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Is an MBA the Way to Go?Ask Lim Teck Guan

I can Cook!

Budget Wise

Rewarding Excellence

Bringing in the Melody

Sharifah Sofia, Rising Sta


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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.

Advisor :

Elizabeth Lee

Editorial Team :

Jerrine Koay (Editor)

Jacqueline Muriel Lim (Writer)Christina Edward (Photographer)

Publisher :Sunway University College

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Cover Story

Is an MBA the Way to Go?

Ask Lim Teck Guan

Business-related Masters Programmes 7

MBA Programmes 7

Master in Network and Mobile Systems 7

Hallmarks

Rewarding Excellence 10

Features

Stimulating the Grey Matter 8

Budget Wise 14

Bringing in the Melody 20

Lifelong Learning 22

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Happenings

Business with a Heart

Conference 11

Teach Them to Fish

- and You will Feed Them a Lifetime 12

A Pledge for Hope fora Violence-free World 16

Coping with Chronic

Kidney Disease (CKD) 18

My Wish is just a little Smile 21

I Can Cook! 27

Alumni

Rising Star 24

International Students

5-minute Interview with Ma Jun 25

Programmes

Sunways own Foundation

in Arts launched 26 OX

From the Executive Directors Desk

The Ox Year is an auspicious year or someone billion Chinese around the world.

In a country like Malaysia, the various ethnicraces enjoy the Chinese New Year as onenation. Our international guests who came

or the Chinese New Year celebration wereequally impressed, whats more, with the LionDance perormed by a proessional group o

Indian perormers!

This is the spirit o Muhibbah. It is this impression that we would like

to leave with our international guests, that people o various races canand should work at co-existing with each other.

Sunway University College itsel is a melting pot o cultures. We haveall three major races in Malaysia, as well as students rom over 60countries around the world.

Besides achieving academic excellence, this is indeed the place tointeract and learn to appreciate each others culture better.

Together, let us make this an Ox-picious year !

Elizabeth LeeExecutive Director


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Few people are as determined as 48-year-old Lim Teck Guan; despite already having a high ying career, the ather o ourgrowing-up teenagers, has embarked on a Master o Business Administration (MBA) programme at Sunway UniversityCollege.The Engineering Director o Cabot Corporation (CEC business), who graduated with a Bachelor o Mechanical Engineering (Hons.)rom the University o Technology Malaysia (UTM) in 1984, says he has always been ascinated with business investments.

It was shortly ater he attended a 2-week business management programme conducted by Harvard Business School that Limrealized the value o a business education at a Masters level rom a top business school.

I have grown intellectually, he quips. Today, I am a better person with a well-adjusted personality and outlook, as a result ostudying or the MBA. It helps me to make better inormed decisions. I hope this would enable me to progress to managing abusiness unit in the near uture.

Illustrious Career

The Malacca-born Lim eels that the essence o living is l earningand growing, as there is always room or improvement. Its alielong process, he explains.

He has an illustrious career in his 25 years o workingexperience, mainly in plant and design engineering, processsaety management, project implementation and managemento various plants in the Asia Paciic Region.

Ater working with FELDA or ive years, in 1989, he joinedICI (M) Holdings in 1989 as a Project Engineer, where hehad his early years o exposure in doing inancial analysis,being involved in a ew acquisitions projects which requiredhim to perorm technical evaluation o potential acquisitioncandidates and implement projects.

In 1993, Lim was promoted to be Construction Manager,when ICI Holdings decided to build a RM70mil decorativepaint plant in Nilai or its subsidiary, ICI Paints Sdn Bhd. Aterits successul completion, the project won the inaugural ICIChie Executives Saety Award.

By end 1994, Lim was again promoted to be the RegionalEngineering Manager with ICI Paints Asia Operations Groupto manage the completion and commissioning o a US$40milpaints plant in Shanghai, a JV between ICI Paints and TheSwire Group o Hong Kong.

He later decided to join the Dialog Group as its Heado Engineering in mid-1998, during which he helped toengineer the RM$600M Kertih Integrated Chemical Complex Terminal project. He was also involved in the managemento the RM$100M Propylene Liqueaction, Storage and Pipingacilities or Petronas Propane Dehydrogenation Plant inKuantan.

Shortly ater that, he joined his ormer employer, CCMChemicals Sdn Bhd, in early 2000 as the Group EngineeringManager, where he again provided technical support andperormed economic and technical easibility evaluations insupport o the companys business development.

Later, as the Regional Director o Engineering, Lim involvedhimsel in the management o Cabots commercial application

o technologies to meet business needs across the AsiaPaciic region. His responsibility involves managing an annualcapital expenditure budget o US$20M US$30M.

One o his major project achievements was to initiate andimplement a power generation project to reduce the costo manuacturing Carbon Black, and minimize energy andenvironmental ootprint by utilizing waste gas as uel. This isa big challenge, with my other responsibilities now to ensurethat only projects with robust business cases are selectedor implementation, he elaborates. Financial and strategicappraisals have to be perormed with due diligence.

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Knowledge is Power

For this big task, Lim fnds the knowledge he picked up romhis MBA programme useul. What I have learnt has been atremendous help to my job, he enthuses.

The proessors are a dierent breed. They are a class o theirown, very learned and knowledgeable not only in theoretical

grounding but in practical everyday applications. They areat the leading edge o their chosen feld. They are also veryproud o their achievements, and justifably so. Its defnitelyimpossible to all asleep during their lectures! I am mostortunate to count them as my teachers. Some o the tutorsalso deserve mention or being truly inspirational.

Lim realizes that Malaysia, being part o the Asia Pacifcrim, where the environment is very dynamic with high levelso growth, the ability to understand, anticipate, strategiseand appropriately respond to the rapidly changing globalenvironment are crucial to any companys success.

This is where knowledge is indeed very powerul in makinggood business decisions in such a competitive globalenvironment, he adds.

Today, Lim fnds himsel still learning new things everyday,especially since he signed up with the University o Manchesterto do its MBA programme part-time over three years. He hasno qualms about spending long hours doing his assignments;in act, the projects that he ound particularly enjoyable areon topics that he has always ound useul in the course o hiswork Strategy Management, Risk Management, FinancialManagement, Corporate Finance, Project management andInvestment & Portolio Management, to name a ew.

I fnd all the assignments to be very relevant indeed, hetold Blaze. Laughing, he adds: In act, I would not trade theprivilege o spending my weekend doing the research andcompleting the assignments because I enjoy doing it!But, why did he choose Manchester Business School? The

MBA programme oered by Manchester Business School isthe top MBA programme in Malaysia. Manchester Universityis in act a global brand and it is consistently ranked as one othe top business schools worldwide.

