Fresh from her gold-medal winning exploits at the Kuala Lumpur Sea Games and the Fina Diving Grand Prix, national athlete Leong Mun Yee picked up her scroll from the ruler, beaming from ear to ear and proud of achievement. On her motivation to complete the degree, the Ipoh-born athlete said education had always been her priority despite her big commitments in sports. I have plans to continue with a Master’s degree but next year we will have the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games which are very important. A total of 75 UPM athletes represented Malaysia during the recent Sea Games and had contributed 37 medals. Sultan Sharafuddin also urged the graduates to be determined in fighting drug abuse.

Source: New Strait Times November 04, 2017 09:11 UTC