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Scottish school of medicine named after a Malay Indian
Scotland News.Net
Thursday 20th November, 2008 (ANI)
Kuala Lumpur, Nov.20 : The new School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews in Scotland has been named the B.C. Sekhar School of Medicine, reports the New Strait Times.
Set up at a cost of 40 million sterling (RM208 million) state-of-the-art school bears the name of Tan Sri Dr B.C. Sekhar, a former chairman of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia.
The school, to open in 2010, will be home to the university's medicine and science departments.
Sekhar's youngest son, Datuk Vinod Sekhar, the founder and chairman of the Sekhar Foundation and the Petra Group, unveiled a plaque at the school during a special dedication ceremony recently.
He said his father loved creating solutions for problems that ailed the world.
Also present were Vinod's eldest brother, Jayan, and former Prime Minister Abdul Rahman's only grandson Muinuddin Putra.
The Sekhar Foundation has also financed an eight million sterling scholarship fund for Southeast Asian students who wish to study at the school.
The Petra Group and St Andrews also have a joint venture in the area of bio-photonics.
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arif jais
11-20-08, 06:21 AM |
Scottish school of medicine named after a Malay Indian
Tan Sri Dr B.C. Sekhar is not a Malay Indian. It should be Malaysian Indian.
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malasyu
11-20-08, 06:38 PM |
Director
Was he also the last non-malay director?
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Mikepanga
11-20-08, 09:50 PM |
Correction
Malay Indian or malaysian Indian to me its the same as long as its a malaysian we all should be very proud of it. As it is all the malaysian politicans irespective of from which political party he or she represents have really worked very very hard to divide us on race basis by playing racial cards and then blaming there is no racial integeration and something needs to be done to overcome it. Lets not fall for this type of politics or traps. We as malaysians generally are not divided irrespective of race as can be seen there is no racial enemity and we co exist. Lets be more open less critical and see a wider picture. Lets all think and behave as malaysians and not as a malay, chinese , indian or by any race for the matter. Hidup BANGSA MALAYSIA
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apathy
11-20-08, 09:46 AM |
agreed. He is not a malay. Why the deliberate misconception?
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Anonymous
11-20-08, 10:14 AM |
Former Position in RRIM
The Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia has always been helmed by a “Director” and not “chairman." B C Sekhar was its earliest non-white director who was also a Malaysian. He was arguably the most well known and distinguished in the long history of the Institute.
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Mikepanga
11-20-08, 09:47 PM |
We never learnt and will never learn
Malay Indian or malaysian Indian to me its the same as long as its a malaysian we all should be very proud of it.
As it is all the malaysian politicans irespective of from political party he or she represent have really worked very very hard to divide us on race basis by playing racial cards and then blaming there is no racial integeration and something needs to be done to overcome it. Lets not fall for this type of politics or traps. We as malaysians generally are not divided irespective of race as can be seen there is no racial enemity and we coexist. Lets be more open less critical and see a wider picture. Lets all think and behave as malaysians and not as a malay, chinese , indian or bya any rAce for the matter. Hidup BANGSA MALAYSIA
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TheProf
11-21-08, 04:19 AM |
Correction needed!!!
It is Malaysian Indian and not as reported. It will allay a lot of misconception.
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