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Beginning of

anew dawn

SUNWAY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MAGAZINE

VOL 01 ISSUE 01 / 2006 / www.sunway.edu.my

INSIDE:

Features

Proessor Wang GungwuPacks a Record Crowd

Around Campus

Fine Dining Around theWorld at SyUC

Alumni News

Chua Teck BoonsGrowing Concern orCoee

HallmarksChew Shee Ghee Does It

Again in ICAEW ACA

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Contents

Advisor :

Elizabeth Lee

Editorial Team :Jerrine Koay (Editor)

Jacqueline M. Lim (Sta Writer)

Marilyn John (Sta Photographer)

Cheang Meng Wai (Contributor)

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BLAZEThe name Blaze has been chosen to reect the higher stature o

Sunway University College (SyUC) as it continues its entry into the

realm o university colleges. This status was conerred by the Ministry o

Higher Education in August 2004. Both the institution and the magazine

have since outgrown the ormer Collegiate Chronicles magazine,

which Blaze now supercedes.

Explanatory notes on name: Blaze was selected or its name as itsignifes SyUCs burst o achievements in recent years. SyUC is blazing

a trail and leading the feld in the area o excellence in education with a

aming passion in the hearts o its sta and students.

3 Foreword

A Message rom Elizabeth Lee

4 Cover Story

Beginning o a New Dawn at SyUC

6 Features

Cupid Arrows Students andShakespeare

Giving Hope to Suseela

Proessor Wang Gungwu Packsa Record Crowd

10 Happenings

Chinese New Year Bash WowsInternational Students

Dikir Barat Treat or JapaneseSophomores

Fine Dining Around the Worldat SyUC

16 Alumni News

A Gateway to Jobs

SyUC VU Alumnus Chua Teck BoonsGrowing Concern or Coee

19 Hallmarks

ACCA & CAT Students Enter Hallo Fame

Chew Shee Ghee Does It Againin ICAEW ACA

Excellence at the School o ComputerTechnology

Thinking Graduates o VU-SyUC Facethe World

Trust Lends a Hand to Bright Sparks

Top Students Power Up Pre-U Programmes

27 Sports Scene

Right on Target

26 Living Well

Preparation and Stress-Busting Tips or Exams

A Friendo the

Environment

SyUC is an earth

friendly institution.

Please prolong the

useulness o thismagazine by sharing i

with others or recycling

it when it has outlasted

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Welcome to the debut issue of Blaze, a new magazine that

heralds the coming of age of our institution as a university college.

Throughout the years, Sunway University College has blazed a trail in

the education landscape, reaching many milestones, winning worldprizes and awards and gaining the Governments recognition for

offering an education par excellence.

As a university college, we owe it to ourselves to raise our benchmarks to provide anexceptional university education that not only meets the ever-changing needs o theindustry but develops the minds and values o our graduates to become role models intheir chosen areas o work.

I am reminded o a quote that is oten said There is only one constant in lie and that is

change. With the vision and direction o our Chairman, Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr) JereyCheah, may we rise above the challenges o change to continue to deliver nothing butthe best.

This edition covers the hallmarks and graduations as well as a regular section tohighlight a member o our alumni who is making a positive impact in the working world.

Like most things in lie, we outgrow and redene ourselves as we leave the old behind.Blaze is a tribute to all the amily and riends o Sunway University College and a symbolo the new era or an institution that has come a long way rom where she once startedher journey.

Elizabeth LeeExecutive DirectorSunway University College

Foreword


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Beginning of a

New Dawn at SyUC

COVER STORY

Like this new magazine which heralds a new image, the dynamic

growth o Sunway University College rom Sunway College is nowcelebrated with a new and exciting phase.

Twenty years ago, under the directiono its ounder, Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr)Jerey Cheah, Sunway College beganwith its roots as an institution who sawthe synergistic advantages o twinningpartnerships with institutions overseasto oer an aordable and qualityeducation to serve the workorce needso the Nation.

Sunway University College today hassurpassed this purpose and has etchedor itsel a reputation as a matureinstitution with well established linksto eminent universities in Australia, theUK and the US. SyUC oers a highstandard o education that continues tobe endorsed by its twinning partners.

The direction that SyUC is taking istowards providing a veritable range oproessional and academic degreesthat suitably meet the needs o industry.New academic and administrativemovers have been handpicked tojoin SyUC to spearhead this and toboost and shape an institution whosequalities bet its stature as a University.

Recent appointment o ProessorJarlath Ronayne as Director, is a step inthis direction. Pro Jarlath is the ormerFoundation Vice-Chancellor o VictoriaUniversity rom 1991-2003. He has aPhD rom the University o Cambridgeand was a Visiting Fellow at Wolsonand St Johns Colleges in Cambridgeand Oriel College in Oxord.

Apart rom exploring and establishingnew partnerships with top universitiesin the world, SyUC has embarkedon conerring its own degrees. Oneeort is the push o its new Bacheloro Business Management (Honours)programme which has in its syllabus,liberal arts subjects, giving students adierent perspective including analysis

rom the political, historical and socialaspects. It is a business course with aconscience, having a holistic qualityby instilling values o governance andethics.

The School o Hospitality, Tourism andLeisure Management will be the rstin Malaysia to oer the B.Sc (Hons)in the disciplines o InternationalHospitality Management, InternationalTourism Management, Retail Marketing

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Management and Conventions andEvents Management. Each o these 3.5year programmes will include 20 weekso supervised work experience. Thesedegree programmes will be launchedthis year.

SyUC has strived to meet the healthneeds o our rapidly afuent societywhich have a lack o proessionalsespecially in the care o problems oamilies. Recently an SyUC-awardedhonours degree in psychology wasintroduced and a clinical psychologistrom the industry with excellentcredentials, Dr Teoh Hsien-Jin headsthe School o Health and NaturalSciences which oers the programme.Dr Teoh believes the strong emphasison equipping students with internshipopportunities and problem solving skillsare key to the quality o a programme.The bachelors with honours is astepping stone to a Masters whichis the proessional license o clinicalpsychologists in Malaysia.

Eorts at SyUC have been stepped upto bring world renown speakers or itsDistinguished Speakers Series whichhighlights academics such as ProessorWang Gungwu and the Sterling LectureTours, which enrich students lives andenhance Sunway University College asan educational centre o excellence.

