Date: 14 January 2013
UMS Signs Historic MoA With International Tourism
Organisation In Macau.
KOTA KINABALU, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- Universiti Malaysia Sabah
(UMS) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the World Federation of
Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) and Sabah Tourist Guide Association (STGA)
to set up the WFTGA International Training Centre here in Sabah, Malaysia.
The MoA was signed by UMS Vice-Chancellor, Prof Datuk Dr
Mohd Harun Abdullah for UMS, by Ms Rosalind Newlands OBE for WFTGA, and by Mr
Daniel Doughty for STGA at the 15th WFTGA Convention held in Macau, China,
Monday.
The signing took place during the opening ceremony of the
convention and also present at the ceremony were Tan Sri Datuk Abdul Hamid
Egoh, Chairman of the Board of Directors (UMS), and Associate Professor Dr
Arsiah Bahron, Dean, School of Economics and Business (UMS).
According to a statement issued by UMS to Bernama, here
today, this international training centre, only the second in the world (the
first centre is in Cyprus) will commence operations in April 2013 providing
career development to licensed tourist guides both local and international.
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