zeti akhtar aziz : creating a sustainable pool of talent for malaysia speech by dr zeti akhtar aziz, governor of the central bank of malaysia ( bank negara malaysia ), at the kijang emas scholarship award ceremony, kuala lumpur, 30 april 2015. * * * in preparing for the future, a future that is going to be fundamentally different from the current environment, talent development has become more important than ever before. the environment before us is rapidly changing and is continuously becoming more interconnected, more complex and certainly more competitive. it is also becoming more uncertain and unstable. malaysia has, however over several decades, demonstrated time and again our ability to face the challenges arising from these transformative changes, supported by our resilience and strong foundations. human capital makes up a critical component of these foundations. developing the talent that we have and making greater investments in our talent pipeline will contribute to generating the development of our future leaders that will be able to effectively operate in this new environment. education and capacity building to generate the new talent with the right skills, mindsets and values, as well as effective talent development strategies and their implementation, have now become key priorities of the nation. the kijang emas scholarship award is an eminent scholarship award that is part of the bank ’ s commitment to creating a sustainable talent pool for the nation. the kijang emas scholarship is distinct from the kijang scholarship in that the recipients are given the freedom to pursue any field of study at top universities in any country of their choice. the bank also does not impose any bond on the recipients except that they return, contribute and partake in the development of our nation. to date, 44 high potential talent have been awarded the kijang emas scholarship. the recipients have graduated or are currently pursuing their studies in diverse fields of study including medicine, engineering, law, economics, dietetics, actuarial science, accounting, dentistry, biochemistry, genetics, architecture, psychology and geophysics in top universities around the world such as mit, university of pennsylvania and the university of cambridge. thus far, 11 kijang emas scholars have completed their undergraduate studies and have returned to serve the nation, while another seven scholars are expected to complete their studies in the next six months. for the 2015 kijang emas scholarship, we received a total of 212 applications from top spm students scoring straight a + for their 2014 spm. from this, the bank

muhammad bin ibrahim : outstanding contributions to the development of islamic finance in malaysia welcoming remarks by mr muhammad bin ibrahim, governor of the central bank of malaysia ( bank negara malaysia ), at the royal award for islamic finance gala dinner and award presentation, kuala lumpur, 14 november 2016. * * * bismillahhirahmanirrahim. mengadap seri paduka baginda yang di - pertuan agong almu ’ tasimu billahi muhibbuddin tuanku alhaj abdul halim mu ’ adzam shah ibni almarhum sultan badlishah, seri paduka baginda raja permaisuri agong tuanku hajah haminah. ampun tuanku beribu - ribu ampun, sembah patik mohon diampun. patik serta seluruh dif - dif jemputan pada malam ini dengan penuh hormat dan takzimnya merafak sembah menjunjung kasih atas limpah perkenan seri paduka baginda tuanku berdua berangkat bercemar duli ke majlis makan malam anugerah diraja kewangan islam tahun 2016. ampun tuanku. seterusnya patik ingin memohon perkenan seri paduka baginda tuanku untuk menyampaikan ucapan kepada para hadirin dalam bahasa inggeris. kebawah duli yang maha mulia paduka seri sultan nazrin muizzuddin shah ibni almarhum sultan azlan muhibbuddin shah al - maghfur - lah, sultan of perak darul ridzuan, and duli yang maha mulia raja permaisuri perak tuanku zara salim. your royal highnesses, your excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies & gentlemen. it is my pleasure to welcome the distinguished audience to the gala dinner for the royal award for islamic finance ( raif ) tonight, which is held to honor an individual for outstanding contributions to the growth and development of islamic finance. allow me to express our utmost gratitude to his majesty seri paduka baginda yang di - pertuan agong and her majesty, and his royal highness sultan of perak darul ridzuan, the royal patron of