Like our Asian way o caring or ourchildren in our home, SyUC studentsare continually supported in theirpersonal development by the Student

Services Department who play apastoral role, assisting students inadjustment problems and coping witha bewildering student lie, throughits counselling unit. The departmentlooks ater all o the 55 clubs andsocieties and is an experienced handat orientation get-togethers or newstudents, career and employers airsand workshops to help graduatingstudents secure jobs in the shortesttime possible.

This high standard o education atSyUC can be translated into well-qualied teaching sta who have a loveor teaching and a level o dedication

and commitment that is rare.Excellence is seen every year throughthe awards, world prizes and entry into

prestigious universities by studentswhose stories requently appear in localpublications and the press.

This height o teaching and genuineconcern or our students includinginternational students by providinga comortable and stimulatingenvironment or studies, lead toSyUCs notable achievementsrecently, the Export Excellence Award2005 (Services) by the Ministry oInternational Trade and Industry andthe Excellence in International StudentEnrolment Award (University Category)by the Ministry o Higher Education.

With the awards under its belt, SyUChas the responsibility o ensuringits standards do not waver. On theinternational ront, SyUC will endeavourto exceed all expectations by theprovision o a holistic and stimulatinguniversity environment. It would like tosee its programmes constantly evolvingto meet the needs o industry andinstilling in students good values thatwould carry them well into their workinglives.

Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr) Jerey Cheah presenting atoken o appreciation to Proessor Lim Chong Yahater his lecture at Sunway University College as

part o the Distinguished Speakers Series.

Dr Khatijah Khalid (right), Registrar,SyUC receiving the Excellence inInternational Student EnrolmentAward (University Category) onbehal o SyUC rom the ormerMinister o Higher Education, DatoSri Dr Hj Shae bin Hj Mohd Sallehon 20 December 2005.

Proessor Jarlath Ronayne, appointedas Director, Sunway University College

Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr) Jerey Cheahreceiving the Export Excellence Award 2005(Services) rom the Minister o InternationalTrade and Industry, Dato Seri Radah Azizon 16 March 2006.

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Some o the most memorable andpassionate scenes rom 9 plays ocomedy and tragedy were givena modern twist on the very classicthemes o love and death as plied by

Shakespeare. The production wasdirected by Rey Buono, Head o theDepartment o Perormance+Mediaand was part o the students theatrepracticum, which is a requiremento the course. The entire studentpopulation o the Department hadacting roles while the more advancedstudents were solely responsible or theproduction: stage management, lights,sound, costumes, set, publicity andticket sales.

Shariah Soa put in a brilliant perormance asJuliet in Romeo & Juliet which was a dierent

style o acting rom her scenes in the popular TVseries o the past, Spanar Jaya

Buono shared Shakespeare was, aterall, a man o the commercial theatre,interested above all in entertaining

audiences. This production aims tobring his characters into the present,without sacricing the power and scopeo his language. I Shakespeare wasalive today, he would probably bewriting or the screen, not the stage. Indirecting this production, I have triedto rame the scenes in the context ovarious movie genres Bollywood,gothic horror, romantic comedy. Thestudent actors are working in dierentstyles, added Buono.

The interesting staging is evident inthe minimalist set which worked asthe dierent levels o stacked blockseectively separated the variousscenes. The close proximity o theaudience to the stage and the dierentlevels o the stage were eective inadding variety and intimacy to theaction. The simplicity o the propsand the contemporary costumeshighlighted the talent and exuberanceo the actors during their perormances.

FEATURES

Cupid Arrows

Students andShakespeare SyUC Diploma in Perormance+Media students put

their own stamp on an anthology o excerpts romselected Shakespearean plays in their very ownCupid Kills held on 23, 24 and 25 February.

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Amelia Chen put up an impressiveperormance as Beatrice in the Much AdoAbout Nothing excerpt in Cupid Kills

Nurul Ain (let) and lecturer Dr Ray Langenbach,who made a surprise appearance, seen here in ascene rom Midsummer Nights Dream

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Cupid Kills had all the ingredientsto entertain. Truthulness prevailedduring some heart to heart dialogueswhile playing hard to get was actedout with measured timing that whencouples got together, eelings orelie was rie among the audience.Senseless acts o jealousy and rageelicited annoyance while the audienceheld their breath in anticipationo being told o some news. Thisprovided the intensity o emotions thatare the hallmarks o a well-deliveredShakespearean play.

Polished showmanship was evident in

many scenes. Among the young actorswho made an impact was AmeliaChen who played Beatrice in MuchAdo About Nothing. Chen conveyedher warm and cold emotions towardBenedict with great panache. ShariahSoa who has played in commercialtelevision and is well-known locally orher part in the TV series Spanar Jaya,took the role o a convincing Juliet.Soa was a pleasure to watch as wasNurul Ain Mohd Jamlus as Helena inMidsummer Nights Dream.

Elza Irdalynna, who is an AstroShaw scholar, played the complex

cross-gender role o Viola/Cesarioin Twelth Night. She successullymanaged to enact a true comedy oconusion and her co-actor, TengkuAmalia Zahirah, played the intoxicatedOlivia with great eect and style.

There were 14 scenes in all andstudents had six and a hal weeks opreparation that paid o. The surprisetwist at the end gave new meaningto the whole play. There were greatmovement and dancing to Cupid-themed songs which gave an upbeatnale to the whole production.

We hope that the Cupid Killsexperience will dispel any earin students o the literary giantShakespeares works and to teach

teamwork and responsibility, explainedRey Buono. This it certainly did butmore importantly while entertaining adelighted audience and kindling aninterest in Shakespeare at SyUCs veryown theatre.

The Diploma in Perormance+Mediais a 2.5-year programme where youngmen and women are given technicaltraining and tutelage in the art o acting,directing and play/screen writing. Theprogramme will have its next intake inAugust this year.

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FEATURES

Giving Hopeto Suseela

It is not everyday that one gets the chance to make a real

dierence in someone elses lie as SyUC did. SuseelaVellasami grew up at the Rumah Keluarga Kami romthe tender age o nine when most children would fnd it

hard to grasp the concept o lie even with their parents.Here her parents are a group o dedicated guardianswho have taken it upon themselves to be the guiding

beacons in the lives o the children at the Home.

At the Home everything rom ood andclothing to schooling was provided orthe children. I always elt the care othe guardians and was never in wanto anything shared Suseela. She wasemphatic about that. We grew upclose-knit and there were many happytimes at the Home especially aroundChristmas

It was Mr Rajoo, one o the guardiansat the home who rst told her about the

Tun Dato Seri Omar Ong CommunityScholarship oered by SunwayUniversity College through its SunwayEducation Trust Fund. This was anideal scholarship or Suseela as it isonly open to students rom Homes runby charitable organisations or NGOs.

