INDONESIA SIGNALS END TO RATE CUTS
GUANGDONG: Country Garden Pacificview Sdn Bhd (CGPV), the main developer of Forest City in Iskandar Malaysia, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two educational institutions to encourage the exchange of skills, research and labour between Malaysia and China.
Its collaboration was with Guangdong Country Garden Polytechnic, here, and Johor Baru-based Southern College University.
The agreement aims to produce graduates who meet the needs of the global job market.
The signing of the MoU was held at the Guangdong Country Garden Polytechnic campus in Qingyuan district, here.
CGPV was represented by its Corporate Communication and Strategic director Aeron Munajat, Southern College University by its president Dr Thock Kiah Wah and Guangdong Country Garden Polytechnic by its president Liu Huijian.
Present were Johor Education Department Private Education sector head Norbiha Buang, Southern College University chairman Datuk Tan Meng Seng and his deputy Mok Chek Hua.
Aeron said through the collaboration, the two educational institutions would share ideas and explore new areas of academia.
She said both educational institutions would be able to implement student and lecturer exchange programmes.
Both parties could also carry out research collaboration, forums and twinning programmes as well as exchange information in their respective fields of research.
“Students graduating from these two institutions will undergo practical training at Forest City for a year before being absorbed into CGPV as permanent staff,” she said.