POSCO employee donates reward money to charity

Krakatau POSCO Coke Plant junior team leader Muklis, left, poses with a Red Cross Indonesia Cilegon official at the donation ceremony held at Red Cross Indonesia Cilegon office, June 25. / Courtesy of POSCO

By Kwak Yeon-soo

A Krakatau POSCO employee donated his reward money to charity, practicing the core vision of the company to grow together, the steelmaker said Wednesday.

According to the company, Muklis, a junior team leader at the coke plant of Krakatau POSCO, donated 50 million rupiah ($3,381) to Red Cross Indonesia Cilegon and 10 million rupiah to an employee volunteer group within POSCO.

The donation ceremony came after he won the POSCO Grand Award for Corporate Citizenship of 2019 in April. Muklis was recognized for his contribution to the improvement of facilities by establishing an eco-friendly operating system at its coke oven plant.

The award is annually given to 10 selected employees from a total of 60,000 POSCO Group workers.

“As a corporate citizen and also part of the Cilegon community, I hope to contribute to the welfare of the community. Hopefully this donation can benefit the social interests and general needs of Cilegon,” Muklis said.

“In the future, I hope Krakatau POSCO can continue to achieve with the support of the government and the people of Cilegon.”

POSCO Chairman Choi Jeong-woo sent a note to Muklis, praising his dedicated efforts to realize the vision of POSCO's new corporate social responsibility.

“I was both surprised and touched by your donation news. As proud POSCO Corporate Citizen, you have set a good example to your peers,” Choi wrote.

In response, Muklis promised he will continue to establish good synergy between POSCO and society.

“As part of POSCO Corporate Citizenship, I will bring out the spirit of 'With POSCO' in Cilegon and continuously produce a good synergy between POSCO Krakatau and society,” Muklis said.

“Also I will try my best to make Krakatau POSCO as the most competitive steelmaker even in the world beyond Southeast Asia.”

Muklis joined Krakatau POSCO in September 2012 and since then learned to understand the way Koreans think and work.

In 2016, while Muklis was working in Korea, his wife gave birth to their first child, a boy, and gave their son a Korean name Dae-han.

Muklis said if he has a second son, he will name him Min-guk to remember the good ties with Korea and take after the spirit of POSCO, Korea's leading steelmaker.