(From left) Flex Penang Agro One Club general manager Chan Chee Khang, Sim, Insp Ahmad Nadzri Dziyauddin, Yap, Ng, Tan and Tang showing the components for hydroponic gardening.
SMK Jit Sin students planted 500 seedlings and learned about hydroponic gardening at the Eco-School Sustainability Programme by Flex Penang’s Agro One (A1) Club.
Flex Penang sponsored 20 hydroponics towers, each holding 60 plants, for the programme at the school.
The A1 Club was established to educate students and involve organisations on agricultural and climate change issues.
Flex Penang general manager EC Tang said: “The company drives sustainability practices to address the environmental and social challenges of our world through strategic investments in the communities we serve.
“We also encourage our employees to do volunteer work.”
The programme was carried out in collaboration with the Seberang Prai City Council and the police.
Present were police officers, the school’s management board chairman Datuk Ng Joon Tong and director Datuk Tan Buck Lai, Parent-Teacher Association chairman Yap Kim Gui and school senior administrative assistant Sim An Thea.
Flex Penang has launched several environmental programmes this year at other schools such as SJK (C) Seng Keow and SMK Convent Butterworth by providing them with hydroponic DIY kits.
Flex is a manufacturing company that delivers technology innovation plus supply chain and manufacturing solutions to industries and end markets.
In Malaysia, Flex has 11 facilities in Penang, Selangor and Johor which are staffed by 20,000 employees. The company is also one of the largest employers of disabled people in the industry.
