Taib heads Adelaide University Alumni
Sarawak Tribune - Thursday, 9 May, 2002

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KUCHING - Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud has been elected the inaugural president of the recently established Adelaide alumni association called Sarawak Alumni of the University of Adelaide (SAUA). Taib graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1960 with a law degree and later received an honorary doctorate from the same university.

Agriculture and Food Industries Minister, Dato Sri Haji Adenan Haji Satem, deputy president of the association, is also a law graduate of the same university. He graduated in 1969. Taib chaired a meeting of the SAUA executive committee recently. Among the items discussed were the launching ceremony and activities of the association.

SAUA was approved recently as the fifth international chapter of the University of Adelaide's Alumni Association. The other international chapters are in London, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Among the activities planned for SAUA members are the official launching of the association in July, the Annual General Meeting cum gathering at Taib's residence in August, Australian Universities International Alumni Convention in Melbourne in September, Homecoming in Adelaide in September, an Australian School Concert Dinner in December and an Australian Host Family programme in December.

Other prominent alumni serving in the executive committee are: Jacob Dungun Sagan (Member of Parliament for Baram), Dato Sri Joseph Kong Ted Chong (Deputy Chairman, Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam), Datuk James Ting Sing How (former general manager of Shell Sarawak) and Mr Henry Lau. Lau, an engineering graduate, is currently the managing director of KTS Group of Companies.

Mr Rodger Chan, an architecture graduate who also studied Information Technology at the university, is SAUA's honorary secretary. Chan is also the president of the Sarawak Australian Graduates Association (SAGA). Other members of the executive committee are Dr Sim Swee Liang (a medical practitioner), Mr Ernest Lim (honorary treasurer), Ms Chai Sow Fong, Mr Louis Ng, Ms Wong Ping Ping and Mr Ken Chan.

The fact that the Chief Minister is the inaugural president of SAUA further demonstrates his commitments to the university and its alumni. This was reported in the recent issue of the university's official newspaper - the Adelaidean.

Chan, honorary secre­tary of the association, meanwhile, has encouraged more graduates of the University of Adelaide to join the association. For more information on the SAUA, please call 082-346712 or 082-483888 (for Ms Fong) or email: rodgerc@netinc.net.my.

ADELAIDE NETWORK ... A group photo of the SAUA executive committee members.

They are: Seated: (From left) Chai, Adenan, Taib, Jacob, Yong;

Standing: (From left) Kong, Lau, Chan, Ng, Sim and Lim.