Archive for September, 2007



One of the more prominent hospitality groups in Asia, Hong Kong-based Compass Hospitality Co. Ltd., has signaled its entry into the Malaysian market by setting up the Compass Scholarship Foundation with Taylor’s University College.
An initial RM500,000 has been allocated for Malaysian students to study at Taylor’s University College, which is supposed to be enough [...]



If you’re a Chemical Engineering student who is looking to apply to a New Zealand university, you might want to take into consideration the 1-year financial aid offered by the University of Canterbury to its second-year students.
Admittedly, a one-off award of up to $3,000 in your second-year at the university isn’t much, but it [...]

Here’s a niche scholarship that was launched a few months back by Sapulut Forest Development Sdn Bhd. The scholarship is for students of Sabah origin to read a BSc. degree in Forestry or other Forestry-related programmes at University Malaysia Sabah.
As you would expect, the award fully covers tuition fees and at partly covers living expenses, [...]

This post comes very late not only because Merdeka was almost two weeks ago, but also because the scholarship application date, i.e. the 30th of August, has already ended. In any case, better to spotlight it now just in case the Association of Banks Malaysia (ABM) decides to renew this programme (or a similar version [...]