Thanks to my loyal blog contributor for the articles below.
Early Admissions
The Default Major - Skating Through B-School
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
FreeRice Group for USApps2011
To encourage Malaysians to improve on our English, particularly on vocabulary, a FreeRice group has been set up. This would be good practice for those who are planning to sit for SAT, in preparation for applications to US Universities.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Resources
Thanks to Shu Wen and my loyal blog contributors for sharing the following articles.
How Great Entrepreneurs Think
Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges
Why Get a Liberal Arts Education? - ReCom.org
Liberal arts colleges :)
College That Change Lives :)
Deci$ion$: How One College Snags So Many Students
Hacking the curve: do less, but do it better
Hacks go on to Caltech, Berkeley and Stanford
2012-2013 Fulbright Malaysian Graduate Study & Research Program
2012-2013 Fulbright Malaysian Professional Exchange Program
2012-2013 Fulbright Malaysian Scholar Program
2012-2013 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
2012 International Fulbright Science and Technology Award for Outstanding Students
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
UKECharisma - Volunteering Opportunities in Malaysia for all UK students
Received this from Angeline Lee, Director of UKECharisma. Great way to give back to the community and make a difference.
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Looking to increase your employability?
Interested in volunteering this summer?
Want to go somewhere exotic and completely new?
Wish you didn't have to pay so much to do community service?
Want a well organized project with expert support and advice?
Look no further, because we've got everything you want right here.
UKECharisma is the project you're looking for, Malaysia is where you want to be going, accommodation and food is FREE, and we've got lots of expert spport to give you and your teammates advice and guidance on how to run a successful and sustainable project!
UKECharisma is an organization that provides opportunities for students studying in the UK to lead and volunteer in community service and leadership projects in Malaysia every summer. This opportunity is open to any student studying in the UK, whether Malaysian or non Malaysian, (twinning students also accepted) and UKECharisma will not only provide leadership training and project organization training, but also expert advice and sponsorship for accommodation and food for all the volunteers going for the projects. That's right, all you have to pay for is your flight and shopping, as well as fundraise a token amount to demonstrate your commitment to the cause!
Want to go somewhere exotic and completely new?
Wish you didn't have to pay so much to do community service?
Want a well organized project with expert support and advice?
Look no further, because we've got everything you want right here.
UKECharisma is the project you're looking for, Malaysia is where you want to be going, accommodation and food is FREE, and we've got lots of expert spport to give you and your teammates advice and guidance on how to run a successful and sustainable project!
UKECharisma is an organization that provides opportunities for students studying in the UK to lead and volunteer in community service and leadership projects in Malaysia every summer. This opportunity is open to any student studying in the UK, whether Malaysian or non Malaysian, (twinning students also accepted) and UKECharisma will not only provide leadership training and project organization training, but also expert advice and sponsorship for accommodation and food for all the volunteers going for the projects. That's right, all you have to pay for is your flight and shopping, as well as fundraise a token amount to demonstrate your commitment to the cause!
We have confirmed that this year's projects are about Education and Health Awareness. They will run for two weeks each starting on the 16th July and the 31st July respectively, and are both set in the state of Selangor as well as the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. More details are as follows:
PROJECT 1: Education
16th July – 29th July, Kuala Lumpur.
Volunteers will be teaching English and encouraging reading and writing in English for primary school students in overpopulated regions of Kuala Lumpur. You will assist the class teacher in teaching students during classtime, and formulate lesson plans or activity plans for students with the teachers' approval. After school you will provide tuition and interactive workshops for children to attend to increase their interest in the language. You will recruit and have the help of secondary school students who will be your 'mentees', and part of your aim is to inspire the older students to set up a sustainable programme to teach the young children, even after your project is over, to ensure sustainability of your work.
PROJECT 2: Health Awareness
31st July - 13th August, Kuala Lumpur.
Volunteers will help out at the Spastic Children's Association of Selangor and the Federal Territory (SCASFT) where children born with spastic cerebral palsy go to learn and rehabilitate with various types of physiotherapy. You will assist staff at the center in their work with the children and their parents. You will also go to the city center and hold a small campaign to fundraise and raise awareness about spastic cerebral palsy and SCASFT targeted at members of public. You will also recruit and have the help of secondary school students who will be your 'mentees', and part of your aim is to inspire the older students to adopt SCASFT and spastic cerebral palsy as their charity to fundraise and hold events for, again to ensure sustainability of your work.
Applications are open for you to volunteer in our projects!
Also, we need two leaders each for both our projects, and there is a question in the application process for you to fill up if you're interested in doing so!
So what do you do after reading this email?
Step 1: Go to our website at http://ukecharisma.wordpress.com, and explore UKECharisma - our goals, our motivations and our application process! There are some useful links along the side for you to look at as well, so don't forget those!
Step 2: Join our Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_193818470652050 and add your friends!
Step 3: Apply to contribute to UKECharisma, either as a volunteer, a project leader, or a member of the executive committee!
Step 4: Tell your friends about us, and come help us make a huge difference in Malaysia this Summer!
UKECharisma. Find Your Passion. Lead. Live. Learn.
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Love,
The UKECharisma Team!
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Love,
The UKECharisma Team!
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Congratulations to the Students who made it!
Congratulations to all the students who made it to their dream universities.
To all those who are on waiting list, Good Luck! Try your best to impress the universities!
To all those who didn't get into your dream university. Don't give up. Stay strong and work hard. Am sure there would be great opportunities around.
Most important thing to all is make full use of your time in university.
Pulling out a post that I wrote 2 years ago.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Resources Contributed by various Contributors
Thanks to Shu Wen, Chi Hung and loyal blog contributor for the following links.
