2011.01.15: January 15, 2011: Peace Corps to launch in Malaysia this year
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2011.01.15: January 15, 2011: Peace Corps to launch in Malaysia this year
Peace Corps to launch in Malaysia this year
Elaborating, Muhyiddin said he conveyed to Clinton that Malaysia had prepared a framework on how to go about implementing the programme. "I have also stated the types of support we can provide for the programme and that what is important is the issue of when the programme can start and perhaps the cost involved," he said, adding that at the meeting Clinton had raised the possibility of making Malaysia a model for the programme's implementation in Asean. "I can say that she is interested at what has been achieved by Malaysia and that the teaching of English is something the US is committed to helping us," he said. He added that the US would identify the number of English teachers to be sent to Malaysia while Malaysia would look into the incentives, deployment and the familiarisation course required. "I believe that when this matter is brought to the cabinet, there will be no problem getting it through because we have agreed to it. We only need to discuss about its implementation," he said.
Peace Corps to launch in Malaysia this year
U.S. volunteer programme to launch in Malaysia this year
2011/01/15
WASHINGTON, DC: An American volunteer programme to help raise the English language proficiency among the peoples of Asean is expected to start this year, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.
He said that the US had agreed to implement the programme, with Malaysia being the launch pad.
Muhyiddin said the matter was conveyed by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at their meeting at the US State Department here Friday.
"She mentioned that the proposal had been agreed on and that there would be a lot of preparations involved in its implementation. If it is possible, we want to start the programme this year... we will discuss this further," he said.
Present at the meeting was Malaysian Ambassador to the US Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis.
Muhyiddin was speaking to Malaysian journalists after launching the Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation's Entrepreneurship Special Training (myBEST) programme here.
The deputy prime minister also feted students who participated in the "American Field Service - Youth Exchange & Study" (AFS-YES).
At a meeting between US President Barack Obama and Asean leaders attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September last year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak proposed the revival of the American Peace Corps, a volunteer programme that was popular in the 1960s.
The American volunteer programme has three goals, namely providing technical assistance, helping people outside the US understand US culture, and helping Americans understand the cultures of other countries.
Elaborating, Muhyiddin said he conveyed to Clinton that Malaysia had prepared a framework on how to go about implementing the programme.
"I have also stated the types of support we can provide for the programme and that what is important is the issue of when the programme can start and perhaps the cost involved," he said, adding that at the meeting Clinton had raised the possibility of making Malaysia a model for the programme's implementation in Asean.
"I can say that she is interested at what has been achieved by Malaysia and that the teaching of English is something the US is committed to helping us," he said.
He added that the US would identify the number of English teachers to be sent to Malaysia while Malaysia would look into the incentives, deployment and the familiarisation course required.
"I believe that when this matter is brought to the cabinet, there will be no problem getting it through because we have agreed to it. We only need to discuss about its implementation," he said.
The YES programme is a post-911 student exchange programme sponsored by the US State Department to help strengthen ties between the US and countries around the world, especially those with large Muslim population.
Muhyiddin is expected to leave home Saturday from London after wrapping up his visit to Boston and Washington. - BERNAMA
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