• Thu. Dec 5th, 2024

MAFSC DINER’S CLUB 2 2024: ASEAN, ADMM And Regional Defence Cooperation: How Successful Has It Been In Inducing Regional Defence Cooperation?

BANGI, 30 October 24: Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College (MAFSC) once again had organised Diner’s Club 2 as one of its annual academic activities on 30 Oct 2024 at Bangi Resort Hotel, Bangi, Selangor.
The MAFSC Diners Club 2 is one of the most highly anticipated annual events of the college. Diners Club 2 is a planned activity which is held with the intention of enriching MAFSC Course Participants (CP) with the knowledge pertaining to various current issues at national, regional and global perspectives. At the same time, CP will be able to meet and hear from an eminent guest speaker and enhance their knowledge of contemporary issues. This will also be promoting education and social interaction among all attendees. It is conducted during dinner time and involves a talk from a prominent guest speaker. Diner’s Club 2 involved 207 people including the Faculty Members and Directing Staff of MAFSC and 171 local and overseas CP. The guest of honour this time was YBhg Datuk Prof Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah, Chairman of Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia who delivered an engaging talk on “ASEAN, ADMM And Regional Defence Cooperation: How Successful Has It Been In Inducing Regional Defence Cooperation?”.

The program began with dinner followed by the talk by the Guest Speaker and subsequently a question and answer session moderated by Prof Dr. Adam Leong Kok Wey, the Distinguish Fellow of MAFSC from the National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM). Also present on the night were Vice Admiral Datuk Sabri bin Zali, President of PUSPAHANAS, First Admiral Hj Shahriman bin Hj Mahmud, Commandant of MAFDC, Brig Gen Zamsari bin Abu Hasan, Commandant of MAFSC and Brig Jen Mohd Azmurin bin Mat Khalid, Director General of Management and Training PUSPAHANAS. The ceremony ended with a presentation of memento to the Honourable Datuk Prof Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah by the MAFSC Commandant.