1. List of all Scholarships in Malaysia
2. Romania Scholarships - http://www.portal.mohe.gov.my/portal/page/portal/ExtPortal/MarketSponsor/General_MarketSponsor/Announcement/sponListAnnouncement/Romania_Scholarship_2011.pdf
3. 40,000 Variations of MIT Media Lab Logo
4. More Foreign Borned Scholars lead US Universities
5. Scholarships for ASEAN Students 2011
6. University Scholars Leadership Symposium
7. Times Higher Education World Reputation Ranking
8. Article in MIT Admissions Blog
9. How to Avoid Catastrophe
10. Nuts and Bolts of Applying to US Universities
11. How has reading Ayn Rand's Novels Affecting You (Essay Competition)
12. A is for Average
13. Ivy League does not necessarily increase one's lifetime income
14. Questions Abound as the College-Rankings Race Goes Global
15. What international students want to study
16. Countries vying to become education hubs
17. Boon The Scholar
Monday, March 21, 2011
30th Young Corporate Malaysians CEO Series of Talk - Azran Osman-Rani
Today is the 30th Young Corporate Malaysians CEO Series of Talk. And with us today is Azran Osman-Rani, CEO of Air Asia X, a graduate of Stanford University in Electrical Engineering and Management Science. He embodies the ethos of Air Asia X. His interest is snowboarding, ultimate frisbee and running. Below is the live blogging.
Today is the biggest crowd for YCM CEO Series of Talk. We have 200+ people attending. Azran would be sharing on his message. He shared that all 1-year, 3-year, 5-year plan do not work and can throw them away. He has done 5 iterations of 2011 planning and it is still in March. We can't predict all the happenings. We just have to be nimble. If we make mistakes, then we just have to correct it and move on.
The challenges are that when Air Asia X wanted to be done, experts say that it cannot be done. Others have tried and failed. British, Hong Kong people, Canadians have tried it and cannot work. Azran said that he just have to do it. Tony Fernandes gave him 5 slides when he started.
The easy part is that if we give discounts, people will fly. But the question is that how can we make money, if we continue to give discounts. If we strip out the brands, then everything is the same. There is nothing unique in this aviation business. So, when he is looking at the hiring, he looks for the uniqueness in people.
The entire global industry is built to serve the premium passengers. The entire industry is running on 50% capacity. Cathay Pacific average capacity of a day is 11.5-12 hours a day. As they are all very focused on premium customers, so they are not taking of the average people. The airlines are all very focused on the premium customers.
If go to KLIA and Changi, all the big flights are taking off at late nights, so that they would arrive in Europe, say London early in the morning. But in Europe, no one would be willing to wake up early in the morning, to get on 7am. So, the planes are parked at the airport and paying expensive airport charges. In the day time, at KLIA, the big planes are idle there, to wait for the premium time.
However, Azran believed that a lot of people would be willing to travel at odd time, as long as they are willing to get discounts. Just by stripping out the idle time, Air Asia X is able to fly 17-18 hours a day. By doing this, Air Asia X is able to have the world's highest utilization rate of the flight.
For Air Asia X's customers, they are not those business people, so they would be fine if the planes fly off at different time each day. To them, they might only be going to London once a year or most of them, once in a lifetime. By doing this, Air Asia X was able to get the cost structure lower.
The problem for those who tried long haul airlines before, they hired those who have had airline experience, so they might only be able to get 10%-20% improvement. For Air Asia X, they only have a few planes, so they had to think innovatively. They are flying at a cost of 2.9 cents per available unit kilometer. Cathay Pacific is at 8.9 cents per available unit km. Air Asia X uses 2.3 litres per seat per 100km flown, whereas Cathay Pacific uses 4.8 litres per seat per 100km flown.
Air Asia X is focusing on how to utilize every single drop of fuel. It is much better than focusing on fuel hedging. The bankers are making money whenever the price of fuel goes up or goes down.
Irrespective of the cost structure, if can't fill up the plane, there is no way to make money. Airlines used to wait for customers to go to them. Previously, airlines wait for people to have their holidays planned. However, what Air Asia does is that it creates demand. People would decide where to go based on Air Asia's discount and depends on where is cheap.
For example, someone wants to go to Bali, but if they find that flight to Vientiane is cheaper, they would book it, even though they might not know where it is.
Once Azran was in a flight to Gold Coast, and it was July, and a passenger told Azran that it was snowing/cold and not blue sky. And Azran said that it is winter in July over there, but the customer didn't even know that. These are not the typical customers for airlines.
Air Asia X is able to increase passengers to Perth by 66%, Melbourne by 41%, London by 31%, Taipei by 87%. For the rest of Europe's, total passengers actually reduced. He pointed out that for those cities that Air Asia X did not fly to, MAS charges higher prices, compared to those flights that Air Asia X flies to. A case in point is Sydney.
Azran also said that for the first person who tweet him would get to go to Gold Coast at RM199 with no date restriction.
Air Asia X's revenue in 2007 was RM18 Million. For 2008, it was RM231 Million. For 2009, it was RM720 Million. For 2010, RM1.302 Billion. For 2011, they are expected to earn RM2 Billion.
Back then, when deposit has been paid for the planes, but due to the financial crisis, the banks ran away. Eventually, Air Asia X went to London to pitch for money. On that day, one of the low cost long-term airline went bust. Air Asia won't be giving guarantee to Air Asia X, but eventually Air Asia X managed to get the lifeline to get credits to borrow money.
Basically, just have to go out there to grab the opportunities and grab it. Sometimes, just have to aim and hit it. Not everything that Air Asia X does may not work. Not everything is done perfectly correct.
Air Asia X had an account with Lehman Brothers for fuel hedge, and was hedging at USD100. If Lehman Brothers didn't go to bust, it would have wiped out Air Asia X's capital four times over. Because of Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, Air Asia X lost USD12 Million of deposit, but that saved them from losing way more.
The design of the seats for Air Asia X was pitched to them as latest, where the seats would recline by gliding forward. However, what was not said is that they would have to glide themselves forward. And in the end, people ended up sitting straight for 8 hours and Air Asia X had bad reputation.
The in-flight entertainment was also a flop. While it was cool, it cost a lot of capital and it did not pay back on it. Air Asia X had to waste of RM55 Million on it. As 45%-50% of the flight was at late night, people won't be utilizing the in-flight entertainment, even though it was very cheap or free.
So, they bit the bullet and changed it. Luckily is that no one is blaming each other.
Air Asia X flew over to Abu Dhabi, but within 3 months, it had to back track. Emirates and Etihad really had bottomless cash and "killed off" that route for Air Asia X. What Azran stressed is that sometimes would make wrong move. What is important is that we just have to move on and go ahead.
It is the same for career. So, don't grumble and move on. We might make mistakes in career, but just have to bite the bullet and move on. There is no way for us to build a plan to go to CEO. If we plan, then we would expect things to come as planned, and if it doesn't, then we would miss out of opportunities that come along the way.
