In response to the national economic challenges, MCA MCA Lifelong Learning and the Centre for Extension Education of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR-CEE) initiated a new project- “Break Through Learning Series”.

This project was launched by MCA Secretary-General YB Senator Dato’ Wong Foon Meng on Saturday. Dato’ Wong said that it is important to help the people to upgrade their skills and acquire knowledge as the best way to brace for the upcoming challenges.

Director of MCA Lifelong Learning Quek Ngee Meng said that the project was initiated in view of the current economic turmoil where the lower income groups would be most severely impacted. Thus, a series of public talks and short courses will be specially designed to meet the needs of the lower income groups, such as the blue collar workers, hawkers, taxi drivers and fresh graduates.

The public talks will be held in MCA Lifelong Learning Centres and short courses will be conducted by the UTAR-CEE. Admission to the public talks is free while short courses will be offered at a nominal fee.

MCA Lifelong Learning also published a guide that aims to help the retrenched to cope with unemployment. The “Surviving Job Loss: Guide on Coping With Retrenchement” are avaiaable in 4 languages: Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil. For those interested to get a free copy can contact MCA Lifelong Learning Secretariat at 03-21618044 or Email: info@lll.net.my