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Producing all-round graduates is a challengingtask or any tertiary institution

It is, in act, the measure o success or aninstitution o higher learning like SunwayUniversity College.

For this reason, we are always concernedabout the overall intellectual, emotional, socialand spiritual development o our students.

Besides their academic pursuits, weencourage our students to be involved inother extra-curricular activities to help themdevelop their sot skills.

It goes without saying that some o ourstudents have turned out to be achievers inboth their academic work as well as otherextra-curriculum activities.

In this edition o , we showcase twoo our Chancellors Scholars who wereinvited to visit Lancaster University. We alsohighlight our students who won in variouskinds o competitions. Three o our A-Levelstudents achieved top positions in the worldor Mathematics.

As educators, our goal is to provide a holisticeducation or our young ones in order to

prepare them or their careers ahead.

Join me and our newly-appointed Vice-Chancellor, Proessor Robert Bignall, inmaking this goal a success.

Explanatory notes: was selected as its name signiies SunwayUniversity Colleges burst o achievements in recent years. SunwayUniversity College is a trailblazer in the area o excellence in education

pursued with a laming passion in the hearts o its sta and students.

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VOL04

ISSUE

10/2009

Elizabeth Lee

Executive Director

From the Executive Directors Desk


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Cover Story

Lancaster, here we come! 4

Hallmarks

On becoming leaders 10Another flame of

academic achievement 11

Chess kings 17

Features

Changeover 8

A proud legacy 12

New Masters in Mobile Systems 13

Getting hooked? 14

Internship at five star hotel 19

We want a smoke-free campus 22

Polystyrene and our environment 23

Happenings

When creativity pays 16

Taking charge of your future 18

A big thank you! 20

Alumni

Nothing fishy 24

International Students

Food and beaches attract

German lad the most 26

Recipe

I can cook! 27

Frontcover: Picture o our Chancellors scholars, Tay Ee Lin

and Chan Jinn Yep

Contents


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Lancaster,here we come!

Their trip was made possible because theaccommodation and air tickets were ullysponsored by Sunway University College aspart o their Chancellors Scholarship. In March

this year, Tay Ee Lin and Chan Jinn Yep visitedLancaster University in the United Kingdom andreturned to share their impressions o the two-week trip.

Cover Story


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Ee Lins experience

For two days, I attended second and third year lectures by Dr. Paul Taylor on Forensic Psychology, Dr. Mark Levine on Social

Psychology and Dr. Trevor Craword on Advanced Human Neuropsychology. My overall impression was that their teaching

styles were similar to how psychology is taught at Sunway.

The content o their lectures were a combination o the subject syllabus and resh research indings.

Ironically, contrary to my expectation, students in UK are not necessaril y more participative in class. I thought part o the reasoncould be due to the larger classroom size, which made students eel intimidated to ask questions or voice their opinions.

Learning from the experts

Next was an inant observation session

with Dr. Karen Mattock and Proessor

Gavin Bremner, whose centre is well

equipped with observation rooms and

equipment to conduct experiments on

children and young inants.

Two research assistants, Uschi

Mason and Jo Spring explained and

demonstrated to me how the experiment

was carried out in the lab. This gave me

a better understanding o the related

research that I have studied in theory.

To give me a better insight o her

research ndings, Dr. Mattock also

took time to discuss the observations

with me. In exchange, I presented

the content o Sunways Psychology

Programme to the department sta

as well as the Psychology Society

Committee Members, where I touched

on the subjects oered in Sunway

and related assignments, activities

carried out by the department and also

introduced our Psychology Club. The

Lancaster Universitys Department o

Psychology sta were very impressed

with the application level o the Sunway

Psychology Programme through the

various activities conducted.

Learning can be fun

An interesting whole new experience

unolded when or the irst time I

participated in two sessions o a

postgraduate level research group

discussion. I ound the discussion

interesting, as people could share ideas

and opinions regarding a number o

topics and issues.

During the National Science and

Engineering Week events, small

seminars were conducted by the

Psychology Department sta to expose

high school students to the application

o psychology in real lie settings and

also to engage their interest in this ield.

Arent we better off?

Upon meeting Psychology Society

committee members, I came to

understand that theirs was a newly

established society and that they seemed

to be having diiculties in getting the

participation rom its members. In my

opinion, this could be partly due to the

large number o students they have while

ours is a closely-knitted community.

I think that it is a plus point that our

Sunway Psychology Club started o

with a smaller group o students where

we get to gradually build a strong

oundation or the club as it expands

with time.

Cover Story

Ee Lin in ront o Cli ords Tower in York


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Jinn Yeps take

We stayed at Bowland Hall,

an on-campus student

accommodation, which had

very good acilities. We were

able to experience student

lie at Lancaster University.

Other than the residencehall that we stayed, we had

been to almost every nook

and corner o the campus.

To me, the campus itsel is

sel-suicient - almost like

a mini town! We can get all

kinds o goods and services

on campus rom books to

groceries, and even travel

advice. During the irst week

o our trip, some events

ocusing on global issues were

organised in conjunction with

the universitys One WorldWeek. A dierent theme

or each day, ranging rom

diversity, justice, green and

conlict, was eatured. I ind

some o the activities, such

as mass cycling to work, an

eye-opener, because people

in Malaysia would without ail

want to drive to work.

Classrooms vs lecture halls

While Ee Lin spent her time with the Department o Psychology, I was with the LancasterUniversity Management School (LUMS), attending lectures and tutorials. The ormat in whichthe lectures were presented was the same as what we have at Sunway: notes were distributedand powerpoint slides were used as visual aids during the lectures. However, as the studentpopulation is higher, lectures at Lancaster were conducted in the lecture hall whereas ourlectures at Sunway are mostly classroom-based. I preer the latter because both the studentsand lecturers can be more interactive when the class size is smaller.

What we can learn?

Being impressed with the way how the LancasterUniversity Volunteering Unit (LUVU) operates, we bothhope that Sunway students could also adopt the samesystem to encourage students to organise communityprojects which could beneit the society. LUVU helpsto acilitate and assist LU students with their voluntaryprojects, where one o their most successul projectsis named Voltage.

Its noble objective is to help secondary and primary school students to set up their ownsocial businesses, where apart rom generating proits, they are also exposed to a numbero global issues such as climate change. We were shown one o the Voltage projects at St.

Pauls primary school, which turned out to be a cultural shock to us: the Grade 3 classroomswere so dierent rom the school classrooms in Malaysia that we thought they looked morelike a kindergarten classroom in Malaysia!

Another sister body to LUVU is CREATE which assists university students to set up their ownbusinesses to develop their entrepreneurial skills. It organises workshops, case studies andnetworking events, and provides moral and inancial support to students who have businessideas to actualise them. A panel comprising industry experts serve as advisors to studentson their start-up plan. Interestingly, the panel is also authorised to award start-up grants oup to 1500 (RM10,000) to help students take their irst step.

As a studentbody, LancasterUniversity StudentUnion (LUSU) has

strong supportrom the studentpopulation. Theyoperate a couple

o convenient stores on campus as wellas a bar in Lancaster town with an annua lturnover o a ew million pounds.

