Visitors from Qinhuangdao Experimental High School

The Principal, Mr Mu Dongbao, the Foreign Affairs Director, Mr Jin Yumin and the Director, Mr Pei Chunfu from Qinhuangdao Experimental High School, China, visited Stamford College on 11 April 2013. Mr Mu signed a Memorandum of Understanding with our Senior Director International, Mr Andrew Choo on collaboration between the two instituitions.

They were taken on a tour of our campus and also the students’ hostel in Ken I Damansara. They also visited Stamford College Malacca on Saturday, 13 April 2013

Principal of Qinhuangdao Experimental

High School, Mr Mu Dongbao exchanging

MOU with Senior Director International, 

Mr Andrew Choo

Mr Andrew Choo presenting a memento

to Foreign Affairs Director, Mr Jin Yumin

A Group photo

Visitors from Jim Business Group

The Managing Director, Mr Oje Aferhuan, and a colleague of Jim Business Group visited our campus on 11 April 2013. They were received on arrival by our Senior Director International Education, Mr Andrew Choo, and were given a briefing by our Group CEO, Mr UK Menon. Aslo present at the meeting were our Director of CAE, Dr Chew Sing Buan, Head of Programme Development, Dr Halimah Awang and Academic Adviser for the School of Business and Accounting, Dr Chew Teck Ann.

Our Senior Director, Mr Andrew Choo

welcoming the MD of Jim Business

Group, Mr Oje Aferhuan

The Senior Management of

Stamford College having a discussion

with Mr Oje Aferhuan

SCM Carnival 2013

On Thursday, 11 April 2013, committee members of SCM Night 2013 - “A Night of Fantasy”- organized a carnival to raise fund for the upcoming SCM night. The carnival was held from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. All schools from Stamford College Malacca were involved. Apart from that, the committee members also invited the public to participate in this event. A variety of scrumptious food and drinks were sold on that day. In addition, various activities were organised as well such as Henna service, beauty makeover, Celcom promotion, organ donation campaign and promotion from Carjen Food Sdn Bhd. There was also a lucky draw to enhance the excitement of the whole event.

China Students Council Election

At an election held at the Auditorium Stamford College PJ Jalan 223 on 3 April 2013, new office bearers were elected for the China Students Council which is responsible for organising activities for the China students and taking care of their welfare.

Gao Peng, a ACCA student from Xinjiang, was elected the new chairman. Other office bearers included Deputy chair-person, Zhen Xin Mei, Secretary-general, Ning Qin, Treasurer, Xiang Guo Li, Organising Director, Shao Wei and Arts Director, Chen Yu Xuan.

The new President CSC,

Kevin Gao Peng

Group photo of the newly elected China

Student Council members 2013/2014

Bicara Negarawan with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

On Saturday, 30 March 2013 at 2.30pm, the Melaka State Government organised an event, “Bicara Negarawan with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’ at the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). The Malacca State Government provided a bus for SCM students and staff. Mr. K. Narayanasamy, staff and students took the opportunity to attend and to listen to Tun Mahathir’s inspiring talk on leadership among students, “Mahasiswa dan Graduan Pewaris Kepimpinan Negara”. At the end of this event, Tun Dr Mahathir was awarded the “Ikon Graduan Unggul” by UTeM. He also launched the Social Media Site of Malacca IPT Campuses. Our students were very happy to have the opportunity to meet Tun Dr Mahathir. It was a wonderful experience for our staff and students.

Students waving the National Flag

A group photo with wonderful memories

1Malaysia. Students shouting 1 Family of SCM

SOBA Career Day

The School of Business and Accounting conducted a Career Day on Thursday, 28 March 2013 at the SCPJ Jalan 223 campus to assist the graduating students to be gainfully employed upon graduating from the College.

Representatives from three companies held talks to provide information regarding their respective companies and the entry positions available in their organisations. These were followed immediately by on-site interviews for our students. Apart from SOBA students, students from the other schools were also invited to attend the talks and interviews.

Head of School, Mr Robert Cheong, welcoming

our guests, Senior Manager, HR, Mr Jack Hui

and Senior Manager, Technical Services Centre,

Mr Chee Hong Lee of Crystal Group, Hong Kong

The Career Day kicked off in the morning with the early arrival of five representatives from Crystal Group of Hong Kong headed by their General Manager Mr L. T. Cheng. This multinational company is in the branded garment/apparel manufacturing business and had a total turnover of USD1.3 billion last year. It employs Sales Associates (SAs) through its subsidiary Elegance Industrial Co. Ltd. These SAs shall be stationed at its production centre in Dongguan, Guangdong, China and draw a salary equivalent to RM 6,200 per month with hostel lodging provided. They brought along two Malaysian employees to relate their experiences with the organisation to the students.

The afternoon session commenced with representatives from Jazzcapital Financial Services introducing their organisation and their business model to our students. Jazzcapital basically provides outsourcing services to some financial institutions in securing customers for their financial facilities. They are basically looking for full-time as well as part-time agents, and compensation is through commission earned.

Our students listening attentively to the speaker

from the Crystal Group, Hong Kong

The last slot for the day was taken by representatives from a blue chip company, Ann Joo Resources Berhad, which is very strong in the local steel industry – both upstream and downstream. They’re looking for diploma and degree graduates from business, computing and engineering disciplines to fill the various entry positions available in the organisation (including private secretarial positions).

A talk on Reform of the Electoral Process in Malaysia by Dato’ Ambiga Sreeneevasan

Stamford College Students’ Council invited Dato’ Ambiga Sreeneevasan for a talk in Stamford College Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 28 March 2013. The topic was on ‘Reform of Electoral Process in Malaysia’.

