Press Release

In empowering people living around the company operating area, specifically in economy and environment, PT Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk. Through its CSR workgroup, has launched an intensification program of superior rubber tree on Wednesday, September 24 2014 at Pulau Panggungenim Village, Tanjungagung, Muaraenim. This program is dedicated to 20 members of Kelompok Tani Tanjung Serai  who owned approximately 20 HA non-productive plantation area. The launching program is marked by a symbolic submission of 9000 superior rubber tree seeds by Teguh Budi Santosa, representing PTBA CSR Senior Manager, to Feri Irawan, Secretary of Tanjung Serai farmers group. At the same time, “Tunas Harapan” PAUD (school for toddler) building as one of PTBA CSR programs through Musrenbang program 2013/2014, was officially inaugurated.

Those 9,000 rubber seed plants came from the plantation managed by Kelola Lingkungan (Environment Management) PTBA workgroup, with an amount of 4500 seedling, and the rest was provided by BA Green, a business group partner of PTBA. PTBA also delivered 9 tons of bokashi organic fertilizer and 1.2 tons of inorganic fertilizers.

This program was aimed to increase the production and the quality of rubber plantation in Pulau Pangungenim village, create new job opportunities for the people and support the government’s effort in undertaking the poverty elimination program (MDGs).

Suryadi, as a caretaker of the farmer workgroup, expressed his gratitude to PTBA who has assisted Tanjungserai Workgroup in developing rubber plantation in Pulau Panggung Village.  

 “As the caretaker of Kelompok Tani Tanjungserai, we would like to thank PTBA for providing us with these rubber seedling. We hope that in future the rubber farmers can also make use of any potential in environment such as rearing fish, planting vegetables etc, apart from developing rubber plantation,“ said Suryadi accompanied by Khairil, another caretaker of the farmer group board.