Umno plans research institute named after Pak Lah


One for the album: Ahmad Zahid at the proclamation ceremony that renamed the Kepala Batas MRSM to Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi MRSM. With him is Asyraf Wajdi. —CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

KEPALA BATAS: Umno plans to build a leadership centre and political research institute named after the late Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, says party president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

“Besides providing leadership training, it can be utilised by researchers and historians. It’s a resource pool for those who want to delve into the country’s struggle in the past 79 years from the context of Umno,” he said yesterday.

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