And thus began the storyo how the SunwayEducation Trust Fund

touched the lie o aperson out o themainstream o ourafuent society.With the scholarship

given to her, Suseelaembarked at SyUC on

a Diploma in Computer Studies whichshe completed and is now continuingwith a Bachelor o Science in BusinessInormation Systems which she willcomplete by November this year. AsSuseela is recently employed, she hasdecided to partly support hersel whilestudying, indeed a step that deserveskudos rom the rest o us ordinary olk.

23 year old Suseela and othercommunity scholars like her are

provided with ull tuition ees, bookvouchers and accommodation inthe scheme. The Student ServicesDepartment at SyUC has even takenresponsibility or their personaldevelopment, through its counselingunit. It is important to look aterthe well being o our communityscholars through contact and personalguidance said Ms Lee Siok Peng,Director o the Students ServicesDepartment. Suseela acknowledgedthat their Group Dynamics Programmewas a wonderul support programmethat dealt with issues ranging romleadership to sel-esteem.

This gutsy and riendly lass has asurprisingly spiritual acceptance othe sad beginnings o her lie. Myparents were unable to take care ome because o their own dicultiesand thereore I cannot blame them butinstead I have orgiven them

Suseela is eternally grateul to RumahKeluarga Kami or their unailingsupport, to the Malaysian Care andSunway University College. I thank allo these institutions or their supportand to Sunway University College orsowing the seeds o education into mylie

SyUC earned a Trust status through itsinstatement o a trust und in 1997. In2004, the und was ocially named as

the Sunway Education Trust Fund. Theund was set up with the purpose oextending a hand to the community atlarge and or the upgrading o acilitiesor the benet o students. All surplusesearned by SyUC is ploughed into theund or the above purposes.

For inormation on any o SyUCsscholarships under the categorieso scholastic, entrance, sports orcommunity, please contact theStudents Services Department at74918622.

I you wish to help the Rumah Keluarga

Kami Home in which Suseela still hasconnections with, please contact theHome:-

Rumah Keluarga KamiNo. 139, Taman Bukit43000 KajangSelangorTel: 03-87367877

10-year old Suseela with other children andcaregivers at the Rumah Keluarga Kami. She is

seated th rom right, among the children (in whiteV-necked blouse).

Suseela at Sunway University College recently

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Professor WangGungwu Packs aRecord Crowd

Mesmerised by the illuminating contents o his talk, the 380 strongaudience who came or the lecture on Understanding Chinas PresentEconomic Transormation by Proessor Wang Gungwu, an eminentAustralian sinologist, were not disappointed. He delved into the

dynamics o Chinas education and oreign policies with Asean.

Besieged by border disputes allaround, China is cultivating riendly

relations with the least threatening o itsneighbours the Asean community,said Proessor Wang.

And he warns, To talk o an East AsiaCommunity is premature certainly orAsean, i Asean is not talking with onevoice. These were some o the potentquotes rom his Talk which attractedstudents and some o the best mindso the country and included well-knownbusiness and political gures, Tan SriAbdul Rashid Hussein, Tan Sri DatukAmar Leo Moggie and Tan Sri AbdullahAhmad.

Wangs ties with Malaysia go a longway. He was born in Surabaya buthe attended school in Ipoh in pre-independent Malaya. Wang taught atthe University o Malaya in Singaporeand Kuala Lumpur and in the earlysixties became Dean o the Faculty oArts and Proessor o History where hestayed till 1968. Many o the attendeeso the Talk were his students back thenand they vividly recall Wang and hiskeen intellect.

He has authoured more than 55 bookson China and the Chinese. ProessorWang is the Director o the East AsianInstitute, Proessor o the Faculty o

Arts and Social Sciences, NationalUniversity o Singapore and EmeritusProessor o the Australian NationalUniversity. Other positions held by himare Visiting Fellow, All Souls College,Oxord University and Vice ChancellorUniversity o Hong Kong (1986-1995).

SyUC regularly invites respectedacademics rom around the globe tohold public lectures on topics o currentinterest or proessional improvement

Proessor Wang Gungwu enthralled the crowd with his lecture

A section o the audience during the Question and Answersession at the Talk by Proessor Wang Gungwu.

Proessor Wang Gungwu

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and personal growth. Among theprevious speakers have been ProessorGeorge P. Baker III, Proessor Nabil NEl-Hage and Proessor Daniel Quinn

Mills rom the Harvard BusinessSchool. Other speakers were; Dr DanielL Axelrod o the Adizes Institute, Asiascelebrated economist Proessor LimChong Yah and Emeritus ProessorEdwin Thumboo rom the NationalUniversity o Singapore.

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HAPPENINGS

International students had a most enjoyable time when they wereinvited to a Chinese New Year tea party hosted by the ExecutiveDirector o SyUC, Elizabeth Lee at her residence in Sierramas,

early this year.

Students rom China, Lebanon, Nigeria,Somalia and other parts o the globewere erried to Ms Lees residence.The sta rom the Students ServicesDepartment o SyUC who helpedorganise the party, came along as wellto share the experience and perhapsexplain the customs and traditions thattake place during the Lunar New Year.

Students eagerly awaited thearrival o the mythical Chinese lionto perorm the obligatory scaringaway o evil spirits with an elaboratedance accompanied by loud andurious-paced drumming. From theexpressions o delight on the aces ostudents, the perormance proved to bean eye-opener and added to the estivemood o the occasion.

Jia Hong Yen (ACCA) at let and Yu Chan (CAT), romChina, enjoying themselves at the party.

Timothy Ime Stephen with a new riend

Chinese New Year BashWows InternationalStudents

Elizabeth Lee (2nd rom let) with international students(rom let to right) : Timothy Ime Stephen, rom Nigeria(Chartered Institute o Marketing), Abdu Rahmana.k.a Mankey rom Somalia (CIMP) and Bello LawalDanbatta rom Nigeria (ACCA).

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HAPPENINGS

One o the international students whohails rom Somalia, Abdu Rahman, orbetter known as Mankey to his riendssaid It is so nice to be thought o andincluded in this special occasion by MsLee. He added The customs were sointeresting and this has made our stayin this country more memorable.

