January 28, 2009

Seven Malaysians among 13 honoured at Asia HRD Congress Awards

Seven distinguished human resource development practitioners representing Malaysia were among 13 recipients honoured with the Asia HRD Congress Awards for 2008 at a ceremony here last night.Citibank Berhad chief executive officer Sanjeev Nanavati, MIMOS Berhad president and CEO Datuk Abdul Wahab Abdullah and Giant GCH Retail (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd received the award in the 'Contribution to the Organisation' category.Proton Holdings Berhad director of Group Human Resources Hasnah Ismail, Freescale Semiconductor (M) Sdn Bhd Human Resources director Mohd Khalis Abdul Rahim and Sime Darby berhad Vice President Group Human resources Roslan Abdul Razak were honoured in the 'Contribution to the HR Community'.The award for 'Contribution to the Society' went to Malaysian Trades Union Congress president Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud.Malaysian Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam presented the annual awards which were launched in 2003 as an independent initiative to recognise and honour HRD professionals and practitioners who have made significant contributions to human capital development.Dr Saparinah Sadli of the University of Indonesia Graduate Women's Studies Programme was honoured with the 'Special Lifetime Achievement' Award.

Bernama

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