GEORGE TOWN: The country will take a lead role in ocean science with a Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) senior official elected to a key Unesco post.
Prof Datuk Dr Aileen Tan (pic) is the new chairman of the UN agency’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (Westpac), which aims to develop, coordinate and implement marine scientific research, observations and services.
