There are plenty going on the next two weeks: sponsors events, manifestos, MNight, Drinks, and more! Also note that you can now use the CUMaS membership card for HKFusion!
Events at a glance: Google Calendar
Sponsors events:
1. PwC Malaysia is recruiting in London
2. MACFIS-ICAEW BUSINESS GAME (Sponsored by PwC)
3. Accenture Return Home Program
4. MNight Advert and Call for Volunteers
5. Manifestos and attendance for the Annual General Meeting (AGM)
6. Committee Drinks
7. HK Fusion discount for CUMaS members
Miscellaneous
8. Invitation to KUL Finance Forum 2011
9. UKECharisma – An Invitation
10. Lecture by Arif Havas Oegroseno, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia on “Indonesia and the European Union post-Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) 2009”
1. PwC Malaysia is recruiting in London (message from PwC)
PwC Malaysia is back in London again this year for the UKEC Careers Fair. Meet our Executive Chairman, Dato’ Johan Raslan, at our info session on Sunday, 27th March, 10.00 a.m. at the UCL
Final year students are invited to apply for graduate positions in Assurance, Tax or Advisory. Interview sessions start on Saturday, 26th March 2011 (one day before the careers fair). If you’d like to secure an
interview slot, do apply early! Submit your on-line application to us by 11 March 2011 through our careers website (www.pwc.com/my/careers).
You can be from any degree discipline, do check out our programme for non-accounting graduates on our website.
2. MACFIS-ICAEW BUSINESS GAME (Sponsored by PwC)
Take up the challenge and stand the chance to win the ipod touch & ipod nano. Participants will be taken on a special tour of the prestigious and historic Chartered Accountants’ Hall :http://www.onemoorgateplace.com/
Date: Friday, 25 March 2011
Time: 11.00am – 4.15pm, followed by a networking session hosted by ICAEW
Venue: Chartered Accountants’ Hall, Moorgate Place, London
To register, send an e-mail latest by Friday 11 March to pwconline@my.pwc.com (please indicate your name, contact details, university, year of study)
3. Accenture Return Home Program
4. MNight Advert and Call for Volunteers
We would greatly appreciate 5 runners to help out for MNight. Interested? Please send Tian Huey a message at tht26@cam.ac.uk.
The poster and flyer (attached) and the trailer (as can be seen here!) might have gotten your excitement buzzing! What has been going on in the meanwhile? The actors have been busily perfecting their lines. The dancers are fine tuning their steps. Everyone involved has been working hard to bring you a night to remember! MNight this year explores friendship and the age old question: ‘What are friends for?’ Well, you could find out by simply attending and supporting your own friends among the cast and crew! Sign up here now for a slice of the Malaysian life!
Date: 12th March, 2011, Saturday
Time: 2-5pm (Matinee) & 7-10pm
Venue: Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ’s College
Price:
£4 for CUMaS members
£5 for CUMSA members
£6 for non-members (with group-save option of £5 per ticket when purchased in groups of five and must be paid together ie payment of £25 has to be made)
Please note that group-save is applicable to non-members only.
Payment details :
Cheques made payable to Cambridge University Malaysia Society, CMS to Aidan Chan, Peterhouse.
or
Bank transfer
HSBC Bank plc
Sort code: 401608
Account number: 12549263
In reference area please state name and college. For group-save option please put the name that was used for registration.
Remember! Your seat is only confirmed upon receipt of payment. Deadline for payment is 4 March 2011. After that date, reserved tickets will go to those on the waiting list.
5. Manifestos and attendance for the Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The manifestos are out!
President: Kee Chong TAN
Secretary: Nicole SOH
Treasurer: Fang Yen SIN
Publicity Officer: Amanda CHONG
Welfare Officer: Tian Feng SEE
Entertainment Officer: Wen Zhen LOW
General Committee: Gen Nen HO, Ji Jian TANG, Kin Wai LEE, Sue Hern HAW
Manifestos shall be emailed separately. If you’re attending the AGM, please sign up here. Please note that the AGM is for CUMaS members only and we just need people to sign up to meet quorum so that the AGM will be valid. Even if you don’t sign up, feel free to attend! Our AGM will feature an Outgoing Committee’s report, Hustings for Incoming Committee 2011/2012 and Open Debate. It’s not too late to submit motions for debate! If you wish to submit motions for open debate during AGM, please email secretary@cumas.org. Please include a proposer and seconder for each motion for motion debate. The deadline for submission is Sunday, 6 March 2011.
