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32488
Wed, 11/26/2008 - 15:11
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ABDULLAH WANTS M'SIANS TO MAKE ADDING VALUE A CULTURE
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 26 (Bernama) -- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wants the people to make adding value a culture to improve themselves in various aspects because the progress of a nation depended on the quality of its human capital.
The Malaysian Prime Minister said he was confident that if each citizen
wanted to add value to his or herself, whether to improve on work capacity or
seize opportunities to attain success in a particular field, the country would
reach greater heights.
"I hope adding value will become a culture for continuous learning, to seek
higher knowledge and to increase capacity to work. This will give us added
strength to face the future," he said when officially launching the Open
University of Malaysia (OUM) Foundation here Tuesday.
Also present was his wife Jeanne Abdullah, who is also OUM
chancellor, Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khalid Nordin and the
president and vice chancellor of OUM, Anuwar Ali.
Abdullah said the next generation should have the knowledge and capability
to harness the advances in science and technology to bring the country to the
next level of development.
He said in this context, OUM played an important role as it was able to
meet the needs of Malaysians to add value to themselves by the distance learning
method.
He said the foundation would be the vehicle for OUM to facilitate the
disbursement of bursaries, scholarships and aid to the deserving as well as the
needy in society.
"We must appreciate that in every society, there are those who are born
with various forms of physical disabilities or were unfortunate to have become
disabled through various circumstances.
"In this regard, I am happy to note that Yayasan Canselor (the foundation)
will be providing bursaries to enable the disabled to take up OUM courses and
obtain the qualifications that they need to succeed in life," he said.
Earlier, Jeanne in her speech said the foundation was established to help
deserving students realise their dreams of pursuing a higher
education.
"Since its inception in 2005, a total of RM300,000 in bursaries,
scholarships and grants have been given out to 162 students," she said.
She said the university's fee discounts extended to the physically
disadvantaged and senior citizens had also benefited several students with RM1.4
million allocated by the foundation for this cause.
The foundation had also spent about RM100,000 to finance community projects
for the needy and underprivileged giving fresh hope to the community as well as
deserving students, she added.
The Malaysian Prime Minister said he was confident that if each citizen
wanted to add value to his or herself, whether to improve on work capacity or
seize opportunities to attain success in a particular field, the country would
reach greater heights.
"I hope adding value will become a culture for continuous learning, to seek
higher knowledge and to increase capacity to work. This will give us added
strength to face the future," he said when officially launching the Open
University of Malaysia (OUM) Foundation here Tuesday.
Also present was his wife Jeanne Abdullah, who is also OUM
chancellor, Higher Education Minister Mohamed Khalid Nordin and the
president and vice chancellor of OUM, Anuwar Ali.
Abdullah said the next generation should have the knowledge and capability
to harness the advances in science and technology to bring the country to the
next level of development.
He said in this context, OUM played an important role as it was able to
meet the needs of Malaysians to add value to themselves by the distance learning
method.
He said the foundation would be the vehicle for OUM to facilitate the
disbursement of bursaries, scholarships and aid to the deserving as well as the
needy in society.
"We must appreciate that in every society, there are those who are born
with various forms of physical disabilities or were unfortunate to have become
disabled through various circumstances.
"In this regard, I am happy to note that Yayasan Canselor (the foundation)
will be providing bursaries to enable the disabled to take up OUM courses and
obtain the qualifications that they need to succeed in life," he said.
Earlier, Jeanne in her speech said the foundation was established to help
deserving students realise their dreams of pursuing a higher
education.
"Since its inception in 2005, a total of RM300,000 in bursaries,
scholarships and grants have been given out to 162 students," she said.
She said the university's fee discounts extended to the physically
disadvantaged and senior citizens had also benefited several students with RM1.4
million allocated by the foundation for this cause.
The foundation had also spent about RM100,000 to finance community projects
for the needy and underprivileged giving fresh hope to the community as well as
deserving students, she added.
