VMPGA stands for Victoria Malaysian Postgraduates Association.

VMPGA has been in existence for over three years now and the number of our members is increasing. Many Malaysians have chosen Victorian institutions as their place to further study in many fields. As most of us are already aware, vmpg at yahoogroups was established to promote discussion amongst us and help newly arrived postgraduates to settle down. However, some of us have realised that vmpg should play a more significant role than just that. The description 'postgraduate' really resonates some chill factor among our younger undergraduate brothers and sisters, therefore we are trying to reduce this distance. Furthermore, our concerns and welfares are communicated well directly and indirectly to the visiting government representatives. Collectively, we all do feel that we play an important role to our nation building and the Malaysian Government has been supportive with some of the issues raised in the past .

In the effort to strengthen our presence amongst Malaysian student communities, VMPGA has been formalised as an association. A preliminary discussion has been initiated amongst senior postgraduates and a PRO TEM committee has been created, mainly amongst the moderator of vmpga and senior members of the 'group'. The job of this committee is simply to make VMPGA a recognised Malaysia Postgraduate body in Victoria, under the patronage of Malaysian Student Department. On 23rd of June 2007, an Inaugural General Meeting (IGM) was held at Malaysia Hall Melbourne. Around 70 postgraduates students have attended this meeting, and a new working committee for VMPGA has been elected, and thus VMPGA has been officially established as a students association.

VMPGA Committee Members 07/08

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