Being a part-time course, it also allows him the space tocontinue working. With my children already o the age wherethey themselves are in secondary schools and pursuingtheir tertiary education and thereore require lots o time andmoney, I could not aord to take a couple o years o workto pursue my MBA.

This is where the tension between study, work and amilycommitment comes into the picture. Due to his hecticschedule, he does most o his assignments while travellingin a taxi or waiting at the airports or the plane, and even in

hotels whenever he is travelling. It requires great dose o sel-discipline, especially since it had been many years since I letthe university, he admits.

Besides a ull sponsorship by his company, Lim fnds anextremely supportive boss to be a great help in his pursuit othe MBA programme, whichis now pending completiono his thesis. I shouldbe graduating by end othis year, he smiles.

Tough Balancing Work, Study and Family

The plus point o doing Manchester Business Schools MBA programme which Lim

emphasizes is its exibility. Apart rom the numerous assignments and o course theexams, all I have to do is to attend a 3-day workshop or each module once a semester, hesaid. For the rest o my weekends, I am ree to spend time with my amily, which is mainlyspent studying alongside my children.

Time management is crucial in his ability to cope. He has to allocatetime between work commitment, the amily and his study. Iam ortunate to be surrounded by my loved ones who are verysupportive and understanding, he warms up, as he describes his20-year-old Rachel, and three younger sons Matthew (18), Melvin(16) and Joseph (14).

My children were initially not very thrilled at the prospect ohaving me becoming a student again. To them, it meant thatthere would be many weekends without the movies and shorttrips that we would do as a amily. I am a single parent, and

I have my hands very ull just running ater them and makingsure that they are brought up in a conducive and supportiveenvironment.

Whatever the situation is, the order o precedence is amily (alwaysfrst), beore it comes to work and study (in that order). I havealmost no lie other than children, work and study, he laughs.

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The Key: Stay Focused

There were o course times when he was in a tense situation where everyone was demanding his attention. A problem at work

required him to travel, while his youngest son longed or his presence to help with homework, and there was an assignment due

or submission.

For Lim, the key to keeping the fne balance is to always stay ocused. It is important to constantly remind mysel o my goals and

stay ocused and steadast in my objectives. I also cannot disappoint my boss, who so kindly agreed to sponsor my MBA.

Most importantly, in his own words: The act that I enjoy the MBA programme, it makes learning new things so much easier.


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Ranked as one o Europes top ten business schools,

Manchester Business School (MBS) is currently placed 5th

in the UK.

MBS worldwide delivers the internationally reputable

Manchester Business School MBA to global executives,enabling you to gain a world-class MBA without taking a

career break. MBS Worldwide has proven 15-year track

record in delivering these programmes, blending selstudy

with ace-to-ace residential workshops held in one o eight

destinations worldwide, namely Hong Kong, Jamaica,

Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,

Shanghai and Brazil.

Victoria University Master o Business Administration

programme is designed or working adults who intend topursue a postgraduate study without having to leave their

jobs. The objective o this programme is to equip working

adults with the latest knowledge and skills in business

and management that are relevant to their workplace by

providing a platorm or students to learn rom experts

and each others varied work experiences. Students

have the opportunity to learn rom the lecturers-cum-

examiners o VU who visit Malaysia or their respective

modules to conduct ace-to-ace classes.

MBAProgrammes

Master in Networkand Mobile SystemsA new Masters programme aimed at the IT proessionals in theindustry is in the ofng at Sunway University College, once theapproval is received rom the Ministry o Higher Education andthe Malaysian Qualifcations Agency (MQA).

Known as the Master in Networkand Mobile Systems, the two-year part-time programmeis the result o an ongoingcollaboration between theSchool o Computer Technologyat Sunway and LancasterUniversitys ComputingDepartment.

Dr. Chris Edwards, a lecturer rom Lancaster UniversitysComputing Department and his colleague, Dr. Nicholas Racewere here in December 2008 to conduct a 4-Day intensiveMasters level workshop in Advanced Networking. Dr. Edwardsis involved in the teaching and research work in the feld otelecommunications, networking and operating systems and hasbeen with Lancaster since 2001.

The collaboration was aimed at strengthening undergraduateand graduate level courses at Sunway. The AdvancedNetworking Workshop will be one o the six modules in theMasters programme. Students are taught to look at practicalperspectives such as actual computer networks in the UK andEurope and how they may evolve in uture, said Dr Edwards.

The other modules are in the area o fxed and mobilecommunications, mobile computing and ubiquitous computing.

A visiting research ellow rom Lancaster University, ProessorRodger Lea, who has been attached to Sunway since January2008, has been assisting Sunway to build on its researchand post-graduate programmes at the School o ComputerTechnology.

Proessor Jarlath Ronayne

Lancasters Computing Department

has an international reputation orsystems research. It was givena 5-Star rating in the last UK

Government research assessment

exercise and is currently ranked 7thin the UK or Computing research.

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Business-relatedMasters ProgrammesIn May this year, three part-time Masters programmes will be launched in

collaboration with the Lancaster University Management School (LUMS)

namely Master in Money, Banking and Finance, Master in Management

and Master in Management with Law. LUMS is currently ranked 4th in the

UK and No 27 in the world by the Financial Times Global MBA rankings

2009. Proessor Jarlath Ronayne, Vice Chancellor o Sunway University

College said LUMS is an ideal partner. We have benefted greatly rom the

afliation and it gives substance to our ambition to be the best private higher

education provider in Malaysia, he added.


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On December 12 last year, Proessor John Mackness was the guest speaker

at the Tan Sri Jerey Cheah Distinguished Speakers Series held at SunwayUniversity College. The Director o Collaborative Programmes rom Lancaster

University Management School gave a lecture on `Systems Thinking or

Leaders. met him ater the talk.

Q. Proessor Mackness, in simple terms, how would you explain Systems Thinking to a young undergraduate?

A: Systems Thinking is thinking about how dierent parts within a purposeul organisation interact with each other.

For example, i we are talking about a amily as an organisation, the purpose o having a amily might be described as to

support amily members as they grow, develop and mature. In such a situation, Systems Thinking can be used to explore

the relationship between various processes within the amily to see how they interact towards this purpose.

The processes might include, or example, planning the amily, educating the amily, coping with pressures and opportunitiesand managing changing roles I we want to improve the way the amily works, we can look at each o these processes (or

subsystems) separately or we can look at the interactions between the processes to see how the whole system in totality

could be improved.

When we adopt Systems Thinking, the key idea is to explore how the system adapts to any changes so that it can survive

through time. This requires adequate communication and control processes, thinking about the system in relation to its

wider system and subsystems and looking or the desirable emergent property that the parts dont have. The emergent

property o the amily in our instance might be happiness. The individual processes working together well can achieve a

happy amily and systems thinking is a way to improve how they work together.

