Wanting To Return To Jaya, Thousands Of Tin People Hold Joint Prayers

PANGKALPINANG - Thousands of tin people together with interfaith figures in the Province of the Bangka Belitung Islands held a prayer together, they hoped that the company with the red plate PT Timah Tbk would be victorious again.

"This prayer together with six religions is a manifestation of the efforts of tin people towards the condition of the tin mining industry which is getting more and more chaotic and has an impact on the company's performance," said President Director of PT Timah Tbk Ahmad Dani Virsal in a press statement in Pangkalpinang, as quoted by ANTARA., Saturday

He said the joint prayer activity with religious leaders, Protestant Christians, Catholics, Hindus, Buddhists and the Hucu Kong is a form of endeavor to God Almighty. Where currently, PT Timah Tbk has faced various difficulties and challenges in recent years such as declining income, pressure from competitors, internal and external challenges have affected the company's position.

In addition to praying together, PT Timah Tbk also supports dozens of orphans and continues with shared celebration prayers.

"This condition also has a direct impact on PT Timah Tbk, which is a tin mining company. PT Timah Tbk's performance is considered to have decreased because it was caused by several factors earlier," he said.

He said this joint prayer was a momentum to improve human spiritual relations with God within the framework of unity.

"We gather here is an effort to improve our spiritual spirit in uniting our goals to improve our spiritual quality. Improve our relationship with God Creator in the midst of the efforts we have made so far to improve the company's condition. Many extraordinary events encourage all of us to work harder and improve the company's performance so that it can improve quickly," he said.

He invited PT Timah Tbk employees to keep their spirits up, because the challenges faced were part of the process to continue to improve performance, be used as motivation and learning so that the company could develop more, be more creative, innovative and survive.

"Every effort should be accompanied by spiritual efforts to expect ridho so that the problem of challenges faced will soon be given a way out. Hopefully this challenge will make us stronger," he ordered.

The initiator of the prayer activity with Guntur Avriyandi said that this joint prayer is a reflection momentum, strengthens friendship and and moments to surrender to reunite the common goal of restoring the glory of PT Timah Tbk.

According to him, currently there are several challenges faced by PT Timah Tbk, the unhealthy mining business climate has an impact on the company's performance which also has an impact on employee welfare. For this reason, it is necessary to work together to restore the company's glory.

"This is a moment for both of us to reflect on whether we have all worked well in the company, so that the company can continue to survive. With the current company condition, of course, it also has an impact on employees, the extended family of PT Timah Tbk, the community," he said.

Chairman of the Timah Employee Association, Irfan Yuliandi, said that this joint prayer was wrong in the form of an effort to ask God for help over various problems faced by PT Timah Tbk at this time.

He acknowledged that the current problems are not only internal but external problems. The condition of the company's production is currently decreasing, PT Timah Tbk's sovereignty towards the concession area, employee welfare that must be considered.

"In principle, as servants of God, we make efforts, prayers and tawakal. We know many problems both internally and externally by the company so that by praying we complain and surrender to Allah," he said.