Lam Thye conferred honorary doctorate

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KOTA KINABALU: Social activist Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye has been conferred an honorary doctorate in Social Work at the 14th convocation of Universiti Malaysia Sabah here yesterday.

He was among 4,336 graduands who received their degrees and diplomas from Head of State Tun Juhar Mahiruddin, who is also UMS Chancellor.

Out of the 4,336 graduands, 24 received the Doctorate in Philosophy while 277 graduands received their masters degree at a grand ceremony held at the Dewan Canselor UMS.

UMS Vice-Chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Harun Abdullah said 49 graduands received the First Class bachelors degree. – Bernama