KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (left) taking a group photograph with Chairman of AmBank Group Tan Sri Azman Hashim (right) and Chancellor of Sunway University College Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling (left) after appointing them as the Honorary Officers of the Order of Australia here at Australian High Commission, today.The Order of Australia is part of the Australian honours system and the Officer of the Order of Austrlia is awarded for distinguished service of a high degree to Australia.Jeffrey Cheah was recognized for his substantial contribution to the bilateral relationship through his promotion of education and business link, particularly tertiary education and the establishment of a Monash University campus in Malaysia.Meanwhile, Azman Hashim is one of the founders of the Malaysia-Australia Foundation which co-partnered the establishsment the Malaysia Australia Colombo Plan Commemoration scholarship.-- fotoBERNAMA COPYRIGHT RESERVED

photographed by: ROSLI AWANG