YAYASAN TUN ABDUL HAMID LAW BURSARY AWARDS 2011

Yayasan Tun Abdul Hamid is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the YAYASAN TUN ABDUL HAMID LAW BURSARY AWARDS 2011.

Each bursary consists of a one-time cash award of RM2500.00 only (Ringgit Malaysia Two Thousand Five Hundred Only) for undergraduate students and RM5000.00 only (Ringgit Malaysia Five Thousand Only) for postgraduate students.

Applicants must be currently pursuing an undergraduate degree course in LAW or a postgraduate degree course in LAW at any Malaysian public university and must not be receiving any other form of financial sponsorship or scholarship from any  corporation or organisation or charitable body. However, applicants who have taken a PTPPN loan may be considered provided their combined family income is less than RM4500.00 per month.

Applicants who have been offered a place to study Law for the coming academic year 2011-2012 may also apply, again provided that they must not be receiving any other form of financial sponsorship or scholarship from any corporation or organisation or charitable body other than a PTPPN loan.

To apply, please complete the application and include the information listed below and send it to:

The Bursary Selection Committee
Yayasan Tun Abdul Hamid
No. 19 (2nd floor) Jalan 1/57A
3rd Mile Jalan Ipoh
51200 KUALA LUMPUR

 

by 18th August 2011

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YAYASAN TUN ABDUL HAMID LAW BURSARY AWARDS 2011 APPLICATION FORM

Name :
Date of Birth :
Mykad no. :
Home address :
Correspondence address :

Email address :
Contact no. :

 

Father's name :
Father's occupation :

Mother's name :
Mother's occupation :

No. of children in the family and their ages :

Secondary school(s) attended :


Position(s) of responsibility held in school e.g. prefect, librarian :

 

Any sports / extracurricular activities in which you represented your school :

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I M P O R T A N T !

Please attach the following to your completed application form :
01 no. passport-sized photograph of yourself taken within the last six months

A copy of your SPM / STPM  results or equivalent for first year Law undergraduate applicants & a copy of the letter of offer from the university OR

A copy of your latest previous year's examination results for second year and above Law undergraduate applicants OR

A copy of the letter of offer from the university for postgraduate Law applicants

 

ALL APPLICANTS ARE FURTHER REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN ESSAY IN 100 WORDS OR LESS EXPRESSING THEIR VIEWS ON ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

 

1. Should euthanasia be made legal in Malaysia? Cite at least two cases in either Britain or Australia and give your opinion as to whether the learned judge was correct in coming to his or her decision or whether in your opinion, the judgement was flawed and why.

OR

2. Ultimately, should the decision to go to war lie with the executive power of the country or should a vote be taken by the citizens of the country? Why?

OR

3. Should genetically engineering an embryo in order to ensure the baby is born free from disease be regarded as an acceptable practice from the point of view of ethics?

 

PLEASE ENSURE YOU SUBMIT YOUR ESSAY ON ANY ONE OF THE TOPICS ABOVE TOGETHER WITH YOUR APPLICATION FORM AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, OTHERWISE YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.  

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Yayasan Tun Abdul Hamid has provided scholarships to needy students pursuing undergraduate Law degree courses since 1999. After a hiatus of a few years, the Yayasan is pleased to embark on its scholarship programme again. However, the whole programme has been completely revamped, including a new procedure for application and selection, an increase in the monetary sum awarded and the additional gift of a Compaq laptop i3 processor with Windows 7.