Another 11 eminent Malays join Group of 25
The newcomers read like a list of who’s who from all walks of life.
(Free Malaysia Today) – The ranks of the Group of 25 Eminent Malays were bolstered on Friday by 11 new equally eminent persons, according to the Group’s spokeswoman Noor Farida Arifin, a former Ambassador to the Netherlands.
The 11 newcomers include former Umno lawmaker Mohamed Tawfik Ismail, the son of former Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Abdul Rahman, and former Universiti Malaya (UM) vice-chancellor Rafiah Salim.
Others joining them are Alwi Jantan, formerly a deputy secretary-general in the Prime Minister’s Department, and former ambassador and ex-ASEAN deputy secretary-general Ahmad Mokhtar Selat.
Also on the list are the former chairman of the Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) Abu Huraira Yazid, former Petronas Dagangan Berhad managing director and CEO Anwaruddin Osman, former Defence Ministry deputy secretary-general Baharuddin Musa, UM dean of medicine Professor Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman, former executive director of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) Professor Ariff Abdul Kareem, businessman Nazir Ariff and former senior banker Shazal Yusof Mohd Zain.
