Tan Sri Taib speech highlights KL ceremony
Adelaidean - Volume 11 Number 4, May 2002

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FOR the ninth year in a row, the University of Adelaide has held a graduation and representation ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sixty Malaysian students attended the ceremony, held in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Nikko on Sunday, April 7. The offshore ceremonies have become a major part of the University's graduation timetable, recognising the valuable contribution of Malaysian students to the University community.

That ongoing contribution is always reinforced at the KL ceremony, which attracts many past and distinguished graduates from the University of Adelaide. One of those was this year's speaker for the ceremony; the Chief Minister of Sarawak, YAB Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri (Dr) Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud. Tan Sri Taib gave a warm and inspirational speech to the new graduates, and attracted a large contingent of media, including two television stations and seven other reporters from local and national Malaysian print media.

Among the other VIPs attending the ceremony were Sarawak's Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries, YB Dato Seri Hj Adenan Hj Satem, Member of Parliament YB Jacob Dungau Sagan, the Vice President of the Education Division at Petronas, Puan Mariam Rahimah binti Mukhtar, and Managing Director of Clipsal (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Jeffrey Ng.

The University of Adelaide has two major education partners in Malaysia: the Sepang Institute of Technology (SIT) and INTI College. Directors and staff from SIT were on hand to see many of their students graduate.

The academic procession (front) and the many Malaysian graduates at this year's ceremony.