MRSM Kepala Batas name change to honour Tun Abdulllah on May 12
KUALA LUMPUR: Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kepala Batas will be changed to MRSM Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on May 12.
Mara chairman Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the announcement will be made by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
"This is to recognise of all the great services and contributions of the former Umno president and prime minister, the late Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, as the 'Father of Human Capital Development'," he said in a statement today.
Meanwhile, Asyraf Wajdi, who is Umno secretary-general, expressed thanks to voters and everyone that helped their win in the party's win in the recent Ayer Kuning state by-election.
He said the win proves that people have rejected the politics of racism, hatred, insults and perception games that make out Islam and the Malays as being threatened.
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