PETALING JAYA: Berjaya Corp Bhd and its group of companies will be implementing batik as its official attire, says group CEO Abdul Jalil Abdul Rasheed.
Abdul Jalil said all the group's 20,000 staff, both men and women, are highly encouraged to wear batik to work every day.
"We are also encouraging our vendors and suppliers to adopt this policy as well.
"All of Berjaya’s hospitality and front-facing staff will change uniforms to batik gradually. It’s our way of promoting Malaysian culture and to showcase batik," he said in a Twitter post on Friday (April 9).
Abdul Jalil added that the decision was made in consideration of the country's warm climate, as well as aimed at helping small-time batik businesses to "keep their craft alive".
"I hope more companies will join us in promoting this. These are small changes we can make from a corporate perspective. We do what we can," he said.
(1) Thread: Today we announced that Berjaya Corp and its entire group of companies is changing its official attire to batik. Batik everyday for men & women highly encouraged. — Jalil Rasheed (@jalilword) April 9, 2021
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