LY SMU Publication: Berita Harian, p 3 Date: 9 April 2008 Headline: (SA Tours) Chairman Sponsors Undergraduates With Financial Difficulties In SMU

Pengerusi firma taja beberapa mahasiswa kesulitan wang di SMU Hulur bantuan $20,000 setahun bagi menampung yuran kursus serta lawatan belajar

Oleh HISHAM HASlM hishambh@sph.com.sg

BELIAU hampir-ham- . \ pir tidak dapat mengiku- ti modul kursus Misi Pe- ngajian Perniagaan (BSM) di luar negara ke- lolaan universitinya, Uni- versiti pengumsan Si- ngapura (SMU).

Ini kerana bapa be- liau keberatan untuk me- lepaskan satu-satunya h a k perempuannya itu ke luar negeri.

Selain itu, mahasiswi tahun kedua SMU itu, FOTO: TUKIMAN WARJl T~~~ corporation.

~~fllN~?$",~h~~~ TAJAAN BERHARGA BAG1 MASA DEPAN: Sumbangan Pengerusi Eksekutif Kumpulan dan CEO syarikat Y Tours Datuk Ng kesulitan kewangan un- Kong Yearn (kiri) amat bermakna bagi Encik Muhammad Suffyan Tumadi (kanan) dan Cik Nadiah Mohamed Shah untuk tuk menampung per- membantu membiayai modul BSM mereka. belanjaan kursus sekitar $3,000 itu. persiapan bagi lawatan

Mujur bantuan tiba rnerek. dalambentuktajaankur- Datuk Ng berkata sus oleh Pengerusi Ek-' bantun yang diberikan sekutif Kumpulan dan itu berlandaskan prinsip CEO syarikat she-Amer- sy&tnya '&mi Mem- ica Tours Corporation, bina Hubungan'. Datuk Ng Kong Yeam. Justeru, beliau berka-

Selain Cik Nadiah, 22 ta adalah penting bagi tahun, seramai 16 pelajar yang kurang mahasiswa akan meneri- berkemampuan diberi ma bantuan antara $800 peluang supaya dapat dan $1,600. pendedahan perniagaan

Selama lima tahun, yang sewajmya. Datuk Ng akan menaja "Menjalin hubungan $20,000 setahun bagi me- adalah penting, teruta- nampung yuran kursus ma dalam dunia pernia- serta lawatan di bawah gaan. modul itu. "Dan kita hams me-

Antara kriteria kela- neroka pasaran Tirnur yakan, setiap penerima Tengah yang berkem- haruslah daripada kelu- bang pesat. Jadi para pe- arga yang pendapatan lajar tersebut tidak per kapita keluarganya hams terlepas peluang di bawah $1,500 dan ting- ini hanya kerana kesem- gal di flat HDB. pitan wang," kata Datuk

Sejauh ini, lebih 600 Ng. mahasiswa SMU telah Salah seorang lagi menjalani program mo- penerima adalah maha- dul BSM yang men- siswa tahun kedua juru- dedahkan mereka kepa- san Psikologi dan Pengu- da persekitaran pernia- msan SMU, Encik' Mu- gaan di Timur Tengah, hammad Suffyan Tuma- Bangalore, Argentina, di, 24 tahun, yang bersa- New York danHanoi. ma Cik Nadiah akan

Selain lawatan ke lu- mengikuti program BSM ar negara, mahasiswa ke Amiriah Arab Ber- itu juga menghti siri ce- satu (UAE) dan Arab ramah yang intensif dan Saudi dari 25 hingga 3 1 bengkel-bengkel sebagai Mei ini.

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Publication: Berita Harian, p 3 Date: 9 April 2008 Headline: (SA Tours) Chairman Sponsors Undergraduates With Financial Difficulties In SMU

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(SA Tours) Chairman sponsors undergraduates with financial difficulties in SMU She almost misses the opportunity to enroll into the Business Study Mission (BSM) module organized by the Singapore Management University (SMU). This is because her father is unwilling to allow his only daughter to go overseas. Besides that, the second year SMU student, Ms Nadiah Mohamed Shah, also encountered financial difficulties regarding the course fees, which amount to around $3000. Thankfully, help came in the form of sponsorship from the CEO of Sino-America Tours Corporation, Datuk Ng Kong Yeam. Apart from Ms Nadiah, aged 22 years old, 16 other students will also receive financial aid ranging from $800 to $1,600. Datuk Ng will sponsor $20,000 each year for five years in order to sponsor part of the course fees as well as the trips included in the course module. One of the criteria for the sponsorship was that applicants need to have a monthly family income per capita of below $1,500 and has to be staying in a HDB flat. So far, more than 600 SMU students have benefited from the exposure gained from undergoing various BSM. These include places like the Middle East, Bangalore, Argentina, New York as well as Hanoi. Apart from overseas trips, students are also required to undergo an intensive series of dialogue sessions and workshops in order to prepare for their trips. Datuk Ng said that the help he offered is in line with his company’s principle “We develop relationships”. Hence, he believes that it is important for disadvantaged students to be given the appropriate chance to be exposed to a business environment. “Networking is very important especially in the world of business. And we should also venture into the Middle East since it is a growing market. As such, students should not miss this opportunity simply due to financial difficulties,” said Datuk Ng. Another recipient is a second year SMU undergraduate in Psychology and Management, Mr Muhammad Suffyan Tumadi, aged 24 years old, who together with Ms Nadiah will be going for the BSM to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain from the 25 - 31 May 2008.