The Borneo Post (Sabah)

200 MFLS participan­ts undergo training abroad from Feb

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KUALA LUMPUR: About 200 participan­ts of the Malaysia Future Leaders School Tier 3 (MFLS Tier 3) programme will undergo leadership training abroad starting in February.

The process of selecting the participan­ts taking place at the Nationhood Academy, here yesterday received the a ention of Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.

He said that based on his observatio­ns, the candidates were seen to have high credibilit­y and leadership qualities and knowledge of current issues.

“I am quite impressed with their general knowledge including when I asked questions about the Malaysian diplomatic relations,” he said when met by reporters. The selection process runs until Wednesday nationwide.

The candidates comprised those who were shortliste­d from approximat­ely 27,000 MFLS Tier 2 participan­ts previously.

The minister said participan­ts in the MFLS Tier 3 programme will also get exposure to leadership insights from leaders such as Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Cabinet ministers and corporate leaders.

Syed Saddiq also said that they will be sent to undergo MFLS programmes in ASEAN and Japan as well as several other countries to be determined later.

“The end goal is that we want to make sure they become the future leaders of the nation,” he said.

MFLS is a programme to replace the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) and the National Civics Bureau (Biro Tata Negara), which was holistical­ly designed by combining high impact internal and external activities.

MFLS Tier 1 included a school-level screening to select participan­ts who were eligible for Tier 2 to a end a 10-day MFLS programmes at selected training centres.

Tier 3 MFLS will witness the implementa­tion of a youth internatio­nalisation concept which will take place for two months.

 ??  ?? Syed Saddiq (standing, fi h right) posing with MFLS participan­ts at Akademi Kenegaraan yesterday. - Bernama photo
Syed Saddiq (standing, fi h right) posing with MFLS participan­ts at Akademi Kenegaraan yesterday. - Bernama photo

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