"Look East" Policy Cited For Success Of Japan Study Programme

The "Look East" policy introduced by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 1982 has been an important factor for the success of the programme to send Malaysians to study in Japan, said Universiti Malaya (UM) Pro-Chancellor Toh Puan Dr Aishah Ong.The policy had resulted in 2,986 UM graduates furthering their studies and undergoing training in Japan to emulate Japan's work ethics and business techniques, she said."Under the policy, Malaysia strengthened its cooperation with Japan in the economic, industrial, technological training, academic, research and management fields."The success of the policy prompted the Japanese government to increase the intake of Malaysian students in universities in Japan," she said at a dinner to honour students who had completed a special preparatory course for study in Japan in the 2009/2010 session, at a hotel here on Saturday's night.Dr Aishah said that through a programme established by Japan in 1982 under the university's Centre for Foundation Studies in Science, the almost 3,000 students had furthered their studies in Japan, particularly in engineering, medicine and dentistry.-- बेरनामा

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