Rebecca hopes for women's success in trade, investment


Rebecca talks to her cycling team as she clocks out for the last time at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. IZZRAFIQ ALIAS /The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR: Embracing a room full of teary-eyed colleagues, International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) secretary-general Tan Sri Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria clocked out for the last time after 35 years of service.

The short, bespectacled woman was greeted with claps and cheers from Ministry officials, including Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed and his deputies Datuk Chua Tee Yong and Datuk Ahmad Maslan, as she said goodbyes in a short ceremony in Menara Miti lobby, Friday evening.

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