We noticed that the students at LancasterUniversity are ully empowered. Theyare to a very large extent in charge otheir own university lie. Their studentunion is involved in the policy makingprocess instead o merely ollowing aset o policies set by the university.

We hope to emulate this example.

Lancaster University is also knownor its high level o awareness inenvironmental issues. There arerecycle dustbins all around thecampus and at least one in eacho the buildings or departments.Small notices appear everywhereto remind people to save electricityand water.

Another sister body to LUVU is CREATEwhich assists university studentsto set up their own businesses to

develop their entrepreneurial skills. Itorganises workshops, case studiesand networking events and provides

moral and inancial support to havebusiness ideas to actualise them.

We noticed that thestudents at LancasterUniversity are ullyempowered. They are

to a very large extentin charge o their ownuniversity lie.

Cover Story

JinnYepjustout

sideLancasterU

niversity


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Interesting places

How they benefited

Apart rom academic activities andspending time at Lancaster town itsel,our Chancellors Scholars also visitedbeautiul places such as the Lake

District, Liverpool, Manchester beorespending three days and two nights at York. It gave them a good insight intolie in the UK.

At the well-preserved historical city oLancaster, they enjoyed themselves ona historical tour o Lancaster, escortedby historian, Janet Nelson. They learntthat the Lancaster Castle was once aamous dungeon where it had the mostprisoners executed in England. Theauthorities do not allow new buildings tobe built in the city centre and this allowsthe city to maintain its old aade, whichis very quaint in its own way even till

today.

The amous Lake District, located justan hours drive rom Lancaster, was theirnext destination, where they had the

opportunity to drive past some beautiultowns such as Kendal, Ambleside andWindermere. At Grasmere, they visitedthe Dove Cottage and WordsworthMuseum, but a cruise on one o thebiggest lakes at Windermere had tobe cancelled when the weather turnedbad.

The duo spent a whole weekend inanother historical city o York. One thingthat ascinated them was the act thatsome buildings such as the York Minster, York Castle Museum, Cliords Towerand the National Railway Museum, hadsurvived many centuries to becometourist attractions today a lessonor Malaysians about preserving theirhistorical buildings. What amazed JinnYep was the York Minister the act thatold cathedral was well designed andgigantic despite the act that it was

built without the help o technology. AsI was climbing three hundred steps up asteep and narrow spiral stairs to reachthe peak o its central tower, it reallymade me think o how determined thepeople during that time were in buildingthis massive structure, he told .

Their next destination was the hub othe industrial revolution Manchester,a manuacturing centre and Liverpool, astrategic port or export.

They visited two landmark cathedrals inthe city o Liverpool the MetropolitanCathedral and Liverpool Cathedral.Chinatown, which is amous or itshuge arch, was another big attraction,besides the Albert Dock, which has nowturned into museums and commercialarea. Here is where the MerseysideMaritime Museum, the InternationalSlavery Museum and the Beatles

Museum are located.

In Manchester, they visited the Museumo Science and Industry. Being thehome o Manchester United, they didnot miss the opportunity to visit the Old Traord Stadium, which is also known

as the Theatre o Dreams or the ans oManchester United Football Club.

Ee Lin: Overall, the two-week stint has given me someinsights into student lie at Lancaster University. It has allowedus to meet new people, experience dierent cultures, see howthings are carried out in a dierent system and in a way it hasgiven me a whole new dierent perspective about the worldwe live in. This trip also orced me to move out o my comortzone and carry mysel well in a new environment. While beingaway rom home, naturally I just wanted to present mysel wellto give a positive image to others about my country, or morespeciically, the university I represent.

Jinn Yep: The two-week stay in Lancaster was indeed a veryruitul one. All through the journey, I learnt a lot and havepicked up many new ideas which I hope to carry out in the nearuture. I was particularly impressed with the green mentalitywhich I hope can be implemented in our local community. Ithis really works out, it will beneit not only the students butthe community at large. I thank Sunway University Collegeand Lancaster University or providing me with such a valuableexperience during my university lie.

Will you be NEXT?

Throughout the visit, we were accompanied by the Senior Manager rom the Vice-Chancellors Oice, Miss Preeti Nair.Our challenge to other Sunway students is: Will you be the next batch o Chancellors Scholars to qualiy or the trip next

year?

Cover Story

Jinn Yep at Lancaster Town Hall

Ee Lin and Jinn Yep at Lake Windermere, Cumbria

Statue o Queen Victoria I, Dalton Square, Lancaster

Ee Lin at the Beatles Museum.

Jinn Yep at the Old Traord hallowed ootball stadium

Lancaster Castle


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In the first part of an interview, newly-appointed Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Bignall speaks

to about his role as Sunway University Colleges Vice-Chancellor after taking over the helm from

outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Jarlath Ronayne.

Professor, congratulations on being appointed as the second Vice-Chancellor of Sunway University College. What is

the role of a Vice-Chancellor?

Thank you. A Vice-Chancellor provides strategic leadership and guides the long- term academic development o his or heruniversity. An important aspect o this is to oster a scholarly and collegiate culture and help to build up the reputation andstanding o the university, or the beneit o all o its members and stakeholders, including in particular its sta, studentsand graduates. A Vice-Chancellor also represents his or her university in various orums in the wider world and liaises withstakeholders and other interested parties in business, industry and government.

In what areas do you hope to add value to Sunway during your term of service as Vice-Chancellor?

Sunway achieved university college status in 2004. A key step in its uture development will be the attainment o ull universitystatus. Most o the necessary prerequisites or this have been put in place by my predecessor and we are hopeul that theremaining steps towards this goal can be taken in the reasonably near uture. Its achievement will mark the beginning o anew phase o development and beneicial improvement. For example, having university status will help us to attract additionalhighly qualiied sta. This in turn will enable us to urther diversiy and strengthen our course oerings, to the beneit o ourstudents and uture graduates.

Sunway has been growing strongly, both in size and in stature and a major investment in new buildings is planned. These willbe purpose-built to serve the needs o a ull-status university. As Vice-Chancellor, I am closely involved in the planning thatis under way. It is my responsibility to ensure that this new inrastructure provides the best possible support or teaching andresearch in a uture Sunway University.

Proessor Dr. Robert Bignall giving a arewell handshake to Proessor Dr. Jarlath Royanne

Changeover

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In your tenure as Vice Chancellor, what further

collaborations would you like to achieve with Sunways

partner universities?

Sunway will one day be a ull university in its own right. Ocourse, Lancaster will continue to validate our degrees andour students will continue to enjoy the beneits o receivinga degree rom both Sunway and Lancaster. There will beopportunities or uture collaboration in developing andoering postgraduate programs and research degrees andwe expect increasing collaboration in research as well.

In all previous institutions that you have worked with

you have practised an open door policy, where staff can

readily meet and discuss with you any important issues.

Will this be your policy as Vice-Chancellor of Sunway?

A university is a community o scholars in which thereshould be a spirit o mutual respect and cooperation.Free discussion and dialogue is central to ostering such acollegiate environment.

How do you see Sunway as an institution of higherlearning in Malaysia that stands out from the rest?

