving a great quality of life. 10

VOL. 3 DRONE PILOTING Presentation day – The PPKKKK Drone Piloting TRAINING trainees had their presentations on their PRESENTATION understanding of operating a drone and the use Organised by : Chemsain HRD of drone in industries such as Agriculture, XInspections and Public Safety. Trainer : Lim Guang Ming The trainees were divided into 4 groups and Venue : Chemsain Building | Kch each group was given a different industry application. The trainees showed clear understanding on what they were presenting during the presentation. Date : July 2020 Write-up by Gillespie Medan 11

VOL. 3 INTRODUCTION TO On 14 August 2020, the trainees of PPKKKK LABORATORY (Laboratory Technician Training) attended a short HAZARD FOR training on Introduction to Laboratory Hazard by PPKKKK STUDENTS our own HSE Executive, Felbian Johing. Organised by : Chemsain HRD During the training, Felbian discussed the topics Trainer : Felbian Johing such as Hazard in the Laboratory, Safety Measure Venue : Chemsain Training or Precaution (Engineering Design and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)) as well as Emergency Room | Kch Response. The training aimed to prepare the trainees on how to react in case of any emergency at the workplace especially in the laboratory. Date : 14 August 2020 Write-up by : Felbian Jolhing 12

VOL. 3 #kitajagakita Raya 2020 Organised by : Kemaman Laboratory (CL7) Venue : Chemsain | Kemaman Date : 10 August 2020 Write-up by : Nadira Othman Kemaman Laboratory held a #kitajagakita Raya Gathering on 10 August 2020. During the gathering, we celebrated birthdays for the month of August. Truly, this Raya gathering is different from those we had previously. However, we didn’t let it stop us from spending time with each other. The gathering was held adhering to the relevant safety protocols. 14

VOL. 3 ENHANCING LEADERSHIP SKILLS & TEAM BUILDING FOR CHEMIST WORKSHOP Organised by : Institut Kimia Malaysia, IKM Trainer (Sarawak Branch) Venue : Dunstan Chan Date : Chemsain Training Room | Kch Write-up by : 9 September 2020 : Sharon Chai On 9 September 2020, 39 participants took part in the Enhancing Skills & Team Building for Chemist Workshop organised by Institut Kimia Malaysia (Sarawak Branch) at Chemsain Training Room, Kuching. The trainer, Mr. Dunstan Chan, explained that leadership skill could be taught and learned. Experiences will teach us to become a better leader and always be bold to lead. Just like the saying, a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. As mistakes are keys to growth. Mr. Dusntan mentioned that good teamwork is crucial as it contributes to the success of a project and how a leader will influence the team. We also learned the different types of leadership and identified which leadership styles work the best for us, the future leaders. 15

VOL. 3 PPKKKK TRAINING LABORATORY EXPERIMENT Organised by : Chemsain HRD Trainer : Prof. Dr. Lau Seng Date : 11 &18 September 2020 Write-up by : Sharon Chai Towards to the 3rd month of Laboratory Training, the trainees of PPKKKK training conducted an actual Laboratory experiment. They were divided into groups of 4 members. With the guidance from the trainer, Professor Lau, the trainees were able to conduct the experiments successfully. 16

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VOL. 3 MICROSOFT On 11 September 2020, Chemsain staff of POWERPOINT TRAINING Kuching, Kota Kinabalu and Subang Jaya participated in the Mircrosoft Powerpoint Organised by : Chemsain HRD Training “ Putting Power in Your PowerPoint”. Trainer : Joe Najib The trainer who’s a Powerpoint Specialist, Joe Najib, appointed to give a talk on Date : 11 September 2020 Powerpoint Skills. As infographic made compulsory by DOE when submitting Write-up by : Sharon Chai reports, Ms. Marina Roland & Ms. Lina had approached Mr. Larry Ong, CHRD to conduct a training on how to present an interactive Infographic by using Microsoft Powerpoint. We learnt how important it was to choose colour theme, the alignment, the typefaces, proper way to includemusic and video. He also taught us how to choose the right images and how to combine images to make a great infographic and how to animate them by using the transition tool and finally Powerpoint could be used to make a video too. By putting in more time and efforts, Mircrosoft Powerpoint is a much much powerful tool than we all thought it was. Thanks to Joe Najib for the amazing training session. 18

VOL. 3 BOMBA EMERGENCY HSE organised a Fire Drill Training on TRAINING 22 September 2020 at Chemsain Training Organised by : Chemsain HSE Room, Kuching for the staff. Each department allocated at least one staff to Trainer : Mohammad Raffy Bin attend the training. Saibi & Arahman Spiee During the training, the staff were put in Date : 22 September 2020 a different location and were taught on how to escape the building if they faced a Write-up by : Felbian Jolhing life-threatening situation. The trainer also demonstrated on how to use the fire extinguisher correctly. 19

