Thursday, May 11, 2006

Penang Water Supply Corp wins health, safety award

BT: THE Penang Water Supply Corp Sdn Bhd (PBAPP) has won the OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series) 18001:1999 award for treatment and supply of water as well as for customer services.
It is the first water company in the country to receive the certification for its whole chain of water supply services.
The certificate, issued by SGS International, is recognised by the Switzerland Accreditation Body.
The certification was presented by SGS (M) Sdn Bhd division manager Armanjit Singh to Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rashid Abdullah, who is also PBAPP deputy chairman, in Penang on Tuesday.
PBA Holdings Bhd director Datuk Adlan Mohamed Daud and PBAPP general manager Datuk Liew Chook San jointly witnessed the ceremony.
PBA Holdings is the state's water supplier. It owns 100 per cent of PBAPP which holds an exclusive licence to source, treat and supply water, and to bill consumers in Penang.
PBAPP recently implemented a health and safety system aimed at protecting its employees and lowering the risk of accident at the workplace which would affect water supply to the state's 1.47 million users.
The OHSAS 18001:1999 certification is the third such international certification accreditated to PBAPP since 2003.
In 2003, PBAPP received the ISO 9001:2000 certification for quality management while last year, PBAPP received the ISO 14001:2004 certification for effective management and treatment of raw water and supply of drinking water from the Teluk Bahang dam treated at its Batu Ferringhi plant.

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