The objectives of the Look East Policy will continue to bring positive outcomes with select groups of Malaysian students going abroad to learn the ropes from their Asian mentors.
WHEN a batch of Malaysians were offered scholarships to study in Japan in the early 1980s under the Look East Policy (LEP), they were a little apprehensive. What they knew of Japan and its people were the stories passed down from their elders about the Japanese occupation in the country during World War II.
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