Jeffrey Cheah, A Man of Two Worlds

Mention the name Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah, AO and one would invariably know him as the Founder and Chairman of Malaysia’s Sunway Group. After all, the soft-spoken businessman is recognized for developing some of the most iconic townships and establishments in Malaysia.

These include Sunway City in Kuala Lumpur, Sunway City Ipoh in the state of Perak and Sunway Iskandar in southern Malaysia. Spanning about 5,000 acres across the country, the townships and other integrated developments comprise a host of healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, leisure and commercial entities, in a green and sustainable environment.

While the founder of the Sunway Group is famed for being a real estate and construction magnate, unbeknownst to many, Cheah isn’t just all about being a corporate giant in Malaysia.

“Money is important in this world,” he declares candidly. “But as successful as we are as businessmen, we must do our part to give back to society and the environment.”

Such is the nature of Cheah and his convictions about Mother Earth that he does not view business, society and the environment as distinct from each other. A firm believer in protecting the earth while having benefited from its natural resources, Cheah has always strived to balance the delicate scales of progress and sustainability. He practices the Chinese philosophy of universal balance—yin and yang.

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Sunway Oxbridge Essay Competition 2017

Sunway-Oxbridge Essay Competition is back for the fourth year running and will start receiving essays from 1-30 April 2017! The competition is open to all secondary school students using the Malaysian syllabus, so start cracking because there are Sunway College bursaries and cash prizes to be won!

Visit www.sunway.edu.my/essay for more info.

Sunway Students Welcome the Year of Rooster with A Festive Celebration

In-conjunction with the Lunar New Year, the Chinese Independent School Alumni Club (CISA) of Sunway University welcomed the Year of Rooster with a day of celebration. The celebration started off with a flash mob, followed by a 24 Festive Drum and Lion Dance performances. The festive celebration was officiated by Dr Lee Weng Keng, Chief Executive Officer, Education and Healthcare Division, Sunway Group; Dr Elizabeth Lee, Senior Executive Director of the Sunway Education Group and Sunway University and Professor Graeme Wilkinson, Vice-Chancellor of Sunway University.

VU Graduates Won Top Honours in DHL Singapore

Congratulations to our alumni Ang Ker Soon and Chai Lai Kuan for winning the top honours in DHL Singapore recently.

With over 1,000 employees in DHL Singapore, Ker Soon is one of the winners for the Employee of the Year 2016; while his VU Sunway junior, Lai Kuan, won the Outstanding Sales Person 2016 award for the second consecutive year.

201 Sunway College CIMP Graduates Receive the OSSD

At the most recent Sunway College Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) graduation ceremony, 85 graduates obtained a CGPA of 80 percent and above. Amongst them, 20 scored a CGPA of 90 percent and above. Overall, a total of 201 graduates received their Ontario Secondary School Diploma or the OSSD, an internationally recognised qualification at the ceremony.

Asia Leadership Conference 2017 Equips Students with 21st Century Skills

Close to 1,000 high school, college and university students from all over Malaysia attended the Asia Leadership Conference (ALC) 2017 which was held on January 14, 2017 at Sunway University. The one-day conference was organised by the Asia Leadership Trek and the Sunway Education Group, overseen by the Center for Asia Leadership and the Asia Leadership Institute, and supported by the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation.

Our heartiest congratulations to Emeritus Professor Wang Gungwu, CBE

Our heartiest congratulations to Emeritus Professor Wang Gungwu, CBE for being the FIRST to be awarded the Doctor of Letters Honoris Cause by the premier Sunway University, in recognition of his distinction as one of the pre-eminent historians of Southeast Asia, for his outstanding services as a distinguished scholar and university administrator, and for his contribution to the development of higher education in Malaysia as an advisor and trustee of the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation.

YBhg Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah, AO, Chancellor of Sunway University and Founding Trustee of Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, conferring the Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa to the distinguished Emeritus Professor Wang Gungwu, CBE