CORONAVIRUS | Realising how its customers were struggling to make ends meet as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, a poultry company recently decided to give away 1,000 chickens to 10 villages in Pontian, Johor.
Ayam Norliza's non-executive director, Badrulhisyam Baharudin, said the chickens were distributed to the villages closest to their premises in Kampung Parit Baru.
Badrulhisyam, 23, said the company's bottom line has been affected by the movement control order as most of their customers are restaurants, which have decided to close due to lack of customers during the order.
"But when I reconsidered it, the people in my village are having it worse than us. They don't even have anything to eat.
"This is why Ayam Norliza took the initiative to use our company funds to donate to the villagers.
"After all, the same villagers supported our business before this and now it is time for us to give back," Badrulhisyam told Malaysiakini.
Rich in this world and in the afterlife
The company caught the attention of netizens earlier after Badrulhisyam posted a photograph of him distributing the poultry to the villagers.
"Our company feels that this is something the villagers really need in these difficult times.
"We're not aristocrats or celebrities, we're just poultry sellers who sympathise with their situation," he said on Twitter.
He posted photos of the poultry packed onto a pick-truck before they were distributed to the villagers.
Badrulhisyam said the company took three days to distribute all the poultry. Among the recipients were 200 of Ayam Norliza's staff.
1000 AYAM PERCUMAbuat para pekerja & penduduk 10 buah kampung sekitar kilang Ayam Norliza. Syarikat ayam kami merasakan pemberian amat diperlukan orang kampung dlm keadaan ekonomi yang tidak mengizinkan.
Bukanlah bangsawan mahupun selebriti,hanya penjual ayam bersimpati
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Badrulhisyam's tweet was retweeted at least 11,000 times.
"This is what it really means to be rich. You are rich in this world, and because of your charity work, you will be rich in the after-life too, God-willing," one Twitter user responded.
Another user estimated that the contribution would have cost the company RM15,000 in revenue.
"A whole chicken retails for RM15. Multiply that with 1,000. Bro, you're doing an amazing thing," the Twitter user said.
Badrulhisyam, who is also a fourth-year medical student at UiTM Sungai Buloh, hopes the company can continue to contribute to the local community in their times of need.
"Right now, it seems like the government is moving to further tighten the MCO rules, so we cannot be going out distributing aid as we please.
"So we will stop with (the 1,000 birds) for now. Once things have normalised, we will continue. We'll see how it goes," said Badrulhisyam, who is staying with his family at Kampung Parit Baru while the MCO is in force. - Mkini
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