Even if things work well, need to be always restless and see how to innovate. A lot of things that Air Asia X do are very easy to be copied. One can see all the flight schedules online and how many seats they have. Ideas can be easily copied, execution is difficult.
Air Asia X became the first low cost airlines that would have flat bed. The legacy airlines are charging a bomb for the business class seats, like RM20,000 to go to London. Those prices include those expensive lounges, wine etc, besides the flat bed.
So, what Air Asia X does is that they focus on providing the flat bed seat, but minus the lounges and wine, so it provides the value. With just RM4,000-RM5,000 for a premium seat to London, that pretty much pays off.
For career, we need to focus on those things that count. We need to keep on thinking on what needs to be done.
Air Asia X became the first one to connect flights, instead of low cost airlines. Air Asia X offers this service, to help those from China to connect to Australia via LCCT, without having to go through immigration and getting their luggage and checking in again.
What matters is not the Excel sheet, but what matters is what gets done. It is about how to get it done.
Everything in the company shares the same KPI. Keeping things simple and make it happen.
1. USD$1 Billion revenue in 5 years.
2. 2 US cents operating cost per available seat kilometer (world's lowest).
3. 3 out of 4 hours the plane is in the air.
4. 4 out of 5 seats are filled with happy guests.
If everyone focuses on getting this thing right, then it would get ahead. So, people just have to focus on simple things and get it done.
Everything is open and accessible. Azran gets exactly the same size of table and space as everyone else in Air Asia X. People can move around freely and share idea around. A lot of companies have barriers around and by doing this, it would allow Air Asia X to be nimble.
For Air Asia X, the Chief Pilot and Chief Engineer has two enjoining desk. No other airline does that. By doing this, it allows them to communicate well, and know each other. This would help to solve cross-functional issues. By doing this simple thing, it gets things moving and changes.
People go to Air Asia X because they have growth opportunities. People don't go to Air Asia X because they pay very well. If people who join Air Asia X and after 12 months, they are still doing the same thing, then Azran has failed.
People always change role, for instance, try new routes, try new parts. There is someone who joined from PwC and she joined as financial analyst. And 3.5 years later, she managed the operations of where the planes are flying and contact all the departments, if the plane gets delayed.
Someone joined as call center operator and after 12-18 months, she went on to be flight attendant and now she is managing the flight schedule.
That to Azran is what counts a lot, as people would learn and grow. People don't join because they want money. If people want a unique challenge and gets completely different challenge, then send Azran email.
It is important to build the tribal culture. Leaders should focus a lot of our time on the people. Keep on engaging the people and it is something that has to be built. The thing that Azran loses sleep over is not whether fuel prices would go higher and any crisis, because everyone in the industry would feel the same thing.
What makes Azran lose sleep is that Air Asia X is growing very fast, and it is more than 1,000 staff from 25 countries, and soon, it would be 2,000 staff from 50 countries. So, it would get tougher to get everyone to keep on engaged. Azran spent a lot of time on his blackberry too, to reply on emails, Facebook and Twitter.
Next on is Q&A.
One needs to have experience and marry that with people who are open minded. Moses Devanayagam, who is the Director of Operations for Air Asia X has 39 years of aviation industry. That's as old as Azran (or as young as him).
Azran said that don't waste money on market research company. What is important to be in touch with the customers. The social media is so powerful. Today, Azran knew of flight problem, even before he heard from his team, as people would contact them directly.
Azran shared that one just have to be thick skin and be patiently persistent, when dealing with government.
Azran shared that an author that he respected a lot is Bill Watson, who wrote Calvin and Hobbes. He learned the ability to imagine from him. He asked what people look up on someone and often it is imagination. Being able to visualize is key.
Azran shared on how he got called to go to Putrajaya to explain on writing "Liberating Sydney" on his plane. But what Azran paid attention is when the customers scolded them. Everyone else, government, suppliers and regulators do not matter so much.
Azran did not believe in any particular framework or process. He believed a lot in gut, and if one believes that it is the right thing to do, then they would do that. If one can get most things right, then you are doing well. If can get 80% happy customers, then you are doing well. If you go for 99% or 100%, then you would be taking on too much cost. So, need to manage it as a portfolio.
What inspires Azran is that we should not accept limitation. What drives Azran is that people prove themselves, when others tell them that they can't do it. He looked up to people who are taking on the world.
Based on Airbus data, Air Asia X has better operational reliability than even Singapore Airlines. For a lot of airlines, flow of information may not spread to everyone. If we have open flow of information, then we can deal with problem. Problems are often systemic in nature. So, as leaders, we have to get information to flow and if one has a regimented culture, the engineers or the pilots would not bring on. So, as a culture, how to instill that culture to have open information. So, anyone can go straight up to Azran. So, information flow is what that would bring information around.
Talent management eventually comes back to can do culture, clear sense of purpose, open and borderless and have growth opportunities. Aim to look for people who fit the culture. That's how Air Asia X managed talent.
Often problems happen is when first officer does not dare to tell the captain. People might not have processed all the information available. So, it all comes down on how to flow the information. The gap usually is how the information flows from the first officer to captain and the engineers to the pilot.
Azran didn't have it easy when he grew up to be accepted and sold his idea. He chose to do engineering, because he can't stand the sight of blood, and thought that numbers are boring, as well as he can't do writing. And his Mathematics teachers were handsome.
In 1997, the opportunities came, and he knew nothing of banking, so he jumped in and learned a lot and it was crazy time. He was in Bangkok during the 2nd July 1997, when Baht was devalued. He learned how to do M&A and valuation, and he did his time over at nuclear power plant, oil & gas etc. He spent 8 months in Korea at nuclear power plant.
He thought that nothing much was happening in South East Asia in 2001, and he spent good time there. The clients were very good. He wanted to stay on permanent in Korea, but he got chance to have client in KLSE. So, he had great time there. Datuk Azlan Hashim was a great person and he spent 6-9 months there. Azran was then offered to join KLSE, to move over and get things done. He sold his car and got a 2nd-hand Proton and counted money for groceries. It was a very valuable experience to turn it over to Bursa Malaysia.
At that time, Astro brought him over to help them to spend money. It was great experience for him, and it went on until the crazy idea of long haul airline came to him. So, one doesn't need to have a grand plan.
