S'pore grants ASEAN scholarships

Tue, 13 Aug 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

SINGAPORE: The Singapore government said on Monday it awarded 60
scholarships to students from the region as part of the island's
efforts to provide technical assistance to fellow members of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) grouping.

"These scholarships are not only recognition of your academic
abilities, they are an affirmation of the importance Singapore
attaches to people-to-people contacts within ASEAN," Minister of
State for Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim said.

For the first time since the scheme was launched in 1998, this
year's intake will see students from the other nine ASEAN member
countries enrolled in pharmacy and biomedical sciences courses,
in addition to the traditional disciplines such as engineering
and computer science.

There are now 167 students from ASEAN countries studying under
the program. --AFP

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