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31/12/2005: 14 Kayan Students receive Tiong's 
Hardcore Poor Schoolarship
Please Visit my visit to Kayan Longhouses (Rh. Going Laing, Rh. Joshue, Rh. Away) 
at Ulu Tubau on Dec 31, 2005 .
The 14 recipients of  Dato' Seri Tiong King Sing's hardcore poor schoolarship.
Thank you...Dato' Seri Tiong - One of the hardcore poor schoolarship recipient Navartilova Tuva (middle) receiving her RM 3000 schoolarship from representative of Tiong, Kong Kung Kwong, Welfare Chief of MP's People Service Centre.
 
BINTULU – Fourteen Kayan students received a total of RM26?400 from Dato’ Seri Tiong King Sing’s Hardcore Scholarship today during the MP’s visit to three Kayan longhouses at Ulu Tubau today.

They were, namely:
 

  • 1.  Mathius Lasah Silek (870711-52-6463) (Poly Technique Kuching)
  • 2.  Daisy Nyipa (861003-52-6986) (UITM Kuching)
  • 3.  Priscilla Anyie (830809-13-5886) (UITM Kuching)
  • 4.  Connie Pidang Igo (860822-52-6272) (Sciences Secondary School, Miri)
  • 5.  Benny Gabriel Among (860315-52-6235) (UPMKB)
  • 6.  Veronica Puyang Igo (900111-13-6730) (UPMKB)
  • 7.  Roland Ding (850521-13-5893) (USM)
  • 8.  Navratilova Tuva (860811-52-6576) (UNITAR)
  • 9.  Maureen Sim Ah Lian (830621-13-5956) (USM)
  • 10.  Kenny James Ajong (870228-13-7095) (Poly Technique Kuching)
  • 11.  Teresa Wan (830724-13-6046) (USM)
  • 12.  Jennifer Etam Anyie (850129-13-6090) (KUTPM)
  • 13.  Susan Huring Ding (Poly Technique Kuching) 
  • 14. Ottasie Stanley (UITM)


The fourteen students were from Rh. Gong Laing, Rh. Joshua and Rh. Away.

Navratilova, a 19 years old student from University of Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR) Kuching revealed to the members of press that her family had been facing financial hardship ever since her father fell sick a few years ago. 

She was pending on the relatives’ assistance to support her studies.

Meanwhile, two students from Poly Technique Kuching, Mathius Lasah Silek had been proven from a single-parent family while Kenny James Ajong’s father lost his working ability after a logging camp tragedy.

Navratilova received RM3000 for her semester fee while Mathius and Kenny received RM 2000 respectively.

During the dialogue session with the Kayan folks, Tiong stressed that the Hardcore Scholarship only provided to those students where their family financial had been classified as hardcore poor.

After approved, the recipient also had to submit his or her semester result whereby scholarship will be terminated if the student had continuously failed or poor in his or her studies. 

Student who was found misused the fund would also be terminated, he said