Bright future: Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin (centre) flanked by Cheah (on left) and Razman (on right) posing with recipients of the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation Community Scholarship.
PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Sir Dr Jeffrey Cheah, founder and chairman of Sunway Group as well as founder and trustee of Jeffrey Cheah Foundation (JCF), has committed RM100mil annually over the next five years to create what is set to become one of Malaysia’s largest education endowments.
The endowment is modelled on legacy institutions, such as Harvard University and University of al-Qarawiyyin — one of the oldest universities in the world — and is intended to provide support for academic excellence, research and innovation at Sunway University.