Sunway has a number o distinctive and attractivecharacteristics. Firstly, we operate under a trust and onnon-proit basis. This means that, unlike most other privateuniversity colleges in Malaysia we do not have to divertincome to pay dividends to shareholders. We are able to takea longer term view. Any surpluses generated are paid intothe trust and then reinvested by the trustees in ways thatbeneit education and research. These unds are also used orscholarships to support disadvantaged students who wouldotherwise ind it diicult to aord to undertake tertiary study.

A beneicial consequence o being a non-proit institution is

that our students enjoy better acilities, including sporting andrecreation acilities, compared to those oered by many otherprivate university colleges. Ultimately, all o the income wereceive is used to beneit our students in some way.We also provide library services that are clearly superior,because we invest more in this area than our competitors.In addition, the Library beneits rom our close associationwith Monash University. Sunway sta and students are ableto access the very extensive Monash Library resources, andvice versa. As ar as I am aware, no other private university oruniversity college in Malaysia oers anything comparable.

Another distinctive eature is our joint degree policy.Students who complete a Sunway degree also receive a

degree rom Lancaster University, which is a high rankingBritish institution. This means that our graduates hold aninternationally recognised degree, which ensures that theyable to ind jobs overseas, or progress to postgraduate studyat an international university i they so wish.

Having previously been in Malaysia for a number of years

as Pro Vice-Chancellor of Monash University Sunway

campus, and now back as the Vice- Chancellor of Sunway

University College, how do you see collaboration between

the two institutions?

During its establishment phase when I was its Pro Vice-Chancellor Monash in Malaysia worked very closely withSunway. At that time Monash occupied a building on theSunway campus and the two institutions shared a rangeo support services and acilities. Monash and Sunwaystill cooperate and support each other in several ways. Forexample, Sunway teaches the Monash University FoundationYear, which provides a popular pathway into Monash courses.Sta and students o both institutions have access to eachothers libraries and we share some on-campus sportingacilities.

With Sunway University College moving towards achieving ulluniversity status, there will be more opportunities or academiccollaboration, including, I hope, collaborative research.Monash and Sunway are in many ways complementaryinstitutions. Many o the disciplines that we teach are not

oered at the Monash campus and Monash oers disciplineswhich we do not, such as biomedical science. This createsopportunities to enhance student choice. For example, it maybecome possible or Sunway students to take some Monashsubjects as electives and vice versa. This would be subject toapproval by both institutions,

We envisage the construction o a secure tunnel underJalan Lagoon Selatan connecting the Sunway and Monashcampuses. This will acilitate sae mobility between thetwo institutions and make it physically easier or Sunwayand Monash students to interact and to share some o theirrespective acilities.

I think that it is worth pointing out that the co-location o three

dierent educational institutions, namely Sunway UniversityCollege, Monash University Sunway Campus and the SunwayInternational School creates a substantial learning precinctwithin the Bandar Sunway township. These three educationalinstitutions have a current combined total o more than13,000 students and over 1,000 academic, administrativeand support sta. It makes or a very interesting and vibrantmix.

Do look out or Part 2 o this interview where Proessor Bignall talks about his vision or Sunway University College.

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On becoming leadersChan Jinn Yep, our Chancellors scholar (see cover story othis edition o ), made it once again!This time, together with three other students, who also happen

to be Chancellors Scholars, Chan Yung Mun, Joyce Oo Pui Yee

and Chang Mei Yan, beat teams rom eight other private and

public universities and colleges to emerge as the champions

o the Business Challenge event in the CIMB Group and Wall

Street Journal Asia Malaysia Future Leadership Program

2008/2009 held recently.

Chan, who was team leader, said the competition provided

him an opportunity to prove that the knowledge gained rom

his course work, coupled with his knowledge o current aairs,can be applied in the real business environment. His team

mate, Chan Yung Mun enthused: We were trying to gain as

much experience as possible and at the same time, it was un.

We just tried our best not to be knocked out!

The Business Challenge comprised the submission o a business

proposal, presentation o the proposal and a quiz during the

grand nal held recently at the Securities Commission. The

title o the business proposal was Opportunities or Financial

Services Amidst the Economic Crisis.

The quiz, which was the highlight, saw participants engaged

in three rounds o quizzes. The nal round had a risk and

reward element in the game, which added spice to the whole

exercise. The Sunway team had earned a total o RM8,000 in

investment money in this round enabling them to beat the

other teams in the quiz.

For their amazing eorts each team member won a return Air

Asia air ticket to Hong Kong, RM500 cash in a CIMB-AirAsia

Saver account and trophies. The our students are currently

pursuing their Bachelor o Science (Honours) joint degrees in

collaboration with Lancaster University at Sunway.

The CIMB Group and Wall Street Journal Asia Malaysia FutureLeadership Program 2008/2009 also held online quizzes and

a lecture series as part o the program.

Left to right: Chan Yung Mun, Chan Jinn Yep, Chang Mei Yan, Dato Sri Nazir Abdul Razak, Group CEO, CIMB Group and Joyce Oo Pui Yee.

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Anotherlame o

academicachievement

Two Sunway students,

Ooi Yu Min and Sim Hui

Wen received the coveted

Cambridge International

Fellowship Top 3 in the World

awards or Mathematics.

The two Cambridge GCE A-Levelstudents received their awardsrom Cambridge International

Examinations Regional Representative

or Malaysia, Ng Kim Huat.

According to its Director, Pre-

University Studies, Ms Cheng Mien

Wee, these awards are only given to

Cambridge International Fellowships

Centres. Sunway University College

being one, earned this honour since

2005 in recognition o its excellenttrack record o high achieving

students, she said.

Ooi and Sim sat or their examinations

in November 2008. The Cambridge

GCE A-Level was established at

Sunway in 1987.

Another A-Level student, Uranbileg

Enkhturshin, rom Mongolia, won First

Place in the world in the University o

Waterloo Euclid Math Contest 2009.

Sunway University College is oneout o about 40 Fellowship Centres

in the world, and is one o our in

Malaysia among the more than 1,100

Cambridge centres worldwide.

Ooi Yu Min (right) receiving her award

Sim Hui Wen (right) receiving her award rom Mr Ng Kim Huat (let) In the centreis Dr Wong Yoke Chen, Director o the A-Levels programme at Sunway

Uranbileg Enkhturshin (right) receives her Euclid award rom Dr Wong

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A proud legacySunway Groups Founder and Chairman, Tan Sri Dr. Jerey Cheah is well-known in the business world as the man who turnedan unused tin mining land into one o Malaysias most widely recognized integrated hub with a multitude o establishedbusinesses, education included.

To those who have beneited rom the scholarships oeredby Sunway Education Trust Fund, he will be remembered asa philanthropist who is committed to the education o theyounger generation.

This is what has always dierentiated Sunway UniversityCollege rom most other private institutions o higher learning,in that proits rom its operations are ploughed back into thetrust und, soon to be replaced by the Tan Sri Dr. Jerey

Cheah Foundation, which will have an initial seed und oRM50 million.

The good news is that, with the current economic downturn,the ormation o a Foundation could not have been timelier.Seeking to urther solidiy Tan Sri Jerey Cheahs deeplyheld belies in the transorming power o education, theFoundation is established to receive and administer undsor educational, scientiic, medical and charitable purposesincluding scholarships based on merit and to those in need oinancial assistance. Donors to the Foundation will be eligibleor tax exemption.