Azran shared that when all else failed, trust the wife.
42%-45% of customers base for Air Asia X is family with young children. 9%-10% of Air Asia X customers are from youths, but the price point for Air Asia X is higher, so may not be as affordable for youths.
Air Asia X is a corporate brand and it is the single brand of Air Asia. With long haul, a lot of Australian tourists are taking an onward flight on Air Asia. If only do a point-to-point for Air Asia X, it would only be able to get 25%-30% seats filled.
When Air Asia X goes to London to sell, then Azran would sell Langkawi, Bali, Phuket, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Siam Reap etc. Azran is not interested to have a brand for the sake of having a brand. The Air Asia's network is what matters. The name of Air Asia X is just for the shareholders organization structure.
Azran is setting his organization to be nimble, so that whatever crisis that happens, they can react immediately.
Azran hates emails. People don't communicate effectively in emails, but the best way is to meet face-to-face or via phone. Main thing is spend time and get things done. Azran flies a lot worldwide, so best way is to get to the point and get things done.
Azran sums up that what is most important is information flow and openness. As an organization, there is no way to have the best idea in the world, but best way is to get the information across. And be nimble, as summed up by the MC.
Above is the live blogging of Azran's talk.
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Personally, I have a wish list for Air Asia X and Air Asia, would be that they can collect loose changes from passengers in each flight, as often, after people visit a country, they would have small amount of loose change that they might not do a currency exchange back into their local currency. That would be a lot of wastage. What if Air Asia or Air Asia X could collect those loose currencies and donate to the local charitable needs. That could be huge leverage in it and benefit each of the community. Every few Ringgit, thousands of Rupiahs or Dongs etc, would add up to a big figure.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Congrats to Jasper Koid
Congratulations to Jasper Koid for getting admitted to Caltech, as well as waiting list for MIT
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
MIT Admission Decision for Malaysia
Congratulations to Jiunn Wen for getting admitted to MIT and Azman Abdulaziz, Leong Jian Wei and Samantha Siow for getting waitlisted.
Thanks to Coyin for Suhaimi Ramly's link, who announced these results.
Link to Suhaimi's blog http://suhaimiramly.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/mit-class-of-2015/
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
MIT Club of Malaysia Undergrad Admissions Talk
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) CLUB OF MALAYSIA will give a free undergraduate admissions talk for students (parents also welcomed) who wish to apply to MIT this year or in 1-2 years.
The talk is in the Royal Selangor Golf Club, Jln Kelab Golf (off Jln Tun Razak), 55000 Kuala Lumpur at 1030am-12 pm, Sat 9 April 2011. Strict Dress code: Smart casual.
MIT Educational Counselors and Alumni in Malaysia will share with the audience about MIT campus life, what MIT offers, what to prepare for applications to MIT, Financial Aid.
In conjunction with 150th anniversary of MIT, a short video on the founding of MIT will also be shown.
Please visit www.mit.edu for additional information on MIT, application procedures and financial aid. Details: htewe@alum.mit.edu
Monday, March 14, 2011
The Red Cross Emergency Disaster Relief Fund via Groupon Malaysia
For those of you who would like to donate to the Red Cross Emergency Disaster Relief Fund to aid Japan, after the earthquake and tsunami, you could do so via Groupon Malaysia (formerly known as GroupsMore).
Groupon Malaysia would be doing a dollar-to-dollar matching (up to RM25,000).
You could assess the link here at http://www.groupsmore.com/cities/multiple/deals/malaysian-red-crescent .You can donate in a multiple of RM3.
Do spread the words to your friends.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Young Corporate Malaysians Special Session - Teach for Malaysia
This is the posting of live blogging of the Young Corporate Malaysians Special Session. Today, we have Teach for Malaysia with us.
Keeran Sivarajah, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Teach for Malaysia would be speaking tonight. He met Dzameer at PricewaterhouseCoopers and they worked together to start up TFM. He would be speaking today with Yong Su En.
The statistics shown was 1 out of 4 people do not have required level of numerical skills. 4 out of 5 working Malaysians only have education up to SPM. 3 out of 5 head of poor households only have education up to primary schools or less.
There are 9 Million people between age 7 and 17 and there are 400,000 who never go to school. For those from Orang Asli, only 6% finished high school. (Hope that I got the stats correct.)
Keeran shared on his experience visiting a school in Klang. It is March and one parent just brought the kid to school, and the kid missed two months of school, because he didn't have money to buy school uniform.
Keeran shared on another experience yesterday in Gemas, where a parent wanted to take the 16-year-old kid out of school, because he has lost faith in the schooling system. He felt that even though the kid goes to university, the kid might still be unemployed. So, the kid might as well started working now and helped to earn a living.
These kids breathe the same air as all of us. They eat the same food as us. A lot of these kids do not believe that they can achieve big things.
Keeran shared on his experience attending the 4th Young Corporate Malaysians CEO Series of Talk and the speaker was Seelan Singham, Managing Partner of McKinsey & Co for Malaysia. Seelan said that everyone should have a scary dream, and that scary dream of him makes him to dream big. Seelan stressed that being idealistic is good and once we lost that idealism, especially after we worked for 18 hours a day and busy to go on dating/marriage, as well as paying for mortgage, we might look back and see "what the hell has happened to my dream/idealism". Seelan shared that it is important to have a sense of purpose.
Keeran shared this dream of Seelan and he sees the dream of getting there for Teach for Malaysia. TFM was incubated by a company called Khazanah Nasional Berhad. They wanted to find 50 most eligible Malaysian youths, who want to make a difference in Malaysia. They want to build a movement of people, where people can make a difference to the community.
TFM is recruiting heavily in universities and young professionals. They are looking for people who want to make transformations in high needs schools. These people would be having the mandate to transform the outcomes of the kids, after going through the training.
TFM get their fellows to lead in classroom and community. These two years would be most exciting and rewarding tothese people's lives.
Keeran shared on the exciting bit of him quiting his job. This program started with Teach for America 20 years ago, and by now, Teach for American has 18,000 alumni who are now in various sectors to solve this huge challenge of providing opportunities to attainan excellent educationfor all children.
Teach First is now the 5th most popular recruiter in UK, even ahead of KPMG. They are the top recruiter in Oxford and Cambridge. They also reject a lot of people from Oxford and Cambridge.