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Q. Tell us a bit o the background how Systems Thinking

was developed as an approach to solving problems?

A: Systems Thinking emerged immediately ater the Second

World War when people started talking about numerous

types o systems because they were interested in new

ways to improve the eectiveness and eiciency o

organisations. They studied biological systems (orexample, the heart), mechanical systems (or example,

a thermostat), human/mechanical systems (or example,

riding a bicycle), ecological systems (or example,

predator and prey relationships and social systems (such

as groups and supply and demand relationships).

Complex systems, such as social systems, are made up

o numerous subsystems and because they are known

to interact with their environments, they are also known

as open systems. Within a complex system, these

subsystems orm into hierarchies. Each subsystem has

its own boundaries o sorts, and includes various inputs,

processes, outputs and outcomes geared to accomplish

an overall goal or the subsystem.

Systems Thinking emerged as a way o thinking about

complex organisational situations primarily because

it provided a language and a structure within which

problematic situations could be studied and improved.

Q: What is the dierence between linear thinking and

systems thinking?

A: The main dierence is that linear thinking is usually

associated with the assumption that causes o eects

can be identiied and treated. In other words, when you

hit a problem, you immediately try and locate the cause

and by taking action to eliminate the problem, you

improve the situation.

Systems Thinking, on the other hand, does not require

the cause to be identiied. Indeed, it might be impossible

to locate one cause in a complex situation. In these

situations, the best we can do is to investigate the

situation rom dierent perspectives and try and ind

ideas to improve it rom these perspectives.

So, i linear thinking is about deining a problem and ind ing

a solution, systems thinking is about understanding the

situation in its context and inding possible ways to

learn about improving it. Its a dierent mindset to linear

thinking.

Q. How can I use it in my studies?

A: You can, because Systems Thinking can be applied to

any level o purposeul activity. In your studies, you are

the purposeul whole the system, i you like to call it.

The wider system is the degree programme you are on,

which has a goal and speciic measures o perormance.

Subsystems are concerned with your processes orunderstanding, sense making, recording, writing

and reining your understanding in line with required

standards. I you adopt Systems Thinking to review

your studying processes, you discover opportunities to

improve them, thus making your overall studying process

more eective.

Q. How can I use it at work situations?

A: As I said, it is a process you can use to think about how

any purposeul activity works. So, it is useul to investigate

any work situation which might be problematic.

Give you one example: you can use Systems Thinking to

investigate why an organizational strategy is not working

by understanding how the strategy is perceived by the

dierent unctional heads and exploring the implications

o these views.

To adopt Systems Thinking in

your workplace, you might

need to read more. Try

reading Learning or Action,

by Peter Checkland and

John Poulter, published

by John Wiley in 2006.

Websites are useul too.

Try http://en.wikipedia.

org/wiki/Systems_thinking

or starters.

Tan Sri Jerey Cheah

Distinguished Speakers Series

are held regularly. Look out

or details in the press or email

[email protected] to

join a mailing list.

You can use Systems Thinking to investigate why an

organizational strategy is not working by understanding

how the strategy is perceived by the different functional

heads and exploring the implications of these views.

Professor John Mackness

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Last year, Chang Mei Yan, 21, was a proud recipient othe Chancellors Scholarship 2008. It was both a orm orecognition or her academic success as well a great help toher amily.

A grateul Chang said she was excited that she had beenpicked to receive one o two such scholarships awardedevery year. However, in 2007, only one Chancellors Scholarwas selected and was given to Chang.

In act, achieving the scholarship was indeed something I hadaspired or, she quipped. It was like a dream come true!

The daughter o Chang Hun Land a Technical Assistant witha local consultant engineering company, said the award hasindeed boosted her conidence to achieve greater things inlie.

It will also take care o the rest o the tuition ees or theentire programme. This will deinitely come in handy, as it will

provide me with the resources and support necessary or my

success in my studies, she said. It is also something that Iam proud to add into my resume.

The scholarship is or a 3-year Lancaster-validated Bachelor

o Science (Hons) Psychology degree programme at SunwayUniversity College and a two-week study visit to LancasterUniversity, which includes airare and accommodation.Scholars are required to maintain an academic achievemento a minimum average o 70% each semester.

A total o 780 students were also awarded various ormso scholarships in recognition o their academic, sportingand other achievements. Sunway University College has todate given over RM42 million worth o scholarships rom theSunway Education Trust since its inception in 1997.

The Trust also provides scholarships or the needy such as theTun Omar Ong Yoke Lin Community Scholarships, o whichten were given out earlier this year. The amount given out inscholarships in 2008 was RM4,781,767, including community

scholarships.

Sunway University College-CIMB Sports/ECA AchieversAward recipients (from left):NorAmiliaBintiMuhamadNor,LowSzeJein,MelvinChuaBaoQuan,ChangMeiYanandChanYungMun

SportsScholarshiprecipient

s(fromleft):Mak-PeeKwang

Xin

(tennis),MelvinChuaBaoQu

an(swimming),NurHidayah

Binti

Adam (bowling),YapYeeX

iang (fencing)andNurShah

eera

ShaznyBintiMohdZaini(fen

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LeeWengKeng,CEO,Educ

ation&HealthcareDivision,

The

SunwayGroup

Proud recipients of Sunways Sportspersons Oct 08 award: NorAmilia Binti Muhamad Nor (national bowler) and Melvin Chua BaoQuan (swimmer)

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Rewarding Excellence

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Business with a HeartConerence

Bah Humbug! Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge would have exclaimed in his grating voice had he stepped into a corporate socialresponsibility (CSR) conerence held recently at Sunway University College.His eyes would have turned red, his thin lips blue, that cold-hearted, tight isted, selish man, in Charles Dickenss AChristmas Carol had he noticed the words on the backdrop, Business with a Heart.

Good to know that o 400 students rom various privateand public universities in Malaysia, who attended the CSRconerence organised by Sunways Victoria UniversityBachelor o Business, not even one lived up to the notorietyo Scrooge!

Instead, they absorbed everything they could learn about CSR,while being entertained by various drama, dance and choralspeaking perormances. By the time the day came to a close,the students were still actively participating in a special orum,entitled Environmental Conservation: Can Corporations DoMore?

The orum, jointly chaired by Dr. Foo Yin Fah, Head o theAustralian Universi ty Programme at Sunway, along with WWF,Malaysia Nature Society and the Environment ProtectionSociety o Malaysia, touched on the importance o sustainabledevelopment.

Dr. Foo, who was excited about the good turnout, said it wasimportant to promote CSR awareness, since it is one areathat is still nascent in the minds o our young. However, weare conident that this is a great start in inspiring students tobecome true advocates or community well-being, he said.They will then become the next generation o CSR leaders oour uture corporate Malaysia.

