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Management Retreat
This year’s Town Hall was also an emotional event as Datuk Syed Ahmad
spoke at length on the successes the Group had enjoyed for the last
11 years under the helm of Group Managing Director, Dato’ Richard
Curtis, who also made his farewell speech. The session concluded by
employees giving Data’ Richard Curtis a standing ovation.
For the Town Hall sessions, if employees are unable to attend due to
work operations, a work rotation programme is introduced to ensure that
biennial attendance is made possible.
Annual Dinner
We held the annual management retreat for our managers and senior executives at the Samalaju Resort Hotel in Samalaju from 23-25 October
2017. The retreat was conducted in a forum style in which participants received updates from top management on the performance and direction
of the Group. Surveys and training specific to managers’ needs were also conducted to help managers identify current issues relating to work
performance and areas of concern.
Town Hall
For the year 2017, we organised two Town Hall sessions. They were
held on 4 December 2017 with 1,056 employees in attendance and on
6 December 2017 in Bintulu with 501 employees attending. The CMS
Town Hall sessions, which were first introduced in 2007, saw our Group
Executive Director and Group Managing Director provide an update on
the annual performance of the Group and its future direction. The Town
Hall also served as a platform for top management to engage with all
employees to discuss important issues that affect the organisation and
the workforce.
At the Town Hall this year, our Group Executive Director, Datuk Syed
Ahmad Alwee Alsree, took the opportunity to introduce the newly
appointed Group Chief Executive Officer - Corporate and Group Chief
Executive Officer - Operations, Dato Isaac Lugun and Mr Goh Chii Bing,
respectively. He emphasised that both gentleman are home-grown
Sarawakian talents and have a combined 46 years of work experience
in CMS.
As a gesture of gratitude for all our employees’ contributions, efforts
and services to the Group, we continue to hold an annual dinner for
all our employees at the end of each year. Group annual dinners and
respective Divisional annual dinners are held on alternate years. In the
month of December, we organised three Divisional Annual Dinners. The
Head Office and certain Divisions organised their annual dinners on
7 December 2017 at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK),
the Cement Division Family Day was organised on 25 November 2017
at the BCCK, and the Construction & Road Maintenance Division Sports
Carnival & Annual Dinner was organised on 24-25 November 2017 in
Miri.
Social: Labour Practices and Decent Work