Two Sunway Students are Masters of Code

Winning the Regional MasterCard Masters of Code Competition held in Singapore, two Sunway students, one from Sunway University and the other from Sunway College, with their high-calibre team of five demonstrated excellent computer science knowledge.

Following their regional victory, Leonardy Kristianto, 20, Sunway University’s BSc (Hons) Information Technology student and Lim Jay Ching, 19, former Sunway College A-level student who graduated in July 2014 and their team mates will be funded for the trip Silicon Valley for the Grand Finale Masters of Code hackathon in December. There, they will have the opportunity to meet and learn from Silicon Valley experts, participate in the MasterCard Priceless Experience tour of Napa Valley and San Francisco as well as stand a chance to win the Grand Prize of USD100, 000.

(L-R) Jay Ching Lim, Kean Ho Chew, Daniel Lim, Gwen Yi Wong, Leonardy Kristianto

Role model women inspire a sweet act from Chermaine

After weeks of talking to and listening to 5 inspirational Malaysian philanthropic women as the host of NTV 7’s SK-11 Miracle Makers, Chermaine Poo decided that she would do her part for charity as well – by baking cupcakes to raise funds for a charitable organisation of her choice. Poo became the highlight in the show she was hosting when she challenged herself to bake 1,000 cupcakes and to sell them, in a charity drive named “Chermaine’s Cupcake Charity”.

The TV actress and chartered accountant baked the cupcakes single-handedly, only enlisting the help of her celebrity acquaintances and close friends to pack the cupcakes, all done within a span of two days. Within that time, Poo had to sell the beautiful cupcakes, packed in boxes of 6 starting at RM50 each, at Sunway Pyramid.

Chermaine (4th from right) delivered cupcakes to staff and students at Sunway campus foyer