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G U I N N E S S A N C H O R B E R H A D
( 5 3 5 0 - X )
Our Commitment to Enriching Communities
Partial Scholarship Scheme
Under the Partial Scholarship Scheme, the GAB
Foundation provides deserving Malaysian students
pursuing higher studies at certificate, diploma or
undergraduate levels with a chance to achieve
their ambitions. In 2010, the Foundation awarded
RM131,000 worth of partial scholarships to 19
undergraduate students who are pursuing their
education in local and foreign institutions, bringing
the financial assistance awarded to-date to 38
students with total scholarship worth more than
RM300,000.
The GAB Foundation provides disbursements of
RM10,000 for undergraduate studies in private
and foreign universities and colleges, RM7,000 for
undergraduate studies in local universities and
colleges, RM 4,000 for diploma or advanced diploma
courses and RM 2,000 for certificate courses.
As part of the scholarship scheme, the GAB Foundation
also organises workshops for the recipients to equip
themwith the skills and etiquette they need to venture
successfully into the work force. Recipients of the
Foundation’s 2009 scholarship participated in an all
expense paid two-day life skills workshop where they
were taught communication skills, interview skills,
personal grooming tips, how to manage their personal
finances and how to write an effective resume.
Dragon Mission
The Dragon Mission was initiated three years ago
by GAB as a Chinese New Year fund-raising effort.
It involved the participation of GAB trade outlets
to collect funds to help Chinese Primary Schools,
nominated by the participating outlets, and to award
scholarships to students of Chinese Independent
Secondary Schools to help them with their school fees.
In FY10, Dragon Mission evolved its fund-raising
mechanics and saw all brands coming together
for the “Dragon Mission Charity Concert” series,
which successfully raised RM8.17 million for the
development of 10 Chinese schools in Malaysia.
The Dragon Mission has now come under the purview
of the GAB Foundation, under its education pillar and
moving forward, we will be looking at further fund-
raising opportunities for education.
GAB Foundation’s Partial
Scholarship Scheme Recipient
I undertook a degree in food science and
nutrition from Universiti Malaysia Sabah
(UMS). It was a four-year programme filled
with lots of knowledge, hard work and fun!
I chose this degree in order to further my
interest in something that many of us seemed
to take for granted: food. Various aspects of
food and nutrition were explored, from food
properties to community nutrition. I also took
several business courses as my minor, which
helped to diversify my knowledge other than
the science field. Oh yeah, and I took French
for two years. Bonjour, je m’applle Melissa,
which means ‘hello, my name is Melissa’.
After obtaining the scholarship from GAB
Foundation, I was further motivated to
perform better academically to prove that I
was worthy of it. Financially, the scholarship
helped me to cover my university fees and
final year research expenses. With the
assistance, I was able to complete my degree
successfully. After graduating, I attended a
workshop organised by GAB Foundation for all
scholarship recipients which aimed to help us
on job applications. The workshop was really
beneficial and timely as I was looking for a job
at that time. After several job interviews later,
I was accepted into Asia Pacific Breweries’
Executive Trainee Programme and I am
currently based in Asia Pacific Breweries
Singapore (APBS).
I would love to thank the GAB Foundation
Scholarship for giving me this opportunity to
be one of the 2009 scholarship recipients. It is
an honour for me to be a part of the first batch
of recipients. GAB Foundation Scholarship has
been really concerned about my development,
constantly following up on me. Meeting up
with other fellow recipients had also created
friendships. I hope that more students are
aware of this scholarship opportunity and
many more deserving students are able to
benefit from it in the future. GAB Foundation,
merci beaucoup.
Melissa Tan