By: SITI NURFARMY IBRAHIM, CORPORATE COMMUNICATION DIVISION 

Lai Chor Kiew, 24, who coveted the Vice-Chancellor Award at Universiti Malaysia Pahang’s (UMP) 14th Convocation, professed that his strength to persevere came from his mother, Loh Kwai Fong, 48, who had to raise her children single-handedly after her husband passed on 10 years ago.

Translation by: DR. ROZAIMI ABU SAMAH, FACULTY OF CHEMICAL AND PROCESS 
                          ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
 
‘You only live once, live life to the fullest’ is the philosophy held by the recipient of Royal Academy Award (Medal of Excellence), Azriel Tan Zhe Khen, 24, the son of 54-year-old Tan Chong Phor, who works as an administrator and his mother Leong Wai Choy, 53, who is a housewife. 

Translation by: DR. ROZAIMI ABU SAMAH, FACULTY OF CHEMICAL AND PROCESS 
                         ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY  

Umi Fatiha Md Kosnin@Md Seropil, born in Sungai Balang, Muar, Johor, is the recipient of the Royal Academy Award (Medal of Excellence) at the 14th Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) Convocation Ceremony. 

By        : SHALFARINA BINTI SHAHRIMAN, UMP PRESS
Translation by:  DR. ROZAIMI ABU SAMAH, FACULTY OF CHEMICAL & PROCESS 
  ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

With the rising cost of living, Khairun Nisa, 23, used to work as a part-time banquet crew at one of the hotels in Gambang during her third-year study. That was the experience of the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award at the 14th Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) Convocation Ceremony.

Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Abi Musa Asa’ari Mohamed Nor was proclaimed as Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) Pro-Chancellor during the university’s 14th convocation that was graced by UMP Chancellor, His Royal Highness Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah A-Musta’in Billah.

The ceremony was held at UMP Gambang Campus Sports Complex on November 16, 2019.

A total of 35 graduands for the collaboration programme between Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) and Higher Education Leadership Academy (AKEPT), Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE) received their diploma from the Vice-Chancellor of UMP, Professor Ir. Dr. Wan Azhar Wan Yusoff on the second day of the UMP’s 14th Convocation Ceremony on 17 November 2019 at the UMP’s Sports Complex Gambang Campus.