KUALA LUMPUR, 10 SEPTEMBER 2009 Scope International Malaysia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Plc., United Kingdom, donated RM12000 to Rumah Kasih Sayang recently. Founded in 2005, the Home in Rawang shelters more than 52 orphans, single mothers, poor and disabled children as well as the elderly.

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 JUNE 2009 Henry Wanyoike, world record holder of the 5,000 and 10,000 meters events in Paralympics of Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, will be running the Half Marathon with his long-time running partner Joseph Kibunja this Sunday at the inaugural Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009.

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 MARCH 2009 Mathialagan Murugesu, 14, has been blind for the past four years, a victim of the dreaded Keratoconus eye disease. On 12 March 2009, he received a corneal transplant sponsored by Scope International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Plc., United Kingdom. Mathialagan is now able to see again.