Scholarship to benefit UTAR M.B.B.S. students

THE Mr. Ng Chin Kiat S.M.J. Scholarship signing ceremony was held at the UTAR Sungai Long Campus on June 19. Signing the agreement were

Universiti Tunku

Abdul Rahman

(UTAR) President Ir

Prof Dr Ewe Hong

Tat and

Faculty of

Medicine and

Health Sciences

(FMHS) Prof Dr

Jenny

Parameshvara

Deva @ Ng Gek Pheng witnessing the signing of the agreement were UTAR Vice President for Internationalisation and Academic Development Ir Prof Dr Yow Ho Kwang and FMHS Prof Dr M Parameshvara Deva.

Also present at the signing ceremony were Vice President for Student Development and Alumni Relations Prof Dr Choong Chee Keong, Registrar Yim Lin Heng and Division of

Examinations,

Awards and

Scholarships

Director Nik Zaitun

Nik Salleh.

Under the scholarship, a total of RM50,000 will be given to UTAR as a scholarship for UTAR Year One

Trimester One Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) programme students from Foon Yew Chinese School, Johor Bahru and Kulai campuses.

UTAR will award RM10,000 to each scholarship recipient (one-off scholarship) starting from 2020 to 2024. The scholarship also aims to award the best admission result for newly registered students under the Bachelor of M.B.B.S. programme.

The scholarship was named after Prof Jenny’s late father, who was among the initial team of Johor Baru, Chinese Prominent Business Persons at the time of the Foundation of Foon Yew Chinese School in 1913.