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TWO USM KARATE ATHLETES AWARDED KPM SCHOLARSHIP

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PENANG, 16 April 2019 – Two students who are also karate exponents from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Ivan Oh Theng Wei, 22, and Chang Sin Yi, 22 have been awarded the Ministry of Education Malaysia (KPM) scholarship worth RM6,000. 

According to Theng Wei, the award is truly meaningful for him in acknowledging his efforts and sacrifice throughout his involvement in the sport of karate.

“All my hard work has been paid off in receiving this award, and I would continue to work hard to bring glory to the name of USM and the country and to maintain my current focus,” he said.

The student, who is majoring in Economics at the School of Social Sciences, hopes to achieve continued success in both fields in the future and wishes to undergo further studies in psychology at the Master’s level.

Among his best achievements were winning gold in 2016 at the Karate 1 Premier League Championship in Dubai, UAE and winning a silver medal this year at the 2019 Karate 1 Series A Competition in Salzburg, Austria.

Sin Yi sees the award as being truly meaningful and a great motivator towards further achieving more success.

The School of Management student who majors in Finance said that the award would greatly encourage her to work harder in karate to bring fame to USM and the country.

“I would surely work harder in academics too to attain greater success in the future,” said Sin Yi.

Among her best achievement was winning the silver medal at the 15th Asian Senior Karate Championship team event that was held in Amman, Jordan in 2018.

Translation: Mazlan Hanafi Basharudin



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