Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak launched Yayasan Tabung Haji (TH) at the ‘Majlis Pelancaran Yayasan TH dan Penghargaan Sahabat Korporat’ held at Tabung Haji Complex, Kelana Jaya.
The establishment of Yayasan TH is in line with YAB Prime Minister’s proposition for private sector, Government-Linked Company (GLC) and Government-Linked Investment companies (GLIC) to be more active in the development and well-being of the rakyat.
The objective of Yayasan TH is to enhance education and to provide aids during natural disaster and difficulties. The main focus are for human capital and to encourage research in Islamic education, Islamic banking and Syariah law, apart from administer the fund systematically.
At the same event, TH also received more than RM7.4 million contribution from 33 Sahabat Korporat TH. The contributions are for the pilgrims usage in Tanah Suci such as prayer mat, multivitamins, trolley bags, sling bags, books, etc.