Celebrating Public Bank Top Achiever Award winners

The Public Bank (PB) Top Achiever Award Presentation e-Ceremony, organised by UTAR Division of Examination and Awards (DEAS), was held on 12 September 2022 to acknowledge and celebrate the recipients of the PB Top Achiever Award. The award, which is given annually as part of PB-UTAR partnership, saw a total of six winners from the Faculty of Accountancy and Management (FAM) and the Faculty of Business and Finance (FBF). The award winners were selected based on their CGPA results and soft skills points.

Held via Microsoft Teams, the ceremony was attended by UTAR President Ir Prof Dato’ Dr Ewe Hong Tat, Senior General Manager of Human Capital Management Public Bank Malaysia Ms Mary Ng Poh Lyn, General Manager Knowledge and Training Public Bank Malaysia Ms Jean Khoo Jing Min, Deputy Director of Enterprise Banking, Wealth Management and Transaction Banking Mr Dennis Lai Koah Vui, UTAR Vice President for Internationalisation and Academic Development Ir Prof Dr Goi Bok Min, UTAR Vice President for R&D and Commercialisation Prof Ts Dr Faidz bin Abd Rahman, and UTAR Vice President for Student Development and Alumni Relations Prof Dr Choong Chee Keong. Other guests included Dean of FAM Dr Sia Bee Chuan, Dean of FBF Assoc Prof Dr Au Yong Hui Nee, and Dean of Faculty of Creative Industries (FCI) Dr David Tneh Cheng Eng.

Prof Dato’ Ewe first gave a speech. Congratulating the recipients, he said, “Let me take this opportunity to convey my deepest congratulations to the six students from FAM and FBF for successfully attaining this award. Bear in mind that this award is given to you as a financial incentive and in recognition of your academic achievements. I hope that by receiving this Public Bank award, you will be motivated to excel further, be better and eventually make a positive contribution to society and your workplace.”

Meanwhile, Mary Ng said, “We are proud to present and like to congratulate all of you for successfully achieving this award. When stepping out into the working world, you will experience a lot of tough moments, sometimes even more than the smooth sailing moments. However, you need to push through and adapt to the challenges you come across.”

The ceremony proceeded with the announcement of the winners. The winners from FAM were Wong Ai Yin, Chung Siew Ying and Lim Qiao Qing, all of whom got first, second and third place respectively. On the other hand, Chong Kah Yee, Lew Xin Yi and Yap Qian Hua were the first, second and third place recipients from FBF. The winners expressed their gratitude and thanks to both UTAR and PB for the award.

First place winner from FAM, Wong Ai Yin

Second place winner from FAM, Chung Siew Ying

Third place winner from FAM, Lim Siao Qing

First place winner from FBF, Chong Kah Yee

Second place winner from FBF, Lew Xin Yi

Third place winner from FBF, Yap Qian Hua

The ceremony ended with a quick group photo session.