Social Business Forum held in Malaysia

Social Business Forum held in Malaysia

Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was the chief guest at a special one day international social business forum held in Ipoh Malaysia Sunday organised by MyHarapan, a leading Malaysian youth organisation, together with the Chief Minister of Perak Dato Seri DiRaja Dr Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir, on the eve of the Pangkor International Development Dialogue to open in Ipoh on September 5. In his address to the forum, Professor Yunus urged the youth to take action, and utilize their innate creative power to become job creators, instead of job seekers Professor Yunus interacted with 150 young people while addressing the 'Perak Youth Assembly' in Ipoh, Perak State on the eve of Pangkor International Dialogue 2016 where he will be the keynote speaker on Monday. He urged the young people to imagine and build their future on their own where there will be no poverty, unemployment and inequality in the society.

During the one day forum, a new Yunus Social Business Centre was announced at the University Technology Petronas, founded by government owned oil and gas company Petronas. Professor Dr Ahmad Fadzil bin Mohamad Hani, Deputy Vice Chancellor from the university led the MOU signing session.  The new Centre has been established to foster social business innovation connecting new technologies at the university. During the same day there was a special session to discuss how Ipoh, the capital city of Perak, will become the first social business city in Malaysia following the example of social business cities created in other countries. Professor Yunus gave recommendations and guidelines on how Ipoh can become a good social business city to the committee  working on the implementation of the  Professor Yunus also had a bilateral meeting with the Chief Minister of Perak, Dato Seri DiRaja Dr Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir on how to proceed with the social business city. He and a 50 member delegation had visited Bangladesh earlier this year to explore how they can bring social business into Perak State's development programme. Professor Yunus is currently in Malaysia and will deliver the keynote speech at this year’s Pangkor Dialogue which is one of the largest knowledge exchange dialogue in Southeast Asia focusing on Sustainable Development. The commerce minister of Sri Lanka attending conference held a meeting with Professor Yunus on how to introduce social business in Sri Lanka, said a statement.

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Source: Financial Express Bangladesh

Updated Date: 11th January, 2017