Date: Sunday, 13 March 2011
Time: 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Venue: Mong Room, Sidney Sussex College
6. Committee Drinks
We still have tickets available! To those who are wary about coming, it’s nothing formal! It’s just an opportunity for the entire committee to chill out with the members over drinks and listen to what you have to say (whether CUMaS-related or otherwise) in a more relaxed atmosphere. You will also be able to meet the candidates running for the upcoming elections so come along and see if it helps you decide who to cast your vote for! Due to feedback, we have also decided to open this event to non-CUMaS members as well!
As we won’t be charging entrance fees, we would highly appreciate it that should you decide not to come after signing up, please send publicity@cumas.org an email to let us know so that we can give your ticket to those on the waiting list.
Date: March 4th, Friday
Time: 10pm to 1am
Venue: Hidden Rooms at 7a Jesus Lane.
Tickets will be issued at the door, which would entitle each guest to 3 glasses of soft drinks/juices and 20% off all drinks at the bar.
Admission : free (CUMaS), £3 (CUMSA), £5 (non-member)
7. HK Fusion discount for CUMaS members.
Please be aware of the following :
1) 10% discount is given for eat-in only. There is no discount for takeaway or KTV.
2) Membership card must be presented BEFORE the bill is printed, no discount will be given after the bill has been printed off
3) Discount can be given at both branches of HK Fusion (12 St John Street and 21 Burleigh Street)
4) HK fusion reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions
8. Invitation to KUL Finance Forum 2011
Dear Sir/Madam,
With regards to the above, we are proud to inform you that London UMNO Club, in partnership with Institute of Islamic Banking Insurance (IIBI), is organising a 2nd forum on Islamic Finance in London. We have invited Dato Seri Nazir Razak , CEO of CIMB Malaysia as the keynote speaker, alongside six distinguished panellists fromMalaysia, United Kingdom and the Middle East.
This forum will be attended by professionals, mainly from financial and legal background, as well as Malaysian students. Please register your attendance at the event website, *www.kulfinanceforum.com*,
<http://www.ibforum-umno.com/> where you can also get more details regarding the event.
We would be very honoured and grateful if you can grace the event with your attendance as well as members of MPN. Details as follow:
Topic: Challenges to Islamic Finance in post-crisis world
Date: 26th March 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 10am to 3pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, LSE Clement House, 99 Aldwych, London. WC2B 4JF
If you require further information please do not hesitate to give any of us a call. We are happy to provide you assistance.
Thank you.
9. UKECharisma – An Invitation
UKECharisma is an organization that provides opportunites for students studying in the UK to lead and volunteer in community service and leadership projects in Malaysia every summer. This opportunity is open to any student studying in the UK, whether Malaysian or non Malaysian, and UKECharisma will not only provide leadership training and project organization training, but also expert advice and sponsorship for accommodation and food for all the volunteers going for the projects – that’s right, all you have to pay for is your flight and shopping, as well as fundraise a token amount to demonstrate your commitment to the cause!
We are currently recruiting students to lead our Summer 2011 projects, as well as students who would like to be part of the executive committee of our big venture, and we’d love for you to be part of it!
Website can be accessed at http://ukecharisma.wordpress.com. If you have any queries about the project, please do feel free to email ukecharisma@gmail.com with any questions or requests!
10. Lecture by Arif Havas Oegroseno, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia on “Indonesia and the European Union post-Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) 2009”
The Cambridge University Southeast Asian Forum (CUSEAF) invites you to our exciting final event of the Lent term. CUSEAF aims to bring together students interested in the politics, history, and culture of Southeast Asia and who would like to meet others with similar interests in an engaging intellectual and social setting. Seminar Talk and Q&A session “Indonesia and the European Union post-Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) 2009”
Guest Speaker: Indonesian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union (EU)
ARIF HAVAS OEGROSENO
Seminar Talk and Q&A Session (open to all)
Date: 7 March 2011, Monday
Time: 5.30 – 6.30 pm
Venue: Elton-Bowring Room, Clare College (Memorial Court)
Dinner with Speaker (very limited places available)
Time: 7.30 pm (seating at 7.15pm)
Venue: St John’s College Formal Hall
Cost: £10
Dress code: Formal attire (suit and tie for men and equivalent for ladies)
Note: Dinner with the speaker is a unique opportunity to continue discussing issues with the speaker over dinner and to meet other students interested in Southeast Asia. There are very limited places available, so
if you wish to join the dinner, please *RSVP* *by 4 March, Friday, by emailing Kang Tchou, CUSEAF Secretary, at wkt23@cam.ac.uk. Additional details will be provided once we confirm your place at the dinner.