Astronaut gets awardSEREMBAN: Malaysia's first astronaut, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha, was chosen as the Tokoh Maal Hijrah 1429 for Negri Sembilan.
He received the award from the Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Ja'afar Tuanku Abdul Rahman at the state level Maal Hijrah celebration yesterday."I feel honoured that the state government has decided to give me the award. I would like to express my gratitude to the state government for the honour," said Dr Sheikh Muszaphar who received a RM5,000 prize, a certificate and an Umrah package.
Also present at the ceremony were the Tuanku Ampuan Negri Sembilan Tuanku Najihah and Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.Dr Sheikh Muszaphar said he would continue with his efforts to meet the nation's youths in order to inspire them to be interested in science and astronomy.
"The space programme showed that we can compete in the global platform. In the meetings that I have had with our youth, a lot of them have voiced their interest to be involved in science and technology."
His parents, Datuk Sheikh Mustapha Abdul Shukor and Datin Zuraida Sheikh Ahmad, were also present at the event.
The state government also presented a special award to Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia physics professor, Dr Roslan Abd Shukor. He received a RM5,000 prize and a robe.Roslan is a Fellow of London's Institute of Physics since 2004 and a Fellow of the Malaysian Science Academy since last year.
He also sits on the advisory board of the Superconductor Science and Technology, a journal published by the Institute of Physics.
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