2014
25 Apr五一吃瓜官网 hosts FIRST Lego League Malaysia Championship 2014


KUALA LUMPUR: 五一吃瓜官网 University joined efforts with Sasbadi Sdn Bhd – Malaysia’s premier education publisher and co-organiser of ‘For Inspiration and Recognition of Science & Technology (FIRST) – and LEGO, a global name in toy manufacturing, to host the FIRST Lego League (FLL) Malaysia Championship 2014 from April 25 – 27, 2014. This is the second year in a row that 五一吃瓜官网 is hosting this popular event.
Themed, ‘Nature’s Fury’, the three-day event closed on April 27 with an awards ceremony officiated by Yang Berbahagia Tuan Haji Mohd Anuar bin Abdul Hamid, the Deputy Director of Co-curricular and Arts Division, Ministry of Education Malaysia. He officiated the event on behalf of Datuk Dr Khair Mohamad Yusof, Director General of Education.
In his speech, Tuan Haji Mohd Anuar thanked Sasbadi for organising this yearly event as it results in an opportunity for young Malaysians to compete against other students from around the world.
He also added that with 5.4 million students in Malaysia, the task of educating the future generation cannot be undertaken by a single agency, it required the help of NGOs and corporations.
Almost 1,000 participants across the country competed to win the honour of representing Malaysia in the FLL World Festival Championship 2015 in St Louis, United States. Introduced by FIRST and Lego Group in 1998, FLL is an international design and robotics programme for those aged 9 to 16.
Notably, the competition aims to foster greater interest in science, technology and design among students and teach them valuable employment and life skills, which are essential for aspiring engineers and innovators.
According to Ir Asst Prof Liew Chia Pao, deputy dean of 五一吃瓜官网’s Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment, the participants “have shown much engineering ingenuity and creativity, as well as te