00:00Mohamad Asif bin Shaikh Safaruddin.
00:04Cancer survivor Mohamad Asif Shaikh Safaruddin
00:06has taken a significant step toward his ambition
00:09of becoming an engineer.
00:11To Mohamad Asif bin Shaikh Safaruddin,
00:16congratulations to you.
00:18The 23-year-old, on Saturday,
00:20graduated as the top student in his class,
00:23earning a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics,
00:25majoring in Telecommunications
00:27from Multimedia University.
00:30Diagnosed with early acute lymphoblastic leukemia
00:32at age of 10,
00:34Mohamad Asif was declared cancer-free at 17.
00:37His perseverance was recognised
00:39when he received the Chancellor's Award
00:41during MMU's 25th convocation at its Cyberjaya campus.
00:46You see, when I was receiving my treatment,
00:49it's how I would think every day
00:52whether tomorrow would be my last day or not.
00:55So, I guess it just instilled in me
00:59a sort of value that, you know,
01:00you have to make the most out of everything.
01:02And despite starting university,
01:05I think this is when it actually started worsening.
01:08I thought of that every day.
01:11And, I don't know, maybe that's what drove me
01:13to go for all these events,
01:17all these programmes,
01:18try to improve myself constantly.
01:20Reflecting on the award,
01:22Mohamad Asif credited his success
01:24to his mother's unwavering encouragement
01:26through their challenges.
01:27My mum, she had this dream
01:30that all her children would one day
01:33become doctors, lawyers, engineers,
01:36and they would be able to change
01:40the quality of our life as a family.
01:44So, with that dream in hand,
01:45she set out to actually educate all of us.
01:49The Chancellor's Award, MMU's highest accolade,
01:52honours the top graduate for academic excellence,
01:55extracurricular contributions, and leadership.
01:58In the same ceremony,
02:00Sultan of Pahang,
02:01Al-Sultan Abdullah Riayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah,
02:04and Tengku Ampuan Pahang Tengku Aziza,
02:07Aminah Maimunah Iskandaria
02:08were also conferred honorary doctorate degrees of management
02:11in recognition for their remarkable contributions to the field.
02:15More than 3,000 graduates are set to receive their diploma,
02:18bachelor's, master's and doctorate scrolls
02:21during the convocation ceremony from November 7th to 9th.
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