Malaysia is the number 3 in Asia, after India and China. Pakistan just joined the network recently. Malaysia is the first in South East Asia to join the network. There are another 20 countries that would join this network within the next 2 years.
54 years after independence, not every Malaysian kids have the access to quality education. Teach for Malaysia hopes to build the next layer of leaders, who could one day be a minister, Prime Minister or any other leaders, who would have a mission to solve this education issue.
Teach for Malaysia hopes to look for the best 50 in the country to join this year. The first deadline would be in two weeks' time. This group would be the founding cohort for Teach for Malaysia.
Su En just took over the rostrum. Su En studied Economics at LSE and her favourite class was developmental economics. She did a lot of case studies on how initiatives that can transform the world. While those are fascinating, those were just theory. She went into management consulting in UK for 3 years, and decided to come back to Malaysia to serve the mission of developing the nation.
She initially found that there wasn't a lot of initiatives from grassroot in Malaysia, especially compared to developed nations. She also spent time in China to help with migrant kids. She was then introduced to Dzameer and Keeran through a mutual program. She had known about Teach First back when she was in UK.
She came on board to join Teach for Malaysia in October 2010. She hoped to recruit the best and brightest among Malaysians to join this movement.
This is going to be the most challenging experience for TFM joiner. They would have to engage with 40 disenchanted teenagers and having to engage their attention. TFM required its fellow to go into the school and change the mindset of the students. The fellows would need to have huge confidence and solid teaching skills.
The Teach for Malaysia Leadership Academy would have an 8-week experiential, residential training in end-October 2011. These trainings are developed in collaboration with Teach for All, corporate partners and Minister ofEducation. They would practically be applying teaching, learning and leadership theories, based on the Teaching as Leadership framework. The trainers would be from Teach for All. This would adopt the methodof Teaching as Leadership, by Steven Farr from Teach for America. The TFM fellow would have the opportunityto practice teaching, live in a real classroom.
There would be ongoing support and training. There would be Leadership Development Officer, providing personal coaching, resources and guidance. There would be mentor, who would be senior teacher in the same school. There would be Business Coach, who would be senior manager from one of TFM's corporate partners. There would be workshoips by training partners to share innovative teaching methods and best practices. There would be seminars by corporate partners on a wide rangeof transferable skills. They would also be getting Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching after first year of teaching, as well as earning credits towards Master's degree.
The role of TFM Fellow is to make a difference in the classroom. They are expected tolead students towards academic achievements that defies traditional expectations, and they would be engaging, teaching and challenging students inside and outside the classroom. They would also work collaboratively with other teachers and school staff to build skills, share knowledge and obtain resources for the classroom. The fellow would lead by example and be inspirational role model to give the students the courage to dream big.
Scott Thomas, Teach for America Corp member shared on his proudest accomplishment was starting an after-school tutoring program. They had 8th graders tutoring 6th graders, who were struggling in Mathematics. It was a fantastic experience watching the older students play this mature role, not only being academic stars, but also developing patience and empathy.
Su En shared on the kids that she had mentored back in UK, where a lot of kids might not have the perspective beyond their backyard. They hoped to do something that is better than their parents, but they might not have the visibility to know of any potential beyond that.
TFM Fellow is expected to impact the wider community. The role would provide unique opportunity to design, implement and manage a sustainable, transformational project in the school or community in which you serve, with the help of your Business Coach and community leaders. They are expected to develop a deep understanding of the many barriers to achievement and complex problems associated with achieving equity in education.
Zeenia Anwar, Teach First Ambassador shared on "If you want to stretch yourself and become a person you never thought you could in your wildest dreams, do it, apply for it. You'll have the two best years of your life."
TFM would also provide professional development opportunities. In Malaysia, TFM aimed to help on internship and employment opportunities with top-tier organizations in Malaysia. BCG, McKinsey & Co, PwC have helped tremendously in this early stage of TFM. There would be professional development workshops run by corporate leaders. There would be exclusive networking events with senior figures in private and public sector firms. There would be Business Coach as well.
TFM has gotten approval from the following programmes to do deferral, including Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Management, Harvard Law School etc.
There are five stages of admission process. It would start with online application, and then phone interview, and then a 30-minute long online assessment, with a full-day assessment including a group case study, a mock classroom activity and a one-to-one interview and then would be final offers.
The first round of deadline would be 21st March, and the second round of deadline would be 27th June. TFM practices rolling admission. So, do start apply now at http://www.teachformalaysia.org . Please help to spread the words to others too.
The starting pay for teachers would be between RM2,300-RM2,700, which is similar to the starting pay that Keeran had when he was with PwC.
TFM Fellow would also engage the community and keep abreast with the parents. There are a lot of opportunities for TFM Fellow to reach out to the parents and community, but it would be up to the creativity of TFM Fellow and the TFM would be supporting the Fellow.
Keeran related on a case from Teach for America, where a parent wanted to take the kid out of school, as the kid doesn't seem to learn anything. The Teach for America Fellow asked the parent to give him/her a month to transform the kid. The Fellow put in efforts to educate the kids and keep the parents updated from time to time, and after a month, the kid can read a full page.
After the stint in Teach for Malaysia, the Fellow is flexible to do whichever route that they would want to explore. This TFM program aims to develop leaders and it would be up to the Fellow to chart their pathway. During the two years, there would be a lot of developmental support to help shape the leader. What is needed from this Fellow is that after the two years, they would be asked to support this TFM mission whereever they are. They would be alumni network too, that would support their mission.
One of the Teach for America Fellows said that if he is still not convinced that his children can get quality education in any school in America, then his job is not over. There is still a lot of work to be done.
TFM Fellow would be assuming full-time teaching positions in secondary schools, where they would be teaching English or Mathematics/Science-related subjects. What is important is not to change the curriculum, but the TFM Fellow would go in and set high academic and non-academic goals, to mould and guide the students. TFM is looking into Educational Impact Evaluation and they are looking at partnering universities or Teach for All on this area. TFM is working hard on this, to be able to quantify more objectively on the performance of the TFM Fellows.
One of the attendees highlighted that there might be possibility of putting the students at risk, if the Fellow is not able to perform up to expectation. Keeran and Su En reiterated that the Fellows would be getting continuous training beyond the 8 weeks, and there would be full-time staff who would meet with the Fellows continuously to guide them. There would be mentor within the school too, to guide the TFM Fellow.
