On November 29, 2011 Asia Cement’s Pukrang Plant by Mr. Sawang Bootsong, Plant Director, together with management team represented the company to present the scholarship, sport equipment and lunch allowance for the year 2011 amount 215,000.- baht to 94 students of primary, junior and senior high school level from 8 schools situated in the surrounding area of the plant. In this year there are 32 additional scholarships for students whose houses are located nearby the plant’s enclosure. There were teachers, parents and community leaders joining in this ceremony.
The presentation of scholarship is one of social activities that Pukrang Plant has continually undertaken for a long time in order to further the education of local children as the company realizes that an education is very important for human resource development as a stepping stone sustainable development in the future.
On addition, the company also gives books with value of 15,000.- baht to Thai Kid – Asia Cement Library. This library has been established by the company since 2008 to devote to the children in Pukrang Tambon Municipality as their learning center. Today the number of youth coming to use the library becomes more and more.
Besides, the company presented the extra scholarship and certificate of merit to the students who won the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and honorable mention prize from the drawing and composition contest on the topic “Green Mind, Thai Children”. The purpose of this contest is to encourage the youth for useful spending of vacation as well as practice of drawing, painting and writing skill including creation of consciousness in natural resource and environment conservation. There were many children of the staff of Asia Cement, Jalaprathan Cement, subsidiaries and the students in general in Pukrang Tambon Municipality participating in the contest. The contest is divided into 4 level ranging from junior and senior primary school students and junior and senior high school students. This is the second year of this contest and it is very successful. The company, thus, plans to extend such a project in the coming year.