Comrades on cloud nine


(From left) Lim, Shahrizal, Subramaniam, Hazrieffendy, Mohamed Azlan and Nazrul with their doctorate degrees at the 58th convocation of USM in Penang. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

COLLEAGUES by day and study buddies by night, four of Penang’s Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) staff members stuck together and earned their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business Administration at the same time.

Dr Mohamed Azlan Ashaari, 45, Dr G. Subramaniam, 58, Dr Shahrizal Nazri, 45, and Dr Hazrieffendy Bakri, 47, were thrilled to receive their PhD scrolls together at USM’s recent convocation.

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