The President of Stamford College Student Council, Dinesh Kumar Pillai, gave a welcoming speech expressing appreciation to the Guest of Honour, Dato’ Ambiga Sreeneevasan.

Dato’ Ambiga Sreeneevasan

delivering her speech

Dato’ Ambiga Sreeneevasan gave an inspiring talk and raised awareness of the upcoming General Election 2013. She emphasized on ‘Free and Fair’ election and alerted the audience to make a decision to vote for the future and integrity of the country. She gave a clear picture about voting rights, and the role of parties in a democracy. She highlighted that the existence of opposition parties is not necessarily a bad thing. Dato Ambiga encouraged the audience to make their own choice, be aware of what they want and be unafraid of changes, which is the only way for improvement. There was a Q &A session after the talk.

It’s time for questions from the

audience

A group photo of the organising

committee from the Student Council

A group photo for sweet memories

News from the Indian Cultural Society (ICS)

The Stamford Indian Cultural Society held their annual election on 22 March 2013 at the Auditorium in Stamford Jalan 223 to elect the new ICS committee members for year 2013/14. The event started off with a short speech by the Chief Adviser, Ms. Sarina Nair. After the short speech, the election committee members comprising Mr. Suresh Balasingam, Ms. Puvaneswary Kandasamy, and Ms. Maniyarasi conducted the election. Mr. Suresh who headed the election drive invited all the nominees onto the stage to introduce themselves to all the students present at the event. After the brief introduction of the nominees, the election was held and administered by the election committee members.

Lecturer-in-charge, Mr Suresh Balasingam

explaining the position of the council members

The following members were elected to head the Stamford Indian Cultural Society for year 2013/14:

1. President – Vimal Kumar
2. Vice-President (Jalan 223) – Sharrma Selvam
3. Vice-President (Jalan Barat) – Kamala Seerangam
4. Secretary – Vaesaline Muthukrishnan
5. Vice-Secretary – Nigel
6. Treasurer – Sunder Renganathan
7. Vice- Treasurer – Saarminie Krishnan

Exco members:

• Ashwini Gobal (UEL- International Business)
• Ramanan Maniam (UEL – International Business)
• Diliban (UEL – Computer Network)
• Geetha Krishnan (Diploma in IT)
• Puganeshwaran (Diploma in IT)
• Sivanesh (Diploma in IT)
• Shankari Sundrasekaran (Diploma in IT)
• Naveen Raj (Diploma in Media Communications)
• Thanusha (Diploma in Corporate Administration)
• Vikneswary Thangarasa (Foundation Studies in Business)

The newly elected President of the SC Indian

Cultural Society, Vimal Kumar and the Vice -

President, Sharrma giving their speeches

The newly elected committee members

Limelight Talent Show V2 on Thursday, 21 March 2013

This year’s talent show was held on Thursday, 21 March 2013. The limelight event was organised and planned by the Student Council with a vision to encourage students to explore and express their hidden talents, to build up their creativity skill and self-confidence in the spirit of competition.

The show aimed to kindle and foster interest in art and culture among the youth who may over the years hone their talents. Besides this, it also helped the college to create more talents for future events.

This year a record number of 13 contestants wowed the audience who had gathered together in the auditorium. The Talent Show boasted more than sheer entertainment value. It required an enormous amount of time on the part of the Student Council Executive Committee to organise and hold auditions. It required great courage for many of the students. Just imagine a 1st grader stepping up to the microphone and sharing his talents with an audience of 40 in the college auditorium. It gave our audience the opportunity to support their college mates sincerely and generously.

Amanda singing “Lady Marmalade”

Limelight V2.0 was officially launched at 2.00 pm with a welcoming speech by Dinesh Kumar, the President of SCPJ Student Council. Beside providing a talent search platform, Limelight v2.0 paid tribute to our English lecturer in SELC ,Mr Leon Maurice Connelly, the Limelight Committee Adviser, who had recently passed away.

Chris Jules playing the guitar and singing “Fall for you”

Comments on the overall performances and judging criteria were given out by the Judges, Ms Priscila Low from the Student Services Department, Ms Maniyarasi, the Adviser of Stamford Performance Art Centre and Ms Joanne Chin from the Student Support Centre. As mentioned, positive attitude of all contestants and future improvements are the most important concerns of the Talent Show.

A group photo with all the participants

After that, the Chief Executive Officer of Stamford College, Mr. U.K. Menon inspired the audience with a speech regarding overcoming shyness and believing in talents within every individual. The winners for the talent show were as follows:

Winner:  

Christopher Gerald Jules

1st runner up: 

Mun Yee

2nd runner up: 

Amanda

Consolation prizes: 

Anthony

Sharmila

Kevin

Participation prizes: 

Randy

Chong Che Kin

Katheryn

Aizin Aisya Bt Toreq

Industrial Visit to Carjen Food Sdn Bhd

The School of Secretarial and Administrative Studies (SOSAS) Club of Stamford College Malacca organised a visit to Carjen Food Sdn Bhd on 19 March 2013. All the students of Diploma in Executive Secretary (DES) including two lecturers joined this visit. The Marketing Executive of Carjen Food Sdn Bhd, Mr. Michael Tam Woh Fu, explained the history of the factory and the functions of each department, including the production process and the marketing activities, to the students. The objective of this visit was to encourage the students to learn more about the working environment and to gain experience.

The facade of the factory

The DES students with Mr Michael Tam Woh Fu