In conjunction with Malaysia Day, the Centre for Foundation Studies (CFS) Kampar organised an essay writing competition, which also saw first-time participation from international students, from 17 July to 18 August 2017 at the Kampar Campus.
Aimed to instil patriotism among participants, the competition also offered a sense of belonging to the participants as well as to remind them the significance of their achievements to the university’s developments. CFS (Kampar Campus) Director Tan Lee Siew, in her speech, also expressed her hope for the participants to be able to explore the beauty of Malaysia through their essays.
With the title “The Beauty of Malaysia: From My Perspective”, the participants showcased their talent in writing and expressed their creativity through various story-lines, which gave judges a difficult time deciding on the winners. After a thorough discussion, the winners were selected and were judged based on their style, content and language.
A prize-giving ceremony was later held on 28 August 2017, which saw the presence of Faculty of Arts and Social Science lecturer Dr M Sultana Alam, Tan, CFS Deputy Director for Student Affairs and Development (Kampar Campus) Lim Khiew Loon, Department of Arts and Social Science (Kampar Campus) Head Pakialetchumy Antoni, Department of Management and Accountancy (Kampar Campus) Head Zurina binti Abdullah and Department of Science & Engineering (Kampar Campus) Head Chan Jer Jing.
Bachelor of Information Systems (Hons) Business Information System student Naomi Azraee-Rattananont was the winner of the competition. She wrote about her admiration for the Malaysian languages, where she mentioned in her essay, of the flexibility and widely combined languages used and understood by the Malaysians. She also highlighted the use of slang and street languages as one of the most complex languages she has encountered yet important to bridge the gap between races and languages in Malaysia.
First-runner up was Bachelor of Arts (Hons) English Education student Syeda Alina Gilani, who expressed her fascination for Malaysian’s kindness and easiness, while second-runner up Foundation in Arts Punshi Sana Ashem wrote about her awe-inspiring experience visiting Malaysia’s various tourist destinations. She wrote about the beautiful nature fused with man-made architecture when she visited Langkawi Island, Penang and Kuala Lumpur’s KLCC twin towers.
All three winners received a trophy, cash prize of RM100, book prize and a certificate each. All the participants were also awarded a certificate of participation.
Naomi receiving a trophy and cash prize from Tan
Syeda receiving a book prize from Pakialetchumy
Punshi receiving a trophy and cash prize from Tan
All smiles after the prize-giving ceremony
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