At the recent scholarship presentation ceremony, 785recipients were given their scholarships, worth a total oRM3.1 million. The two scholarships were the Tan Sri Dr.Jerey Cheah Continuing Scholarship and the Tan Sri Dr.Jerey Cheah Entrance Scholarship in this ceremony.

Since the inception o Sunway Education Trust Fund in 1997,a whopping RM46 million has been disbursed so ar.

During a recent visit by Tan Sri Dr. Jerey Cheah to SunwayCollege Johor Bahru, a heartwarming gesture was made by1100 students and 70 sta o the college, who collectivelypledged RM20,000 to the Foundation.

This magnanimous gesture will go a long way to turn livesaround by providing deserving students an opportunity topursue their higher education.

Staff and students of Sunway College Johor Bahru presenting the pledge of RM20,000 to the Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah Foundation recently. Tan

Sri Jeffrey Cheah is third from right. Also present are Pro-Chancellors and Foundation Trustees Tan Sri Dato Dr. Ramon Navaratnam (4th from

right, second row), Datuk Razman M. Hashim (on the right of Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah) and Tan Sri Dr Lin See Yan (second from right), Foundation

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The Master o Science in Mobile

Systems, jointly developed bySunway University College and LancasterUniversity, was launched recently.

Teaching the irst batch o studentswere Proessors Garik Markarian andBahram Honary rom the Department oCommunication Systems at LancasterUniversitys renowned InoLab21.

According to Associate Proessor DrLim Tong Ming, Head o the School oComputer Technology (SCT) at SunwayUniversity College, the course delvesinto the ield o networking and mobilecomputer and communication.

Students will learn the technicalintricacies o understanding, designingand developing mobile systems rommobile content and applicationsto communication and networkarchitecture.

We are gearing up to be a more research-oriented institution; thereore, the launcho MSc (Mobile Systems) is very timely. This is an example o postgraduateprogrammes oered by the School oComputer Technology that emphasizeson research. The other programme is the

Master o Science in Computer Science(by research), he said.

The irst module on CommunicationFundamentals was taught by the scholarlypair rom University o Lancaster. Thereare six taught modules in the part-timeprogramme.

Proessor Bahram Honary, who is

the Head o Inormatics Group in theDepartment o Communication Systemsand Director o Research, said the modulewill enable the students to know aboutcommunication technologies as well asapplications that we hope will lead toa better grasp o technical and appliedaspects and eventually collaborationswith industry.

Proessor Garik Markarian who holdsthe Chair in Communication Systemsand is also Head, Department oCommunication Systems at LancasterUniversity was pleased with the supportgiven by the students o the Schoolo Communications Technology andSunway University College.

We emphasize that this Mastero Science in Mobile Systems is aconvergence o the world o computingand communications research, he said.

Academics rom both Sunway andLancaster are teaching this Sunway-developed Masters validated by LancasterUniversity. There is a dissertation projectdistributed over the two years o study.

Other Masters programmes at Sunway

oered in ailiation with LancasterUniversity are the Masters in Management,Masters in Management with Law and theMasters in Money, Banking and Finance. These are validated by the LancasterUniversity Management School which isranked ourth in the UK by the FinancialTimes Global MBA 2009.

New Mastersin Mobile Systems

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Lefttoright,ProfGarikMarkarianandProfBahramHonary


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Getting hooked?Should university students get involved in relationships?

DebbieTanAge:20Course:DiplomainBusiness

Administration(SecondYear)

Hometown:KualaLumpurThere is nothing wrong

getting involved inBGR atUni

level.Itsnatural.Itspartoflife.

Everyone has to go through

that.Infact,Ihaveaboyfriend,

Asyraf Kamal, who is doing

the sameprogramme.Wemet

in class, when we first started

the programme. He is very

encouraging.Hetreatsmereal

well.Icanseehimoften.

GohYeeYin

Age:19

CIMP

Ithinkwh

enitsfine

tobe

involvedina

BGRatUni

.As

we mature, w

e make bet

ter

decisionsinlife.Iti

sentirely

uptothein

dividuals,whether

they want to

developpr

oper

andmature

relations

hips.

Ourparents

expectus

tobe

responsible,

matureandm

ake

wisedecision

s.

AsyrafKamalAge:19Course:DiplomainBusinessAdministration(SecondYear)Hometown:ShahAlam

I met my girlfriend, DebbieTan, on the first day of class.

Since then, we have started

likingeachother.Itisatthisage

thatwestartdevelopingspecial

feelings for someone from the

opposite sex. If anything, it

shouldbenefitbothguyandgal.

Debbie is great! She is in fact

the greatest person on earth

that I havemet inmy life.She

iseverythingthatIeverwantin

apersonasafriend.Whenyou

arestillatUni,itsthebesttime

tointeractwitheachother;first,

asfriends,andwhenthetiming

isright,acareerisestablished,

then you think about settling

down.

RosanLafeerAge:20Course:CIMPCountryofOrigin:SriLankaIts a good thing to have a

companion at my side. It can

be a motivation factor. Most

couples get together because

of common interest. They can

spendtimegoingouttogether.

Itsgoodtohavesomeonewho

understandsyou.Youcanalso

understandheraswell.Wecan

encourageeachother.

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KeeTeckWah

Age:21

Course:Bache

lorofBusiness

Manageme

nt,Lancaster

University(SecondYear)

Hometown:Kla

ng

Itisfineto

beinvolvedin

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LeeSeeHuiAge:22Course:BachelorofBusinessManagement,LancasterUniversity(SecondYear)

I dont see a reason whywe cannot be involved in arelationship.Itsagoodtimetoget to know each other better.Itishardtotellwhenthetimeisright for theguyandthegaltogo serious on the relationship;it depends entirely on both ofthem. I have been involvedin BGR since Form Two. Myboyfriend and I have beengoing to school together.AfterHigh School, he had to workon his family business, but heencourages me to continueon with my studies. I can stillconcentrateonmystudies.So,arelationshipisnotnecessarilywrong. We ourselves have tobematureinourthinking.

Dr.PriyadarshiniSrinivasanOrganisationalPsychologist/

Lecturer

Boy-girl relationship is one o

the challenges o this stage

o development. Students are

eitherintheirlateteensorearlyin

adulthood, which indicates that

theyareinatransitionperiod.It is natural o this stage o

development to have attraction

towards opposite gender. I the

person isemotionallystableand

mature the relationship would

be boon vice versa it would be

abane.

Astherearemanywhosuera

lot in broken relations and they

dont know how to cope up.

Somegettooinvolvedtheyorget

their other riends and lead to

interpersonalconfict.Forsomeit

aectstheiracademics.I would say that, i a boy or

girl is clear with their goals in

lie, mature and ready to ace

challenges, know how to carry

him or hersel socially, they can

beeectiveinrelationships.

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Design & Illustrate: Horse SculptureCompetition

In another competition organised by the Selangor Tur Club in conjunction with the Selangor TurClub International Racing Carnival 2009, SunwayUniversity College students vivid painting on alie-size horse sculpture won them the third prizeo RM3,000.

