Scholarship a beacon of hope for students

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Inspired by her uncle, a doctor, twenty-year-old Chan Kit Vern aspires to give back to society through healthcare.  Now, as a Star Education Fund scholarship recipient, Chan is pursuing a Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine at Monash University Malaysia to realize her dream.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Chan Kit Vern, Bachelor of Medical Science.

00:03 Inspired by her uncle, a doctor, 20-year-old Chan Kit Vern aspires to give back to society

00:08 through healthcare.

00:09 Now, as a Star Education Fund scholarship recipient, Chan is pursuing a Bachelor of

00:15 Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine at Monash University, Malaysia, to realise her

00:20 dream.

00:21 When I got to know that I won this scholarship, I felt like happy, like there was light at

00:28 the end of the tunnel.

00:30 And that made me so motivated to use this scholarship to do good in the future.

00:38 The scholarship eases her parents' financial burden and helps fund her siblings' education.

00:43 My hope for the future is that I'm able to use the foundation that I got from Monash

00:49 University as a medical student to implement it in my practices as a doctor and as a general

00:59 practitioner so that I can give back to the society and also Monash University and make

01:06 the Star Education Fund proud.

01:09 Fellow recipient Najmi Edi Khairul, studying Law and Commerce at Management and Science

01:14 University, was initially discouraged by scholarship rejections.

01:19 I didn't expect that I would get this opportunity to win this scholarship because I've been

01:24 applied to a lot of scholarships before and many rejected me so I lost hope.

01:30 So this scholarship makes me happy and encourages me to study harder in the future.

01:38 With the scholarship, the 23-year-old said he is encouraged to strive for the best in

01:42 all aspects of his life.

01:45 My hope is I could use this bachelor's to work in my legal field, to work in legal field

01:52 so I could educate society on how law functioning in various aspects.

02:00 The Star Education Fund Scholarship Award Presentation Ceremony for 2023 was held on

02:06 Wednesday.

02:07 Star Media Group Chief Executive Officer Alex Yow said 78 scholarships worth RM5,760,000

02:15 were awarded for the 2023 cycle.

02:19 Since the inception of the Star Education Fund in 1994, this education fund has benefited

02:26 a total of 4,439 scholarship recipients with a total value of over RM164.3 million.

02:37 We always believe the power of collaboration with like-minded partners in making these

02:43 awards more meaningful.

02:45 The strong relationships we have shared with many of our partners in education have been

02:51 invaluable.

02:54 At the ceremony, Yow also officiated the soft launch of the Star Education Fund Scholarship

02:59 Awards 2024.

03:02 We are proud to announce that our strong foothold has now expanded to encompass 26 partners

03:10 in education for 2024 with a total of 192 scholarships worth RM12.4 million.

03:18 The fund, now in its 31st year, will open applications in April.

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