Newsletter LT12 #12

Sunday, March 18, 2012 yueesun 0 Comments

The Easter study break has commenced and we will now provide you a really short update before our newsletter issues come to a temporary halt.


Annual General Meeting

The 2012/2013 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the LSESU Malaysia Club was held on the 14th of March 2012.

Here are the election results:

        President: Eva Woon
        Vice President: Kuan Haw Ng
        Secretary: Yuee Sun Chan
        Treasurer: Jennifer Kwong

The supporting committee will remain the same until their term ends in the Michaelmas Term. However, the position of the Media and Communications Director and one of the Project Directors are now vacant as a consequence of promotion, but are not opened for application.

Motions passed:

  1. Elections of the Director and one of two Co-Producers of Malam Bakti to be held during the AGM in March. The other Co-Producer will be elected in the Michaelmas term and will be assumed by a First Year member.
    Director: Eva Woon
    Co-producer(s): Germaine Thai
  2. To incorporate the role of a Sports Director with the role of the Public Relations Director.


Malaysia Headlines



Speculation of GE13 date gathers steam

The date when the 13th general election will be held continues to be the main talking point among Malaysians. When will parliament be dissolved to make way for general election continues to be speculated on by many quarters. [READ MORE - New Straits Times]


Pushing back the retirement age

The debate swirling around the Government's intention to officially set the private sector's retirement age at 60 raises a number of questions, none of which are new. The Government's move comes after the proposal to raise the civil service retirement age to 60 from 58 last October. According to reports, the Private Sector Retirement Age Bill will be tabled in parliament soon, with provisos to allow those who reach 60 to renew up to 64 and may contain a clause allowing people to retire earlier. [READ MORE - The Star Online]


UKEC-Graduan Career Fair Volunteers


        Date: 31st March 2012 (Saturday) - 3rd April 2012 (Tuesday)
        Time: 9.00 AM – 5.00 PM
        Venue: University College London

For background information, please refer to THEIR WEBSITE or FACEBOOK PAGE.

UKEC Careers Fair will run for 4 days from Saturday 31st March - Tuesday 3rd April. The main event will be on Sunday April 1st. 

Your tasks will include crowd control, assisting participants and ushering them around UCL to interviews, assisting with manpower & setting up company booths.

You will receive benefits of £5 per day and will all receive certificates from the UKEC. All volunteers will be provided with lunch on Sunday.

Click HERE for the sign up sheet.



MACFIS-ICAEW The Corporate Network 2012


        Date: 30th March 2012 (Friday)
        Time: 4.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.
        Venue: Chartered Accountants' Hall, Moorgate, London

MACFIS in collaboration with ICAEW are proud to present their very first Corporate Network 2012.

Align with their aim to empower human capital and create young global corporate leaders, MACFIS is giving some of the UK's brightest and most career motivated students the chance to engage and network with some of Malaysia’s top graduate recruiters all in one evening.

Various companies will be joining us on that day and they are Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, BDO, Sunway TES, and Security Commission.

They also bring you special appearance of Dato' Seri Johan Raslan (Executive Chairman of Pricewaterhouse Coopers Malaysia) and Johan Mahmood Merican (Chief Executive Officer of Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad).

Kindly visit their FACEBOOK page for more information.



A gentle note: To publicize any relevant events on the newsletter, please email Y.S.Chan2@lse.ac.uk.

Sekian. Salam 1Malaysia.
LSESU Malaysia Club

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