Many thanks to Ms Lee and SyUC ororganising this party

All the international students whowere at the party echoed Mankeyssentiments and have come toappreciate the rich multi-cultural way olie here even more.

While students were munching ontraditional cookies and sipping sotdrinks, the cheeky antics o the lionwere welcomed into the crowd. Oneo the popular traditions experiencedduring the party by the students weretheir receiving o Ang Pows or redpackets o lucky money rom MsLees amily, a custom in which onlyunmarried persons are eligible toreceive and at this gathering includedall the students.

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Dikir Barat Treatfor JapaneseSophomores

The Japanese students were met bya group o 30 SyUC students rom theSahabat Society, a club or studentsinterested in traditional Malay culture.

An inormal dialogue session wasorganised to enable the Japanesestudents and the SyUC students tohave an open discussion or a cross-cultural and social exchange whichis a orm o learning across borders.This occasion was a valuable platormor the Sahabat Society students toshow o their Malaysian customs andculture and or the Japanese studentsto provide an insight into their lives inJapan.

The Sahabat Society studentsentertained the Japanese students witha Dikir Barat presentation which hada specially incorporated greeting into

the lyrics to welcome the visitors.

The Dikir Barat originates romKelantan and is a perormance ochoral speaking done in Kelantanesedialect with poetic and sometimes wittyrepartees. The choir members speakin rhythmic pattern accompanied bythree traditional Malay percussioninstruments, the rebana ibu (drum),the hanging gong and the canang(a type o gong). While speaking the

members will clap and strike rhythmichand actions. The main lyricist leadsthe group.

Ater the perormance, the visitingstudents were given a chance to askquestions and learn how to play thetraditional instruments o the DikirBarat. The perormance sparkedinterest and questions and the culturalexchange continued over lunch.

Maiko Sumino rom DoshishaUniversity in Kyoto, who is pursuing ajournalism degree was very impressedwith the perormance The Dikir Barat

The Dikir Barat perormance put up by the SahabatSociety members o Sunway University College

HAPPENINGS

A group o 17 students who were mainly sophomores rom three

institutions in Japan: Keio University, the University o Tokyo andDoshisha University visited SyUC as part o a 17-day cultural andlearning tour to Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Maiko during the inormal Cultural & Dialogue Session

Yasu explaining to SyUCstudents what student lie in

Japan is all about

Fatihah Mahmud o AusMat (right) showing howto eat the traditional Malay way with hands at theSunway University College caeteria.

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was simply beautiul and the rhythmwas so upliting said Maiko. Maikosinterest is in social and gender issuesin women and how the past helps usto understand the present state owomens issues.

Asked what he thought o the DikirBarat, It was great commented Yasu,a Construction Engineering graduaterom Tokyo University who was thegroup leader o the delegation.

Japanese student Sho (let) playing thecanang as Ikhwan Ibrahim guides him.

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HAPPENINGS

Fine Dining Aroundthe World at SyUC

Here, there are no books or tutorials!

The Dining Room @ Sunway is a ne-dining restaurant that is a rehearsalhall or students to practise theirskills beore entering the real world.First year students o the Schoolo Hospitality, Tourism and LeisureManagement (SHTLM) diplomaprogramme majoring in hospitalityundergo training here to learn thener aspects o ood and beveragepreparation, elegant restaurant serviceand menu planning.

The Diploma in Hospitality, Tourism and

Leisure Management provides broadexperiential learning or students.Among some o the modules areFrench, learned in relation to culinaryterms; baking, pastry-making and anelective in oenology in which studentsare taught how to serve wine andmatch wine with ood.

With his background as a Commis

Che at the Belgravia Sheraton Hotelin London and Che de Partie or theRoyal Academy o Arts in London,Matthews Baskaran a.k.a Che Busky(to students) is head trainer and takespride in being able to oer an elegantrestaurant service where dining ratherthan eating becomes an enjoyableexperience.

Located within the halls o academia at Sunway University Collegeis a classroom o a dierent kind.

Guests waiting to be seated or the Mediterraneanthemed buet dinner at the Dining Room.

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Creativity went into the dressing to match theVictorian England theme buet dinner.

The Baba-Nyonya inspired bar counter at the Dining Room

HAPPENINGS

Details add to the experience. Platesare warmed and students are taughthow to serve perect steaming morselso ood expertly dished with a silver orkand spoon to each diner at the table.The resulting postcard-perect arrayo steaming meat and vegetables, areintentionally made to look as good asthey taste. The ood is cooked justright and every piece o vegetable iscut and weighed to specication andserved by attentive students to exudethe pampering experience explainedChe Busky.

Students are given tips on how tostand, serve and what intonation ovoice to use to give that personalyet discreet touch. The generalimpression o the service should beone o nesse to which Che Buskyadded our students are o course yetto master this now but F & B lecturer,Francis Joykins presence can be reliedupon to ensure students are honed inthis art

The menu at The Dining Room @Sunway is regularly updated. The TableDhote or Set Lunch, comprising starter,main course, desert, coee or tea; ispriced at RM18.50 and is availableevery Wednesday and Friday. An AlaCarte menu with main course dishes isavailable Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thearoma o reshly baked bread rolls llsthe air at the restaurant and sets thetaste level or the partaking o a mostenjoyable meal.

Themed dinners at the Dining Roomis organised at pre-announced timesin a year and allows the hospitalitystudents to show o their creativity.The restaurant is then absolutelytransormed rom the dcor to itsmenus. Recently, the restauranthad a variety o themes : A sunnyMediterranean, a very elegant APassage through Victorian England,a culturally rich Baba Nyonya themeand a un-lled Mardi Gras givingdiners an all encompassing experienceand the chance to allow their taste-buds to travel around the world.Visitors are most welcome to the DiningRoom which has become a livingclassroom or students learning theskills to reach the uncompromisingstandards required in operating a ne-dining restaurant. Reservations can bemade at the Dining Room@Sunwayrestaurant at 03-74918622 Extn: 8513.

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A Gatewayto Jobs

Sunway University College graduates can go online to activate anelectronic job matchmaking portal that will use details o their job

preerences and match them with interested employers.

Graduates post their job preerencesand employers, their job vacancies.The portal then alerts graduates whena job description becomes availableand matches their qualications so thatthey may email their resumes directlyto their potential employers.

The recent launch o the PREPAREJob Centre portal was attended by18 potential employers that includedmultinationals, local and oreign banks,consultancies and other companies.Speaking at the launch, Mr LeeWeng Keng, CEO o Education andHealthcare Division, the Sunway Groupsaid In todays competitive job market,online recruitment has become aconvenient alternative method o llingin vacancies aster, more eciently andin a cost eective way.

