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eu na ketiHE Putra Business School (PBS)' incollaboration with Institute of Mar-keting Malaysia (IMM) is embarkingon a new MBA programme special-

ising in marketing.PBS president and chief executive officer

Professor Dr Zulkornain Yusop and IMM presi-dent Datuk Sharifah Ismail signed a memoran-dum of agreement (M:oA)in a ceremony held atUniversiti Putra Malaysia.

Zulkornain said: "The collaboration withIMM is essential and timely to achieve PBS'sobjective of nurturing human leaders.

"PBS aims to nurture future leaders thatpractise the human governance values andprinciples.':

"This makes PBS the first private institu-tion of higher learning in the country to embarkon this innovative collaboration initiative withthe industry, in particular with a professionalbody," he added.

PBS aims.to nurture

future leaders thatpractise the humangovernance valuesand principles. "

PROFESSOR DRZULKORNAIN YUSOPPBS president and chiefexecutive officer The first of its kind, the programme ca-

ters for the needs of top managers, focusingon marketing leadership skills that will givegraduates the competitive edge and highermarketability in the country and the region.

Upon completion, graduates will receivetwo certificates - MBA and Certified Profes-sional Marketer [Asia].

Witnessing the event were IMM Honorary

Fellow Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz and UPM vice-chancellor Professor Dr Datin Paduka AiniIderis.

Also present were IMM vice-president DatukDr Marimuthu Nadasan, Majlis ProfessorNegara chief executive officer ProfessorDatuk Dr Raduan Che Rose and Yayasan PutraBusiness School board member Datuk SyedHussain Syed Husman,

PBS is an elite business school inthe region that received the respectedAssociation to Advance Colle.giate Schoolsof Business (AACSB) accreditation.

The other new academic programmesoffered by PBS)nclude MBA inHuman Po-tential Management (in collaboration withMalaysian Institute of Human ResourceManagement) and MBA in Accounting.

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UTAR opensTun Tan ChengLock Centre for '.Socia~and PoticyStudiesAS a tribute to one of the country's founding fa-thers and the first president of the MalaysianChinese Association (MCA), Universiti TunkuAbdul Rahman (UTAR) recently launched theTun Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Social and Pol- ,icy Studies (TCLC) in its Sunqai Long Campus,

The centre that aims to be a centre of excel-lence to spearhead research has 80 'membersfrom various faculties of the university.

Speaking at the launch, UTAR PresidentProfessor Datuk Dr Chuah Hean Teik thanked

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expand its role toresearch on pastMalaysian leaders,nation buildingand contemporarysocio-politicalissues."

PROFESSOR OATUK DRCHUAH HEAN TEIKUTARPresident

MCA for their donation of RM1 million to theTCLC in support of further research and tomeet the centre's goals and objectives.

"It is important to rediscover the missingparts of our history and culture, as well as thelegacy of Tun Tan Cheng Lock and our foundingfathers.

"TCLC will conduct research on Tun TanCheng Lock's life, values and political contribu-tions, and on Tun Tan Siew Sin's contributionsduring his tenure as the Finance Minister ofMalaysia,

"the centre will also expand its role to re-search on past Malaysian teader-s: retien build-ing and contemporary socio-political issues. ltwill benefit a great number and a wide varietyof people and contribute to the development of 'our communities and nation."

Also present at the launch were Trans-port Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, UTARChancellor Tun Dr Ling Liang Sik and Tun TanCheng Lock's granddaughter Datin Paduka TanSiok Chao, as well as TCLC Steering CommitteeChairman-cum-UTAR Council Member Sena-tor Datuk Hou Kok Chung, Deputy Minister ofWomen, Family and Community DevelopmentSenator Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun. •

Tan said: "Due to the lack of financial re-sources to study'law at a university, Tun Tanhighly valued a university education, reflectedin the fact .that he sent his children to the US'and UK for their. tertiary education.

"While much has been written about Tun

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'l'an's involvement in politics, little is knownabout his antrepreneuriat forays, first in rubberplanting and later banking."

