8 August 2005
TITAN CHEMICALS’ TO FUND A COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE IN ACHEH
Titan honours pledge for Tsunami reconstruction efforts

Kuala Lumpur, 8 August 2005 – Titan Chemicals Corp. Bhd. made a RM270, 000 contribution to Mercy Humanitarian Fund, for the construction cost of Puskesmas Meuraxa ( Meuraxa Community Health Centre) in Acheh. This contribution is part of the RM1 million pledge made to Dato’ Sri Najib Abdul Razak on 3 February 2005, for Tsunami Relief and Reconstruction efforts.

An initial contribution of RM 100,000 was made earlier this year to the Malaysian Tsunami Disaster Fund. In addition to this, the employees of Titan Chemicals in a Ringgit-to-Ringgit match by the company donated RM54, 512 to Mercy Humanitarian Fund, which was independent of the RM1 million pledge.

Mr. Don M Condon Jr, Managing Director of Titan Chemicals presented Ms Shahreen Dato Abdul Ghani, Chief Operating Officer, Mercy Malaysia in the corporate offices of Titan Chemicals here today.

Mr Condon said, “The Titan Chemicals-Mercy alliance is natural as we share Mercy’s concerns and objectives and we want to make a difference in the re-construction efforts. We know that there is still an urgent need for basic accommodation and health facilities for thousands of people.”

“This contribution of RM 270,000 will fund the building cost of Puskesmas Meuraxa (Meuraxa Community Health Centre), in Desa Blang Oi, Kecamatan Meuraxa, Kota Banda Aceh. This is the health centre which will benefit 12,000 people. ”

Pn Shahreen Dato Abdul Ghani said that the Meuraxa Community Health Centre would house Doctor’s Room, Emergency Room, Registration Counter, Administration Area, Pharmacy, General Polyclinic and Dental Polyclinic among others.

Other works, which will be carried out in this project, include the building access roads, car park and drainage, gateway and fencing, electrical installation works, internal sewerage system and reticulation works and internal plumbing system and water reticulation system.

About Titan Chemicals Corp. Bhd.

Titan Chemicals was the first, and is the largest, integrated olefins and polyolefins producer in Malaysia and is the second largest polyolefins producer in Southeast Asia. Titan Chemicals presently operates eight plants on two integrated sites in Pasir Gudang and Tanjung Langsat in Johor, which are connected by a 12-km network of pipelines.

For more information, please call Ms Eswari Kalugasalam at Tel : 07-2538933 and Ms Anna Ariffin at Tel : 03-20934222 .

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