NST word power boost for school 

By S. Arulldas
NST Online
URL: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/20070426074724/Article/index_html
Thursday 26 April 2007

SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd corporate development and external affairs senior manager Tahiruddin Hamdan (centre) handing over copies of the NST to SMK Taman Hi-Tech Kulim senior assistant Lau Chun Kwong (second from right). With them are NST senior circulation executive Wan Zarifah Wan Ibrahim (right) and SilTerra human resources manager Nor Asmahan Othman (left) and co-curriculum senior assistant Rohaimi Ismail at SMK Taman Hi-Tech Kulim. — NST picture by Rosli Ahmad

Kulim – SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd is sponsoring 4,100 copies of the New Straits Times for SMK Taman Hi-Tech Kulim here under the Newspaper-in-Education (NIE) programme.

Its senior manager for corporate development and external affairs Tahiruddin Hamdan presented copies of the NST to the school’s senior assistant Lau Chun Kwong yesterday.

Under the sponsorship programme, the school will receive 20 copies of the NST daily for the next 205 school days.

Tahiruddin said SilTerra was happy to participate in the sponsorship programme as a form of community service.

"I hope the students will benefit from it. Reading the NST will help the students enhance their proficiency in the English language," he said.
SilTerra is the first company in the Kulim Hi-Tech Park to take part in the NIE programme.

Lau believed the students would read the NST daily to improve their vocabulary, adding that the newspapers would be provided to the PMR and SPM students.

He said the habit of reading newspapers would help them keep abreast of happenings around them.

Teachers Azlina Abdul Rahman and Rofitah Ahmad, who attended the NIE training programme recently, will guide the students in the use of the newspaper.

Also present were SilTerra human resources manager Nor Asmahan Othman, the school’s co-curriculum senior assistant Rohaimi Ismail, NST senior circulation executive Wan Zarifah Wan Ibrahim and NIE sales executive R. Ganapreeta.


About Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.:

Market demand driven, SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd is a semiconductor wafer foundry offering major foundry compatible CMOS logic, high-voltage and mixed-signal/RF technologies down to 0.13-micron feature size. This includes complete, competitive contract manufacturing for fabless and IDM customers’ designs. SilTerra’s wafer fab has a design capacity of 40,000 eight-inch wafers per month.
Environmentally vigilant, SilTerra delivers award winning, world-class performance to its customers seeking flexible capacity, competitive advantages and around the clock customer support. SilTerra is ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 certified. Founded in 1995, the company’s headquarters and factory are located in Malaysia’s Kulim High-Tech Park, and SilTerra has sales and marketing offices in San Jose (California) and Hsinchu (Taiwan). For additional information on SilTerra or its services, please visit www.silterra.com.