Liow said: "MCA is proud to donate RMl mil-lion in recognition of Tun Tan's immense effortsand to continue his incredible legacy. '

"The donation will fund various activitiesand research in areas such as the thoughts andideas of Tun Tan and our founding fathers, the 'history and contributions of Malaysian Chinese,nation building, ethnic relations, social policiesand much more."

"By understanding the past. we can plan andact in the present in anticipation of future chal-lenges and growth. If we wa.nt,to know how andwhy our society is the way It IS today, we ha~eto look into our history for answers and that ISwhy we need to properly document our past andseek solutions for the future. .

"It is with great hope that the TCLC will in-

(From left) Datin Paduha Chew Mei Fun,Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo, ProfessorDatuk Dr Chuah Hean Teik' Datuk SeriLiow Tiong Lai, Tun Dr Ll~g Liang Sikand Datuk Hou Kok Chung with the mockcheque.

spire the younger generation to contr,ibuteto bUilding a better Malaysia through TunTan's vision - uniting our multiethnic so-ciety to build a greater'nation," Liow said.

Chuah added: 'We also welcome re-search,ers from all fields to be part of thecentre s exciting initiatives and we lookforward to possible collaborative effortswith our partners includinq MCA. _

"All the research outcomes and knowL-edge will be disseminated to the generalpublic, with hopes that they will inspire theyounger generation to take up leadershiproles and encourage them to contribute innation building," said the president."

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Geosciences, engineering studentsget Repsol scholarship

Graduate reservoir engineer and former Repsol scholar Asha Kanamuthq sharing here~perience and tips with the scholars. '

A TOTAL of 16 students from the geo-sciences and engineering disciplines wereawarded scholarships by Repsol Oil & GasMalaysia Limited to pursue their respec-tive field of choice at local institutions ofhigher education in the country recently ..

Under the Repsol Scholarship Pro-qrarnrne, the recipients will be providedfull coverage of COUrsefees and living al-lowances in addition to internship oppor-tunities with the company. Scholars willalso be exposed to the mechanics of theoil and gas industry as well as Repsol'svalues of integrity, responsibility, trans-parency, flexibility and innovation.

Speaking at the award presentationceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Repsol Ma-laysia Business Unit director Rob Millssaid ·that: "This scholarship programmecomplements the government's goal ofencouraqinq students to pursue tertiaryeducation in science, technology, engi-neeririq and mathematics and help pro-duce technically competent local gradu-ates that fulfil the demands of industry,especially for the oil and gas sector. '

-The collaboration between industryand institution of higher education is es-sential in developing all-round graduateswho will be ready to join the workforce."

Repsol Oil & Gas Malaysia Limitedhas disbursed scholarships amounting to

more than RM3 million since the incep-tion of the scholarship award proqramrnein 2008.

A,total of 102 students pursuing Bach-elor's and Master's degree programmesat Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM),Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti SainsMalaysia (USM) and Universit.i MalaysiaSabah !UMS) have' benefited from theaward.

One of the selected scholars this year,Kugen Salan said: '" feel privileged andtouched to receive this scholarship. "mgrateful to Repsol for their support in myeducation and my colleagues' educationalpursuits,"

Cheng Jia .Jin,whose son is a recipient,said he not only appreciates the financialassistance but also of Repsol's goal toproduce world-class local talents. '" amalso relieved to know the future looksbright for my son once after he graduatedfrom UM." .

Repsol is a global integrated oil andgas company headquartered in Madrid,Spain, and operates in more than 40countries and across the entire oil andgas value chain.

The company has had a presence inMalaysia since 2011, supplying lubricantsto a variety of local manufacturing indus- 'tries.

(From left, seated) UM MSc Petroleum Geology Proqramme senior lecturer and coor-dinator Dr Meo.r Hakl] Amir Hassan, UTM Faculty of Chemical & Energy Engineering,Petroleum Engmeermg head Dr Mohd Zaidi Jaafar, Rob Mills, USM School of PhysicsGeophysics Programme chairmanProfessor Dr Mohd Nawawi Mohd Nordin, and Rep-sol People & Organisation manager Mohd Dzulhaidi Masni.

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