THE Malaysian Intitute of Art (MIA) gave 15 scholarships totaling RM300,000 to 15 winners of its 22nd Nationwide Art & Design Scholarships Award Competition (NADSA) last month. The recipients are Form 4 and Form 5 students. The scholarships are valid for three years, allowing the winners to sit for their SPM, and obtain their certificates with the necessary credits before [...]

It’s time to vote for the most creative message for UOB 50th Merdeka Celebration Campaign. You could be one of the 50 lucky voters to win the exclusive pristine collection set of 3-in-1 uncut note! All you need to do is to vote for the most creative congratulatory message out of the 50 creative messages below, fill in your details [...]

The Oracle Education Foundation is inviting students and teachers to take part in the ThinkQuest International 2008 competition. ThinkQuest is open to students aged between nine and 19 and their teacher-coaches worldwide. Students are encouraged to team with peers in other regions to develop websites on educational topics. As they create their sites, the participants develop important 21st century skills [...]

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PUBLIC BANK recently awarded four lucky PB Manchester United MasterCard Cardmembers with the ultimate “One Red Day” dream prize. The four lucky Cardmembers were Suntharalingam Subramaniam, Ng Hee Hwang, Ashari Osman @ Othman and Bok Teik Ming, who all made the PB Manchester United MasterCard their card of choice. The “One Red Day” prize included return economy fl ight (KL-Manchester-KL), [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Computer gamers are invited to take part in a three-month long regional online tournament called Rampage Asia which ends Dec 15. Hosted at WCGZone, a game site operated by World Cyber Games, the contest is open to anyone in the Asia-Pacific countries. Participants can compete in several games, including Counter Strike 1.6 and WarCraft III. Cash prizes amounting [...]

WINNERS of Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s eSchool LCMS Content Creation Competition, which was held in conjunction with the nation’s 50th Merdeka Day, received their prizes recently. The competition, which ran for two months until Aug 30, was aimed at increasing the use of the LCMS application by exposing students and teachers to the advantages of using the e-learning tool. LCMS or [...]

PETALING JAYA: theSun Motor Hunt will be back for its fourth run in November with Great Eastern Life Insurance again the event’s main sponsor. Great Eastern chief executive officer Alex Foong said the hunt’s projected image is in line with the company’s motto Life is Great, which is why the company has been supportive of the event since its inception [...]

PETALING JAYA: Standard Chartered is hosting a talent contest to look for the best people to fuel the country’s developing knowledge economy. Its information technology arm, Scope International, has organised the Scope International ICT Competition which aims to foster creativity and champion knowledge growth amongst university students and ICT (information and communications technology) professionals. The competition is open to Malaysians, [...]

ENGLISH language teacher Khairul Husna Abdul Kadir, 35, may be a long way off from retirement but the birth of her fourth child set her thinking wheels in motion for retirement dreams and won her RM10,000 in the AXA Affin Freedom at 50 contest. Khairul Husna – one of the five winners – said she took advantage of her boredom [...]

THE recently-concluded “HwangDBS Investment Challenge” organised by HwangDBS Investment Management Berhad (formerly Hwang-DBS Investment Management Berhad) with the collaboration of theSun saw three winners receiving cash prizes totalling RM10,000 on Friday. The grand prize of RM5,000 was won by Helen Wong, the second prize of RM3,000 by Lai Mun Yook, and the third prize of RM2,000 by Siow See Lim. [...]

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THE Chinese primary school in Perak’s Kinta district with the cleanest toilet will get a RM1,500 cash reward, certificate and trophy in a contest next month. The contest, which is organised by Gerakan Belia Bersatu Malaysia (Ipoh branch) and Brunswick Industries Sdn Bhd, is open to the 30 Chinese primary schools in the district. Ipoh city councillor Lim Huey Shan [...]

Chang drove home the monthly grand prize of a Proton Satria Neo while her husband Kuik Kok Siong – who was her introducer – received five grams of gold as a reward for his introduction. The couple received their prizes in a simple ceremony at Menara AmBank, in Kuala Lum-pur on Thursday. A total of 200 gold coins of three [...]