Fisherman’s Son Kee Keing Lee hard work paid off with Industrial Prize from BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn. Bhd.

By: NORHIDAYAH MOHAMAD, CORPORATE COMMUNICATION DIVISION

Kee Keing Lee, 24, a graduate of B.Eng (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering, was named as the recipient for BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn. Bhd. Excellence Prize at the Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) 13^th Convocation Ceremony held at its Sports Complex, Gambang Campus on November 10 and 11, 2018.

This young man from Teluk Intan, Perak believed that success was not an easy feat to accomplish without hard work and diligence, and to take risks in order to advance oneself while finding one own weakness and work to overcome it.

He also believed that self-management and time management were important so as not to compromise things that had been given top priority.

However, there was nothing more inspiring that seeing his fisherman father, Kee Cheng Peng, 51, toiling away at sea at Teluk Intan, Perak while his mother, a housewife, was the light of his motivation.

As the eldest in the family of four siblings, Kee said he would strive to make a better life for his family and that it was time to pay back to his parents who had been his main driving force to excel.

“I want to make a career and a living that they will be proud of,” he added.

On his experience in UMP, Kee said there were many sweet memories.

“I was involved in a lot of programmes such as the Pahang Engineers’ Run, UMP Career Carnival Day with SL1M, humanitarian mission in Cambodia and was a president of a club, a member of the Student Representative Council and an exco member.

Kee was on the Dean’s List for every semester.