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Corporate Awqaf:

CERAMAH MULTAQA ULAMA’
A Malaysian Experience in Building Sustainable
& ILMUAN 1431 / 2010
Business Capability
(Dubai International Conference of Endowments)

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By;
By;

MUHAMMAD ALI HASHIM
PRESIDENT AND CEO
JOHOR CORPORATION, MALAYSIA mahh@jcorp.com.my www.businessjihad.com
16 FEBRUARY 2010

Corporate Awqaf:
Corporate

A Malaysian Experience in Building Sustainable
Sustainable
Business Capability *
*

Started with RM10 million loan used to purchase a 3,900 acre
Johor Corporation plantation asset in Johor Bahru,
Johor
Malaysia. (August 1970)
Market capitalisation of JCorp’s
PLC shares (end December 2009):
PLC

RM10.4 billion
RM10.4

CORPORATE AWQAF
JCorp transferred to waqf
PLC shares valued at

RM 200 million (NAV)
3rd August, 2006

JOHOR CORPORATION’S
CORPORATE CONCEPT:

AN ENTREPRENEURIAL
CORPORATE ORGANISATION
WITH SUSTAINABLE VALUECREATING BUSINESSES

driven by teams of

(JCorp’s

‘Amanah’

entrepreneurs)

JOHOR CORPORATION

• More than 280 member cos. & more than 65,000 employees
• 8 PLCs, inc Kulim Malaysia Bhd,
KPJ Healthcare, KFC Holdings,
NBPOL also listed on London SX
& New Britain Palm Oils, PNG.
• Market cap 31 Dec ‘09: RM10.4 Bil
• Built &/or manage >45 NGOs.

Malaysian Bourse
Market Capitalisation
Ranking 2009:
CEO: Ahamad
Mohamad

KULIM MALAYSIA BHD
BHD

CEO: Jamaludin
Mohd Ali

KFC H MALAYSIA BHD

65
65

87
87

BIZ JIHAD EMPOWERS COMMUNITY
JIHAD KUASA EKONOMI MELAYU
BINA EKONOMI = JIHAD BISNES
JCorp/Kulim’s
ECONOMIC success in
BENEFITS
Incomes, acquisition of
Jobs, Econ.
QSR-KFC
Opportunities
Wealth
2006-2007

ECONOMIC
ACCESS TO

RESOURCES
REACH

Cashflows,
Assets, Reach,
Organisational
Prowess

Annual
SALES:
RM2.7 billion billion Sustained

consumer consumer spending! spending! Siti Sa’diah
Sh. Bakhir

Managing Director,
Managing
KPJ HEALTHCARE BHD
KPJ
Market Capitalisation
Ranking 2009:

93
93

KPJ HEALTHCARE BHD
AMANAH Entrepreneurs
JCorp’s Intrapreneurs
Started with
1 Specialist
Hospital
& 12 1Doctors ,
Negri Sembilan
1in Johor in. 1981
K Kinabalu, Sabah

Jan 2010:
More than
700 Doctors

Siti Sa’diah Sheikh Bakir
Alhamdulillah, Managing Director
Alhamdulillah

--Market Leadership
Position in Private Healthcare Delivery

KPJ HEALTHCARE BHD
AMANAH Entrepreneurs
JCorp’s Intrapreneurs

² Principal Business:

19 Hospitals in Malaysia

(4 in Johor, 3 Federal Territory,
2 Perak, 3 Selangor, 1 Kedah,
Pahang, 1 Penang 1 Kelantan
²12 Hospitals in, Sembilan, ,
Indonesia
1 Kuching, 1 Negri
² 1 Kinabalu, SabahDhaka,
Hospital in in .
1K

Bangladesh
² 2 Hospitals in Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
² 1 Nursing College (PNC);

² 1 Waqf Hospital & 8Siti Sa’diah Sheikh Bakir
Siti
Waqaf An-Nur Clinics
Waqaf
Managing Director

throughout Malaysia

2008 Sales: RM1.3 Bill. PBT: RM114.3 Mill
Sales:

JOHOR CORPORATION:

Releasing young people’s energy
Started
career

as a
NURSE

MAH LAI HENG

GENERAL MANAGER,
KPJ PENANG
SPECIALIST HOSPITAL

BUSINESS JIHAD &
CORPORATE AWQAF
Creating wealth and sustaining value added to alleviate poverty
Caring for the poor, the marginalised & the unfortunates in society

