An essential component of our corporate responsibility is providing support to welfare or philanthropic organizations that contribute to and advance our society in meaningful ways.

MSD strives to make a positive contribution to the communities in which we work and live. MSD supports these community projects and programs which are made possible by the active voluntary participation of our employees.

For the people living in Sichuan and Myanmar - 2008 had been a time of abject horror and despair as a result of the massive destruction to their land and lives caused respectively by the powerful earthquake and cyclone.

Like everyone else in the world who had read the news, our hearts went out to these people. Like everyone else who wanted to help; we reached out to them via Singapore Red Cross - with the company's support of matching every dollar contributed by the employees, we raised a total of $17,696.