The title o their creative work was Through theeyes o the Artist. Their concept relected thegreat master paintings o horses rom primitivismto post-modernism, covering the works o artistslike Carvaggio, Peter Paul Reuben, Picasso andothers.

The expression o the painting was as ree as themovement o a horse on an open ield, wild yetbeautiul and controlled.

Bags with down-to-earth style

Shalei Yazmin Hamid Fulgencio made news recently ater bagging one othe Top 10 Designs Awards.

Her design won her an Eco goody bag worth US$1,000.00 (RM3,500), acertiicate and a 1000+7 Designs BECOME special edition book.

The 18-year-old lass rom the Philippines told blaze that when she irstsigned up or the 1000+7 Designs: World o Eco Bag Design Competi tionheld in conjunction with KL Design Week 2009 Festival recently, she didnot expect to win.

I was just doing it or un, said the Graphic & Multimedia Des ign student,who is currently in her irst/ second year. Yes, when I heard that I won, Iwas overwhelmed; I am especially proud that I could do this or Sunwayand my parents.

Three other Sunway students Yun Ha, Low Hock Yong and Yap Ching Namearned a place in the Top 1000 Designs Award in the same competition.

The competition wasorganised by anenvironmental communityorganization knownas BECOME, the

acronym or Be anEco riend like Me.It eatured 1007reusable bags withmessages aimed atraising the awarenesso conserving the

environment

andminimizingthe useo plasticbags.

Happenings

Shalei

YunHa

When creativity paysIn two major design competitions, Sunway University Colleges students have done well, and won prizes that make theinstitution proud o their achievements.

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Let to right (cent re) students: Kenry Tang, Laura Viviana Acero Collazos, Sharmila Shresta, Ilyana Shamsudin, Amir Ali with their lecturers Joseph Fernz (let) andNasarudin Ahmad (right).


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Hallmarks

Did you know that .

Thecurrent formof theChessgameemergedin SouthernEuropeduring the

second hal o the 15th century ater evolving rom similar, much older games oIndian and Persian origin?

Today, chess is one of the worlds most popular games, played by mill ions

o people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and intournaments?

Thetraditionoforganisedcompetitivechessstartedinthe16thcenturyandhas

developed extensively? ChesstodayisarecognisedsportoftheInternationalOlympicCommittee.

The first official WorldChessChampion,WilhelmSteinitz, claimedhis title in

1886; Viswanathan Anand is the current World Champion.

Source: Wikipedia

For the irst time ever,Sunway University CollegeChess Team emerged as

Champion o the InternationalChess category at theMAPCU IMU InternationalChess Competition 2009,organised by InternationalMedical University, Bukit Jalilrecently.

Last year, our International Chessteam was in third placing, whilethe Chinese Chess team won the

First Runner-up, a position which they

maintained this year at the MAPCU IMU

Chinese Chess 2009.

An exhilarated Chess Club advisor,

Khoo Boo Hin o A-levels department

said he was excited with the students

achievements. We never expected this,

and we are going to make sure that we

will deend our championship next year,

he said.

Chess Club President, Heri Gunawan, a

business degree student attributed the

success to leadership and teamwork as

the two major actors which helped the

team to bag 15 medals and six trophies

rom the chess tournament.

With two weeks o sleepless nights

trying to reine our skills, I must say

there is a lot o enthusiasm and passion

demonstrated, he said. On behal

o the team, I would like to extend

our heartelt thanks to our coach Mr

Dwayne Chin and other individuals

who gave constructive eedback and

suggestions.

From the irst step to the ending

checkmate o this process, this group

o students have always been open orimprovement and were on the run or

success.

The MAPCU chess competition is

an annual sports event hosted by

the Malaysian Association o Private

Colleges & Universities (MAPCU). It

attracted participants rom major private

colleges and universities including INTI,

HELP, Taylors, Monash and Nilai.

MAPCU International ChessChampion: Sunway University CollegeLeft to right : Max Lim- SSD Advisor, Khor Yoong Soon-ACCA, Hong Xing Wei-AUSMAT,Ng Zhao Hoong-AUP/VU, Ho Joon Ming-ACCA, Too Chuan Hao-A Levels,

Yonatan Christian-AUP/VU, Seated: Chia Yoon Yoong-AUSMAT, Heri Gunawan-Business,Ooi Chong Lip-CAT, Chen Yi Peng-CIMP, Lau Jing Wen-ACCA

MAPCU Chinese Chess

First Runner Up: Sunway University CollegeLeft to right : Yii Shu Kai-A Levels, Chia Yoon Yoong-AUSMAT, Lim Khai Woon-Business,Hoang Anhtu-SHTLM, Tan Kai Xiang-MUFY

Chess kings


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Taking

charge oyour uture

They say jobs dont just come knockingon the door; you simply have to go outlooking or them.

While that may be true, the StudentsServices Departments PRePARE careerservices unit nonetheless made every eortto make sure that Sunways students arewell-sought ater by the industry. With thatin mind, the Career Fair 2009 was held atSunway University College to encourage itsgraduating students to establish contactwith potential employers.

Over 90 o its students also attended theNetwork Tea, which was held in conjunctionwith the two-day air. The network tea wasgraced by Hannah Yeoh, in her capacity asthe Subang Jaya State Assemblyman.

Themed, Get Hired! Take Charge in Fiery Times!, Yeoh, a legally-trained politician,urged students to take charge o their uture.Upon graduation, I realised that practisinglaw is so dierent rom what I watched on Ally McBeal, she said. Thereore, it isimportant to make an inormed decisionabout your career. Finding passion and beingable to inluence society through your careeris most satisying. Money is secondary.

Executive Director o Sunway UniversityCollege, Elizabeth Lee also urged thegraduating students to develop their sot

skills. I there is one reason we alwaysencourage our students to participate inthe activities o our clubs and societies, itis so that, apart rom achieving academicexcellence, they will be able to develop theirpersonal skills, which are highly sought aterby the employers.

For two weeks, there were a series o TakeCharge talks by industry big guns invited byPRePARE. Nicholas Yeap, Country Directoro Zeroes to Heroes spoke on 10 Tipsor Starting Your Own Business and AlanJones, Managing Director o GE EngineServices Malaysia addressed the topic,Take Charge : Take the Lead.

The Career Fair, sponsored by UOB, Ernst& Young, KPMG, Jobs DB, DHL IT services,Inmagine, 95% Advertising Academy, ICAEW,Fitness First, Krat Malaysia, Inter-ExcelAdvisory, Marina Bay Sands, Petronas, BDOBinders, The Sunway Group and ContactSingapore attracted some 50 booths set upby employers rom various industries.

There was also a Forum and a series o talkson Banking & Finance.

Happenings

Hannah Yeoh and Elizabeth Lee, Executive Director o Sunway University College

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Sriskantharajah Karthigan was beaming a smile when he wasasked about his experience working in the hotel industry as astudent intern.

O course, I simply love it as it has always been my dream workingin the Front Oice o a reputable ive star hotel, he enthused.

So ar, the 23-year-old rom Sri Lanka said that he learnt how the Front Oice operates. Its a good season, because with theFormula One Race in Malaysia, we have lot o group travellers. The hotel is always enjoying more than 90% occupancy. I also

learn a lot about being a proessional ront oice sta.

