Industrial Visit to PwC

SCSC organized an industrial visit to PwC on 19^th August 2016. Participants gathered at new building and boarded the bus at 1 p.m. We departed from Sunway University at 1.30 p.m. After a half-an-hour journey, we arrived at PwC which is located at KL Sentral. Upon reaching there, we were welcomed by Mr. Kent Tan who is from human capital department. 

Then, we were separated into groups to move to meeting room at 10^th floor. Mr. Mahesh, ED from Assurance was the speaker that day. He has been working in this company for 16 years. He talked about the brief background of PwC and the services they provide as well as the working experience of himself in PwC.

After that, we were asked to fill up M100 survey form and have some refreshment provided by the company. In the meantime, we had the chance to ask questions and talk with the speaker and employees from the company. During the tea break session, participants also got to ask about career opportunities. A token of appreciation was given to PwC for their hospitality. A group photo was taken before we proceeded to company tour.

At 4.30 p.m., we were divided into 4 groups to have company tour. Each group was brought to different departments to have a look around the company. We finished the company tour and visit officially ended at 5.30p.m. We reached Sunway University at 6.30p.m.

All in all, the industrial visit to PwC was great and the flow was good. We would like to thank PwC for their hospitality and not to forget about the 38 participants for their participation for making it a successful one.

Written by: Chang Li Xuan

Edited by: Ong June Min and Tan Soon Liang, Bryan

Industrial Visit to Baker Tilly Malaysia

On the 5^th of August 2016 (Friday), Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter (SCSC) organized an industrial visit for Sunway students to Baker Tilly, which is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. The firm is listed in the 6^th largest Accounting and business advisory firm in Malaysia. Participants gathered at the NUB foyer, Sunway University and departed at around 1.20 p.m and reached Baker Tilly in Bangsar South City, Kuala Lumpur at around 1.50 p.m.

When we arrived at Baker Tilly, we were brought to level 10, which is the head office. The person in-charge, Stella, and her collegue were waiting for us and gave warm welcome for us. First of all, the speaker of Baker Tilly, Danny, was very nice and funny. The speaker introduced the history of Baker Tilly and shown some past event they did to explain about their culture. Besides that, the speaker also briefly talked about the hiring requirements and the partners of Baker Tilly and Ferrier Hodgson. Furthermore, Baker Tilly also invited speaker from Ferrier Hodgson, which is the forensic accounting department and corporate advisory services, to explain about the working content and the daily working style.

After the Q&A session, we split into different groups to visit the office. At the end of the session, our representative lecturer, Mr.Teoh, presented an appreciation gift to Baker Tilly representative. Before we left Baker Tilly, we took group photo with the Baker Tilly’s speaker and person in charge from communication department. Finally, we left Baker Tilly and reach Sunway University around 5.30 p.m.

It was a precious experience by having a opportunity to visit Baker Tilly. We would like to thank you Baker Tilly for hosting us on this informational industrial visit.

Written by: Tee Jia Yi

Edited by: Ong June Min & Tan Soon Liang, Bryan

Australia Week-Good Onya Mate! (Sem2, 2016)

On 2nd September 2016, Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter (SCSC) organized an event called Good Onya Mate! in the conjunction with Australia Week. Good Onya Mate meant well done friends. Australia Week is one of the major events that happens every year in Sunway University supported by Australia University Programme (AUP) with the collaboration with Australian High Commission Malaysia. The objective of this event is to create a platform and promote the Australia culture in Sunway University to let student have more understanding about Australia through fun facts and local dialects in Australia.

Highlight of the event 

Interesting Facts of Australia
Good Onya Mate! have two interesting activity at their booth on the event day. One of the activity was Interesting Facts of Australia which exhibits about fun facts of Australia. The purpose of this activity is to let people know more about Australia in the aspect of Cultural, People, Geography, Animal, and Ecosystem through the fun facts. One of the example in geographical aspect is Australia is the 6th largest country in the world.

Organizing team used interactive and fun way by putting the facts inside cardboard where it can be pulled out to show the answer.

Aussie Slang Challenge
Purpose of Aussie Slang Challenge is to test student’s knowledge about the local lingo in Australia. The team conducted this activity by preparing 60 pieces of forms containing 10 questions, with 3 different sets of questions. Question inside will be dialect that are normally used in Australia. Every participants will be given door gift when they participate in this game. 
Organizing team had prepared 3 prizes to encourage students to participate in our event and to test their knowledge. The response from Aussie Slang Challenge was unexpected as students actively participated in our activity. We were glad that we managed to attract so many of students to participate. 

At 5pm of the event day, the team has chosen top 3 winners according to their marks awarded after checking and verification. The champion was Siow Chun Ming, 1st runner up was be Eng Pei Huan and 2nd runner up went to Suriya A/L Rogunathan. 
It was indeed a very fun and interesting day as we believe we managed to bring fun and cheer elements to students while they are all stressed out with studies. We believe that every one of us definitely have more understanding about Australia through this Good Onya Mate event. Thank you again from all of us and hope to see you guys in the next event organized by us, SCSC! :)

Written by: Sow Jun Ming
Edited by: Ong June Min & Tan Soon Liang, Bryan

SCSC Bonjour Night (Sem 2, 2016)

Bonjour Night 

On 9th of August marks the night where all SCSC members reunite and interact with each other to reminisce moments of the past while creating future memories together. This event was joined by our very own alumni who took the time out of their busy schedules to join us. This event was also conducted to welcome our newbies who joined our club in the second semester of the year 2016. The theme for the night was “Never Ending Love and Passion” symbolizing the bond that all the SCSC members hold and cherish that will never end despite members leaving or graduating. The dress code for the night was black, orange and red to match our love and passion theme. Registration started at 6.30 p.m. and all alumni, members and VIPs began filling up the venue soon after. The event began with an officiating speech by Ms. Irene, welcoming speech by our club advisor, Ms Fong and an opening speech by our very own club president, Yap Yen Lee. 

Speech by Ms. Irene

Speech by Yen Lee

The night was lightened by our one of a kind concept of opening where Ms. Irene alongside Mahmud, our organizing chairperson, lighted up the candle symbolizing the burning love and passion all members have towards the club and one another. 

After officiating the event, everyone was invited to have their dinner where all members took the opportunity to catch up on each other’s lives and simply interact with each other. 

Games took place once everyone completed their meals. The games were conducted by our emcees of the night Marcus and Avelynn. 

Decoration with past SCSC pictures

A video was played in the following session, showing pictures and events conducted by the club from the year 2007 till 2016. The SCSC Board of Director for the year 2016 was introduced to the crowd after the video ended. There was also a sharing session by the alumni where they shared their memories, both good and bad in the club which brought tears and laughter amongst the crowd. Appreciation gifts were then given to every alumnus to thank them for coming and joining us on this auspicious night. At around 10 pm, a group photo was taken and the event ended successfully.

Organizing team

Group Photo 

Written by: Avelynn Michael

Edited by: Ong June Min and Tan Soon Liang, Bryan