For the first year, the 50 TFM Fellows would be placed in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, so that more monitoring can be done. TFM would be investing a lot in training and building a leadership movement. TFM would be investing to develop the leaders.
TFM selection process would be very rigorous to select new joiners who have strong competencies in leadership, as well as their capacity to handle situations.
TFM Fellows would be fully responsible for their class and they would be expected to teach the normal school syllabus. For TFM, they are also interviewing the schools and the school heads, so that they would get the support needed.
Ministry of Education and Management Consulting firm ranked all the schools in the country, and they are looking into those 70 schools within KL, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan which fell into the grading of Band 6 and 7. TFM would be visiting most of these 70 schools and eventually select 17 schools, where they would be putting 3-4 TFM Fellows in each school. It is very important that those schools selected would have supportive leaders there.
TFM applicants would also be subjected to Subject Audit Test during the application process, so that those TFM Fellows selected would have working knowledge in the subject and they would be getting help from more senior teachers on subject matter issues.
There is a suggestion from the audience where those who are not selected for TFM, could be put into a mailing list, and they could be put to good use by helping others in the community, for example teaching at orphanage etc.
Another audience shared on the practical training of being in real classroom would shape the teachers, no matter how much training is provided. He also shared on teaching students how to fish, instead of giving them the fish. He suggested on potential opportunities to partner with other organizations, to help the students and Fellows.
One of the big responsibilities for TFM Fellows would be to ensure that all students in the class are taken care of. There would be collaborations with various parties on this.
Finally, don't forget to apply for Teach for Malaysia (http://www.teachformalaysia.org). Please help to spread the words too. Lets make a difference, by providing every kid in Malaysia with the opportunity to attain an excellent education.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Articles
Thanks to Shu Wen and my loyal blog contributor for sharing the following articles.
1. Make a Difference
2. Do you teach or do you educate?
3. Revisiting the value of elite colleges
4. College Essay Contest
5. The Reputation Economy is Coming
6. British Educators Telling Students to go abroad
7. Study Abroad's New Focus is Job Skills
8. Why International Internships are key to University Global Engagement
9. HackNY expands its internship program
10. What can the US approach to fees teach the world?
11. Taiwan Scholarships
12. BNM Graduate Programme
Pertandingan Menulis Esei Bertemakan Liberalisasi Ekonomi
Got this email from IDEAS mailing list.
Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa www.AkademiMerdeka.org dengan kerjasama Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) mempelawa penyertaan untuk pertandingan menulis esei sepeti yang dinyatakan di bawah. Maklumat juga boleh diperolehi dari laman ini: http://ideas.org.my/2011/02/esei-ekonomi/ Topik utama "Jika dibandingkan dengan sistem ekonomi terancang berteraskan sosialisme, adakah sistem ekonomi liberal berteraskan pasaran bebas lebih serasi dengan nilai-nilai moral atau agama?" Malaysia kini sedang menjalani satu proses transformasi ekonomi. Melalui Model Baru Ekonomi (New Economic Model – NEM) dan Program Transformasi Ekonomi (Economic Transformation Programme – ETP), pelbagai usaha sedang dijalankan untuk membuka ekonomi negara agar menjadi sebuah pasaran yang lebih liberal. Semua ini dilakukan untuk membolehkan Malaysia menjadi sebuah negara berpendapatan tinggi. Usaha transformasi ini dilihat mempunyai sekurang-kurangnya sedikit perbezaan berbanding semangat pentadbiran ekonomi yang diamalkan di negara kita sebelum ini. Ada yang mengatakan bahawa Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB) merupakan satu usaha untuk merancang ekonomi negara secara berpusat. Perancangan secara berpusat (central planning) merupakan antara ciri utama sistem ekonomi sosialis. Sejauh manakah usaha meliberalisasikan pasaran selaras dengan nilai-nilai moral dan etika, atau nilai-nilai agama? Perbincangan boleh memfokuskan kepada hanya konteks moral dan etika yang tidak terikat kepada mana-mana agama, atau memilih mana-mana agama (tidak semestinya satu sahaja) sebagai topik perbincangan, atau kedua-duanya sekali. Para peserta dinasihatkan untuk merujuk kepada esei-esei Templeton yang telah diterjemahkan di sini atau esei-esei asal dalam Bahasa Inggeris di sini . Bagaimanapun, para peserta tidak semestinya menjadikan esei-esei ini sebagai rujukan. Hadiah Tempat pertama: RM2000 Tarikh tutup Semua esei mestilah diterima sebelum jam 3 petang, 15 Mei 2011. Cara menghantar esei Sila nyatakan di muka hadapan
dan hantarkan esei anda dalam bentuk Microsoft Word melalui email kepada esei2011@ideas.org.my Syarat penyertaan
Kriteria penghakiman Semua esei akan dihakimi berdasarkan tiga kriteria:
Maklumat lanjut Untuk mendapatkan maklumat lanjut, sila hubungi Munirah Hayati Muhtar melalui emel munirah@ideas.org.my Pertandingan menulis esei ini dianjurkan secara bersama oleh www.AkademiMerdeka.org dan Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) |
Thursday, March 03, 2011
American Education Expo
Thanks to Teck Eng for sharing this.
There's an upcoming American education fair taking place on March 9th, Wednesday by the International Student Network Inc at Crowne Plaza Mutiara Hotel, 5-8pm.
Malaysia Forum 2011
Thanks to Lenard for sharing.
Malaysia Forum 2011 would be held from 8th to 10th April at Boston University. Do check it out!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Harvard & Princeton Early Admissions
Thanks to Wun Min for highlighting.
Harvard and Princeton are bringing back Early Admissions!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Young Corporate Malaysians 29th CEO Series of Talk - Rejina Rahim
Today is the 29th Young Corporate Malaysians CEO Series of Talk. We have Nor Rejina Abdul Rahim, Managing Director of Nomura Asset Management Malaysia. The talk is still at our usual place, but the name of the hotel has been changed from Nikko Hotel to InterContinental Hotel. Below is the live blogging.
Rejina graduated with LLB (Hons) from University of Kent at Canterbury, UK in 1995. She started by being Legal Office at Pengkelan Securities, Malaysia. She did her Barrister at Law, Lincoln's Inn, UK in 1997.
