The Persatuan
Alumni AOTS Malaysia (or the AOTS Alumni Society of Malaysia) was officially
set up in 1985 by a group of Malaysians who had undergone either the management
or technical training programmes with the Association for Overseas Technical
Scholarship (AOTS). It was also during that time that Malaysia, having to
survive a recession in 1984, started to embark on its quest towards being
a major manufacturing centre in the region. This was spearheaded especially
by the set-up of the Malaysian National Car Project (PROTON). Malaysia welcomed
foreign direct investments to open manufacturing plants here by offering
low production cost. As a result of this, FDI jumped in the ensuing years
and there was a tremendous need for skilled labour and technically competent
management. AOTS Japan has helped to fill this gap by providing scholarships
for management and technical training in Japan. With an initial membership
of 100, the society today boasts a membership of approximately 650, many
of whom have opted to becoming life members.
The Society has its own administrative centre at Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, sharing it with the AOTS Kuala Lumpur Representative
Office. Besides providing training programmes to enhance the region's human
resource skills, in its continuous pursuit to becoming the premier regional
centre for educational excellence, it has now graduated to become a provider
of management and entrepreneurial programmes for people from other developing
nations. This would not only assist Malaysia's aspirations of being an industrialised
nation by year 2020, it would also contribute to Malaysia's other aspirations
to be a major player in world's business and educational arena.
The Society runs on the basic principles of (PAAM's constitution).
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