Currently, on an internship with Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa or 20 weeks rom March to July, ollowed by another month inthe Housekeeping Department, Sriskantharajah will be posted to the Human Resources Department in his inal month.

Together with his ellow student riends, they will be completing their Diploma in Hotel Management in 2010.

While he hopes to pursue his Degree programme beorelooking or opportunity to work at Burj Al Arab the worldsonly seven star hotel his riend, Woo Lai Yee said she hopessomeday, she can be the General Manager o a reputablehotel.

Originally rom Ipoh, Perak, Woo had settled down in Shah Alam, where she studied at S.M.K Bukit Kemuning, ShahAlam. I also enjoy working in the hotel because I learn how

to deal with the hotel guest, she said. So ar as an intern, Ihave learnt how to deal with the hotel guests in a proessionalmanner. I was posted at the concierge or three days. Thatswhere I learn something new rom the sta themselves.

Ater her graduation in 2010, Woo said she wants to work irstbeore thinking o the next step. It is important to gain moreworking experience, she quipped. Overall, I chose to jointhe hospitality industry because I love the hotel environmentvery much.

Fellow Malaysian, Esther Siow, 19, a ormer student o King

George V High School in Seremban, said that she has learnt alot about the operator system in the course o her internship.It is quite stressul, especially when a mistake is made andthe guest complains or scolds us, she admitted. I have tosettle the complaint immediately.

Her desire, i the results are good, is to be able to pursue aDegree in Hospitality and Tourism in Switzerland. I hope I canget a scholarship to study there. Otherwise, I may continue

my study ater working or a ew years.

Hailing rom China, Yu Minzi said she has so ar learnt howto assist the hotel guest while being posted at the hotelreception. Expecting to graduate with her Diploma in HotelManagement in April next year, Yu Minzi said she wants tocontinue studying or her degree.

Like all her other riends, Yu Minzi said she has never regrettedbeing in the hospitality industry. Yes, I enjoy working in thehotel environment, thats why I picked Hotel management ora career. In lie, it is about doing what you enjoy the most!

WELCOME: (From left) Yu Minzi, Esther Siow, Woo Lai Yee and Sriskantharajah Karthigan

Programme : Diploma in Hotel Management (Second Year),

School o Hospitality, Tourismand Leisure Management,Sunway University College

Internship : 5 months (16 March to 31 July 2009)Employer : Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa

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Tucked away in a low costsingle-storey wooden terracehouse in the modern city o

Kuala Lumpur is a amily with

ten children, barely surviving

on the irregular income o their

ather, the only bread winner o

the amily.

The ather, Jason, was an

aluminium can collector beo re he met with an accident; now,he helps to set up canopies, while Maliga, the mother, looks

ater the children, the youngest being only three months old.

The eldest daughter, 13-year-old Miriam, aspires to be a

teacher but i not or the inancial help provided by the Acts

Global Networking, she would not even dream o ever setting

oot in Secondary School.

With the help o two pastors, Mary Ramamoothy and

Jonathan Ambalagan, the amily is one o a ew beneiciaries

o the unds raised rom the recent Cupcake Charity Drive

organised by students o Sunway University College. From

the unds raised, they receive RM250 on a monthly basis to

supplement their income to purchase groceries. All expenses

incurred or the childrens education are taken care o by the

School o Acts.

A sot-spoken Miriam told that she and her amily wish

to convey their heartelt gratitude to Sunway students or their

undraising eorts. Her eyes beamed with hope when she

realised that Sunway has community scholarships availableand managed by Malaysian CARE. Hopeully, some day, I

can also study at Sunway! she enthused.

This is how ar the money has gone to help one amily. With

the proceeds rom the sale o cupcakes donated to Acts

Global Networking, other amilies in similar situations are also

receiving some orm o inancial assistance.

A big thank you!

Happenings

Jason (extreme let) and his wie, Maliga, and some o their children. With them are Mary Ramamoothy (second rom right) andJonathan Ambalagan (white shirt). Miriam is in her secondary school uniorm.


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Hard work pays off

Themed, Help a Child

with a Cupcake, the

Cupcake Charity Drive

held in March and April

this year is a special

project organised by 37

students rom Diplomain Hospitality & Tourism

Management rom

Sunways School o

Hospitality, Tourism and

Leisure Management

under the guidance o

their lecturer, Karen

Lee.

Cupcake workshops

For three consecutive

Saturdays in March,

cupcake baking and

decorating workshops

were held at the Baking

and Pastry Kitchen

o Sunway University

Colleges campus; the

inale o this series o

cupcake charity events

was held at Sunway

Pyramid Shopping

Centre, where students

targeted to sell 2000

cupcakes.

The cupcake sale

Preparations or the

cupcake sales started

a day earlier with the

team preparing the

packaging materials

and ingredients or

baking which began

as early as 6a.m. on

that Sunday morning

o April 5.

They raised RM5000

which was donated

to the Acts Global

Networking to help the

poor in Jinjang.

Happenings


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randomly picked six Sunway students and asked themwhether they agree with the idea o a smoke-ree campus. All othem gave a straight answer: I dont smoke! Lets hear them out

Features

Smoking is bad orour health. It causescancer. For somepeople, it is a way torelease stress, but Ihave better ways torelease stress. Its abetter idea i we playsports rather thanburning away ourmoney by inhalingall the smoke intoour lungs. None o

my parents smoke.Neither does mybrother or sister.Its a healthy homeenvironment withoutthe smokers

Smoking? It stinks,especially when thereare inconsideratesmokers, who smokein public placeswithout thinkingabout other people.I usually advisemy riends to stopsmoking or healthreasons but untilyou need to realizethat secondary

smoke is also bador your health, too.Previously, I had tochange my roomsbecause I could notstand the smokerom my roommate.

Smoking is denitelybad or health. Myathers riend wassuering rom lungdisease becausehe was a chainsmoker rom young.I can see that he isreally suering now.None o my amilymembers smokeand I like to remainthat way!

Smoking is bad. Itcauses lung cancerand bronchitis, anda number o otherdiseases. Peoplewho smoke in ronto you are ratherinconsiderate. Mygrandather died romlung cancer in 2006.He suered a longtime. He has beensmoking since he

was a teenager. Myadvice to smokers:Quit smoking assoon as possible!

Although we are asmoke-ree campus,I can still smell somesmoke, especially inthe lits. Smoking canbe addictive. Peoplewho smoke are tooeasily infuencedby peer pressure. Idont think anyonein the right rameo mind would goto the shop and

buy themselves apacket o cigarettes.Smokers are burningaway their money.Its denitely not coolbeing a smoker.

I a person smokestwo packets ocigarettes a day, hewould have spentthe money thathe could use ortravelling. Why sostupid? None o myamily members aresmokers. In act,none o my riendsare smokers. I amglad.

Mambee Chunga

Age: 19Course: MUFY

Country: Zambia

Diana Sedimo

Age: 18Course: CIMP

Country: Botswana

Teo Yee Hao

Age: 19Course: ACCA

Hometown: Kelantan

Rency Natalia

Age: 17Course: CIMP

Country: Indonesia

Mochammad

Mifteh RinaldiAge: 24

Course: CIMPCountry: Indonesia

Sam Jia Xin

Age: 18Course: Foundation

in ArtsHometown: Pahang


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6. What can we do?