ALUMNI NEWS

Since the establishment o the SyUCAlumni in 2000, data collected rommore than 6,000 students showed thatan estimated 90% o its graduates havemanaged to secure rewarding jobs,he added.

Elizabeth Lee, Executive Director oSyUC attributed the high employabilityo SyUC graduates to the CareerDevelopment and Training Unit(CDTU) under the Student ServicesDepartment, which looks into preparingstudents or the career world. Studentsare taught interview techniques, CVpreparation and other necessarysocial skills. The ethos at Sunwayis to groom an all-rounded andwell-balanced individual. As such,students are encouraged to developextra-curricular interests and indulgein healthy outside-class activities whilestudying.

Gateway to jobsIt only takes the click oa mouse by Lee Weng Keng, CEO Education& Healthcare, the Sunway Group (centre) tolaunch the Prepare Job Centre recruitmentportal or SyUC graduates.

We constantly engage the industry tolearn or ourselves what the industrywants and we adapt this into ourcurriculum and training in preparationor students entering the workingworld said Ms Lee.

Many o SyUC graduates holdingdiplomas and degrees are nowgainully employed and some wereoered jobs abroad in the UnitedStates, Singapore, New Zealand,United Kingdom and Australia.

The PREPARE Job Centre portal isaccessible on the internet at http://jobcentre.sunway.edu.my and is aninitiative o the Career Developmentand Training Unit (CDTU) o theStudent Services Department atSunway University College.

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ALUMNI NEWS

SyUC VU Alumnus

Chua Teck Boons

Growing Concernfor Coffee

Mention Chua Teck Boons name among the Sunway UniversityCollege (SyUC) Victoria University Alumni and chances are that youwill get admirable comments about Chua and his success as abudding entrepreneur.

Thirty-one year old Chua recalls ondly

his days as a student o the SyUCBachelor o Business twinning degreeprogramme with Victoria University(VU). There were only 20 people in myclass at Sunway then, said Chua. Welearned many skills which I have usedtoday in my business he added.

Chua is currently the President o

the Victoria University MalaysianAlumni Chapter, and he treasuresthe memories o his time spent as astudent at SyUC. He remembers how alecturer brought them, the students, ona trip to Parliament and how he had achance to witness a campaign trail byone o our Malaysian politicians at thattime. It was activities like these thatmake a student more mature

Chua at 3 Ca in Muar

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Today, Chua still keeps in touch withlecturers and students. I am a producto Sunway University College and I eelit is necessary to share my views withacademic sta, on how the syllabuscan be altered to make it more industryriendly

There is one subject that Chua is verypassionate about coee. He shareshow he built up the name o his amily-related coee business rom Muar. Itis a small town quality coee brandknown as 434 coee established

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in 1953 but I have since revived andmodernised the brand. He explainshow he worked hard rom scratchto learn about the ne art o coeeroasting rom a riend in Milan and howhis coee has grown beyond KopiO. Chua has since acquired the latesttechnology or coee roasting and hasthe capacity to produce gourmet coeesuch as those ound in internationallyknown American and European Coeechains.

I walked the extra mile to nd contactsor my coee and sometimes I hadto work my way rom the bottom,including traveling ar and enduringlong waits to meet the right peopleChua has recently gone on to develophis 434 Cae outlets in Muar intoretail outlets or consumers to learnmore about coee. There is a needto promote a coee appreciationespecially in small towns where coeecan be a orm o promoting localproduce and tourism.

Chua has recently added contractroasting among his other ventures inhis business and is personally involvedin the marketing o his coee brand.He makes it a point to deal with hiscontacts personally. Chua has thisadvice to students thinking o venturinginto business Be humble and patient.Chua also added, Networking andinormation sharing is necessary andany businessman starting out todayneeds to be more proactive in order tosucceed in the world o business.

SyUC VU AlumnusChua Teck Boons GrowingConcern for Coffee

continued rom page 17

The cosy interior o 3 Ca, Muar

I you are interested to join the SyUC VU Alumni, you may email your detailsto [email protected]. I you wish join the SyUC Alumni, you may call theStudents Services Department at 7491 8622 Extn 8021 (Adelene Goh) or 8069(Elisa Dass). You may also email your details [email protected]. Moreino can be ound at www.sunway.edu.my under Alumni.

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ACCA & CATStudents EnterHall of Fame

As most are aware, Sunway TES, the fnancial courses arm o SunwayUniversity College oers the highly sought ater qualifcation, theAssociation o Chartered Certifed Accountants (ACCA) rom the UK.SyUC has been providing this programme since 1994 and in 2003,ACCA UK awarded the highest level o accreditation the Premier Plus

Status to SyUC making it the frst tuition provider, outside the EuropeanUnion to earn this distinction.

Apart rom the ACCA, Sunway TESalso oers the Certied AccountingTechnician (CAT), an introductorylevel qualication. In an innovativeagreement, Sunway provides supportor the B.Sc (Hons) in Applied

Accounting awarded by its twinningpartner, Oxord Brookes University(OBU), UK.

During the ACCA/CAT graduationceremony held in March, there werea total o 233 graduates who sat theDecember 2005 examination. Thisexam garnered 1 World Prize Winner,Ang Fei Ling, a Part 2 student o theACCA, who achieved the highest marksin the world in Paper 2.5 (FinancialReporting). At this same graduationthere were three World Prize winnersor CAT, Ms Chan Yi Munn (Paper 3),Mr Foo Wai Lun (Paper 4) and Ms Tan

Yong Chen (Paper 7/8). Sunway hassince produced 31 world prize winnersor ACCA and CAT collectivelysince 1996.

Another 61 students graduated withthe B.Sc (Hons) in Applied Accountingrom Oxord Brookes University (OBU).19 students achieved First ClassHonours. 410 students have sincegraduated rom the OBU programmesince 2000 and a 78 o these with FirstClass Honours degrees.

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Sunways passing rates or core paperso the ACCA have been consistentlyabove world passing rates. In theDecember 2005 sitting, Sunwaysaverage pass rate was 61% which ismuch higher than the world pass rateo 51%.The best ACCA graduating student, LaiKar Jun received the Ernst and YoungAward. Lai met the criteria to qualiyor the award both academically and ino-campus activities, having achieved

8 As in his SPM and obtained a rstclass honours in the B.Sc (Hons) inApplied Accounting rom OBU priorto completing his ACCA. He holds ablack-belt in taekwondo and earned alieguard license in 2003.