Business organisations, he added, should not only practiseproit maximization, but also behave responsibly towards their

community at large.

This conerence was the irst o its kind in Malaysia involvingtwo other highly reputable organisations, CPA Australiaand KPMG in Malaysia, which are also involved in doingcommunity service. A total o RM5,800 in donations andstudent participation ees was raised and donated to the SMKBandar Sunways special class or students with learningdisabilities.

Among other participating companies included the SunwayGroup, The Body Shop, HSBC, and DiGi.

Sunway University Collegeruns on a non-proit basisand is completely undedby the Sunway Education Trust Fund, established bythe Sunway Group in linewith their CSR objective odeveloping human capitalthrough excellence ineducation.

CPA Australia, a leader inthe ield o accounting andinance, has a CSR strategywhich leverages on theircrat; rom inluencing thedevelopment o sustainableregulatory policies toassisting corporations inresponding eectively to ever-growing CSR demands romshareholders, governmentsand society.

KPMG, as a leading audit,tax and advisory servicesirm, conducts itsel as aresponsible corporate citizento clients and colleagues,and is also a positive orcein the community through amyriad o activities such asthe KPMG Community Day,ree conservation and itsEducation Trust Fund whichassists needy studentsto pursue their studies inAccounting and Finance.

Proile o joint-organisers:

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G.O.L.D, a learning disability class o SMK Bandar Sunway had a stationat the conerence

Elizabeth Lee (let) with Datin Mina Cheah-Foong,CEO o Body Shop, Malaysia


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Teach Them to Fish- and You will Feed Them a Lifetime

Azerena Nediba is right that the young people in her village have talents that can be developed, but they are simply lacking

in opportunities.

She was one o a ew who earned her way to a tertiary education, thanks to the

Tun Omar Ong Yoke Lin Community Scholarship, which is unded by the Sunway

Education Trust, which was set up in 1997 by Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr. Jerey Cheah,

the ounder and chairman o the Sunway Group, with the objective o providing

assistance to students in the orm o scholarships.

Born ethnically Orang Asli, she has one noble ambition: to operate a restaurant o

her own, specializing in pastry. Currently pursuing her Diploma in Hotel Management,

Azerena is one o the 38 recipients o Tun Omar Community Scholarship, who met

up with ellow community scholars and past graduates during a lunch get-together

recently.

Sharing her thoughts to motivate the next batch o scholars, she said: I really want

to make the most o my opportunity so that I may someday be able to motivate my

community to achieve greater success in lie, she said. While pursuing her education

at Sunway, she returns very oten to her village to encourage the younger ones in her

community to study hard.

Two other scholars, Nanthini Ramras and

Matthew Sheu also shared their excitement

about being Community Scholars.

The Sunway Tun Omar Ong Yoke Lin community

scholarships are a lieline or the needy. These

scholarships or study at Sunway are reserved

specially or those who come rom charitable

homes or the inancially disadvantaged

community. Every year, ten o these scholarships

are presented. Applications must be made

through Malaysian Care.

Since 2002, a total o 38 community scholars

have beneited rom this scholarship, and Sunway

keeps in close contact with all o them through

various activities. Nine o them have graduated

with degrees and diplomas in various ields.

Sunway University College, through its Student

Services Department cares or these scholars

by providing book allowances, accommodation,

mentoring support and even counselling so as to

support them in positive and meaningul ways.

There are currently 21 recipients, 13 o whom

are rom homes such as Rumah Care, Rumah

Faith, Rumah Keluarga Kami, Rumah Ozanam

and Shepherds Centre.

Azerena Nediba A/P Zainal Abidin

Matthew SheuKlangProgramme: Diploma in InormationEngineering

Ambition: Network Engineer

I eel most privileged to be supportedby Sunway through this scholarship.

Nanthini A/P RamrasBahau, Negri SembilanProgramme: Certiied Accounting

Technician (CAT)

I eel very thankul and very happy tobe receiving this scholarship. I nowhave a speciic goal in lie. I wish topursue the Association o CharteredCertiied Accountants (ACCA)qualiication ater CAT.

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The community scholars participating in an ice-breaker act ivity beore the lunch get-together.

The Sunway Education Trust

A dream very personal to Sunway Groups ounder and chairman, Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr. Jerey Cheah was to set up an

education trust to help promote education in Malaysia.

Since its inception in 1997, the Trust has distributed about

RM42million in scholarships to some 4,000 students rom

both Sunway University College and Monash University. The

Trust is a sel-sustaining entity and allows or all surpluses

rom the institution to be ploughed back or scholarships

and other beneits to students.

The Trust owns 100% o Sunway University College and

65.5% o Monash University, Sunway Campus. Sunway

University College is the only private higher institution o

learning that operates under a Trust.

The Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah Foundation

In a recent move, the ounder and Chancellor o Sunway

University College established the Tan Sri Dr. Jerey Cheah

Foundation to urther solidiy his deeply-held belies in

the power o education. Donors to the Foundation will be

eligible or tax exemption.

2006 2007 2008

RM2,928,745

612recipients

534recipients

821recipients

RM4,191,311

RM4,781,767

Amount Contributed By the Trust and Number o Recipients

by the Year

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With rising inlation, spoke to a ew Sunway

University College students to ind out how well they are

managing their monthly budgets as young adults.

FELICIA CHOONG

Age: 23

Hometown: Petaling Jaya

Programme: Bachelor o

Psychology (3rd Year)

Monthly budget: RM300

Monthly Budget RM300

Ibasically allocate RM50 or stationery, andanother RM50 or the phone cards. For thebalance o my pocket money, I set aside 10%or tithes, 10% or savings and the rest onood.

Lunch costs about RM5 a day. Dinner is usuallyat home since I live in Shah Alam.

Since I drive Moms car to Sunway every day,she is kind enough to pump the petrol.

No, I am not the type o Starbucks kid. Onlyonce in a while we would go to places like thatwith our riends.

I have never had much diiculty budgeting mymoney since three years ago.

For my leisure, I enjoy hanging out with mychurch riends.

BUDGETWISE

AMARPREET KAUR

Age: 18

Sek Men Taman Melawati

Hometown: Kuala LumpurProgramme: CIMP

THAARANI SELVARAJAH

Age: 18

Sek Men Taman Melawati

Hometown: Kuala LumpurProgramme: Certiied Accounting Technology

Monthly Budget RM240-280

We share a room together. Whilelunch is usually eating outat the nearby shops, we share to

cook ried rice and instant noodlesor our evening meals. Since ourparents live in Kuala Lumpur, onweekends, its home sweet home.We are able to survive on our shoesstring budgets.

