7 January 2015 – The Executive Director of IMC Education Sdn Bhd, Christy Chiu Lai Heng, is pleased to announce the availability of sponsorship for International Medical College (IMC) Diploma in Nursing students via the Sin Chew Education Fund 2015. The sponsorship via the Sin Chew Education Fund 2015 is a result of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between IMC and Sin Chew Education Fund. The Memorandum was signed by Christy Chiu on behalf of IMC and Executive Director of Sin Chew Media Corporation Berhad / CEO of Sin Chew Daily, Koo Cheng. Present at the ceremony of exchanging the agreement were Deputy Minister of Education I, Yang Berhormat Datuk Mary Yap Kain Ching, IMC’s Principal for its Subang Jaya campus, Puan Norashikin Cheong Abdullah, representatives of other higher education institutions and many important invited guests. This is the first year that IMC is participating in this to help students with financial constraints.
Christy Chiu said, “The sponsorships by Sin Chew Education Fund are designed to provide opportunities and financial support for the poor and/or needy students to further their studies in Diploma of Nursing by providing three years tuition fees. These sponsorships allow its recipients the opportunity to study at a college which strives for excellence in preparing future nurses to be passionate, knowledgeable, competent and ethical professionals. Graduates from this Diploma in Nursing have ample opportunities to work in the healthcare industry.”
With its main campus in Subang Jaya and a branch campus in Ayer Keroh, Melaka, IMC is owned by IMU Health Sdn Bhd, which also owns International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia’s first and most established private medical and healthcare university with over 23 years of dedicated focus in healthcare education. IMU Health Sdn Bhd is one of the key subsidiaries of IHH Healthcare Bhd, one of the largest listed private healthcare providers in the world based on market capitalisation.
