KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 -- Five selected Malaysian students taking a group photograph with their parents before departing form Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Baikonur in Kazakhstanto witness the launch of MEASAT-3a satellite here, yesterday.The five were chosen for being the top scorers in the 2007 government examinations and having shown keen interest in science and mathematics.Flying out yesterday were Ahmad Ruiz from Kuala Lumpur, Lina Na'ilah from Selangor, Chandra Sekhar from Johor, Cliff Asher from Sabah and Edmund Lau from Sarawak.They will be joined in Moscow by nine other students from India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom, countries where MEASAT operates today.--fotoBERNAMA COPYRIGHT RESERVED

photographed by: Nabila Adnan