WASHINGTON (Jan 15, 2011): An American volunteer programme to help raise the English language proficiency among the peoples of Asean is expected to start this year, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.
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Muhyiddin with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton |
He said that the US had agreed to implement the programme, with Malaysia being the launch pad.
Muhyiddin said the matter was conveyed by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at their meeting at the US State Department, here, Friday.
"She mentioned that the proposal had been agreed on and that there would be a lot of preparations involved in its implementation. If it is possible, we want to start the programme this year ... we will discuss this further," he said.
Present at the meeting was Malaysian Ambassador to the US Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis.
Muhyiddin was speaking to Malaysian journalists after launching the Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation's Entrepreneurship Special Training (myBEST) programme, here.
Muhyiddin was speaking to Malaysian journalists after launching the Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation's Entrepreneurship Special Training (myBEST) programme, here.
The deputy prime minister also feted students who participated in the "American Field Service - Youth Exchange & Study" (AFS-YES).
