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LOOK EAST POLICY SPURS JAPAN-MSIA'S RELATION, SAYS AMBASSADOR
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- The Look East Policy has enhanced bilateral relations between Japan and Malaysia, the Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia Masahiko Horie said.
"We are very happy that Malaysian leaders consider the policy as having
helped with development and nation building efforts," he said in an interview
here recently.
He also stated that the Look East Policy was a cornerstone of Japan-Malaysia
bilateral relations.
"The policy introduced by former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad almost
26 years ago, has prospered much. Each year, about 100 Malaysians attend the
more than 60 Japanese universities," he said.
Horie said the students mainly attended those universities which had
departments of technology.
"To date more than 12,000 Malaysians have undertaken studies in technology,
pharmacology, engineering, medicine or some other subject," he added.
He said that the students concerned had returned to hold important positions
in both the government and private sector.
He identified these students as those people being in the best position to
help cement bilateral relations between Malaysia and Japan.
Horie said that since coming to Malaysia more than a year ago,he had met
many Malaysians who spoke to him in fluent Japanese.
"I was amazed. We are now supporting the Look East programme by bringing in
professors of physics, chemistry and mathematics to teach in University Malaya
under a programme called Ambang Asuhan Jepun (AAJ)," he said.
He said the AAJ programme is where all students are taught three subjects in
Japanese for a two-year period.
"After this course of preparatory study, they have to pass an exam and 200
of them would be sent to Japan for five years.
"At the Universiti Industry Selangor, we have also other projects
where students are trained or taught under the two-year preparatory study
course.
"After the course, they too will be sent to Japan," he explained.
According to Horie, under this programme, Japan was not only supporting the
instructors but also funding the studies of the Malaysian students in Japan.
"We called it the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP). It is a very
interesting and meaningful project with 150 students being sent to Japan," he
said.
He also disclosed that there were many other projects supporting Malaysian
students wanting to go and study in Japan.
Horie recalled that when the Look East Policy was first initiated, Dr
Mahathir had discussed with his then Japanese counterpart, Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi, the establishment of a Malaysia-Japan International
University of Technology here.
"In December last year, the Malaysian Cabinet decided that this university
would be launched in July this year. We are very happy that this decision has
been taken," he said.
On the Malaysian side, Horie said the Ministry of Enterpreneur and
Cooperative Development and Mara would be in-charge of the university project,
to located in Beranang, Selangor.
He said that Japanese professors from various institutions of higher
education including Tokai University and the prestigious Shibaura Institute of
Technology in Tokyo, Kyushu University and the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific
University would be involved in the Malaysia-Japan International University of
Technology.
"These, along with 15 other first class Japanese universities, would be
supporting the project. Malaysia and Japan will jointly construct and establish
the International University of Technology, which will be a centre of excellence
in Asia," he said.
-- BERNAMA
"We are very happy that Malaysian leaders consider the policy as having
helped with development and nation building efforts," he said in an interview
here recently.
He also stated that the Look East Policy was a cornerstone of Japan-Malaysia
bilateral relations.
"The policy introduced by former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad almost
26 years ago, has prospered much. Each year, about 100 Malaysians attend the
more than 60 Japanese universities," he said.
Horie said the students mainly attended those universities which had
departments of technology.
"To date more than 12,000 Malaysians have undertaken studies in technology,
pharmacology, engineering, medicine or some other subject," he added.
He said that the students concerned had returned to hold important positions
in both the government and private sector.
He identified these students as those people being in the best position to
help cement bilateral relations between Malaysia and Japan.
Horie said that since coming to Malaysia more than a year ago,he had met
many Malaysians who spoke to him in fluent Japanese.
"I was amazed. We are now supporting the Look East programme by bringing in
professors of physics, chemistry and mathematics to teach in University Malaya
under a programme called Ambang Asuhan Jepun (AAJ)," he said.
He said the AAJ programme is where all students are taught three subjects in
Japanese for a two-year period.
"After this course of preparatory study, they have to pass an exam and 200
of them would be sent to Japan for five years.
"At the Universiti Industry Selangor, we have also other projects
where students are trained or taught under the two-year preparatory study
course.
"After the course, they too will be sent to Japan," he explained.
According to Horie, under this programme, Japan was not only supporting the
instructors but also funding the studies of the Malaysian students in Japan.
"We called it the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP). It is a very
interesting and meaningful project with 150 students being sent to Japan," he
said.
He also disclosed that there were many other projects supporting Malaysian
students wanting to go and study in Japan.
Horie recalled that when the Look East Policy was first initiated, Dr
Mahathir had discussed with his then Japanese counterpart, Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi, the establishment of a Malaysia-Japan International
University of Technology here.
"In December last year, the Malaysian Cabinet decided that this university
would be launched in July this year. We are very happy that this decision has
been taken," he said.
On the Malaysian side, Horie said the Ministry of Enterpreneur and
Cooperative Development and Mara would be in-charge of the university project,
to located in Beranang, Selangor.
He said that Japanese professors from various institutions of higher
education including Tokai University and the prestigious Shibaura Institute of
Technology in Tokyo, Kyushu University and the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific
University would be involved in the Malaysia-Japan International University of
Technology.
"These, along with 15 other first class Japanese universities, would be
supporting the project. Malaysia and Japan will jointly construct and establish
the International University of Technology, which will be a centre of excellence
in Asia," he said.
-- BERNAMA