Whenever we can ind some time,we go or a movie together once aweek. We spend most o our moneyon clothes and other accessories.Our avourite shopping haunt is theSummit Shopping Mall, becausethe clothes there are cheaper, yetup-to-date.

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MOHAMED AFFAN

Age: 25

Country o origin: The Maldives

Programme: Diploma In

Hotel Management

Monthly budget: RM1,000

Monthly Budget RM1,000

We are rom the Maldives. I am living withmy parents in PJS 10, where everymorning, I have to take a taxi to Sunway. Thatcosts me about RM8 or each trip.

To save some money, in the evenings, I chooseto walk home unless it rains heavily.

I usually have my breakast and dinner athome with my parents. For lunch, I spendalmost RM10 every day at the caeteria, andoccasionally, I hang out with riends in somemodern ca outlets.

I save the rest o the money. For my leisure, Ienjoy swimming at night. And once in a while, Igo out with riends or a movie.

THIRU SHAKTHIAge: 21

Hometown: Kelana Jaya

Programme: Diploma in

Graphic Design (2nd Year)


AHMAD RASHAAD

Age: 19

Hometown: Shah Alam

Programme: ACCA



A lthough I get RM500 a month, I only spendRM200. The other RM300, I save it or theuture.

Averagely, I spend RM50 a week on ood anddrinks. For me, my avourite is the Chineseeconomy rice and Fried Koay Teow.

For my leisure, I enjoy going out with riendsonce a week during weekends.

Its too expensive to hangout in modern cas.Prices are ridiculous, too! I rather enjoy my tehtarik session with riends.


Idrive daily between Shah Alam and Sunway.Toll on the Federal Highway averages RM40 amonth.

Parking at the college is another RM40 a month. This leaves me with about RM200 or oodand another RM20 to go to the movies duringweekends.

For lunch, it is either at Medan or Pink. It costsme RM6, including the drinks. For dinner, itsanother RM3 at the nearby mamak shop besidethe college.

Once a month, I would take time to go or someoutdoor activities. My avourite place is UluJeram.

RM300? No complaints. There is enough to livea comortable lie i you learn to budget well.

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Ask Kevin Zachary, a irst yearcomputing student what heunderstands about the White Ribbon

International Day or the Elimination o

Violence against Women, his answer

is candid: This is a very good initiative.

Violence should be stopped and it is

great that this awareness is already

inculcated in us as students.

And, or his ellow student, Kumaran

Reventhran, November 25 now holds a

special meaning because o an initiative

by a lecturer, Dr Valli Batchelor to raise

awareness or the U.N White Ribbon

campaign and to create saer and sacred

places or all Malaysians o diverse

culture, religion, gender and ages to

celebrate lives ree rom violence.

Expressing his support against

domestic violence, Kumaran told

Blaze: I hope more people will come

orward to pledge and be made aware

o domestic violence, which sometimes

go unnoticed.

It is probably or the irst time in

Malaysia that any eort has been done

to participate in the White Ribbon

campaign in a signiicant manner.

The pledge module on the www.

journeytowardshope.com website was

developed by a group o computing

students o Sunway University College.

With this, all Malaysians were able to

join their counterpart around the world,

particularly in Australia and the United

States, to make a personal pledge

against domestic violence, eective 10

am on November 25.

The palm paper pledges were also

collected and put on display on a tree

or 16 days o activism or elimination o

violence against women and children, at

Sunway University College starting rom

November 25.

Dr. Batchelor, a Malaysian who is

a Permanent Resident in Australia,

said a similar pledge which she had

pioneered in Perth last year was

highly commended internationally.

This project is presented by Sunway

University College in association with

Journey Towards hope Dance Projects,

Australia, World Council o Churches

and the Guru Dharma Society.

The White Ribbon pledge reads: not

to commit, condone or remain silent on

violence against women and children.

A Pledge or Hope ora Violence-ree World

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Elizabeth Lee launches the pledge moduleStudents perorming a dance at the launch o the pledge module

Students making their pledges or non-violence

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Sunway University College was

recently involved in the 3rd Annual

Renal Nutrition Workshop, jointly-

organised by Sunway Medical Centre

and Fresenius Kabi in an eort to

educate Chronic Kidney Disease

(CKD) patients about nutritional

guidelines and creative, inormed

home-cooking methods which plays

a key role in helping them maintain a

normal, enjoyable liestyle

Very Low Protein Diet (VLPD) plan is the key to a normal enjoyableliestyle or patients suering rom chronic kidney diseases (CKD).According to Sunway University Colleges School o Hospitality, Tourism

and Leisure Managements Che Loke Hoi Weng, there are plenty o

delicious choices o ood and cooking techniques available to those who

have to ollow strict VLPD. Cooking and eating at home need not be

boring or restrictive, he told the CKD patients and their carers during a

cooking demonstration, which was held as part o the workshop.

Joining him was ellow colleague, Che Andy Woon. Together with the

Sunway Medical Centres dietician team, they devised an innovative

3-course menu and used their ormidable proessional and teaching

expertise to educate the workshops participants about the VLPD plan.

Two dieticians rom Sunway Medical Centre, Yang Wai Yew and Ng Yee

Voon gave an update session on the guidelines used in the VLPD plan,

which included practical kidney dietary tips. This was ollowed by an

interactive nutrition workshop, which ocused on how to increase energy

intake and control salt while on VLPD.

Coping with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a progressivecondition that causes the reduction or even theloss o a persons kidney unction over time.This will have a signi icant impact on the patientslong-term health. Risk actors include diabetes,high blood pressure, and obesity. Early detectionand treatment helps to delay the progression othis lie-threatening disease. The most eectiveorm o treatment is the combination o medicationand appropriate liestyle changes.

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Yang, who is Dietetics Manager at Sunway Medical Centre, said

that in addition to medication, diet also plays an integral part in the

overall management o CKD. Diet plays a crucial role in delaying the

progression o CKD, she said. While we hope that this workshop will

successully educate individuals with CKD the need to eat right, each

patient is dierent, and would thereore need the guidance o a dietician

to plan a tailored diet.

Yang added that this is especially important as each patients diagnosis

and clinical condition changes over time and regular ollow-up

consultations with ones doctor and dietician will help one adjust his

medication and diet therapy accordingly.

Medical personnel, Dr Tan Wee Ming also spoke about the latest

update in the development o CKD supplements and medication during

an inormal lunch Q&A session. The ketoacid supplements such as

Ketosteril are a vital part o the CKD patients diet, which they need to

combine with the dietary principles taught at the workshop to ensure

that both medical and liestyle aspects are cohesively integrated.

The one-day Saturday event held in November last year was sponsored

by Fresenius Kabi Sunway Medical Centre.

