Singapore - Keppel Corporation launched a project to give young Middle Eastern students the opportunity to come to Singapore as interns with its businesses, it said on Wednesday. 

The group's current involvement in the Middle East includes shipyards in the United Arab Emirates, environmental engineering and waste management projects in Qatar and seafront apartments on the waterfront in Jeddah. 

The Keppel-Young Arab Leaders internship program is aimed at outstanding university students. 

"Human capital is an important asset," human resources director Tan Poh Hong said. "We believe strongly in maximizing the potential of our people to drive business growth globally." 

Keppel is considering linking the internship with its scholarship programme that has been running since 1989. (dpa)