Adopt the 3Rs: reduce, reuse, andrecycle. And put it into practice.

Naturally people opt or recycling as itis the easiest option. But polystyreneis not recycled in our society. Also

polystyrene ood containers are oily anddirty and thus discarded once used.

Reuse: rarely are polystyrene oodcontainers is reused.

That leaves us with REDUCE.

By reducing, the individual is participatingin the saving and the protection o theenvironment.

In Sunway University College, you cando your best by bringing your owntakeaway containers or ood. CindyLee, the caeteria operator, says that she

welcomes the use o less polystyreneas polystyrene is costly. However, sheis orced to use polystyrene platesand disposable cutlery or unctionsas whenever she uses non-disposablecrockery, some pieces go missing.Lee advises all students and sta whoborrow non-disposable crockery to takeood away, to return them. By doing so,she is more encouraged to use non-disposable crockery.

Polystyrene andour environmentBy Dr. Uthaya K. Raman, lecturer in the American Degree Transer Program

Taking away food in a polystyrene container

This is a common practice in our society which is evident at the hawkerstalls, ood court, restaurants and our college caeteria. Polystyreneood container is cheap and a good insulator o hot and cold ood but itpollutes our environment and our health.

2. How safe is polystyrene?

Polystyrene is composed o chemicalsbenzene and styrene. Benzene isextracted rom coal and styrene isextracted rom petroleum. Benzeneis a known human carcinogen andaccumulation o styrene causesneurotoxin symptoms.

5. What is the

relationship between

the polystyrene, man

and environment?

Man and environmentare interdependent.

We depend on theenvironment or reshair, clean water andertile land.

To manuacturepolystyrene, then o n r e n e w a b l eresources are usedrom the earth toprovide conveniencejust or the moment butpollute the environmentorever.

On an average a ood

stall at a ood courtgives away 100 pieceso polystyrene per day.

Multiply this with themany ood stalls inthe ood court andcollectively how mucho polystyrene endsup in the landill andthe river and theincinerator.

1. Does polystyrene biodegrade?

(ability to decay naturally and

harmlessly)

No, it doesnt. It breaks into smallerpieces but never biodegrades. Itpersists on land indeinitely.

3. What are the alternatives?

Bring your own container whenyou intend to take away ameal.

Reuse the polystyrene ood

container and disposals whenyou are oered or served withit.

We have a CHOICE to protector to pollute our environment.

4. How is polystyrene disposed

after being used?

There are a ew methods odisposable: commonly landill,littered, dumped into the riveror incinerated. Polystyrene

can be buried in the soil butit will never decompose. Itwill be there orever. Burningpolystyrene emits poisonousgaseous such as dioxin into theatmosphere.

Features

ADTP students Megan Julia Tyson (let) and DanielKhor (right) showing a poster on the 3Rs thatwere made by the class

Dr. Uthaya K. Raman

Here are some o the issues on the use o polystyrene that we should be concerned with:


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Success did not come instantly to local entrepreneur,George Ang, whose company today owns more than 35restaurants in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Boasting an annual turnover exceeding RM75 million,Revenue Valley Sdn Bhd is a holding company that ownssome o the popular casual dining restaurants in Malaysialike The Manhattan FISH MARKET, Tony Romas, LondonFish Tales and TOKYO.g.

The 37-year-old rom Melaka is both Group ManagingDirector and co-ounder o Revenue Valley Sdn Bhd, whostruck it big in the F&B industry despite not being a cookhimsel.

In act, it takes a lot o sweat and hard work, and someinspiration, to make it to where he is today. His irst exposurein the F&B industry began when he was merely seventeen,and still studying at the ormer Sunway College buildinglocated at PJ New Town, where he had worked as a part-

time delivery boy or Pizza Hut while studying.

It was then that my passion developed in the F&B industry,he told an audience o about 100 students and sta oSunway recently, where he spoke as a DistinguishedEntrepreneur Speaker.

While studying in Australia, I was also working at severalestablished restaurants to partially und my own education,he said. I have worked as a cook, a kitchen hand, a waiterand even a dishwasher. Thereore, I am not ashamed eventoday, i you happen to visit one o the restaurants under mycare, you may just be lucky enough to have me, the waiter,serving you!

On being an Entrepreneur

It took a dream to become anentrepreneur especially a successulone!

I always dreamt o becoming anentrepreneur (although not necessarily inthe ood business) and or the irst sevenyears o my career when I was involvedin the corporate banking, I was alwaysreading and exploring what business toget mysel into, he recalled. There are

always the ups and downs in being anentrepreneur, but I have always enjoyedthe ride and not regretted anything.

Ang started his business when he wasstill a bachelor boy. There were ewercommitments then, and the ear oailing was much lesser.

In retrospect, he admitted: I you askedme to start all over aga in today, maybe Imay think twice! I I had the opportunity

to reverse the clock, I would havechosen to get married earlier, start mybusiness when I was younger and makebetter plans!

Having become a successulentrepreneur, Ang encouraged studentsto be more enterprising. Seriously, iyou are aspiring to be an entrepreneur,you irst must enjoy the process, insteado thinking o becoming a millionaire

overnight. To me, it is the process olearning and to pick one sel up ateralling that is more un, he said.

His two other close riends, Dr. JereyGoh and Dickson Low, joined him tostart the irst Manhattan FISH MARKETbrand outlet in MidValley Megamall in2002. Within the span o seven years,the Group has grown by leaps andbounds.

In 2005, his company was nominatedor the Golden Bull Award as one o theemerging SMEs; at the same time, hemanaged to secure the Master Franchiseor the popular American casual diningrestaurant chain amous or its ribs andsteaks called Tony Romas. In 2008, theManhattan FISH MARKET was awardedthe winner o SMEs Best Brand in AsiaPaciic or Western Seaood category.

His motto has always been: Failureis a step closer to success; thereore,never ever give up at the irst sign oailure! I you have that attitude, you willsomehow succeed.

The ormer old boy o Gajah BerangSecondary School Melaka does notorget his roots, especially people whohave made strong impressions in histeenage years.

Nothing ishy

Outingwith fel

low college

studentsto the

National

Monument

GeorgeAng (right)wasworkingasaPizzaHut

deliveryboyin1991,whilestudying

Alumni


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ISSUE 10 Vol 04 / 2009 // 25

His time at Sunway

You always remember the people who made an impacton your lie, he told . He attributes whateverknowledge he now has in Accounting to one accountinglecturer, Mrs Lim, whom he describes as being verystrict. Other names like First Year Economics lecturer,Ms Wong and English Literature lecturer, Ms Siva, still

stick on his mind until today. In act, he still remembersa amous line rom his Mathematics teacher, Mr. Mana,who used to say that, `l ie can be much more interestingthan just Mathematics!

Ater spending two years at the then Sunway College,Ang then let or Perth to pursue his Second and Third Year undergrad studies and inally graduated with aBachelor o Commerce (major in Finance & Accounting)in 1993.

