Forging ties with ideas and values

Renewing ties: Najib (left) and Abe have agreed to embark on a second wave of the LEP (LEP 2.0). — Bernama

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.