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Bringing in the MelodyWinding the clock back to the 1600s, it was the German Baroque composers among whomwere composers like Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, ArcangeloCorelli, and Johann Sebastian Bach who frst wrote or the small ensembles.

Four centuries down the road, andseveral thousands o kilometersaway, at Sunway University College, themelodies o their music are still beingplayed with great passion to create anambience o a truly refned culture.

The Sunway University College ResidentEnsemble, inspired by its Chancellor, TanSri Jerey Cheah, has on a number ooccasions taken on the stage to perormduring Teachers Day, Convocation,Board o Directors luncheon, and theInternational Cultural Night.

A resident ensemble led by its consultant,Rockie Siew, the ensemble startedin May 2008. We are still developingthe ensemble, Siew enthused. Atthe moment, we only practice once aweek on every Thursday or two hoursbetween 3pm and 5pm. Students have tocommit themselves or at least one year.Our selection criteria are based on theoutcome o an audition that we conductduring our recruitment drive.

Altogether there are seven o them in thegroup who are the regular ones. First,there is Noeleen Tong o the AmericanDegree Transer Programme, who has

played the violin or fve years and wasappointed President o the ResidentEnsemble.

Melissa Mea is pursuing the ACCA, auture accountant and she has beenplaying the violin or eight years.

The others are Mervin Yeow (ACCA) andKaren Lock (CIMP), while Nigel Ang Zhou Tien (AusMat), Grace Chua Qui Hoon(GCE-A levels) and Violet Eng Wei Lerk(MUFY).

Tong, in a recent interview with Blaze,said she has always enjoyed the weeklytraining. This is, in act, one reason weare able to always play as an ensembleon any occasion. It is really un to be a

part o this ensemble. One gets to playtogether and do something with otherswho share the same interest.

The idea o a resident ensemble hasbeen mulled over or a long time andwas mooted as a means to enhance thelearning opportunities at Sunway. In Siewsown words, he said: The ensemble is allabout creating more rounded students.We are not just ocusing on classical musicbut our repertoire includes contemporarymusic. Music has always been inextricablyintertwined into the way o lie o people inmany cultures. In a good university, thepresence o a good resident ensemble is

almost inevitable.SIEW: We are still developing

the ensemble.

Resident Ensemble:let to right

Karen, Melissa, Noeleen and Nigel

In a good university, the presence o a

resident ensemble is almost inevitable.

- Rockie Siew

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Chong has been diagnosed with brain cancer. His parents

have orked out every single sen o their savings to und

their only sons treatment this past year, and there was little

money let to buy Chong Wei a PS2 that he had asked or.

Thanks to the people who cared enough to think o innovative

ways to raise unds; now, with a donation o RM5000 rom

students o Sunway University Col leges Canadian International

Matriculation Programme (CIMP), the Childrens Wish Society

o Malaysia (CWS) is able to grant Chong Wei his (probably

only) wish. And, the wishes o many other children who would

never live beyond their tenth birthday!

Executive Director o CWS, Allan Hubbert said that as a

charitable organisation, CWSs main objective is to touch littlelives. We ourselves are touched by your own generosity. This

is a antastic initiative by the students, and to see youngsters

do this speaks volumes or them, he said, during a cheque

presentation witnessed by Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam, in his

capacity as the Pro-Chancellor o Sunway University College.

Tan Sri is also the President o the CWS.

Hubbert also made a special mention o his appreciation

towards Antonio Sarno, the CIMP teacher or initiating this

noble project.

Also equally impressed was Terry Boucher, Director o CIMP.

I am very proud o our CIMP students who have committed

their time and eort or the community; this will help expand

their understanding o the world and their potential to make a

dierence amidst the railty o lives. We are happy to help the

CWS, a worthy organisation that deserves all o our help.

The und was raised rom several activities organised byvarious CIMP student councils, who sold T-shirts and

Anthology o Student Writings by students taking English in

the programme and during the Halloween Dance.

Bravo ! Together and making a difference in the lives of the little ones!

My Wish is just a little Smile

For seven-year-old Chong Wei (not his real name), death is just three months away. A realitythat many children o his age, aicted with terminal diseases, would not be able to escape!

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Lielong LearningSchool o Computer Technology (SCT) lecturer, Lyon Laxman has a knackor lielong learning and the inner drive or bigger tasks that even theVice-Chancellor o Sunway University College, Proessor Jarlath Ronayne ispersonally impressed with his achievements.

Lyon was awarded the certiicate o Exceptional MSc Project by RinicomLtd, a privately owned technology company in the United Kingdom, or hisoutstanding project paper.

Besides winning the prestigious industry award rom Rinicom Ltd, Lyon hasalso taken part in another competition with ellow student, Klen Copic Puciharrom the Department o Communication Systems at Lancaster University. Together, they bagged the irst prize in The Vodaone WidSets Challenge2008 beating several other participants.

Their Game Four in the Row a multiplayer game whereby one canchallenge, play and chat with another player anywhere in the world across themobile network industry, made its way to the top.

On Par

According to Lyon, the international mobileweb technology competition was initiatedby Vodaone Betavine and sponsored byForum Nokia with the aim o encouragingstudents innovation in mobile Web 2.0technologies by providing a showcase ortheir ideas and working models.

Lancaster Universitys Secretary or the Associated Institutions, John Dickinson,who presented Lyon with the certifcaterom Rinicom during a simple ceremony atSunway recently said he was very pleasedwith Lyons outstanding achievement.

It demonstrates that the quality o theacademic sta here are on par withLancaster University, he added. Wewould love to see more Sunway stacoming to Lancaster University or post-graduate studies, which is the kind osta development we wish to see andwhich was why we embarked on thispartnership with Sunway.

Revealing the secret o his success, Lyonsaid it is the result o sheer hard work andthe urge to pursue lielong learning. Withtodays ast changing world, we cannotaord to be let behind in technology, hesaid.

For this reason, Lyon decided to urtherhis studies and recently completedhis Master o Science at LancasterUniversity. The frst two semesters werespent at the University, where he wasliving o-campus apartment-style withfve bedrooms to each apartment at theChancellors Whar, a 5-minutes drive totown and 15 mins to campus.

Great Experience

I was there rom September2008 until April 2008. Thosewere the beautiul Autumn,Winter and Spring months,he enthused. The weatherwas great. Lancaster is a verysae city. We walked an hour atmidnight back to ChancellorsWhar once. It was such anexperience.

Lyon commuted to the universityby bus. The public transportservice is very reliable and theservices are available up to

3.30am, he said. Punctuality isthe norm in United Kingdom.

Even the lectures there start ontime. The lectures at Lancasterbegin very punctual. Most othe lectures are in the morning(9am-12noon) while the tutorialsare in the aternoons. Theyollow a 3-week model or eachmodule/subject.