When he irst joined the then Sunway College in 1990to do his TEE (now known as Australian Matriculation),he was a young man hailing rom Melaka. It was ahuge learning curve or me. My irst impressions werethat people seemed more complicated, well-to-do, andshowy, he said.

Gradually, he began to love student lie. His avouritehang out was at the snooker centre across the oldSunway College building in PJ New Town. There werequite a lot o distractions to our studies, compared tothe campus at Bandar Sunway that we have today.Almost every weekend we would end up going to DV8,a disco near the college or dance and drinks.

Swimming Ahead

The Manhattan FISH MARKET brand is gainingpopularity. Recently, another outlet was set up inJeddah in Saudi Arabia.

With the aggressive growth, Ang expects RevenueValley Sdn Bhd will hit a turnover o RM100 million orthe inancial year ending 2009. The company currentlyowns 100% o MFM Restaurants Sdn Bhd whichoperates The Manhattan FISH MARKET restaurantsin Malaysia. It also owns 100% o MFM RestaurantsPte Ltd, which operates The Manhattan FISH MARKETrestaurants in Singapore, besides owning 50% o MFMRestaurants (Thailand) Co. Ltd which operates TheManhattan FISH MARKET restaurants in Thailand.

In 2005, the company set up Grandpolitan Sdn Bhd(with 100% equity) to operate the Master Franchise o Tony Romas in Malaysia. Revenue Valley now owns100% share o Sushi Groove Sdn Bhd, which operatesTOKYO.g restaurants in Malaysia.

I hope to continue building great retail brands, whichagain may not be necessarily in the ood business.Despite an accounting background, I enjoy readingMarketing books more than any other literature, andrecently, I had a rare opportunity to meet Mr PhilipKotler, the Father o Modern Marketing himsel!

As ar as Ang is concerned, he is prepared to ace anychallenges in bringing his business to new rontiers. Foryoung entrepreneurs, he advised: I you have to swimagainst the tide, its better than to give up and end upin the ish market.

Answer & Win the Manhattan FISH MARKET, Tony Romas and TOKYO.g vouchers

Simply answer the ollowing questions and email your answers [email protected].

Name:

Mobile:

1. The Manhattan FISH MARKET is a Malaysian-owned brand. True or False?Answer:

2. George Ang studied at Sunway College in 1990 and 1991. True or False?Answer:

3. I you were in Mr. George Angs position, how would you expand the ranchise business? Give reasons why.(I your answer ascinates Mr. George Ang, you may be invited to personally dine with him to expyour ideas urther)

Term & Conditions

a. Closing date or submission o answers: 31 October 2009 5:00PM.b. Twenty (20) people with the best answers will receive a ood voucher o RM50 each to try out the ood at The Manh

FISH MARKET.c. I you are one o the ten winners, bring a copy o blaze magazine and show it to the manager as proo o your idend. This competition is open to all Sunway students and readers o blaze magazine. Judges decision is nal. Winner

be contacted via email one week ater Oct 31

George Ang, Young Entrepreneur o The Year 2008 Opening o Tony Romas outlet at KL Pavi

Signing o Tony Romas Master FranchiseGeorge Ang, entrepreneur

George Ang (extreme right) speaking to students aterthe talk

George Ang (extreme let) speaking students ater the talk

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International Student

Food andbeaches attractGerman ladthe most

Nothing interests 19-year-old lad rom Germany, Frederic Lorenzen more than the great variety o ood and the lovely

beaches in Malaysia.

A big an o beaches, Frederic says he has visited both Langkawi and Perhentian, and enjoysthe enchanting beaches on both islands. It is always sunny here, and the beaches in Malaysiaare a great place what I consider a relaxingholiday, he enthused.

His other avourite is ood and heliterally means almost all types o oodrom Indian to Chinese and Malay,and occasionally, even Japaneseood. It really depends on mymood, he says. Whenever there isa chance or me to taste dierent ood

around, I would grab the opportunity. I enjoy eating.

At Sunway, he has beriended a number o his course mates. I haveriends who are Indians, Chinese and Malays, he elaborates. In act, I indit very interesting that the population in Malaysia is quite multi-racial. This wasone o my irst impressions when I arrived in Kuala Lumpur nearly in 2000.

He was only ten years old then. Over the years, he has built his networko riends. In act, he chose Sunway because most o his good riendsare all here.

His mother works as a teacher; currently, his parents andthree other brothers and sisters are living in Singapore.Frederic joined Sunway this year to pursue his Bacheloro Psychology and will be expecting to graduate in2011. Upon completion o my studies, I will workor a while beore deciding to continue on withmy studies, he said.

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In the year 2000, myamily and I came to KL asmy mother received a jobas a teacher in the GermanSchool Kuala Lumpur until2006. They then movedto Singapore, while Iremained here in Malaysiato continue my studies. Frederic Lorenzen


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lunch, anyone?

For this issue o , we eature the mixed cabbage slaw and cream o

tomato soup by two o our Ches-to-be, Olivia Sarendy, 21, o Indonesia and

Kim Seung Hye rom Korea who are pursuing the Diploma in Hotel Management

at Sunway University College.

The fine dining training restaurant, the Dining Room@Sunway, is open to the public. Reservations can

be made at 74918622 Extn: 8510. The restaurant is open for lunch (12 noon to 2 pm) every Tuesday to

Friday during the semesters. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are a la carte menu and Thursdays and Fridays

are table dhote (set lunch). Enquiries on the menu can be made when calling.

Recipe

MIXED CABBAGE SLAW

Method of preparation:

1 Combine mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix until smooth.2 Add the white cabbage and carrots and mix well.3 Taste and i necessary add more salt or vinegar to improve seasoning.4 Arrange the lettuce leaves on plate.5 Place a mould o coleslaw in the centre o the plate.6 Garnish accordingly.

CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP

Method of preparation:

1 In a saucepot, melt the butter over medium heat2 Add the onion, carrots and celery. Sweat until lightly soten.3 Add the lour and stir well. Cook or a ew minutes.4 Slowly beat in the stock. Bring to a boil, stirring while the liquid thickens slightly.

5 Add in the tomato coulis and herbs. Simmer about 1 hour.6 Pass through a strainer.7 Return the soup to a saucepot and bring back to a simmer.8 Stir in the warm cream.9 Season to taste with salt and pepper.10 When serving, drizzle with a drop o cream, croutons and chopped parsley

Olivia SarendySemester 2Diploma in Hotel Management

Kim Seung Hye (Korean)Semester 2Diploma in Hotel Management

Ingredients:

31 ml Mayonnaise2.5 ml Vinegar

1.7 gm Sugarto taste salt and pepper

42 gm White round cabbage, shredded21 gm Red cabbage, shredded21 gm Carrots, julienne (cut into ine strips)

Ingredients:

5 gm Butter5 gm Onion, medium dice

2.5 gm Carrots, medium dice2.5 gm Celery, dice2.5 gm Flour125 ml Chicken stock42 gm Tomato coulis (in cans available rom supermarkets)

1 Bay leaThymeTo taste salt and pepper

Garnish:

Lettuce lea1 Hard-boiled eggRaisins or sultanasLemon wedgesParsley bush

Garnish:

CreamCroutonsParsley, chopped

Healthy


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