Proton sponsors 10 vehicles for ministry's sports event

PUTRAJAYA: Proton has presented 10 units of various car models to the Ministry of Higher Education to support the 2022 edition of the Sukan Institusi Pendidikan Tinggi.

The bi-annual sports event, organised by the ministry, will be held from Aug 12-21 at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris in Tanjung Malim, Perak.

There will be 21 sporting events in which around 6,000 athletes and officials from institutions of higher learning throughout Malaysia will take part.

Comprising eight units of the Perdana and a single unit each of the X70 and Saga, the cars were received by Datuk Megat Sany Megat Ahmad Supian, Deputy Secretary-General for policy and Datuk Dr Pekan Ramli, Deputy Secretary for sports from Ministry of Higher Education at a sponsor handover ceremony held at the ministry yesterday.

This is the second time Proton is supporting the event; the last one was in 2012.

Proton has also contributed to the development of sports at schools in Tanjung Malim this year.

The company presented cash and equipment to SMK and SK Proton City on June 27 June, while it donated cash on July 28 to Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mahmud
in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, to support its academic excellence programmes.