Lai is now an Associate in Assuranceand Advisory Business Services atErnst & Young. Lai had this to say Ivemet top quality lecturers at Sunway andI am happy to say that I have beneteda lot rom them. I can still hear their

voices in my head advising mewhenever I am aced with obstacles

A happy ather, Lai Chin Yang addedThe outstanding achievement o ACCAgraduates all these years is a testamento the eectiveness o the teachingmethods employed at Sunway. Ibelieve it truly deserves the premierplus status.

During her speech at the ceremonyand in praise o the high level o

proessionalism in accountancy,Elizabeth Lee, Executive Directoro SyUC, said I prior to the Enronscandal, accounting engineering waspracticed in the corporate world, wenow expect intellectual honesty andethical behaviour in our boardrooms.Needless to say that at the centre ogood corporate governance, is theproessional accountant who reinorcesgood codes o conduct

Ang Fei Ling (right) world prize winner (paper 2.5) receives

her certicate rom Puan Sri Datin Seri Dr Susan Cheah, EXCOMember, the Sunway Group (2nd rom let). Next to Ang is MsChandrika Menon, her lecturer in the subject. Mr Teo Ee Sing(let) Director o Financial Courses, looks pleased.

The best ACCA graduate and Ernst & Young Award recipient, LaiKar Jun (centre) with his ather Mr Lai Chin Yang (2nd r let),brother Lai Kar Mun (extreme let), grandmother Ching Leong Ho(2nd r right) and mother Susie Phang Chui Paik (extreme right)

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Excellence at theSchool of Computer

Technology

The School o Computer Technology o Sunway University College at itslast graduation ceremony showed relentless continuation o the traditiono excellence with its graduands o outstanding calibre.

There were a total o 243 degrees and184 diplomas presented during theceremony. The degrees and diplomaswere or Computing, MultimediaTechnology, Network Computing,Computer Science, ComputingInormation Systems and BusinessInormation Systems.

Liew Ee Lin was awarded the Best

Academic Achiever as she was topsamong her peers when she graduatedwith a B.Sc in Computer Science,a transer programme with VictoriaUniversity, Australia. Ee Lin had aremarkable 9 Higher Distinctions and1 Distinction in her subjects and wasa recipient o the Tan Sri Dato Seri DrJerey Cheah Scholastic Award in 2005or her academic achievements. Shehas since earned gainul employmentwith a company under the SunwayGroup.

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During the graduation ceremony, EeLin said What we are today is due,in no small way, to the lecturers,administrators and lab personnelwho have always been there or us.Lecturers have, more oten than not,encouraged us to question, motivate usto reach greater heights, and reigned

us in when we were too exuberant withour activities outside SyUC

Other top students or the respectiveprogrammes who graduated were,most notably, Budianto who obtaineda First Class B.Sc (Honours) degree inComputing rom Greenwich UniversityUK and Mohammad Dzulakmal AbuBakar, who achieved a Second ClassUpper B.Sc (Honours) degree inComputing Inormation Systems romLondon Metropolitan University, UK.

Let: Best Student Liew Ee Lin (let)receiving her B.Sc in Computer Science,under a collaborative programme withVictoria University, rom Ms Elizabeth Lee,Executive Director, SyUC.

Other top students were OskiantoOng who graduated with a B.Sc inMultimedia Technology rom NapierUniversity, Scotland, Lau Meng Hongwho achieved a B.Sc in NetworkComputing rom Napier University,Scotland and Johan, who earneda B.Sc in Business InormationSystems degree rom the University oPortsmouth, UK

All the recent graduates o the Schoolo Computer Technology were intranser programmes, collaborationsbetween SyUC and reputableuniversities : Napier University inScotland, Portsmouth University inEngland, Greenwich University, UK,London Metropolitan University, UK andVictoria University (VU), Australia. From2006 onwards, students will have the

option to take up degree programmesdirectly awarded by SyUC or theymay opt to do the existing transerprogrammes.

The graduation ceremony was gracedby Datuk Razman Md Hashim, Membero the SyUC Board o Trustees, SyUCBoard o Directors and Sunway GroupDeputy Chairman; Dr Goh Cheng Teik,Member o the Board o Directors,SyUC; Mr Lee Weng Keng, CEOEducation and Healthcare Division,the Sunway Group and Elizabeth Lee,Executive Director, SyUC.

In his speech Datuk Razman advisedthe graduating class An education willequip you with the necessary skills thatyou need in order to get your oot inthe doorway, so to speak. Experience,on the other hand, is not alwayssomething you learn but somethingyou have to seek out on your own.He added The important thing toremember is to be curious, to be boldand to be equipped with the necessaryskills and knowledge to do somethingabout it.

Top: Budianto (let) r eceiving his degree romLee Weng Keng, CEO Education and HealthcareDivision, the Sunway Group. He obtained a FirstClass B.Sc (Hons) in Computing, a transerprogramme with Greenwich University, UK.

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Thinking Graduatesof VU-SyUCFace the World

Proessor Elizabeth Harman, Vice-Chancellor and President o VU saidin a Foreword o the Graduationbooklet, The University honours thevalues built or the University over thattime. VU will carry these values intothe uture as a mark o a dierenceas a university. Foremost among

these is our commitment to buildingpositive links between communitiesin Australia and people around theworld. The keywords in the VU valuesare Knowledge, Skills, Inquiry, Equality,Diversity, Co-operation, Integrity andExcellence. SyUC hopes some o theserubbed o onto its graduates that day.

Reinventing itsel as a VictoriaUniversity A New School oThought, VU is not only one o the

leading universities in Australia buthas taken the stand as an institutionthat encourages creativity and reshthinking. Proessor Harman addedin her Foreword Your education hascombined practical experience withcritical and imaginative inquiry in anopen-minded environment.

Graduates o the ceremony earnedthe VU Bachelor o Business degreewhich was undertaken entirely atSyUC. They had the option to readAccounting, Banking & Finance,International Trade and Marketing assingle majors or to select two rom therange and International Tourism, asdouble majors. The programme is alsoavailable as a 2+1 (two years andSyUC and one at VU) or 1+2 (one

year at SyUC and two at VU) twinningprogrammes which oer urtherfexibility to students.

