Anugerah kebajikan akan dinamakan sempena Rosmah
Isteri Perdana Menteri, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, malam tadi menerima Anugerah Wanita Peneraju Kebajikan Asia, sebagai tanda pengiktirafan terhadap dedikasi dan komitmen beliau dalam pelbagai kerja amal.
Isteri Perdana Menteri, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, malam tadi menerima Anugerah Wanita Peneraju Kebajikan Asia, sebagai tanda pengiktirafan terhadap dedikasi dan komitmen beliau dalam pelbagai kerja amal.
Rosmah menjadi penerima sulung anugerah tersebut yang disampaikan oleh Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif NASEBA, Sophie Le Ray, pada majlis jamuan malam gala sempena Forum Wanita Dalam Kepimpinan 2012 di Kuala Lumpur.
NASEBA merupakan sebuah syarikat maklumat perniagaan.
Pengacara majlis, Asha Gill, dalam ucapannya berkata anugerah itu adalah sebagai tanda penghargaan terhadap sumbangan Rosmah dalam program asuhan dan didikan awal kanak-kanak (PERMATA) dan kerja-kerja amal, antara lain, Majlis AIDS Malaysia dan Yayasan Institut Jantung.
Katanya pada masa depan, anugerah itu akan dinamakan atas nama Rosmah.
Sementara itu, Pengarah Urusan Monster.Com bagi India, Timur Tengah dan Asia Tenggara, Sanjay Modi berkata anugerah itu akan memberi tenaga kepada golongan wanita supaya aktif dalam kerja-kerja amal serta meningkatkan pencapaian dalam semua bidang.
"Saya percaya kaum wanita boleh berjaya dalam semua bidang termasuk perniagaan dan ini membuktikan wanita sentiasa mempunyai kapasiti yang tinggi," katanya dalam ucapan pada majlis itu.
Forum dua hari yang bermula hari ini dihadiri oleh peserta dari Australia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Filipina, Singapura, Vietnam dan Malaysia.- Bernama
Curtin University stands by Rosmah’s award
PETALING JAYA: Curtin University has defended its honouring of Rosmah Mansor – the Prime Minister’s wife- with its Doctor of Letters degree.
According to its Vice-Chancellor Jeanette Hacket, the Perth-based university in Australia said that nominees to Curtin’s awards – including Rosmah’s – were “considered on their own merits”.
According to her, the flak arising from the awarding of the doctorate to Rosmah on Feb 11 did not change Curtin’s opinion of the PM’s wife.
“We acknowledge that there are a range of views on this award, but the University stands by its decision to grant the honorary doctorate,” Hacket said in a Facebook statement.
She added however that Curtin would no longer refer to Rosmah as Malaysia’s “First Lady”, and would change its media statements accordingly.
“The University accepts that the decision to make this award has attracted criticism. We also accept that our use of the term ‘First Lady’ has offended some people, and apologise for this.”
“We will no longer use that term,” Hacket said.
The Vice-Chancellor said that Curtin recognised Rosmah for her efforts behind the more than 600 Permata Negara early childhood centres, which Hacket said reached “tens of thousands of children”.
Public uproar
Public uproar erupted earlier this week when Rosmah was conferred with the Australian degree. Many Malaysians did not appear to accept Curtin’s explanation, lashing out over Facebook.
Edmund Yong said: “Obviously your standards aren’t so high after all. What was the basis and motivation for the award? This certainly reflects a lack of integrity and honour. Thumbs down to Curtin!”
To Curtin, Mohd Arif Juhani said: “I just clicked ‘like’ on your page. How many years should I wait to get Master or PhD?”
Andrew Ooi said: “I’m really thankful I didn’t graduate from Curtin, otherwise I would be looking for the deepest hole to crawl into right now.”
Rosmah has been thrust into the limelight over her alleged excesses on personal items, including the furore over the purported RM73-million ring.
Her brainchild, the Permata Negara childhood centres, was also not exempt from criticism.
According to a previous FMT report, many “inconsistencies” were seen in the setting up of the centres.
Sarawak PKR also criticised Permata for not showing any results in the East Malaysian state. Women NGOs and the indigenous Penan community, according to them, were also allegedly ignored by Rosmah.
Rosmah has since accused her critics of being petty and jealous of her achievements.
Iktiraf ‘Imelda Rosmah’, Universiti Curtin dikritik
KUALA LUMPUR 16 Feb: Laman Facebook Universiti Curtin dihujani pelbagai komen tidak puas hati dari sebilangan rakyat Malaysia, ekoran tindakan universiti itu menganugerahkan Ijazah Doktor Kehormat kepada isteri perdana menteri, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
Setakat berita ini ditulis, terdapat hampir 28,000 pengguna Facebook menyukai laman berkenaan dan mereka meneruskan kritikan bertalu-talu terhadap Rosmah dan Universiti Curtin.
Universiti di Australia yang turut mempunyai cawangan di Sarawak dan Singapura itu sebelum ini menganugerahkan ijazah Doktor Kehormat Persuratan kepada Rosmah, kononnya sebagai mengiktiraf daya usahanya dalam pembangunan pendidikan terutama pendidikan kanak-kanak menerusi program Permata Negara.
Program Permata Negara yang baru memasuki usia tiga tahun telah membelanjakan kira-kira RM211 juta wang rakyat.
Rosmah, baru-baru ini sekali lagi menimbulkan kemarahan rakyat apabila membelanjakan RM323,000 bagi membeli 61 helai pakaian daripada butik eksklusif Carl Kapp semasa percutiannya ke Sydney, Disember tahun lalu.
Pendedahan itu dibuat menerusi kolum yang ditulis oleh Andrew Hornery mengenai Rosmah yang disiarkan akhbar Sydney Morning Herald.
Selain itu, beliau sebelum ini turut didakwa membeli cincin berlian berharga RM24 juta, dan beg jenama mewah Birkin yang mencecah ratusan ribu ringgit.
Sikapnya yang gemar berbelanja boros itu dikaitkan dengan Imelda Marcos, isteri kepada bekas diktator Filipina, Ferdinand Marcos.
AzrinRen : Terima ajo lah kak mah, anugerah yang berharga tu. Sapa nak bagi lagi. Tu kira untung lah lu dapa BEG sebesor tu....HeHeHeHe!!!
psst....Lepas ni bagi cincin besor pula yeee....
