LSESU Malaysia Club

On the 7th of November, the LSESU Malaysia Club sponsored a bus for our members to attend the annual Nottingham Malaysia Games 2015.

Despite the bad weather, our athletes tried their best and obtained impressive results in their respective sports. Hence, the club is proud to announce our achievements for this year's games.

Basketball - 1st Place, Captain: Roy Cheng

Chess - 1st Place, Ng Shyue Jer
Squash - 2nd Place, Cynthia Amelia Low
Netball - 3rd Place, Captain: Rosella Ong

Our champion basketball team

Ng Shyue Jer, 1st place for Chess

Cynthia Amelia Low, 2nd place for Squash

The overall 3rd place netball team

On 4th November, LSESUMC held a conversation with Professor Danny Quah on the Malaysia. Born in Penang, Professor Quah is currently a Professor of Economics and International Development, and Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Center at LSE. He is known for his studies on economic growth and convergence across nation states, and for his analyses of the large shifts in the global economy. He had previously served on Malaysia’s National Economic Advisory Council from 2009-2011.
Professor Quah shared his views on the Malaysian New Economic Policy of 197, which he contributed to as a member of the council that planned the policy and shared the vision the council had during the formulation of the policy. He also shared how the Malaysia's new economic model, which he also advised will incline towards a more 'needs-based' NEP.

Subsequently, he shared his opinion that the idea of sovereign wealth funds like 1MDB and its successor, Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) are excellent as it aims towards long term and sustainable economic development while safeguarding the economic well-being of the people for generations. However, the numerous questionable transactions made through the funds have destroyed the narrative of Malaysia's successful economic growth and undermined the credibility and reputation of Malaysia's leadership and economic progress in foreign eyes.

The Q&A session was equally engaging and enlightening, with questions regarding issues like Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and South China Seas disputes raised and answered. On behalf of the Malaysian community in LSE, we would like to sincerely thank Professor Quah for spending his evening with us and we wish him all the best in upcoming role in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore.

L-R: Professor Danny Quah, Kyle Chan and Do Wey Hwang

Following the success of ELF 2015, we are proud to welcome Sunway Education Group as our new Gold and Strategic Sponsors.

Sunway Education Group was established in 2009 following the reorganisation of Sunway College Sdn Bhd. The Sunway Education Group objectives are to contribute to the community through quality education and scholarships, and raise the economic and business activities of the respective townships and country as a whole. It strives to be a financially self-sustaining entity, practising good corporate governance and differentiating itself by service excellence inculcated in its human resources.

The Sunway Education Group endeavours to achieve its objectives through international strategic alliances and synergising resources within the Sunway Education Group of institutions and the Sunway Group. Applying the latest technologies, leveraging dedicated staff to advance innovation, and creating a competitive edge to develop global recognition in education; remain rooted at the heart of the Group.

We look forward to working again with Sunway Education Group in organising ELF 2016 as well as creating more dynamic opportunities for our members with the organisation.

Note : ELF 2015 was held in August at Sunway University and featured high profile speakers including the likes of YB Dato' Sri Idris Jala, Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam and Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir in front of a record breaking crowd of 450 people!

On the 29th of October, the LSESUMC held an investing workshop in collaboration with Taufiq Iskandar, the principal officer of Prima Ekuiti (UK) Limited. The session started with an introduction on investment instruments and styles. He also shared numerous case studies of household brands and their investment merits. Next, he shared his advice to students looking to pursue careers in investment management. Key takeaway: Be intellectually curious and always ask why.

Subsequenty, the room was split into 2 groups to analyse the business prospects and financial strength of Burberry and whether the company deserves a 'buy', 'hold' or 'sell' call. The session ended with Q&A and networking.

The LSESU Malaysia Club recently organsied a subsidized theatre trip to watch Miss Saigon last Wednesday, 28th October 2015. The event was attended by 45 and enjoyed by all.

