1100 students and 70 staff of Sunway College Johor Bahru pledged a total sum of RM20,000 to the newly formed Jeffrey Cheah Foundation during a visit by the visionary founder himself, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling, AO, to the campus recently.

The President of the Sunway College Johor Bahru Student Ambassadors, Joey Ong Chok Yee presented the pledge to Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah witnessed by Datuk Razman M Hashim, Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Ramon Navaratnam and Tan Sri Dr Lin See Yan, who are  Trustees of the Foundation. EXCO members of the Sunway Education Group, Deputy Principal, Ms Wong Ngook Ching, student ambassadors, staff and other students of Sunway College Johor Bahru were also present.

The Foundation, which was converted from the 1997-established Sunway Education Trust Fund, will be injected with an initial seed fund of RM50 million and with a key goal to receive and govern funds for educational, scientific, medical and charitable purposes. Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah, a firm believer in the influence that education has in determining one’s quality of life, insists on maintaining the very essence of the Foundation and as the world is now facing an economic downturn, the formation of a Foundation could not have been timelier. The Foundation will mirror the Trust Fund which had provided scholarships to deserving students amounting to a whopping RM 43 million.

The Vice President of the Student Ambassadors, Nicholas Anthony Gomez said, “I am touched by Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah’s efforts to help nurture the society through involvement in quality education and to enable students especially from needy family backgrounds to realize their dreams in pursuing their tertiary education. In fact, I am a beneficiary of Tan Sri’s generous contributions.”

Nicholas is one of the recipients of the entrance scholarships with his outstanding SPM results of 11A1, and he is currently pursuing the Cambridge A Level programme at Sunway College Johor Bahru. His ambition is to become a doctor.

He shared that the Sunway College JB Student Ambassadors organize charity fund-raising activities every year, and the funds collected will be channeled to various charity bodies such as orphanages, caring homes and others.

Sunway College Johor Bahru, which had its current campus officially opened in 2007, is one of the education institutions under the Sunway Education Group and it offers a variety of courses.

Programmes which are offered at Sunway College Johor Bahru include the GCE Cambridge A- Levels, Australian Matriculation, Monash University Foundation Year, Diploma in Business Administration, Diploma in Computer Studies, Diploma in Information Technology and Diploma in Hotel Management, Certified Accounting Technician (CAT), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Bachelor of Business 3+0 Victoria University, Australia, and the English Language Course.