She became Compliance Manager at Commerce-BT (now known as CIMB-Principal). From there, she became Head of Legal & Product Development, and then Head of Legal & Risk Management, as well as later on as Head of Institutional Marketing & Business Development. In 2006, she became the Managing Director of Nomura Asset Management Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
Rejina made a disclaimer that what she said tonight would be her personal opinion and not the opinion of Nomura or Nomura Asset Management Malaysia.
Life is an adventure and change is the only constant. In the Last 15 years, we saw Y2K, Asian Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis
etc. Today, even the developed countries are not as stable as we thought. Lehman Brothers, which had a history of more than 150 years, went down during the crisis.
In the globalized world, what happens in the other side of the world does affect us. Good news is that news coming out from US is getting better. US housing prices are improving. Investment spending on equipment and software are up sharply. 2010, it was a very bad year for Europe. Things are still very shaky over there. Although investors are still very cautious, things are not that bad. The leverage level of Europe is not that high. There seems to be outflows from emerging markets to developed market in the last two weeks.
However, things may not be so bad in Malaysia. Despite Malaysia is coming from a higher base, the Economic Transformation Programmes would create excitement. We have been getting news of expansion of production from oil & gas sector.
Journey to 2020 would not be easy for average Malaysians. We would have more traffic jams before MRT is ready, and housing prices would go up before MRT is ready.
Rejina shared about her holidays in Malaysia, and said that it is very beautiful. If foreigners can make Malaysia their 2nd home, we should love it more.
Malaysia, as the Islamic financial hub, we should take advantage of the unrest in Middle East, to grab the market share.
Despite what is said about broadband prices in Malaysia, we still can easily get free wifi at mamak here.
Just as Rome was not built in a day, we should not expect things to change within very short time.
2010 was a great year for Malaysia, and we do have strong fundamentals in Malaysia. Growing 6% a year is not going to be easy, but with the talents in the younger generation, we should be able to value add and grow Malaysia at that rate.
The path to developed nation status is not going to be easy. Our valuations are not as cheap as our neighbours. Global investors are looking at our neighbours first, before looking at us.
We are going up in a world, where competition is getting tougher.
Back in 1980-1990, a double storey house in Subang was RM80,000. Today, RM80,000 would get you a low cost flat in Bangi. Back in 1996, Rejina got a starting pay of RM1,500. Today, fresh graduates earn an average of RM2,000 and the extra RM500 would just get you a room (and not a house).
Lessons learned from the global financial crisis can be useful for us. Greed is not good. Lets get back to basic. Be nice to neighbours. Grow your own herbs. Think before you buy a nice handbag on credit cards.
Make your street a nicer world and your world would be a better place. Some might called her an idealist and it might take a lot more hard work to get things work. Even though we have the technologies like Facebook, Twitter, face-to-face communications tend to get the messages across better. We don't always have to rush. She always finds it easier to speak face-to-face.
Back to the Future mentioned 2010 as the future, but now it is in the past. Today's world has changed a lot, and it is a world of changing everything. Like when we reach the peak of Mount Kinabalu, we can take a photo there and tweet it to the world. Everything is so instant. There is also some "down" for things that are done too instantly. We got irritated when others don't reply within a few hours.
Markets around the world are now watching nervously what is happening around the Middle East. Are we having information overload? Before, one person can't make real change in the world. But today, each of us can make real change in the world.
Management and Human Resources can track what your track record even better. She would google her future employees. Taking charge of one's life may not matter to your CEO or your boss, but you should want to make the impacts on people.
People are inspired because they are passionate of what they are doing.
Rejina called herself as Late Bloomer. She was lucky that her parents were not from the traditional mould. She got an early stint at Malay Mail. Back then, Datuk A. Kadir Jasin offered her to stay on, and told her that she doesn't need to go to university to be successful in journalist.
She got married in 1996. The managing partner of a law firm questioned her of her recent marriage and asked whether it made sense to hire her, since she would get pregnant soon.
She left legal practice and joined as Complaince Manager and from there, moved on to other roles. She did get pregnant soon after she joined the firm, and her productivity went up and not down.
She started Nomura Asset Management Berhad in December 2006. When she went over to Japan, she couldn't speak Japanese, but she had a point to prove and do well.
Do not expect people to react the way you want. If you do, 9 out of 10, you would be disappointed.
She trusted her maid, Wati greatly and she would trust her just as much as she trust her colleagues. As a women, the expectation of her role is higher. Even though she has spoken around the globe, she would still go through the homework of her children, whether directly or over internet.
She has learned a lot over her 38 years. She learned that her kids can teach her a thing or two. She learned that her husband can still surprise her even after getting married for a long time. She learned that making mistakes are ok, as long as one learned from it.
Innovation and lessons can come from anywhere. Steve Jobs didn't even have a college degree. He has a passion to learn. He took a calligraphy course. That same course helped him design the typography in Mac.
Q&A.
She shared that sometimes we won't know that we screwed up until it happened.
Compliance usually takes in those from legal or accounting background. For her, she is always going out to learn what others are doing, and learning up on it. Be inquisitive and tries to find out what is available in the firm. She said that most people are always quite surprised that managers and bosses are quite to it.
Nomura Asset Management Malaysia managed equity global and fixed income out of Kuala Lumpur.
She hoped that she should be running a lot faster in the next 10 years. She aimed to run half marathon in less than 2 hours.
Nomura as a group has exposure to Islamic Banking/Finance since 1980s.
She felt that if one wanted something badly, then one would make the time to do it. She joked that if one wanted to sleep, one can sleep after one is dead.
She knows the industry pretty well, so she is still in it. If she does not have any financial obligation at all, she might end up being physical education trainer. She loved her job pretty much too. She met all sorts of people around the world.
There is a lot more interest in Malaysia lately, compared to previously. Eventually, for a global investor, and if they wanted to benchmark with MSCI, Malaysia would make up for a very small part of exposure. So, some investors could decide that they would be investing it in other countries, like Indonesia and Thailand.
We talked a lot about Malaysia here, but we don't promote the country internationally. Not many public listed companies in Malaysia do not even have investor relations department. We need to have more companies going around internationally to promote the companies and country.
She enjoyed running. She used to do yoga. She is looking to do pole dancing. Any kind of exercise is good.