Graduate Mark Foong Tian Jin whomajored in Marketing and InternationalTrade was honoured as a Valedictorianor his academic strengths and extra-curricular involvements. He achievedHigh Distinctions and Distinctionsin a third o all his subjects requiredto achieve the degree and he wasPresident o the VU Business Club.Among his other contributions werein organising VU Nite and VU undraising events. In 2004 he was arecipient o the Sunway UniversityCollege-Bumiputra Commerce BankECA Achievers Award.

Fellow graduate Therisiya who hailsrom Indonesia achieved 19 HighDistinctions and had 83% average inall subjects. In addition she topped5 subjects among all her VU peersworldwide. Therisiya majored inAccounting and Banking & Finance.

During his valedictorian speech, Markclosed with the ollowing lyrics roma song :

Another turning point;a ork in the road.

Time grabs you by the wrist;directs you where you go.

So make the best o this testand dont ask why.Its not a question

but a lesson learned in time.

Mark has joined Johnson & Johnsonrecently while Therisiya has sincesecured a position with an accountingrm in Singapore.

We wish Mark and Therisiya all the bestin their respective utures.

The oshore Victoria University (VU) graduation ceremony saw147 happy students who can fnally say I Made It and or

SyUCs partner o 12 years, it was a time or VU to celebrateits 90th Anniversary since it was established rom predecessorinstitutions created in Melbourne in 1916.

Therisiya ater the VU Graduation recently. From let to right; Elizabeth Lee, Executive Director,

SyUC; Puan Sri Datin Seri Dr Susan Cheah, EXCO Member, the Sunway Group; ProessorElizabeth Harman, Vice-Chancellor and President, Victoria University; Therisiya, Mrs Suyantiand Mr Lian Kartolo (Therisiyas parents).

Valedictorian, Mark Foong (centre) with lecturer Zain Augustin(right) and his mother, Mrs Foong Hong Meng (let). Zain

taught Mark the subjects o Law, International Business andInternational Marketing.

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Trust Lendsa Hand toBright Sparks

Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr) Jerey Cheahs vision o providing assistance to academichopeuls and to provide consistent upgrading o the SyUC campus with the rightelements or conducive study, were made possible through the Sunway EducationTrust Fund. Since the instatement o the Trust Fund in 1997, an annual steady streamo unds has assisted outstanding academic scholars at SyUC. Various categories oscholarships are available yearly to students enrolling as reshmen, to students currentlyin a programme at SyUC, students with excellent sports achievements and studentswho come rom less privileged backgrounds.

Last year a total o 310 studentsbeneted in all categories and RM1million was dispersed rom the TrustFund. This year, the scholarshiprecipients are expected to increaseto around 400 students rom thesubstantial RM2.9 million allocatedrom the Fund. So ar, 22 million hasbeen gited in the orm o scholarshipsand awards to qualiying students. Lastyear there were eight recipients o theTan Sri Dato Seri Dr Jerey CheahScholastic Award which recognizes

brilliant academic results while enrolledin a course at SyUC.

One o these outstanding studentswas Ronald Tan Hsien Yang whohas transerred to Western MichiganUniversity in December 2005 tocomplete the nal hal o his Bacheloro Business Administration degreeunder the 2+2 American DegreeTranser Programme (ADTP). Ronaldattended the rst hal at SyUC or two

years during which he had a CGPA o3.74. Ronald is an all-rounder as hewas an active organizer and participanto ADTP events. In recognition o thishe received the Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr)Jerey Cheah Scholastic Award.

In this techno-savvy age, moststudents are unable to live withouttheir electronic support system olaptops and computers. The Fundhas thereore channeled assistance toSyUC to upgrade its internet access

at its computer centres and hostels.Wireless capacity has also beenextended beyond the caeteria andconcourse areas to the entire mainbuilding including its classroomsand auditoriums. The computer labshave been urnished with additionalhigh end computers while aestheticimprovements were made to thecaeteria and students washrooms withnew age ultra-trendy fat sinks.

Ronald Tan receiving his Tan Sri Dato Seri(Dr) Jerey Cheah Scholastic Award rom

Puan Sri Datin Seri (Dr) Susan Cheah, EXCOMember, the Sunway Group

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Top Students Power UpPre-U Programmes

SyUC has been oering the AustralianMatriculation (AusMat) on behal othe Curriculum Council o WesternAustralia since 1988 and is one o thelargest providers in terms o studentnumbers or the Ontario-basedCanadian International MatriculationProgramme (CIMP) since 1990. Itis the sole provider o the MonashUniversity Foundation Year (MUFY) inMalaysia and is consistently producinghigh achievers or one o the most

recognized qualications in the world,the University o Cambridge GCE ALevels.

In the tradition o producingoutstanding world ranked results orthese programmes, it was another yearo excellence or the pre-U students oSyUC in 2005.

AusMat students at SyUC outdidtheir peers worldwide by winning the

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Certicate o Distinction in Chemistryor the second year running and theCerticate o Distinction in Accountingor the second time in three years.In 2005, the Chemistry Certicateo Distinction went to SharmilaSathianathan and the AccountingCerticate o Distinction Award to YeohXiao Jing, last year.

AusMats Nik Muyassarah binti NikDin obtained the highest TER o 99.8

not only or Malaysia but in the world.The Shield o Excellence was awardedto her or both her brilliant academicperormance and involvements in extra-curricular activities. The second highestscorer, Liew Shan Kuan obtained a TERo 99.75.

In the November 2005 exams, MUFYMalaysia students swept 6 subjectawards out o a possible 9 and didSyUC proud by producing or the third

Students and teachers in jubilant mood duringAusMat Awards Night. Top graduate NikMuyassarah (ront row, th rom let) f anked by Yeoh

Xiao Jing and Sharmila Sathianathan (right). Lookingpleased is Mrs Ruma Lopes, Director o AusMat (throm right, back row). To her right : Mr Rees Barrett,Acting CEO, Curriculum Council, Western Australia;Ms Elizabeth Lee, Executive Director, SyUC and MrLee Weng Keng, CEO Education and HealthcareDivision, Sunway Group.

CIMP Valedictorian SamuelJohn (let) presenting agit to Aimee Halchuk,

his mathematics in DataManagement l ecturer.

time, a top scorer Looi Ji Keon amongall the MUFY providers worldwide.The Top Scorer Award is presentedannually by Monash International inrecognition or top perormance amongthe MUFY campuses around the worldin Malaysia, Melbourne, Perth andLaos. Looi obtained an impressivescore o 402 out o 410 and he alsowon our Subject Awards each orBiology, Chemistry, Mathematics A andPhysics.

