MIT students, lecturer for fund-raising climb

KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. There have been walkathons and walkathons and more walkathons. But the Bachelor in Business Administration students from the Mara Institute of Technology have now organised a climbathon up Mt. Kinabalu. Their goal? To raise $175,000 through company and individual sponsorships for their scholarship and educational fund.

Any donation of $1,000 or more is entitled to a special flag bearing the contributor's name planted on the top of Mt. Kinabalu.

According to Dr. John Nirenburg, co-ordinator BBA/Ohio University programme, scaling Mt. Kinabalu is symbolic of "our need to stand on our own." "It is a test of our business-minded and en- terprising outlook," he said