MAHATHIR-TAKAFUL

DR M RECEIVES TOKOH TAKAFUL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TAKAFUL INDUSTRY


KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir
Mohamad was conferred "Tokoh Takaful Award" at the Malaysian Takaful Association
inaugural Dinner and Awards Nite 2009 in recognition of his outstanding
contribution to the takaful industry.
Dr Mahathir has been instrumental in ensuring the takaful industry received
strong support from the government and this support has remained to this day.
" We owe much to Tun Mahathir as in October 1982, barely a year after coming
into office as the fourth Prime Minister, a special task force was formed to
explore the viability of an islamic insurance company in Malaysia," said
Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah when speaking at the
event.
Dr Mahathir had passed on a legacy to the Malaysian Islamic financial industry,
said Malaysian Takaful Association Chairman Datuk Syed Moheed Syed Kamarulzaman.
He said Dr Mahathir was also a multi-skilled individual and a strategist in his
own sense, making him the perfect candidate to receive the award.
WNA MSL TOM