MORE THAN 1,000 SUDANESE HAVE BENEFITED FROM MTCP

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 (Bernama) -- More than 1,000 Sudanese have benefited
from the training in Malaysia under the Malaysian Technical Cooperation
Programme (MTCP) since its inception in 1980, Malaysian Ambassador to Sudan Mohd
Ashri Muda said.

Sudan has by and large benefited from the technical skills gained by its
people who graduated from MTCP, which he said signifies Malaysia’s commitment to
the South-South Cooperation, in particular the technical cooperation among
deve loping countries.

“More are in Malaysia for other technical training programmes including
those hosted by Petronas.

“While undergoing training, they too contributed to a better
people-to-people contact which in turn has created a conducive environment for
cordial and friendly relations between Malaysia and Sudan,” he said at a
function in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, Thursday.

His speech text at a workshop on “Managing Diversity in Multicultural
Nation” organised by JICA Sudan at the Sudanese Ministry of International
Cooperation was made available to Bernama here Monday.

University of Malaya International Institute of Public Policy and Management
Deputy Director, Associate Prof Dr Sharifah Mariam Al Habshi, and University
Sciences Malaysia Associate Professor, Dr Kamarulzaman Askandar, were the key
speakers at the workshop.

Mohd Ashri said while other countries focus on providing assistance on the
hardware of the development, Malaysia was committed in providing the software,
in the form of training for the people of the receiving countries to contribute
to its human capital development.