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Brazilian corporation(SDDB) is breaking down the wall of individualism

Samsung SDI's Brazilian corporation (SDIB) has been involved in volunteer activities through which the local president and staff spend time with the handicapped living near the plant and by drawing pictures and cutting grass. Many Brazilian people, most of whom are individualists, view such activities as somewhat unusual, and the volunteer services are viewed as a linkage between the Koreans and the local staff, causing them to have a feeling of brotherhood unity.

Shenzen corporation(SSDD) is being praised for its environmental protection program

Chinese people often enjoy 'ushu' and like to stroll or to have a chat with neighbours in parks. Considering the local culture, the Shenzen corporation (SSDI) of China began a program to take care of the park in Mt. Yonhwa in June 1997. The park is a very popular place for 4 million Shenzen citizens as more than 10,000 people visit it on weekends. To take care of the park, local staff and residential staff of the Shenzen corporation are providing volunteer services once a month for cleaning up wastes and garbage, and painting public facilities in the park. This program of the Shenzen corporation, was the talk of the town and especially, the local press, 'Shenzen Journal' bannered this activity and evaluated the Shenzen corporation as the first foreign corporation to carry out a environmental protection campaign.
Besides the environmental protection program at the Mt. Yonwha, the Shenzen corporation practices the spirit of filial piety, by visiting 'Lahogu', an asylum for the aged, to offer haircut, cleaning, and to become a companion, who can have a chat during a walk through a near park.

Tianjin City, Support Activity for the Visually Disabled

It connected with a school for the blind in Tianjin city, and outstretching the support business. As a display specific company, Samsung SDI takes the lead in supporting the visually disabled to extend community service activities featuring its industry. Through active and constant participation of all executives and staffs, we inspire the spirit of community service and also construct desirable local company image as a foreign company. On October, 2003, it held an event called “International Day for the Blind" partially supporting of performance fund at the school for the blind in Tianjin. On Dec 25, 2003 it visited for Sisterhood Tie with schools for the blind. Deputy Prime Minister was present. Through this sisterhood tie, Tianjin Samsung SDI agreed to support scholarship, annual 4 million won to the school of the blind and the school also agreed to give the opportunity of volunteer work once per month by division, group or small community unit for the activation of the volunteering service.

Samsung SDI is admired as the most responsible company in Malaysia

In Malaysia, where the government places top priority on ranking the nation among the world's advanced countries through industrialization, the gap between the rich and the poor is widening and environmental problems are getting worse. Under the circumstances, our Malaysian corporation is at the foreeng of solving those problems through numerous activities such as taking care of parks, recycling campaigns, donating goods to famine- stricken regions, and book donations, which are actively participated by its staff, numbering approximately 1,200. As a result of those activities, Samsung SDI's Malaysian corporation (SEDM) was honored with the 'Superior Company' Award from the state government for two consecutive years. The corporation was also awarded the '1998 Best Company' prize, the most prestigious award of the country, from Prime Minister Mahatir. With those honors, the corporation has made a great contribution in enhancing the image of Korea as well as the image of Samsung SDI, in Malaysia.

The corporation also played a major role in restoring the Lenggeng Forest in the Seremban region, which was devastated by the indifference of the local government and the disorder of the local people. Through a regular campaign to clean the forest-environment, the Malaysian corporation has succeeded in restoring it, and the local government designated the Lenggeng Park a state park and changed its name to 'Samsung Park' to honor the environmental public services of Samsung SDI.

This year (year 2000), we are planning to attend the special arbor event, managed by the government, to practice the spirit of Samsung's Green Management, and also, with the event of planting 100,000 trees in a minute throughout the nation, we are expected to be recorded on the Guinnes Book of Records.

Hope for poor Mexican children

The Tijuana Complex where Samsung SDI's Mexican corporation(SDM) is located, has many poor people living in illegal boarded shacks who come from other places looking for employment. To help them, the Mexican corporation is especially giving a hand to the children by holding bazaars and festivals for them. Under the initiative, the corporation donated color TVs for educational use to schools in the area and supported the construction of overpasses near school areas. With those efforts, SDM hopes those children can enjoy a bright future.

※ Samsung Social Service Team http://www.samsunglove.co.kr