VOL. 3 SARAWAK SCIENCE FESTIVAL IN CONJUNCTION WITH MINGGU SAINS NEGARA Organised by : IKM Sarawak Venue : Chemsain Building, Kuching Date : 30 September 2020 Write-up by : Joanne Chew The Closing Ceremony of the Sarawak Science Festival in conjunction with the National Science Week (MSN) 2020 Sarawak State Level took place at Chemsain Auditorium, Kuching. It successfully witnessed the winners of all competitions organized by Jabatan KIMIA Sarawak and the Sarawak Branch of the Malaysian Institute of Chemistry, as strategic partners. Among the competitions that were held during MSN 2020 Sarawak State Level were the “Young Scientist Program 2020” Competition and the “MSNLens Short Video Competition Sarawak State Level”. The presentation of prizes to the winners was by YB Dato Sri Michael Manyin Anak Jawong, Minister of Education, Science and Technology Research Sarawak. Apart from that, he also presented prizes to the winners of the “Most Viewed Award” for the “MSNLens Short Video Competition Sarawak State Level”. Congratulations to the winners and it is hoped that the Sarawak Science Festival will continue in the future. 20

VOL. 3 Winners of the “Young Scientist Program 2020” Competition 1st: SMK Green Road & Chemsain Konsultant Sdn Bhd 2nd: SMK Bandar Samariang & Sarawak State Department of Chemistry Malaysia 3rd: Lodge National Secondary School & Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia Consolation: a. SMK Sungai Tapang & Sarawak Biodiversity Center b. SMK Siburan & Sarawak Agriculture Department c. SMK St Mary & Sarawak Department of Environment Winners of “MSNLens Short Video Competition Sarawak State Level” 1st: SMK Tinggi Sarikei 2nd: SMK St Columba 3rd: SMK Green Road Consolation: a. SMK Tinggi Sarikei b. SMK Tun Abdul Razak (Padawan) “Most Viewed Award” a. SMK Tun Abdul Razak 21

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VOL. 3 THE INTERVIEW PEOPLE OF CHEMSAIN Date : 24 July 2020 Interviewer : Joanne Chew Interviewee : Gillespie Medan “Happiness is turning your hobby into your I started to like drone when Chemsain first career.” – Chilly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Drone Academy Asia (DAA). The display of drones during that event really attracted me. It was only when I had my first DJI Tello given to me by DAA that really piqued my interest in drones. In 2019, I purchased my own DJI Spark and really put a blast on to it. Drones are fun to play with, especially when you do photography and videography with it. Slowly, I built up my interest in drones and my hobby into my career. Piloting a drone may be complicated at first but after you know how to pilot it, it can actually create a new hobby. Soon, I upgraded my DJI Spark to DJI Mavic 2 Zoom, where Mavic is better in terms of performance, camera and applications. To expand or widen my knowledge of drones, I took up an Aerial Mapping course back in 2019. With M2Z, I started to practice my Aerial Mapping skills together with a software for photo stitching of the data that I have obtained from Aerial Mapping activities at various places for a couple of months. In 2020, I decided to challenge myself to share my experiences with drones to the Program Peningkatan Kapasiti & Kapabiliti Kumpulan Khusus (PPKKKK) trainees. This has given me the opportunity to teach and conduct classes based on my personal knowledge of drones in hopes to build up the interest of the trainees towards drone as well. 23

VOL. 3 THE INTERVIEW PEOPLE OF CHEMSAIN Date : 7 August 2020 Interviewer : Joanne Chew Interviewee : Irene Yong How long have you been working in Chemsain? I started on 1st March 1989, so I have been working in Chemsain for 31 years. What do you look forward to when you come What’s a work-related accomplishment that to work each day? you’re really proud of? The office environment. Everyone is so I pride myself on being able to complete pleasant here. almost every single task that has been assigned to me without fail. Some of them What talents have you learnt from can be slow, but I can still achieve them. Chemsain? What else would you like to learn here? What’s one thing that has surprised you Almost everything that I know now is learnt about working in Chemsain? from CHemsain because I joined the The creation of CMP (Chemsain Media company almost immediately out of school. Perspective). It was a pleasure to have a I’ve been working in many different positions individual with the vocal training session as such as administration, a technician in field part of the Company’s business. work, in Laboratory (chemical testing and sample collecting), sales marketing as well What do you think about on your way to as a receptionist. work? Food (haha). I always think of eating together with colleagues. What’s your favourite way to unwind after a busy day? I cook. And a lot of gardening as well (laugh). 24

VOL. 3 If you won the lottery and didn’t have to work, what would you miss? I’ll miss everyone! All my colleagues that I’ve worked together with. How would you describe your personality with one word? Happy! When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A nurse. What was your best subject when you were a student? English. If you could choose a name for yourself, what would it be? I don’t think I would change my name. I love my own name. What’s the top destination on your must-visit list? I don’t have a specific location. I just know that I would like to visit somewhere cold or a place full of nature. Maybe even a cruise, where it stops at different locations. What kind of scent do you like? Something sweet and light. Anything flow- ery, like lavender. I love lavender. What is something that cannot be missing in your life? Family. 25