We got AMC accreditation!

A friend of mine received an email from the AMC:

Dear Ms Lim,
The Australian Medical Council resolved on 24 November to grant accreditation to the Monash Malaysia course.
This decision be on the AMC website in due course.
The teaching of the Monash medicine course geographically in Malaysia will commence in 2007.
Regards

Karin Oldfield
Medical School Accreditation Officer
Australian Medical Council
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and the best thing is, in another email received from the faculty:

I am pleased to tell you that we have just been informed by the
Australian Medical Council that they are giving full and equal
accreditation to the Monash MBBS degree in Malaysia as they are giving
to the degree in Australia.

Now that AMC accreditation has been attained, MMC accreditation will most probably follow suit. One hurdle down, one more to go: Singapore Medical Council (will be a challenge due to the Malaysia-Singapore politics and hardcore NUS people who mostly make up the board). Note: Singapore does not recognise any qualifications that come from Malaysia.