Nov. 4th press event in Malaysia

Suryani Senja Alias, Hajjah Jumaatun Azmi, and Ruth Yeoh represented the Asia 21 community at the press event in Malaysia this Nov. 4th. Details of the event and the full press release is available at YTL Community: Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit to be held in Malaysia for the first time this November.

Kuala Lumpur, November 4, 2009

Asia Society announced that the Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit (the “Summit”) will be held in Malaysia for the first time this year from November 20-22, 2009 at the JW Marriott Hotel at a press conference held recently. The Summit will bring together over 150 of the most dynamic emerging leaders under the age of forty from across the Asia-Pacific region to develop shared, innovative approaches to resolving the region‘s greatest challenges and will focus on “The Changing Face of Leadership: Crisis and Opportunity”. The Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak will be giving the keynote address at this Summit.

Speaking at the press conference were Asia 21 Fellow for 2007, Ms Suryani Senja Alias, Hajjah Jumaatun Azmi, the only Fellow chosen from Malaysia for 2009, and Ms Ruth Yeoh who was an Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit delegate and participant in Tokyo in 2008 and Director of Investments at YTL Corporation Berhad, one of the main sponsors of the Summit. Y.B. Dato’ Aziz Bakar, Chairman of Air Asia Berhad was also present to talk about Air Asia’s involvement as the main sponsor.