The Alumni Look East Policy Society or ALEPS is very proud to play a significant role towards the development of Malaysia. 

In 1988, after the return of the first batch of graduates from Japan , ALEPS was established under the initiative of the Public Service Department of Malaysia. The society comprises former graduates of Japanese universities and technical colleges who were direct beneficiaries of the Look East Policy programs. 

As a Japanese alumnus, ALEPS plays a significant role in promoting Japanese Education together with the Japanese Embassy in Malaysia. ALEPS provide consultation and support, as well as organise various education related seminars in order to promote Japanese education among Malaysia. 

Today, ALEPS with the strength of more than 12,000 members, acts as a “KAKEHASHI”, a bridge that promotes then bilateral relation between Malaysia and Japan. As a NGO, ALEPS promotes bilateral relations between Malaysia and Japan from bottom up, as we believe that any government policy should be supported by the grass root to success. 

In our past experience, ALEPS has succeeded in building up citizen to citizen relation into a relation between associations and further grown it into sister city relation. As we understood that the Look East Policy itself was designed so that the students sent to Japan may learn the positive values from the Japanese society, the Malaysia exposed to the positive Japanese values is still too low. For those reasons, is is the responsibility of ALEPS and all of its members to promote and disseminate the values that they have learnt in Japan to all other Malaysia. 

After 40 years of LEP, ALEPS believes in the capabilities of our alumni members in helping to drive the country’s economy as well as its future policy.