Fellow MUFY student Nor Aimi bintiMohd Nordin won a Subject Awardeach or Accounting and MathematicsA, while Cheng Jian Wei won a SubjectAward or Mathematics B.

CIMP graduating student JosephineTan Wen Yi was honoured as the topscorer and was presented with theTan Sri Dato Seri (Dr) Jerey CheahAward by CIMP Sunway or achieving

SyUC has the distinction o being the only institution in Malaysia

that is a provider o our pre-university programmes romAustralia, Canada and the UK.

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MUFY Top Scorer Looi Ji Keon (right) with Puan Adawiah Norli (2ndrom let), Director o MUFY and Loois parents Mr & Mrs Looi KongMeng, during MUFY Graduation Night.

Mrs Hor Poh Choo, Director o A Levelprogramme (let) congratulating Megha

Subramanian, top student or the November2005 A Level exams.

Statistics Notes:

AusMat - 3% o SyUC AusMat students were in the top percentile or the TER and 22% o Sunway students were in the top 10% worldwide. In last yearsgraduating class out o 1 students obtained a Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) o while 1 students were above %.MUFY- 0% pass rate out o the graduating class o 22 students and graduates received entrance scholarships rom Monash University, Malaysia.CIMP - a total o 1 students rom the 2005 class graduated and the pass rate was .%.A Levels 6.3% pass rate with 3.% o students scoring at least 1`A and 23.2% achieving 3 As or more.

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the highest average marks o 90%across 6 pre-university subjects in hergraduating class.

The recent CIMP graduation ceremonywas graced by the High Commissionero Canada, His Excellency DavidSummers and Puan Sri Datin Seri DrSusan Cheah, EXCO Member o theSunway Group.

The Valedictorian o the graduatingclass was Samuel John JebasinghamIsaac who achieved an average o86.5% in his results and was activelyinvolved in extra-curricular activities,including assisting in the visit by theresidents o the Selangor CheshireHome to SyUC and when he servedas a member o the Editorial Board or

The Album, a CIMP publication.

The November 2005 examinationor the Cambridge GCE A Levels

produced a high number ostudents with good results. MeghaSubramanian, Lim Yong Yan, AndersonQuah Shu Chip and Yeo Cheng Hwa

outshone their course mates by scoring4 As each.

Megha Subramanian, 16 who is muchyounger than her peers, emerged thetop student as she not only obtained 4As in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematicsand Physics but scored the highestamongst her class in all the individualpapers o these subjects. Megha isinterested to take up Forensic Sciencesin the U.S and in pursuing a careerin research. For her eorts, she willbe receiving the Tan Sri Dato Seri(Dr) Jerey Cheah Scholastic Award.Overall there was a 100% pass rate

or Biology and Chemistry, 98% orMathematics and 96% or Physicsamong the cohort o students who satthe November exam.

Nik Muyassarah, Looi Ji Keon andSamuel John have opted to pursueMedicine and Josephine has chosento do Law. Nik will be at MelbourneUniversity, Australia, Looi andJosephine at Monash University,Malaysia and Samuel will head toMelaka Manipal Medical College.

In his valedictorian speech during theGraduation Night, Looi Ji Keon sharedOur time at Sunway has taught usto let our passion be our inspirationand to look at limitations as new

opportunities. Wherever our variouspaths may lead us, we can walk themnow with the strength and support wehave ound here at Sunway.

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Preparation andStress-Busting Tipsfor Exams

LIVING WELL

According to Senior Counsellor, Cheang Meng Wai who iswith the Counselling Unit at Students Services, SyUC, Thereis hope or last minute crammers but in todays competitiveworld, I would advise students to prepare early or examsto reduce unnecessary stress. Here are Cheangs tips orexam survival.

Have you ever looked at your calendar and panicked whenit suddenly dawned on you that you have only a month to gobeore the exams?

C Go through your lecture notes or exam syllabus and listthe topics which have to be covered - your own study

checklist.

CMake a revision plan. Set a realistic number o hours orrevision each week. Plan to work through each o thetopics in the period up to the exam, leaving a ew weeks

or nal revision. Do your best during revision.

C Do not just read. Make short notes and draw diagramsto summarise points.

C Form small study group with your classmates to discussthe topics ater revising.

C To reduce stress, start revising as early as possible. Iyou start late, do not panic, make a plan o what you

have to do and stick to it. Do lots o exam questions

practice, so you know what to expect. And make sureyou get some exercise and resh air. Most importantly,

keep a sense o proportion - there is lie ater the exams.

C Take 10-15 minutes break ater one-hour study and alonger break ater 3 hours o study.

C Play some games when you can nd time to help yourelax.

C Eat well. Have balanced meals.

C Get a good nights sleep the night beore the exam. Donot rely on a lot o last minute revision. It is OK to revise

a couple o things the night beore the exam but do not

get into a panic about things you dont know. Convinceyoursel about how much you do know. Get all the

things you need ready the night beore - pens, pencils,

ruler, calculator with spare battery, etc.

C Dont orget to read the instructions and make sure youknow what you are being asked to do. You should go

into the exam well aware o what is expected o you, but

you should always check. Dont, however, waste a lot o

time on this.

C In the exam, arrive at the place o the exam early. Whenyou start, nd a question you can do well and do it

straight away, even i it is not the rst question on thepaper. This will build your condence. Keep a careul

eye on the time and keep on schedule to answer

every question you need to - i you nd a question you

struggle to do, leave it and return to it later.

C Be positive. Look back at your original plan, rom timeto time, and realise the progress you have made. With

determination and the right approach, you can surely

succeed!

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Members o the SyUC Archery Club took part in an archerycompetition held recently.

Archers came out in ull orce todisplay their talents in this popularsport. Lim Jian Wen rom CambridgeA Levels emerged the Best MaleArcher and ellow course mate InezLim was the Best Female Archer. In theteam category, the Best Team was ateam rom the Canadian InternationalMatriculation Programme (CIMP) madeup o Kenny Yong, Asra Hartin andMohd Nasir.

The club has attracted more than 100enthusiastic bowers, whose membersmeet every Tuesday at their targetedspot, the Stars Archery Range at thePyramid Shopping Centre. SyUCstudents who are interested to join mayemail [email protected].

SPORTS SCENE

Enthusiastic competitors getting ready to bow

Right on

Target

Archers in deep concentration duringthe competition

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