We need to know what we are looking for, and we shouldn't just be looking for a big pay cheque. Malaysia hasn't come to the level of Singapore and Hong Kong, where they can get bonuses of 3 years. She definitely sees that pay is increasing in Malaysia, especially in asset management companies.
She says that everything goes back to perception. We can say cup is half full or half empty. It is better that we take the challenge.
One advice she could give is don't get emotional. We should gauge who we are speaking to, and different people would give different responses. Body language is important. It is very important to be listening. Today, it is very easy to read and glaze over things, but we should focus on listening.
Need to be strong numerically and also would need to have good writing skills, to do well in Asset Management firms. Usually people would start from research. And she adds on, having a good look, would help the firm in doing marketing. She would suggest that people have some form of finance learnings. She knew of people with both legal and accounting degrees.
CFA used to be something difficult to attain. Very few people in the industry had it. But today, with lots of courses, it is much easier. Having CFA would be good to show the prospective employers of your interest. One of the best fund managers that she had worked with, do not have CFA.
Her personal take is that Singapore needs to survive no matter what, whereas we are blessed with natural resources and do not think ahead as well. 20 years ago, Singapore has already gotten their MRT sorted out, and we are still in the planning stage today. We need to think ahead, be passionate and be hungry. If we think that life is easy and we don't need to work as hard, then we can't go as fast.
Her children used to go to government school. She is a member of Parent Action Group for Education (PAGE). She used to go to Sekolah Kebangsaan and she didn't think that she is more stupid compared to those who go to boarding school. What things that she does not like is that our education policy keeps on flip-flop. She took her children out of national school. Both her children are learning Mandarin. She is hoping that one of them would start learning Hindi.
She doesn't care much about how others looked at her. Back then, she would need an interpreter, but today, meeting notes are in English.
A lot of companies do not allow Facebook/Twitter, but what they do not realize is that youths today can multi-task. She does not make any deal if her staff is on Facebook/Twitter during office hour. One thing she would know is that they would be a happy staff. She is very amazed at how the 6-degree of separation is a lot less. We can do words of mouth much better.
Just like if one opens a restaurant, a blogger can help promote the good things or bad things of the restaurant. She still did her business traditionally. If all the regulators in the world would allow more cross-border selling, then it would be a lot better. Of course, would need self regulation and people need to do it more responsibly.
The world is your oyster. Opportunities do come around from around the world. There are people who are working in Malaysia, and yet they write iPhone apps that bring them USD20,000 a month. There are a lot of success stories from here too. The internet is a very powerful tool.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Useful Resources
Thanks to Shu Wen, Kathy Houng, Suhaimi Ramly and my loyal anonymous blog contributor for sharing this.
1. Boosting female's participationg in Business Plan Contests
2. Facebook Page for MACEE
3. The Kids in the Conference Room
4. Bachelor's Degree in Global Nutrition and Health
5. International Scholarships for Developing Countries
6. Sunway Managerial Advancement for Recruited Talents
7. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Note below received through Suhaimi Ramly)
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We are excited to inform you that KAIST International Student Admissions for Fall 2011 will start very soon! This year, the application submission period will be from March 2 to April 15 of 2011.
KAIST is a government-established university and is ranked #1 in Korea (Chosun & Joongang Newspaper). KAIST was placed 21st in Engineering & IT (Technology) according to 2009 World University Rankings by The Times-QS. As 70~80% of our undergraduate degree holders continue to pursue a higher degree in science and engineering so that they become experts in cutting-edge research and innovation, we are searching for young students who have demonstrated genuine passion and talent in learning math and science.
KAIST lectures are given in English and we provide full scholarship (tuition and monthly allowance) for all students throughout their enrollment at KAIST: starting from the third year of enrollment, students whose GPA is lower than 3.0 will have to pay different amount of tuition according to their GPA.
More information on KAIST and its admissions procedure can be found at www.kaist.edu. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Hoi-Jui, Yoo
Dean, Office of Admissions/ Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
E-mail: kaistintl@kaist.ac.kr, Phone: (+82-42-350-2354)
Website: www.kaist.edu, http://admission.kaist.ac.kr
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Help Sought - Missing Person
Got this from Sebastian Wong.
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Hi Chen Chow, my colleague's dad went missing since last Thu. She is trying to spread the news in hopes that someone may have seen her dad. Below are some details and attached a missing person poster.
Appreciate if you could help spread the search on your social media channels. Thanks in advance on behalf of my colleague, Ooi Ling Ling.
LATEST UPDATE (21 Feb 11): His wallet was found along Batu 5, Jalan Ipoh.
Dear all,
Many of you may not have heard the news, but Ling Ling's dad (who is currently under medication for dementia) went missing last Thursday. He was last seen in Bukit Mahkota, Cheras on Thursday evening. She has since lodged a missing persons report on Friday and sought help from MCA. However, until today there has been no news on his whereabouts.
Main details to note :
Name: Ooi Ho Chuah
Age: 63
Weight: 57kg
Height: 5' 3"
Last seen: Bukit Mahkota, Cheras on Thursday, 17 February 2011 wearing a dark brown t-shirt and grey short pants
Other important details: Under medication for dementia
Should any of you have any information, kindly contact 010 221 1703.
Thank you.
Hi Chen Chow, my colleague's dad went missing since last Thu. She is trying to spread the news in hopes that someone may have seen her dad. Below are some details and attached a missing person poster.
Appreciate if you could help spread the search on your social media channels. Thanks in advance on behalf of my colleague, Ooi Ling Ling.
LATEST UPDATE (21 Feb 11): His wallet was found along Batu 5, Jalan Ipoh.
Dear all,
Many of you may not have heard the news, but Ling Ling's dad (who is currently under medication for dementia) went missing last Thursday. He was last seen in Bukit Mahkota, Cheras on Thursday evening. She has since lodged a missing persons report on Friday and sought help from MCA. However, until today there has been no news on his whereabouts.
Main details to note :
Name: Ooi Ho Chuah
Age: 63
Weight: 57kg
Height: 5' 3"
Last seen: Bukit Mahkota, Cheras on Thursday, 17 February 2011 wearing a dark brown t-shirt and grey short pants
Other important details: Under medication for dementia
Should any of you have any information, kindly contact 010 221 1703.
Thank you.
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