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The Tunku Abdul Rahman Foundation ((マレー語:Yayasan Tunku Abdul Rahman)) is a non-profit public foundation incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1966. The primary aim of the foundation is to recognise and encourage the development of youths who show excellence in both academic and extra-curricular pursuits through the provision of scholarships for higher education. The current Chief Executive of the foundation is Tengku Abdul Aziz Tengku Zainal. ==History== On the occasion of the 63rd birthday of the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, on February 8, 1966, the Malay language newspaper, Utusan Melayu, launched a fund-raising exercise to set up a proposed education fund to provide for the higher education of Malay youths. Initially named the Tunku Abdul Rahman Education Fund ((マレー語:Tabung Pendidikan Tunku Abdul Rahman)), it gained the support of a broad segment of Malaysian society. As a result, the federal government of Malaysia decided to formally establish a national foundation and open the fund to Malaysian applicants regardless of their ethnicity or creed. This was made possible with the passage of the ''Tunku Abdul Rahman Foundation Fund Act 1966'' 〔Attorney General's Chambers: (Tunku Abdul Rahman Foundation Fund Act 1966 )〕 by Parliament on July 28, 1966. Mohd Khir Johari was appointed as the first chairman of the board of trustees upon the establishment of the foundation. On April 16, 1974, the cabinet decided that the seat of the chairman would be held by the office of the Minister of Education. On March 26, 2004 the jurisdiction of the foundation was transferred from the Ministry of Education to the newly devolved Ministry of Higher Education.〔Yayasan Tunku Abdul Rahman: (Latar Belakang ) (in Malay)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tunku Abdul Rahman Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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