MALAYSIA PROVES ITS METTLE IN PHYSICS AT WRO 2009

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 13 (Bernama) -- The success of the Malaysian contingent at
the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) 2009 in Pohang, South Korea last week, where they
emerged as overall champion, showed that Malaysian students are not only on par
but are even better than students in the developed countries in the field of
physics.

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said he took pride in their
success which had placed Malaysia on the world map and would make the subject
more popular.

Muhyiddin, who is also the Education Minister, said the achievement would
certainly inspire more students to take up physics and venture into robotic
science and engineering.

"This means that we have the capacity. Although it forms a co-curriculum
activity, the interest of our children in science is most significant.

"We must expand this field in future," he told reporters after celebrating
the contingent's success at the Education Ministry, here Friday.

The WRO 2009 was held for three days beginning Nov 6 and was participated by
217 teams from 24 countries.

-- BERNAMA