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Get to know the Father of Innovation in Creative Education through a series of speeches and articles. We explore the aspirations of a man who pushes the boundaries of pursuing change with his passion for creativity and innovation, through this month’s read entitled: “Innovation:Enabling Transformation”.

Honoured as the Father of Innovation in Creative Education by the country’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the Founder and President of Limkokwing University has put Malaysia on the global map in recent years with the establishment of several campuses, most notably in London and several parts of Africa. This special feature sees him answering 10 questions from readers of The Star newspaper—Malaysia’s leading English daily—about his life, university as well as thoughts on the industry.

The amazing story of the founder president of Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Lim Kok Wing is thoughtfully narrated in “The Man Who Designed The Future”, a book that took fourteen years in the making.

Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr Limkokwing’s extraordinary life journey has been closely linked with the economic and social development of Malaysia. And over the past two decades his endeavours to build capacity for the developing world has contributed to empowering a new generation with knowledge and skills that sharpen the economic competitiveness of these countries.

1Malaysia is built upon the foundations of the Federal Constitution, the Rukun Negara, Vision 2020 and various government policies and is founded on the precepts of unity in diversity, inclusiveness, social justice and moral and inspirational values.