Top L-R: Joshua Tan, Syakila Jamel, Vincy Bu, Roshant Ravindran
Bottom L-R: Chloe Tan, Jia Yun, Joanna Tan, Violet Wong, Suet Wei

Congratulations to the 9 talented individuals who were officiated as the 2015 LSESUMC Junior Executives! As their motto "Nothing Breaks Apart Our Malaysian Hearts" says, the club hopes that they can help bring the Malaysian community to greater heights over the next 1.5 months.

On the 3rd of October 2015, the LSESU Malaysia Club held their first event of the Michaelmas Term in Hyde Park to welcome all the new freshers and continuing students. More than 100 club members turned up and they enjoyed a pleasant morning by having free food supplied by the club, meeting with other fellow Malaysians and playing a few fun games together.

A variety of food is prepared by the club

The students are helping themselves with the food

The students are mingling around together

A game session to break the ice between juniors & seniors

A 'family' photo

Freshers' Dinner

On the 26th of August, LSESU Malaysia Club held Freshers Dinner 2015 in Menara Milenium, the office of EY. This dinner was aimed towards facilitating bonding between freshers and to share information regarding LSE and London in general. A total of 120 people, including seniors, attended the event.

The dinner started with career sharing from representatives of EY, namely Megat Iskandar Shah, (Assurance Partner) and Lee Soo Fern (Talent Partner). Next we had sharings by notable alumni such as Ong Kian Ming, and from student organisations including ICMS, MACFIS and GenCorp.Next, we had a senior-junior interaction session to allow students to get to know one another and answer queries of incoming freshers. The dinner ended on a high note with a massive photo-taking session with all the participants and guests.

Registration

Sharing session from Megat Iskandar Shah, Assurance Partner of EY

Left to right: Megat Iskandar Shah, Kyle Chan and Lee Soo Fern

Sharing session from student organisations

Photography credits to Haris Zukki, Ryan Loke and Tan Ying Xi

Freshers' Camp

On the 28th to 30th of August 2015, the LSESU Malaysia Club held Freshers Camp 2015 in Selesa resort, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang. The upcoming freshers and committee enjoyed a weekend of fun and games both outdoors and indoors.

Here's a link to the freshers' camp video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWCj6rYZg5w

Videography credits to Ryan Loke.

Family System

This year, we introduced the family system, which is a platform that allows current Malaysian students to be the "parents" and freshers to be the "children" for the 2015/2016 academic year. This would be an opportunity for juniors to meet seniors who share the same interests that they have, based on the information that they submit to the club. Moreover, the juniors can also seek assistance from the seniors so that they can settle into London easier.

Group photo of all participants

The Economic and Leadership Forum, ELF, is an annual one-day forum and case study challenge for any college/university students, in Malaysia over the summer, who are passionate or keen to obtain an insight into the world of Economics and its potential career paths.

ELF 2015 was held in August at Sunway University and featured high profile speakers including the likes of YB Dato' Sri Idris Jala, Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam and Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir in front of a record breaking crowd of 450 people!

Elf 2015 was jointly sponsored by Sunway Education Group and TalentCorp Malaysia and supported by the club's sponsors and affiliates through in-kind contributions or by participating as speakers, judges and VIPs in the event.

Dato' Sri Idris Jala giving the key note speech

The youth leadership panel

The case study discussion

The case study presentation

Dear members, we are pleased to announce that LSE SU Malaysia Club has agreed to an affliate-ship with the International Council of Malaysian Scholars and Associates (ICMS). May this be the start of a fruitful partnership between the two organisations. More information on ICMS can be found here.

LSE SU Malaysia Club also hopes this will signal the club's intent of continuing to forge good relations and network with external Malaysian organisations.

Nottingham Malaysian Games 2015

Professor Danny Quah on Malaysia

Welcome, Sunway Education Group!

Investing workshop with Taufiq Iskandar

Miss Saigon Theatre Trip

LSESUMC Junior Executives 2015

Hyde Park Picnic 2015

Pre-departure events 2015

ELF 2015

Welcome, ICMS!