Compiled by TAN SIN CHOW, FAZLEENA AZIZ and R. ARAVINTHAN
TWO siblings have won the prestigious Royal Education Award (Pingat Jaya Cemerlang) at different public universities this year, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Alina Pannirselvam received the award under the non-bumiputra category during Universiti Malaysia Terengganu’s 23rd convocation ceremony.
Her brother Venoell received the same award at his convocation ceremony at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin.
Alina graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nautical Science and Maritime Transportation with honours, while Venoell graduated with a degree in biomedical science.
The children of Pannirselvam Velangkanni and Sumathi Annamalai from Ipoh began their education at SJK (T) Perak Sangeetha Sabah in Perak.
Their achievement has made their family and community proud.
Venoell said his sister had inspired him to excel academically.
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.
