Sunway TES, the leading professional accountancy school in Malaysia held its 30th graduation ceremony on 25th April 2015.
420 students successfully completed their studies in ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and Oxford Brookes University (OBU) programmes.
Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed, Chairman of Malaysia’s Public Accounts Committee and ACCA Global graced the event as Guest of Honour. Also in attendance were Dr Lee Weng Keng, CEO of Education and Healthcare Division, Sunway Group; Teo Ee Sing, Executive Director of Sunway College; Dr Elizabeth Lee, Senior Executive Director of Sunway Education Group and Sunway University; and representatives from ACCA, Asia Pacific and Malaysia, ICAEW and Ernst & Young.
Datuk Nur Jazlan in his speech to the graduates advised each and every one of them to be a professional and prove their worth, to not depend on luck or charity of people and certainly to not be beholden to anyone in order to succeed.
He also said that what we need in the civil service of the future, the private sector of the future are people who have a high degree of accountability, a high degree of ethical behaviour, a high degree of responsibility for this country and the job that they do as professional accountants is to ensure future generations will be better. They must remember that they carry a responsibility and because of their professionalism they have to maintain a reputation and maintain their credibility at all times.
The ceremony also honoured students that achieved outstanding results in exams. 10 students were presented with Appreciation Award for ACCA World and Malaysian Prize Winners. Top student Johnny Ho Chan Wee earned the title of Top ACCA Affiliate in Malaysia when he achieved second place ranking in the December 2014 final exam by claiming the Silver Medal Award. The ACCA Affiliate recognises students who scored the highest cumulative marks based on five professional level papers successfully completed in a single sitting. To date, Sunway TES has nurtured 2 ACCA Affiliates, 29 World Prize and 227 Malaysia Prize Winners.
The ceremony also honoured 62 ICAEW graduates, 100 OBU graduates with 29 receiving first-class honours. The ICAEW is one of the most advanced learning and professional qualifications available while the OBU Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Applied Accounting is a highly regarded qualification, based on practical, professional and employer-driven accounting requirements.
The winning teams from recent competitions were also presented with certificates for their achievements. Two teams of students emerged champions in the recent Deloitte Tax Challenge and CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute Research Challenge National demonstrating their technical, analytical and presentation skills.
Amongst those graduated today was acid attack survivor Tan Hui Linn who received the Jeffrey Cheah Community Scholarship, to study the ACCA at Sunway TES. Teo Ee Sing in his speech said he is very proud of Hui Linn and her achievements, despite all that she has gone through, she passed all the ACCA papers in her first attempt. He cites that if Hui Linn can do it, the majority has no reason not to do well in the ACCA examinations. With her perseverance and her determination, Hui Linn proves to be a role model to all. The ceremony was attended by more than 800 parents, lecturers and invited guests.
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