The irst week was mainly orlectures, the second weekwas ocusing on tutorials whilethe third week was or mini

projects.

Check out the links to the WidSets competition:

http://domino.lancs.ac.uk/Ino/lunews.

ns/I/3BAE94C1641E9CE08025745E004E4C88http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/news?id=570

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Here are the M & R videos he produced as part o his project or the Lancaster MSc. Both the English and Indonesian versionare included.

AmenitiesonSunwayscampus(English)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr5hYrYUJxU

StudentLifeandAccommodation(English)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2FjoCZ7DjQ

TheSchoolofComputerTechnology(Engl ish)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI1Lp4d1zo

JobProspectsandOpportunities(Engl ish)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdE5IT-kBk

L if ei nSunwayci ty (Engl ish)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE3_jICbhhE

LancasterdegreeschemeatSCT(English)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDH-xWQyse4

Vodaone WidSets winner: Lyon Laxman receiving his industry award certiicate rom John Dickinson during the latters visit toSunway recently. Looking on is Associate Pro Dr Lim Tong Ming, Head o School o Computer Technology.

Saranad ikampusSunway (I ndones ianVers ion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veqw4rhwQW0

KehidupanMahasiswadanTempatTinggaldiSunway(IndonesianVersion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0LuBYpKF80

TheSchoolof ComputerTechnology( IndonesianVersion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYvKbCRzcXw

PeluangKerja(IndonesianVersion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSetmPc-6xI

Keh idupand iKotaSunway( IndonesianVers ion)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uAZnu0OtC0

Ge lardar iLancasterdi SCT( IndonesianVers ion)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8nnpqNI8eE

Benefiting Others

During the course o his studies, Lyon was spending mosto his time at the new Inormation and Communication

Technologies (ICT) Centre at Lancaster University, otherwiseknown as InoLab21. The lead supervisor or his project was DrMike Kosch, while Dr Paul Coulton and Dr Philip Benachournilled in as ellow supervisors.

Here, I learnt how to write scientiic and other technicalreports. Most weekends were in act spent on writing reports,he said. The university has a very conducive environmentor learning, with 24 hours acilities available on campus orstudents.

Lyon added: With my vast learning experience at LancasterUniversity, I have implemented at Sunway or the beneit o mystudents. I am teaching them how to write good technical andscientiic reports, use reerencing and avoid plagiarism.

The third and inal semester o his MSc programme was mainlyspent at Sunway, where he completed his project paper. It

was also the most challenging semester, he said. I had toinish my project paper within six months.

His project was to produce a Marketing and Recruitment Video or Sunway and SCT targeted at Malaysian andIndonesian students. So impressive was his work that evenLancaster Universitys sta, Sandra Irving had asked him orpermission to use some o his mini project materials or theirOpen Day proiles. According to Lyon, most o his work canbe accessed on YouTube.

Lyon was Sunways irst academic sta to go to LancasterUniversity to do the Master o Science at Lancaster University,since its ailiation with Lancaster University started in Sept2006. Lyons whole duration o study in the UK was ullysponsored by Sunway. As o last year, there were a total o 114Malaysian students pursuing their undergraduate, graduateand post-graduate programmes at Lancaster University. A

majority o them are government sponsored students.

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Alumni

Shariah Soia is no ordinary student. When she signed up to do her Diploma in PerormingArts at Sunway University College, she was already in the acting proession or some time.caught up and had a chat with her ater she graduated in October last year.

Q: Now that you have graduated, what areyou planning to do?

A: Thank God I have been acting or a while. Ater graduation, I had immediately gotback to work. TV3 hit series Sindarela wasthe frst job I worked on both acting andproduction internship. Ater Sindarela, other jobs came in as well and ast which Ihad never even expected, including flm,drama and commercials.

Q: What are your uture plans?

A: The uture is a long way ahead yet close tothe end. As or plans, there are too many.But frst and oremost, I intend to build myown production company. I want to make

movies the way I want. Do what I want todo, the way I want to do it. Currently, I amin America with the intention o workingon production and discovering how thingsare done here. I want to learn how theymake their products the way they doand implement that knowledge into myproduction to try make a dierence.

Q: What were your childhood dreams?

Are you ulflling any o your childhood

dreams?

A: Every child has so many dreams. Honestly,I had no idea what I really wanted to dowhen I was younger. I wanted to be a singer,actress, lawyer, stewardess, therapist,and a volunteer with animals, basicallyeverything. And yes, I am already ulfllingone o my dreams. I am proud to say thatI am a successul actress in Malaysia andhope to make it in the world some day.

Q: Why did you choose this programme?

A: Although I was working as an actress,acting alone did not give me the kick. Iwanted to know what I was really doing.I wanted to go behind the camera wherework is done dierently. I wanted to knowhow a project is organised, produced andexecuted. Although Diploma in PerormingArts didnt have that in particular, theatreand flm sounded like a good place to startwith.

Q: Why did you choose to do it at

Sunway?

A: Sunway wasnt my frst choice. I researchedall the way to America to study flm. The only thing that kept me away romeducation abroad was my existing career.Studying locally would have also given methe opportunity to work at the same time.Also, it was a bonus that I live in SubangJaya, which is just down the road. Getting

to college was not much hassle to me.Q: What is your avourite movie?

A: I should say my avourite movie could bebetween The Wizard o Oz, Nightmare onElm Street and The Exorcist. Strange butI have a thing or antasy and horror.

Q: Who is your avourite singer?

A: Can I answer in plural? Christina Aguilera,Music SoulChild, Jamiroquai, the entireHed Kandi Clan (not really singers) andCorrine Bailey Rae.

Q: Do you play any musical

instrument?

A: I really wish I did. I can play a

little piano by ear but I wouldLOVE to play the guitar.

Q: Which is the latest book that

you have read? What is the

book about?

A: What would Jackie say? ByShelly Branch and Sue Callaway. The book is basically about howJacqueline Kennedy Onassisconducted her lie in every way. Ireceived the book as a Christmaspresent rom my sister, and have juststarted reading it so I cant really saymuch about it just yet.

Q: Which NGO do you support? Why?

A: I support a number o NGOs. Im inlove with animals, the environment andagainst development in almost everyway. There are pros and cons in thewhole thing but i the issue is aboutwhat it does to the planet we havebeen blessed with, the cons rule!

Shariah Sofa Syed Hussein

24 years old

Year Graduated: 2008

Diploma in Perorming Arts

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Ma Jun was quick in naming his mother as his mostavourite lecturer, but why?Its because my mother is the one who has alwaystaught me how to become a useul person in lie,replied the 21-year-old rom NingXia Province inChina, who is currently doing his CIMP pre-universityprogramme at Sunway University College.

