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Nippon Paint Young Designer Award 2009

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:44:21 +0000

NIPPON Paint (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd recently anno-unced the Nippon Paint Young Designer Award 2009.

Launched last year, the award aims to recognise young, talented interior design and architecture students in Malaysia.

The aim of the award was to unearth the exceptional talents in the country. the company’s managing director, Yaw Seng Heng, said at the launch of the awards,

“There is an abundance of talent and great potential in the local interior design and architecture arena.

“There is so much promise among the student fraternity, and we are only too happy to do our part to help nurture them,” he said.

He added that they wanted to inspire students to be more creative and motivate them to a higher degree of professionalism through the award.

“We were encouraged by the number and quality of submissions that we received last year. So for 2009, we decided to raise the bar slightly,” said Yaw.

The theme for this year’s award is “Leading Design With Colour Trends.”

The competition, which comprised two categories — interior and architecture — would evaluate students’ skills in integrating the recently announced Nippon Paint 2009/2010 Colour Trends into their design entry.

Based on the given theme and concept, entrants will be judged on colour innovation, colour coordination, originality of design, aesthetics, environmental friendliness, space planning, compliance to submission requirements and design brief .

The Gold winners of award from the two categories (interior and architecture) will each receive a trophy, RM3,000 scholarship and an Apple Desktop.

The Silver winners from each category will each receive a RM2,000 scholarship each, and the two honorary mentions will each receive RM1,000 in scholarship each.

The top four winners of the award will also receive employment with an Interior Design/Architect firm.

In addition to the Malaysian Society of Interior Designers (MSID), the award also has the support of Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM).

“We are excited about the award. Last year’s entries were very impressive and of high quality.

“So this year we are looking forward to even higher standards,” Yaw said.

The inaugural award (in 2008) received an encouraging response with a total of almost 90 entries submitted for interior and exterior categories.

The award is open to students enrolled in schools of interior design (ID) or architecture in Malaysia, in the final year of their diploma or at least in the third year of their degree programme.

All complete entries must reach the organisers by Sept 30.

Information on the Nippon Paint Young Designer Award 2009 is available at www.nipponpaint.com.my or www.ts-exim.com

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Commonwealth Essay Competition 2009

admin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:52:46 +0000

If you are 18 years of age or younger, why not enter the Commonwealth Essay Competition and pit your writing skills against students of the same age around the world? There are lots of prizes – and you may even get your essay published.

Every year, the Commonwealth Essay Competition inspires thousands of young writers from all over the world. Organised by the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Competition has been running for over 100 years and is firmly established as a highly regarded and popular international education project. With young people writing from all Commonwealth countries and territories, the Competition enjoys much esteem and support throughout the Commonwealth.

The aims of the Competition are:

to provide a unique opportunity for schools throughout the Commonwealth to take part in a global education project
to raise awareness of the ethical and humanitarian values which lie at the heart of the Commonwealth’s ethos
to highlight important local and global issues and encourage their discussion
to promote the use of English as a leading world language in a fun and attractive way
to enable young people to compete on equal terms with their peers from around the world, whatever their social or scholastic background
to encourage young people to aspire to high standards of academic scholarship and creative writing
to stimulate young people into good utilisation of modern information technology and communication skills

The Competition is organised in four age bands, which are called Classes. They are:

Class A – 16-18 years
Class B – 14-15 years
Class C – 12-13 years
Class D – under 12 years

For details, visit www.rcsint.org/essay.The Competition deadline is 1st March 2009

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World Universities Debate (WUD)

admin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:28:45 +0000

A total of RM35,000 is up for grabs in the second CIMB Group WUD championships which will be held in KL from 14 to 17 December 2008. Several top universities including previous Wudpid champions, Univ of Sdyney will complete. The organizer also has confirmed that Harvard and Cornell will also participate in this year competition.

The Champions will receive RM15,000 and the CIMB Wupid challenge trophy, while second to fourth placed teams will receive cash prizes of RM10000, RM7000 and RM3000 respectively.

Prelimenery Rounds, quarterfinals and semi finals

When : Dec 14 – 17 2008

Where : Universiti Kuala Lumpur

Final

When : Dec 17 2008

Time : 8 pm

Where : KL Convention Centre

Entrance for spectators is free.

P&G Business Challenge 2008 Launch

admin — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:54:00 +0000

P&G is organizing a P&G Business Challenge to target students in their final year of universities. Ideally, students who would graduate in 2009.

Quoting from their Facebook page
“Must attend if you want to join P&G Business Challenge!

P&G Business Challenge Launch-Test-Interview Event on June 23 (11am to 4pm):
1. Launch P&G Business Challenge 2008 to students
2. Short talk on “Why join P&G and the consumer goods industry?”
3. For interested students to sit for the Problem Solving Test (PST)
3. Screening Interviews to be selected for the Business Challenge 2008 – only those who passed PST and online test.

There will be free food, learn about P&G as the world’s largest consumer goods company and as a prospective employer.

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Commonwealth Essay Competition – Write Around the World

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:12:57 +0000

The aims of the Competition are:

* to provide a unique opportunity for schools throughout the Commonwealth to take part in a global education project

* to raise awareness of the ethical and humanitarian values which lie at the heart of the Commonwealth’s ethos

* to highlight important local and global issues and encourage their discussion

* to promote the use of English as a leading world language in a fun and attractive way

* to enable young people to compete on equal terms with their peers from around the world, whatever their social or scholastic background

* to encourage young people to aspire to high standards of academic scholarship and creative writing

* to stimulate young people into good utilisation of modern information technology and communication skills

The Competition is organised in four age bands, which are called Classes. They are:

* Class A – 16-18 years

* Class B – 14-15 years

* Class C – 12-13 years

* Class D – under 12 years

THE DEADLINE FOR ESSAYS TO REACH THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY IS 1 MARCH 2008

For details visit HERE