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Published on: Sunday, May 16, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur: The Perikatan Nasional (PN) government is committed to continue helping youths through efforts to empower them for the development of highly innovative and sustainable human capital, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
The Prime Minister said towards this end, various initiatives had been implemented specifically for the youth community through assistance packages of the Program Strategik Memperkasa Rakyat dan Ekonomi (Pemerkasa).
“The Government has introduced several initiatives specially for youths under Initiative 19: Prihatin Belia.
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“All these efforts are to ensure that all government policies and initiatives always remain relevant by taking into consideration the aspirations and current needs of youths,” he said in his National Youth Day 2021 address which was aired live on the Youth and Sports Ministry Facebook page, Saturday.
PETALING JAYA: It was such great news that even the King congratulated them.
Jarell Cheong Tze Wen and Muhammad Hamdi Ahmad Hakimi have been accepted into Harvard College in Massachusetts, whose 3.43% admission rate was at its lowest this year.
This means that only 1,968 students were selected out of the 57,435 applications received by the renowned US institution, said the Harvard Club of Malaysia in a statement.
Harvard College is the undergraduate school of Harvard University.
Muhammad Hamdi, who studied at SM Sains Shah Alam, Kuala Lumpur and completed A Levels at Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar as a Bank Negara Kijang scholar, was in fact also accepted by Columbia University, another Ivy League university.
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Two Malaysians have not only done themselves proud but their country as well after they made it into world-renowed Harvard University s undergraduate school, Harvard College.
Both 20-year-olds were selected out of 57,435 applicants and emerged part of the 1,968 students selected. That s 3.4 percent of the total.
Muhammad Hamdi Ahmad Hakimi and Jarell Cheong Tze Wen will now be enrolled in the Ivy League school s undergraduate class of 2025, according to the Harvard Club of Malaysia.
Products of Malaysian education system.
Muhammad Hamdi Ahmad Hakimi. IMAGE: @lapetitemaligne / Twitter.