Having stayed in Malaysia since September 2007, Ma,a Muslim, said he was very impressed with the city oKuala Lumpur the moment he arrived in Malaysia. Thecity is very beautiul, he said, adding that Langkawiis now his avourite holiday destination. I have beenthere more than two times.

The learning environment at Sunway University Collegeis also very conductive or this young man, whoseambition is someday to become a successul IslamicBanker. I fnd it easy to adapt to the school work, hesaid. Once I complete the CIMP in June this year, Ihope to continue my education at Monash University,doing my Bachelor o Business and Commerce /Bachelor o Communication.

Within a short time, he has made riends with studentsrom Sunway University College. Among my bestriends at Sunway are Erwin, Rinesh and Ashokrom Malaysia, Hema rom Libya and Salman romBangladesh, he said. The only son o Mrs. Wang Gui Ying. Ma has oneother elder sister, Ma Li who is currently working andstudying in NingXia Province in China.

wanted to fnd out what particular kind o oodthat he enjoys the most in Malaysia and why. Hisresponse was candid: Fast ood. Because it saves metime so that I can study.

Ma Jun is also the president o China StudentsAssociation in Sunway University College. On April 20,2008, together with his riends, they organized some146 Chinese students rom Sunway University Collegeto welcome the arrival o the Olympics torch at theKuala Lumpur International Airport.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

I chose Sunway because I like the way

the school invests a lot o its money on

books or students.

5-minuteInterviewwithMa Jun

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Chengdu

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Chongqing

Guiyang

Kunming

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Sunways Own Foundation inArts LaunchedA good oundation will ensure the stability o a multi-storey building.

Likewise, Sunway University Colleges Ruma Lopes, who heads the newly launched Sunwaysown The Foundation in Arts programme, said a good oundation is important or studentswho wish to pursue their undergraduate courses oered at Sunway, which are delivered incollaboration with Lancaster University in United Kingdom

Lancaster Universitys Ranking

No 8 in the UK for research quality.

(TheTimes UK Good University Guide

2009)

No19outof113universitiesintheUK.

(The Times UK Good University Guide2009)

LancasterUniversityManagementSchool

is 4th in the U.K and 27th in the world

according to the Financial Times 2009

business schools rankings

LancasterUniversityManagementSchool

is only one o two UK management

business schools acknowledged by the

UK government as a six-star centre o

world-class research in Management.

Sunways Foundation in Arts is a direct pathway to

Sunway University College-Lancaster University Degrees (3 years)

BSc. (Hons) Accounting & Finance

BSc. (Hons) Business Management

BSc. (Hons) Business Studies

BSc. (Hons) Psychology

BSc. (Hons) International

Hospitality Management

BSc. (Hons) International Tourism Management

BSc. (Hons) Inormation Systems

BSc. (Hons) Inormation Technology

Bsc. (Hons) in Multimedia Systems

The programme also provides opportunities or students to identiy their

individual talents. Through community involvement and participation in

extracurricular activities students will also learn social responsibility.

Lopes is proud o the act that the Foundation, a homegrown pre-university

programme, has attracted an inaugural batch o 83 students, way above

its target! The oundation is recognized by Lancaster University. There aretwo intakes every year in January and March.

The Foundation Programme is an academic bridge or students totransition eectively into tertiary level studies, she said. It sets outto chart a learning strategy and a direct pathway or students to pursue

their degree programme, especially i they are interested in a career in

Accounting, Business, Computer Science, Management and Psychology,

to name a ew.

According to Lopes, the Foundation Programme is designed to help s tudentsset personal achievement targets. They will learn to be resourceul and gain

skills necessary to become global citizens, she said. There are enrichment

electives such as Critical Thinking Skills and Psychology o Human

Behaviour, or example, which have been incorporated into the programme

that will provide a holistic education platorm or the students.

For more inormation, please call

our programme counsellors at

(603) 7491 8622

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LAMB NAVARIN

S low lamb stew with brown sauceand vegetables, accompaniedwith cheese pila rice and seasoned

vegetables. This is the creation o

Che-to-be, Siow Set Fung, 19, o KotaKinabalu, Sabah.

RECIPE

Ingredients:

125 gm Lamb leg, trimmed and cut into cubes

5 ml Oil

21 gm Onions, ine dice

1 no Garlic, clove

5 gm Flour

11 gm Tomato puree

83 ml Brown stock1 Bay lea

A pinch o Thyme

21 gm Celery, large dice

31 gm Carrots, large dice

21 gm Shallots, peeled and whole

To taste salt and pepper

Method of preparation:

1 Cut lamb meat into 2.5cm cubes.

2 Heat the oil in a pan until very hot. Add the meat and brown well, stirring occasionally to brown all sides.

3 Add the onion and garlic to the pan and continue to cook until onion is lightly browned.

4 Add the lour to the meat and stir to mix well. Continue to cook over high heat

until mixture is slightly browned.5 Stir in the tomato puree and stock and bring to a boil. Stir with a kitchen spoon as the sauce thickens.

Add the herbs, celery and carrots.

6 Cover the pot and place in the oven at 165*C. braise until the meat is tender about 0.5 hour

7 Season with salt and pepper

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.

Siow Set Fung5th semester Diploma inHotel Management

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Global employers now use graduate degrees as key points of differentiation between

candidates seeking employment.

To assure your employability, Sunway University College gives you that distinct edge.

Students who complete our Honours degree are awarded two certificates; one by

Sunway University College and one by Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

Lancaster University, UK Ranks 19 out of 113 universities in the UK.

(The Times UK Good University Guide 2009)

Ranks one of the top 200 universities in the world. (Times Higher Education Supplements Guide to the Worlds Top 200 universities, Oct 2008)

Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) and no. 27 in the world.(Financial Times Global MBA 2009)

LUMS is one of two UK management (business) schools acknowledged by the UK

government as a six-star (6*) centre of world-class research in Management.

www.sunway.edu.my

Sunway University College (KP/JPS/DFT/US/B15) Governed by the Sunway Education Trust Fund

International qualifications;

first-class employability BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance

KPT/JPS (KA7818) 06/12

BSc (Hons) Business ManagementKPT/JPS (KA6489) 10/10

BSc (Hons) Business StudiesKPT/JPS (KA5978) 05/10

BSc (Hons) Information SystemsKP/JPS (KA5451) 10/09

BSc (Hons) Information TechnologyKP/JPS (KA5447) 10/09

BSc (Hons) Multimedia SystemsKP/JPS (KA5445) 10/09

BSc (Hons) International Hospitality ManagemeKPT/JPS (KA6948) 05/11

BSc (Hons) International Tourism ManagementKPT/JPS (KA6940) 05/11

BSc (Hons) PsychologyKP/JPS (KA5452) 10/09

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