Ex-NBA star Yao Ming finally gets his degree

Compiled by HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM, YIMIE YONG and R. ARAVINTHAN 

FORMER NBA star Yao Ming is now a degree holder, Sin Chew Daily reported.

He graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University recently and attended his convocation ceremony on Sunday with about 3,300 other graduates.

Yao, who turns 38 in September, said completing tertiary education is a promise to his parents before he became a professional basketball player.

He enrolled as a student in the university’s Antai College of Economics and Management after announcing his retirement in July 2011.

In his speech at the convocation ceremony, Yao said he wanted to give up studying several times, but he persevered and spent seven years to complete the course as he wanted to made good on his promise.

Besides operating his own restaurant and winery, Yao is also the spokesman and shareholder of an online English learning platform.

 

> Cantopop singer Jacky Cheung has once again assisted police in China to arrest a wanted man, the same daily reported.

According to the Luoyang city police’s official Weibo (Chinese Twitter), a man was arrested near the concert venue after his car was spotted breaking the traffic law.

The man later admitted he was using someone else’s identity as he has no driving licence.

He drove 563km from Wuhan to Luoyang as he wanted to attend the concert.

 

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.