Islamic CSR ideals

JCORP/KPJ’s WAQAF AN NUR CLINICS

Chain of 9 Waqaf An-Nur Clinics
& Hospital at Mosque premises

JCORP/KPJ’s WAQAF AN NUR CLINICS
PATIENTS’ TREATMENT EPISODES
CUMULATIVE, FROM LAUNCH TO JULY 2008

Kotaraya, JB
(1998)
Pasir Gudang
(1999)
Batu Pahat
(2001)
Seremban
(Jan 2005)
Sg Buloh
(Jun 2006)
Muar
(1.8. 2007)
RM5
Keluang
(1.8. 2007)
Ijok, S’ngor (1.11. 2007)
Kuching

(19.02.2008)

Total 22,201 Non-Muslims
Non

112,036
159,527
77,687

39,514
13,354
911
1,266
2,668
872

407,835

JCORP/KPJ’s WAQAF AN NUR CLINICS
DIALYSIS PATIENTS
DIALYSIS
No of
MACHINES

Kotaraya, JB
Pasir Gudang
Batu Pahat
Seremban
Sg Buloh
Muar
Keluang
TOTAL

13
14
9
7
-

43

No of
PATIENTS

30

42
27
24
-

123

Dialysis Centres,

Waqaf An-Nur Clinics & Hospital

MALAYSIA’S FIRST
MALAYSIA’S FIRST
WAQAF HOSPITAL
WAQAF HOSPITAL

HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL

WAQAF AN-NUR
Pasir Gudang

WAQAF AN-NUR HOSPITAL
PASIR GUDANG, JOHOR

Location: Jamek Mosque,
Mosque,
Pasir Gudang, Johor
Pasir

JOHOR CORPORATION

PROVIDING
PROVIDING
BUSINESS JIHAD &
INSTITUTIONAL
INSTITUTIONAL
CORPORATE AWQAF
SUPPORT FOR FUTURE
SUPPORT FOR FUTURE
ENTERPRISE GROWTH
ENTERPRISE GROWTH

JCORP’S INTRAPRENEURS

JCorp INTRAPRENEURS
JCorp INTRAPRENEURS offered equity up to 25%. offered equity up to 25%.

‘TEAM INTRAPRENEURS’

60

JOHOR CORPORATION’S
INTRAPRENEUR COMPANIES
52

Intrapreneur SMEs
& Intrapreneur
Venture (I.V.) companies 50

B ilan g an

40

30

22
20

4

17

15
12

44

33

21
15

11

15
11

7

10

2

3

4

1999

2000

2001

69

14

13
9

8

4

3

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Tahun
IV

SME

Pengkorporatan

2007

2008

Sept 2009

JCORP’S INTRAPRENEURS

JCorp INTRAPRENEURS
JCorp INTRAPRENEURS offered equity up to 25%. offered equity up to 25%.

‘TEAM INTRAPRENEURS’

‘TEAM INTRAPRENEURS’

TURNOVER
Intrapreneur
SMEs &
Intrapreneur
Venture (I.V.) cos. 600
RM
(Million)
500
400

582
513
431
369
310

300
200

200

134

100

48

153

66

18
S
ep
-0
9

20
08

20
07

20
06

20
05

20
04

20
03

20
02

20
01

20
00

19
99

0

AGGREGATED PROFIT BEFORE TAX
AGGREGATED
Intrapreneur
SMEs &
Intrapreneur
Venture (I.V.) cos. RM (mil)
45
40
35

44
38
32
29

30

29

25
20

18
15

15

12

10
5

0.4

4

3

S ep -0
9

20
08

20
07

20
06

20
05

20
04

20
03

20
02

20
01

20
00

19
99

0

Corporate Awqaf:

A Malaysian Experience in Building Sustainable
Business Capability

*

Conclusion

*

THE NEXT LAP
THE
Enhancing value for community
“AWQAF MICRO
FINANCING”
(Interest-free Start-up Funds)

AWQAF
AWQAF MICRO-FINANCING +

SPECIAL VALUE
SPECIAL ‘JIMAT’ PRODUCTS

WAQAF AN NUR MICRO-FINANCE

FUND DISBURSEMENT

AT A MOSQUE IN, PASIR GUDANG, 27 OCT. 2009.

WAQAF AN NUR MICRO-FINANCE

FUND DISBURSEMENT

AT A MOSQUE IN, PASIR GUDANG, 27 OCT. 2009.

Started end Oct. 2009: 14 participants

End Jan 2010: 39 participants
(including 9 single mothers)

YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Started end Dec. 2009: 1 participant

End Jan 2010: 14 participants
(Gross profit/operator: RM3,110)
Target end 2011:

200 entrepreneurs.

Johor Corporation
Johor Corporation as a

Waqf Corporation
Waqf

“ A Community
Community
of Enterprises, of And Enterprise for Community! ” for www.businessjihad.com

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