Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Bon voyage Tengku Noor ...



Bon voyage for our Singapore correspondent Tengku Noor Shamsiah Abdullah as she prepares for a week-long study trip to France.
"I shall be flying off to Paris on Saturday until Sept 30," she said.
She will be among six Malaysian journalists selected to study topics on the future stakes of the energy sector as well as aeronautics and aerospace.
They will also learn more about Islamic finances, Halal certification, European and economic issues.
Initiated by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the programme aims to increase awareness and knowledge about France among Malaysian information professionals.
The visit will take them to major French companies such as Technip,  a leading company in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry and Total S.A., a French multinational integrated oil and gas company.
A meeting with the rector of the Great Mosque of Lyon, Kamel Kabtane has also been arranged.
In 1995, within the framework of its responsibilities as a religious institution, the mosque created the Ritual Association of the Great Mosque of Lyon (ARGML).
The ARGML was to ensure the halal supervision and the certification of meats and food-processing products intended for the consumption of the Muslim community.
In 2012, it counted about 50 ritual controllers who work daily to guarantee the halal conformity of the products certified by the ARGML for Muslim consumers.  
Besides Paris, the group will fly to Toulouse to visit ATR, which has become the benchmark for regional turboprop aircraft.
Its sales have exceeded 1,200 aircraft with over 180 operators in more than 90 countries.
They will also visit the Superior Institute for Aeronautics and Aerospace as well as the University of Toulouse before flying back to Paris.
As the weather in France is getting breezy and rainy, Tengku Noor said she has been advised to bring some warm clothes.

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