野生動物與投資
犀牛行爲投資周掀開序幕
納吉將為估計能吸引20萬人出席的馬來西亞信托基金周主持推介儀式
儘管主辦當局並沒有為勝利者準備任何獎品，但依然有逾8000人穿戴紅色服飾，出席在4月15日于里卡士體育館的4公里（約2.5英里）的競走，向沙巴人民傳達紅色警告，要求他們協助保育僅剩的200頭蘇門答腊犀牛免於面臨絕種之危。它們當中，有30頭居住在沙巴州的森林。該項由森那美，全馬其中一家大型且在沙巴擁有大面積油棕種植的企業所贊助的犀牛行，為在4月20日于亞庇舉行的馬來西亞信托基金投資周掀開序幕。首相納吉拉薩將會為該投資周主持開幕儀式，預計將會吸引逾20萬人出席。
拯救野生動物和為未來的儲蓄，據國民信托基金(ASNB)執行董事依德里斯肯祖表示，似乎可以同時進行。“我們要求公衆協助保育野生動物和大自然。與此同時，我們也教導他們要為未來著想而保護自己的財務資源，”他說。
但沙巴人民精於儲蓄。馬來西亞投資機構之一的國民投資公司主席兼首席執行員哈馬卡瑪表示，該公司在市面上所流通的1445億單位的信托基金中，有120億個單位是被108萬沙巴的投資者所持有。他們佔沙巴總人口的三分一，他們的投資額也是國内第五大投資州屬，同時也佔擁有豐富天然資源的沙巴州360億令吉（約120億美元）生産總值的三分一。
森那美透過本身的基金，撥出7000萬令吉作爲在沙巴東海岸城鎮—拿篤的達賓森林保護區，由沙巴森林局和婆羅洲犀牛聯盟所設立婆羅洲犀牛保護區的經費。該公司已支付1140萬令吉，作爲該項目首六年，即從2009年至2015年的經費。
犀牛因其珍貴的犀角被傳統中醫誤認爲有壯陽和拯救生命的功效，而被人類捕獵至瀕臨絕種的地步。科學家也證實，犀角其實含有角蛋白，一種能在人體的皮膚、頭髮和指甲尋獲的蛋白質，並無任何醫療作用。
一個專為拯救犀牛而設的捐款攤位也設立在該于里卡士體育館舉行的投資周活動，讓公衆有機會為保育犀牛項目貢獻力量；捐款也能免稅。該一年一度，今年已是第13屆的信托基金投資周活動也是首次在沙巴州舉行，有12家企業，包括馬來亞銀行這家馬來西亞規模最大的銀行也有參展。
到訪的公衆也有機會贏取多不勝數的獎品，包括三部汽車：豐田Hilux、福特Fiesta和第二國產車Myvi。
登載於 2012年04月19日
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