The Minister, Dato' Dr Hj Shafie B. Hj Mohd. Salleh, accompanied by the Director of Higher Education and nine other delegates visited the IfM on 29th July 2004. They heard about our research, teaching, and industry collaboration activities. The delegation was particularly interested in our executive teaching programmes and asked about the possibility of Malaysian executives taking part. As part of the tour, they later visited the St John's Innovation Centre and the Institute of Biotechnology.