Yunus Social Business Centre opens in Malaysian state

A Yunus Social Business Centre was opened in Perak state in Malaysia to foster social business innovation.

The opening of the centre at the University Technology Petronas was announced during a daylong international social business forum on Sunday in Ipoh, the capital of the state.

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and Ahmad Fadzil bin Mohamad Hani, deputy vice-chancellor of the university, were present during the signing of the agreement for opening the centre. 

MyHarapan, one of the leading Malaysian youth organisations, organised the forum, Yunus Centre said in a statement.

In his address to the forum, Yunus urged the youth to take action and utilise their innate creative power to become job creators instead of being job seekers.

He urged them to imagine and build their future where there will be no poverty, unemployment and inequality in the society.

A special session also discussed how Ipoh can become the first social business city in Malaysia.

Yunus also had a bilateral meeting with Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir, chief minister of Perak, on how to proceed with the social business city.

The chief minister and a 50-member delegation visited Bangladesh earlier this year to explore how they can bring social business into Perak State's development programme.