Semen Baturaja Readies to Supply Cement for Welfare Housing Development, Signed a Deal with South Sumatra Social Welfare CSR Forum

PALEMBANG– The Company of Semen Baturaja will supply the cement necessary for the development of welfare housing in South Sumatra.

The collaboration between SMBR with South Sumatra Social Welfare CSR Forum is being listed within the memorandum of understanding signed directly by SMBR Main Director, Jobi Triananda Hasjim, with Social Welfare CSR Forum of South Sumatra, July Rianthony. The procession was being observed firsthand by the Governor of South Sumatra, Herman Deru.

The signing of the memorandum was done in the Ballroom of Hotel Aryaduta in Palembang, on Tuesday, 21 October 2019. The memorandum shall be operational upon signing and will have duration of 5 (five) years.

Jobi has stated that with the existence of this agreement, SMBR will become the sole supplier of the cement necessities, either sack of cement or bulk cement, while also providing concrete bricks for the housing construction that is planned to start on 2020.

The plan, as initiated by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing of Republic of Indonesia  together with South Sumatra Social Welfare SCR Forum, will aim to build 1172 (one thousand one hundred seventy two) housing units for Palembang city and 800 (eight hundred) units for the region of Banyuasin district.

“We will always strive to contribute in every kind of construction projects in South Sumatra, it is our pride and joy in knowing people there recognizing our (SMBR) hard work“, Jobi added.

The cement product manufactured by SMBR has been tested and guaranteed in its quality to be used for various government and private companies’ infrastructure development projects in South Sumatra, such as Light Rail Transit (LRT), toll roads, bridges, and even harbors constructions.  

“Maintaining this specialty is our priority so that SMBR can always become the primadonna of cement in South Sumatra”, as he proudly state.

The Social Welfare CSR Forum itself was established to coordinate, initiate, facilitate, and synergize the potential of business performers, social institutions, higher academic institutions, and citizens in order to optimize the implementation of social responsibility in the world of business within the realization of social welfare policies as an effort to hasten the objective attainment of social welfare development.