MALAYSIAN PM'S WIFE ROSMAH INVITED TO BE PATRON OF ASIAN UNIVERSITY OF WOMEN

LONDON, July 16 (Bernama) -- Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysian
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, has received an invitation to become
one of the patrons of the Asian University of Women (AUW) in Chittagong,
Bangladesh.

The invitation was contained in a letter sent to her by AUW chancellor
Cherie Blair, wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair.

"God willing, I'll accept her invitation and reply to her when I return to
Malaysia," Rosmah told Malaysian journalists here.

Rosmah was accompanying her husband on a four-day official visit to the
United Kingdom (UK) which concluded Friday night.

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina serves as the chief patron of
AUW.


She is joined by, among others, Italian politician Emma Bonino, former
member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and head of Hong Kong Civil
Service Anson Chan, and former United States secretary of state Dr Condoleezza
Rice.

Rosmah said she felt honoured to have been requested to join such a
distinguished group of prominent women.

She said she had travelled to Dhaka to deliver a keynote address at an event
organised by the university whose students come from 12 different countries
throughout the region.

"Mrs Blair had said then that she wanted me to join other prominent women in
making the university a success," Rosmah said.

The university caters to students from disadvantaged socio-economic
backgrounds.

Most of the young women are the first in their family to attend higher
education.