Muhammad Azeem Mohd Lenin (second from left), Isyraq Nur Hazriq Mohd Fadzludin (second right), Syahiran Sukardi (far right) and, Sonny Ikmal Ahmad Kamil (far left) are four of the top five winners of the Agrobank Video Contest themed “Apa Khabar Malaysia? Ceritakan Kepada Kami” which was held from 16 August to 16 September 2021 in conjunction with Malaysia Day celebration. They took home lucrative Cash Prizes ranging from RM1,000 to RM5,000, during a prize giving ceremony held at the Tun Ahmad Sarji Auditorium, Menara Lembaga Pertubuhan Peladang recently. 
 

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 (Bernama) -- Agrobank today announced fifteen lucky winners for the Agrobank Video Competition held in conjunction with the last Malaysia Day celebration, by offering a total cash prize of RM20,000.

Khadijah Iskandar, Covering President/Chief Executive Officer of Agrobank said, the video contest themed “Apa Khabar Malaysia? Ceritakan Kepada Kami” is an initiative by Agrobank to reach out to Malaysians from various backgrounds and listen to their stories of challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic since early last year. This initiative also aims to provide easy opportunities for Malaysians to win lucrative cash prizes.  

“I believe with offering cash prize money to winners, will reduce their burden and help them to survive during these difficult times or can be utilise as start-up capital for a new business ventures depending on their needs.”

“As a bank that is so close to Malaysians, we at Agrobank will continue to offer more opportunities to organize simple programs like these, which not only aims to cultivate creative skills but also provides opportunities for them to win interesting prizes offered by Agrobank,” Khadijah added. 

The Agrobank Video Contest which took place from 16 August to 16 September, incorporated five main elements as the theme of the competition, namely the unique Malaysian culture, Malaysian traditional food, agricultural activities, experience during the pandemics and the spirit of Malaysians in facing the current situation. 

The top five winners took home cash prizes ranging from RM1,000 to RM5,000 for each winner, while 10 entries were also selected to win cash consolation prizes amounting to RM500 for each winner. The top five winners received their prizes from Khadijah in a ceremony held at the Tun Ahmad Sarji Auditorium, Menara Lembaga Pertubuhan Peladang recently. 

Following are the five winners of the Agrobank Video Contest “Apa Khabar Malaysia? Ceritakan Kepada Kami”: 

Meanwhile, first prize winner, Muhammad Azeem said, “I felt it was a calling for me to participate in the contest as I wanted to share challenge faced by small fishermen in Malaysia and the bigger role played by Agrobank throughout the pandemic COVID-19 period. It is like what Encik Safie had said in the video which I submitted, Agrobank is the only banking institution which takes the risk to provide financing to the fishermen and this side of Agrobank is unknown by many especially the younger generation. 

Sharing his side of the story, Isyraq Nur Haziq’s said, he was very grateful for being selected for the second place, “The cash prize of RM4,000 has a great value for a student like me. Insha Allah, I will utilise it well to purchase better recording equipment as the camera. Better equipment will motivate me to produce quality videos in the future.”

Agrobank received 150 submissions of videos from Malaysians with various background nationwide. The top five of the three minutes videos of the Agrobank Video Contest “Apa Khabar Malaysia? Ceritakan Kepada Kami” can be viewed at Agrobank’s official YouTube Channel – AgrobankTV. 

ABOUT AGROBANK

Agrobank is a leader in agriculture financing and values-based banking based (VBI)* in Malaysia. Established in 1969, Agrobank is actively involved in charting the growth and development of Malaysia’s agriculture industry by offering shariah compliant products and solutions across various customer segments including micro, small, medium and large retail and business customers. Agrobank is a full-fledged Islamic bank since 1st July 2015.

As a market driven, customer centric DFI (Development Financial Institution) with a primary focus on strengthening the agriculture sector in Malaysia, Agrobank strikes an equal balance to its developmental and commercial roles to benefit the agriculture sector. Agrobank provides a comprehensive repertoire of financing solutions for the agriculture community; that includes upstream activities related to primary food and commodities-based agriculture activities to downstream activities such as processing, marketing and distribution of agricultural products.

Agrobank also offers retail banking financing solutions to improve the well-being of the agriculture community. This is done through its network of 206 touchpoints as of 2020 which include 138 branches, 33 kiosks, 19 commercial centers and 16 other touchpoints.

In 2019, Agrobank celebrated its golden jubilee Anniversary, as it marks 50 years of its proud establishment developing the agro industry.

http://www.agrobank.com.my 

*VBI or value-based intermediation is an initiative by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) which aims to improve the products and services offered by Islamic financial institutions towards a better facilitation of entrepreneurship, community well-being, sustainable environment and economic growth, without compromising on shareholders’ returns 

Issued by Corporate Communications Department, Agrobank 

Source: Agrobank 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: 
Name: Shahreen Rahim
Section Head of Public Relations,
Corporate Communications Department,
Agrobank
Tel: 03-2731 1660 (ext 1660) / +6012-943 6217
Email: shahreen.rahim@agrobank.com.my

Name: Rasheffa Rashid
Executive, Public Relations,
Corporate Communications Department, Agrobank
Tel: 03-2731 1660 (ext 1650) / +6019-272 9907
Email: rasheffa@agrobank.com.my

--BERNAMA