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KECEMERLANGAN SAINSSCIENCE EXCELLENCEPROGRAM BERSAMANOBEL LAUREATE DIMALAYSIASepanjang tahun 2007, ASM telah berjaya menyusunprogram di <strong>Malaysia</strong> untuk empat Pemenang HadiahNobel. Program-program ini telah merekodkanpeningkatan jumlah hadirin. Malah sesetengah acaraberjaya menarik hampir seribu atau lebih hadirin.Peningkatan hadirin ini mungkin disebabkan oleh minatmasyarakat berhubung syarahan Nobel Laureate yangsemakin meningkat di samping peningkatan publisitiyang dilakukan oleh <strong>Akademi</strong>.Dr Richard Roberts(Pemenang Hadiah Nobeldalam bidang Fisiologiatau Perubatan, 1993)Dr Richard Roberts, pemenang hadiah Nobel dalambidang fi siologi perubatan tahun 1993 berikutanpenemuan gen rekah, telah menyampaikan suatuSyarahan Umum (bertajuk ‘Friends and Foes—TheUnseen Bugs Who Share Our Planet’) bertempat di PusatKonvensyen Kuala Lumpur. Di majlis ini beliau telahmemberitahu hampir 550 hadirin mengenai dunia kitayang mempersonakan ini yang dikelilingi oleh pelbagaibenda hidup —yang terlihat oleh mata kasar dan yangmikroskopik. Pada hari yang sama syarahan Motivasi<strong>Sains</strong> beliau yang bertajuk, ‘Mengapa Belajar <strong>Sains</strong>?’yang ditujukan kepada seramai lebih kurang 350 pelajarsekolah juga telah diadakan di Pusat <strong>Sains</strong> Negara dimana pelajar muda ini telah belajar pentingnya sains,menyelami apa yang tidak diketahui dan diberitahubahawa dalam sains tiada yang mustahil.PROGRAMMES WITHNOBEL LAUREATES INMALAYSIAIn 2007, the Academy successfully organized programmesin <strong>Malaysia</strong> with four Nobel Prize Winners. Theseprogrammes showed a signifi cant increase in attendancewith some events drawing an audience of almost onethousand or more. The increase in attendance couldbe attributed to greater public interest in the NobelLaureate Lectures as well as the increased publicityefforts by the Academy.Dr Richard Roberts(Nobel Prize inPhysiology or Medicine,1993)Dr Richard Roberts, the Nobel Prize winner in physiologyof medicine in 1993 for the discovery of split genes,delivered a Public Lecture (entitled ‘Friends andFoes—The Unseen Bugs Who Share Our Planet’) on 5April at the KL Convention Centre where he enlightenedthe audience of around 550 people on the fascinatingworld surrounded by life—the visible and microscopic. HisScience Motivation talk, ‘Why Study Science?’ targetedfor around 350 school students, was also held on thesame day at the National Science Centre in which theimportance of science, exploring the unknown, and thatthere is nothing impossible in science was inculcated inthe young, who dominated the audience.Dr Richard bersama Presiden ASM dan Felo.Dr Richard with ASM President and Fellows. ►56In Pursuit of Excellence in Science

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