3-08-2007
by Ellina Badri
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PETALING JAYA: Property tycoon Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal has appealed to corporates to sponsor community development programmes such as early childhood education and basic literacy courses. Speaking at the launch of the Educate To Learn Sdn Bhd (e2L) group of companies here last Saturday, he said MK Land Holdings Bhd had sponsored a basic computer literacy course provided to the Royal Malaysia Police. The pioneer project had been undertaken by members of the Petaling district police force and e2L, he said. e2L and its three subsidiaries are involved in early childhood development, focusing on assisting rural, urban poor and disadvantaged communities. They are also consultants for the setting up of children’s learning centres, training providers for early learning programmes and developers of teaching and learning resources. Azmil Zakaria, corporate general manager of e2L told The Edge Financial Daily that the group’s revenues are derived mainly from the setting up of learning centres in various communities, which are sponsored by corporations, namely from the construction and property development, and insurance sectors. The company is also in sponsorship discussions with a local telecommunications company, he said. He said investment in the learning centres varied from RM55,000 to RM135,000, depending on its requirements. e2L also expects to add seven Toy Library learning and activity centres nationwide by end-2007, from its existing nine. He said on average, 30 to 40 children were members of each of its Toy Libraries, to which they pay a minimal monthly fee. The company has also been the consultant for 160 childcare centres and kindergartens, and manages, owns and operates two childcare centres, he said. Additionally, e2L, together with a Swiss multinational company and the Chinese equivalent of a women’s non-governmental organisation, had set up 11 childcare centres in Chongqing, in central China, he said.
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