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Weststar Aviation Services and Key Stakeholders Mobilize Action to Raise Public Awareness with a year-long ‘Wau Bule Selamat Sokmo’ Safety Campaign Press release Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan, 28 September 2014: Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd (WASSB), alongside local oil and gas stakeholders namely Hess, Talisman Malaysia Limited and Petrofac today launched a year-long ‘Wau Bule Selamat Sokmo’ campaign. The campaign, which intends to raise grass-root level awareness and educate the surrounding community about the safety risks posed by traditional kite flying activities in restricted zones around the Kota Bharu airport comes on the back of several near- miss incidents reported earlier in the year where twine used to fly these kites was found tangled in helicopter rotors. A key issue, WASSB Domestic Operation Manager, V. Adm Datuk Jamil Osman acknowledged - the collaboration renders a decisive measure to address the issue among community members. Jamil said, “With this, we hope that the campaign will continue to run on a brisk pace and therefore help reduce the chances of any unfortunate future incidences of this nature occurring for all the aircraft operators particularly within the vicinity of Kota Bharu’s Sultan Ismail Petra Airport where we operate.” Further, Jamil pointed out, “Most importantly, this reflects the organizational values and objectives of all the stakeholders through strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) applications and synergistic outfits.” While safety remains the top priority for this group of oil and gas companies in Kota Bharu, the safety campaign features a series of fun and informative initiatives aimed at both school children and villagers. The activities include dialogue sessions with local leaders, a campaign tour to eight schools in the district, a Safety Poster competition as well as a Dikir Barat competition. The poster competition saw students from eight schools in the Kota Bharu district submitting paintings on how to fly the wau safely. Winners were then selected from 30 shortlisted entries. After deliberating on the students’ artwork, the judges – led by Associate Professor Mohamad Najib Mohd Nor of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan – awarded the grand prize to Athirah Auni Bt. Mohd. Yassin from SK Semut Api. The
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Weststar Aviation Services and Key Stakeholders Mobilize Action to Raise Public Awareness with a year-long ‘Wau Bule
Selamat Sokmo’ Safety Campaign
Press release Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan, 28 September 2014: Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd (WASSB), alongside local oil and gas stakeholders namely Hess, Talisman Malaysia Limited and Petrofac today launched a year-long ‘Wau Bule Selamat Sokmo’ campaign. The campaign, which intends to raise grass-root level awareness and educate the surrounding community about the safety risks posed by traditional kite flying activities in restricted zones around the Kota Bharu airport comes on the back of several near-miss incidents reported earlier in the year where twine used to fly these kites was found tangled in helicopter rotors. A key issue, WASSB Domestic Operation Manager, V. Adm Datuk Jamil Osman acknowledged - the collaboration renders a decisive measure to address the issue among community members. Jamil said, “With this, we hope that the campaign will continue to run on a brisk pace and therefore help reduce the chances of any unfortunate future incidences of this nature occurring for all the aircraft operators particularly within the vicinity of Kota Bharu’s Sultan Ismail Petra Airport where we operate.” Further, Jamil pointed out, “Most importantly, this reflects the organizational values and objectives of all the stakeholders through strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) applications and synergistic outfits.” While safety remains the top priority for this group of oil and gas companies in Kota Bharu, the safety campaign features a series of fun and informative initiatives aimed at both school children and villagers. The activities include dialogue sessions with local leaders, a campaign tour to eight schools in the district, a Safety Poster competition as well as a Dikir Barat competition. The poster competition saw students from eight schools in the Kota Bharu district submitting paintings on how to fly the wau safely. Winners were then selected from 30 shortlisted entries. After deliberating on the students’ artwork, the judges – led by Associate Professor Mohamad Najib Mohd Nor of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan – awarded the grand prize to Athirah Auni Bt. Mohd. Yassin from SK Semut Api. The
second and third placing went to Mazlenyana Bt. Mohd Stofa from SK Kedai Buloh 1 and Sharifah Nur Insyirah Bt. Syed Al-Jofree from SK Redang, respectively. Five consolation prizes were also awarded to Nor Fatma Bt. Mohammad (SK Che Deris), Nik Hazrul Adzim B. Nik Mohd. Shukri (SK Che Latiff), Nur Izzati Syamimi Bt. Roslan (SK Kem), Nurul Hanan Sufiyyah Bt. Nazarudin (SK Kedai Buloh 2) and Nur Zurain Hanim Bt. Harun (SK Parang Putting). Winners and their respective schools received plaques, certificates, cash prizes, Hess toy trucks, school bags and stationery, meal vouchers as well as reflective safety jackets. For more information, please visit http://www.weststar-aviation.aero Contact: Weststar Group of Companies Muhaini Mahmud Director, Corporate Affairs [email protected] Image 1
Jamil: Twine used to fly traditional ‘wau bulan’ near airfields could cause severe technical complications to in-flight helicopters’ rotor.
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Weststar Aviation Services’ Domestic Operations Manager, V. Adm Datuk Jamil Osman (left) handing out grand prize mock cheque to Athirah Auni Mohd. Yassin (second from left) from SK Semut Api for her winning painting witnessed by headmaster, Wan Mohd Azmin Wan Yaakob and Hess Regional EHS Manager, Asia Pacific, Russell Scott.
