88 CAPTAINS

Persatuan Kebajikan 88 Kapten Pulau Pinang (“88 Captains”) is a charitable non-governmental organisation founded for the purpose of sustaining talent development by providing financial aid to deserving students in Penang and the Northern Region. The organisation provides special assistance to academically gifted students with potential who need financial help.

88 Captains boasts a membership consisting of industrialists, doctors, academicians, lawyers and trustworthy businessmen and businesswomen committed to raising funds for the sole purpose of identifying and retaining talents for Penang and the Northern Region by providing grants or financial aid to students who lack the economic means to continue or further their education to a higher level.

Registered in April 2022 with the Registrar of Societies (ROS) under ref: PPM-007-07-07042022, the organisation has 68 members and is expanding its membership.

To date, 88 Captains has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Science Malaysia (USM) & the University of Wollongong (UOW) on 12 Dec 2022, as well as with Tengku Abdul Rahman University Management & Technology (TAR UMT) on 17 Jan 2023. Together the universities and 88 Captains will form an Education Committee to select, evaluate, grant and manage its inaugural scholarship program with the first grant disbursed in the second half of 2023.

On April 4, 2024, two additional MOUs were signed with INTI International College and Vitrox Academy. In 2025, more grants were disbursed to USM and our new partners, INTI International College.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Dato' Ong Eng Bin

former CEO of OCBC (M) Berhad

Dato' Seri Sr Rozali bin Mohamud

former Mayor of Majlis Bandaraya Seberang Perai

Dato' Mohd Jamil Mohamed

former Director, Penang State Education Department

Prof. Dato' Seri Ir. Dr. Abdul Rahman Mohamed

Vice-Chancellor, USM

Dato' Prof Dr Noor Inayah bt Ya'akub

CEO & Vice-Chancellor, UCMI

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

Dato' Seri Dr Ooi Eng Hock

Chairman

Dato' Davis Chong Chun Shiong

Deputy Chairman

Dato' Seri Dr Hj Haminnuddin bin Hj Abd Hamid

Deputy Chairman

Dato' Jimmy Ong Chin Keng

Secretary General

Dr Audrey Eng Khai Ying

Deputy Secretary

Mr William Tan Chiew Chun

Treasurer

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Ms Gor Siew Yeng

Prof. Patricia Chung Wei Leng

Adjunct Prof. Dr Yeap Gim Ean

Dato' Goh Guek Eng

ChM. Chong Moi Me

Prof. Dato' Lau Chee Kheong

Mr Kesavan A/L Murugan

Dato' Dr Tan Siang Guan

Adjunct Prof. Ir Dr Ngoo Seong Boon

TALENT DEVELOPMENT SUB COMMITTEE

Dato' Ong Eng Bin

Chairman

Dato' Davis Chong Chun Shiong

Assistant

Adjunct Prof. Dr Yeap Gim Ean

Assistant

Dato' Jimmy Ong Chin Keng

Ms Gor Siew Yeng

Prof. Patricia Chung Wei Leng