MASC PR Team and Mr. John Zinkin

 

Hello guys,

 

our PR Team had interviewed 

Mr. John Zinkin, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC).

A brief biography of Mr John Zinkin:

John Zinkin has 38 years experience in business, of which 20 have been in Asia, holding senior line management and corporate strategy/business development positions in major multinational manufacturing, marketing and consulting companies.

He is also the Deputy Chairman of Institute of Corporate Responsibility, Malaysia – a network designed to promote best practices in Corporate Social Responsibility and he has written “What CEOs must do to succeed”, published by Prentice Hall in 2003 and co-authored “Corporate Governance”, published by John Wiley in 2005.                                            

   (sources from: umcors)

Mr John has the following messages to share with accounting students.

1.      Values and motivation drive people towards success. What has inspired you to be who are you today?

The key theme in my life has always been learning. So to answer your question, what inspires me is the interest to learn new things. The day you stop learning is the day you die.  

What also drives me is doing something different, seeing it through; and where I’ve worked, helping the organizations become better than they thought they were capable of being. My biggest satisfaction derived from work is not in terms of ‘numbers’ even though that’s important. It’s being able to see the difference I‘ve made to the people who work with me—getting them to be ‘bigger’ than they thought they were in terms of capability, courage and entrepreneurship. 

2.      What were the main obstacles and challenges you faced in your journey of life and how did you overcome them?

Throughout my working life, the main obstacle I faced (and still face) is politics. Politics exist in all organizations. As time goes on, you will learn that doing a good job is not necessarily the whole answer in a workplace. Typically, when you are young, you think that as long as I do my job, meet my targets, I will be okay. Unfortunately, that is not always true in reality. Besides doing your job well, you have to be able to manage the politics in your workplace and of course, your boss.

A big challenge everyone will face is how to stand up after you’ve been knocked down. If you are aiming to be in a leadership position, you have to learn to stand up again and again each time you’re knocked down. As a leader or an employer, you have to give hope to the people who work with you. The same is true whether you are leader of a nation, a multinational company or a small organization. If you fail to give hope to the people who work under you, if you fail to give them focus, and if you fail to appear confident and certain in front of them, you will not be able to lead them. These are lessons you need to learn if you want to achieve success in life. Don’t forget to learn from your mistakes too.

Recap from committee:

Another important lesson we have learned from the interview is that the workplace is not a perfect place. We have to be able to adapt and be smart in managing situations—whether they are tasks given, problems at work or people who are working with us.

Materials for MASC Promo Clip Contest

Hello friends!!

Here are the materials and contact details u all may need for your promo clips~! =D
Kindly click on the word to download the file.

1. MASC logo (jpg)
2. MASC logo (psd)
3. UMAC logo (jpg)
4. UMAC logo (psd)
5. UM logo (jpg)
6. UM logo (psd)

MASC official blog : http://masc10.blogspot.com
MASC official website : http://www.umac.um.edu.my
MASC official email : masc10@live.com
Contact persons : Mr Koh Ming Cher (012-793 8199)
                          Ms Tee Khai Shin (016-9409369)

Following are several reminders for all of you~

What have to be included in the promo clip ??

i.         MASC official logo.

ii.       MASC official website (www.umac.um.edu.my)

iii.     MASC 2010 registration date (10/10/10 – 1/11/10)

iv.     Contact Method of the organizer (through Facebook, Blogspot, or contact Mr. Koh Ming Cher and Ms. Tee Khai Shin)

      Technical Requirements

   
       ·      Minimum video length : 15 seconds 
       ·      Maximum video lenght : 2 minutes 
       ·      Format Allowed : MP4, MPEG, MOV, MPG, MPEG, 
                                        AVI, FLV or WMV format

How to Send Us Your Entry?? 

You can submit your entry together with your personal information(as listed below) to masc10@live.com

• The personal information that must be included with the entries are:

      i.  Name of Participant
     ii.  IC No.
     iii. Contact Number(home) and (mobile)
     iv. Email address
      v. Facebook account name and email
     vi. Mailing address 

Join the Contest now !! Cash Prize + Certificate + Great Mysterious Prizes are waiting for you !! ^.^

For complete details, kindly refer to 

http://masc10.blogspot.com/p/masc-promo-clip-contest.html

 

Good News!

Due to the positive feed backs from the public, after much discussion, the organizing committee of MASC finally decided to set a new deadline for the MASC Promo Clip Contest. It's a very good opportunity for all of you out there to grab the great prizes! If you think you have the talent, don't hesitate, join this contest now! Don't worry of getting rush because the new deadline will be 20 October 2010.

Selamat Hari Raya

MASC wish all of you Selamat Hari Raya!!!!!

Have a blast and enjoy the moments with your dearest family!

*Don't forget to take care of yourself and drink lots of water as you will be eating lots of heaty food.

Ministry of Higher Education

Malaysian Accounting Students Convention (MASC) 2010 is now officially supported by Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). 

It is our pleasure and we are glad to have support from the Ministry of Higher Education.

About MOHE

The Ministry of Higher Education was established on 27 March 2004.  On 15 July 2004, the Ministry of Higher Education began operating at Block E3, Parcel E, Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan Putrajaya.  The Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education is comprised of three departments and an agency. The departments under the Ministry of Higher Education are the Higher Education Department (JPT) and the Polytechnic Management Department (JPP) and Community College Management Department (JPKK).  The JPT is also comprised of two management sectors, that is, IPTA Management Sector and the IPTS Management Sector.  The agencies under the Ministry of Higher Education are MQA, PTPTN , Yayasan TAR and Public Institutions of Higher Education (IPTA).



Vision 
To Turn Malaysia into a Center of Excellence for Higher Education.

Mission
To develop and put in place a higher education environment that encourages the growth of premier knowledge centers and individuals who are competent, innovative with high morale values to meet national and international needs.

Objective

• To ensure at least three Malaysian universities are listed among the best 100 universities in the world and that one of the said universities is listed among the world's top 50 universities.
• To develop at least 20 Centers of Excellence that are internationally recognized in terms of research output, copyrights, publications, research collaborations and to commercialise 10% of research outputs.
• To ensure at least 75% of lecturers in Public Institutions of Higher Education possess PhD or its equivalent and 30% of lecturers in polytechnics and community colleges possess a Master Degree, PhD or its equivalent
• To produce competent graduates to fulfill national and international manpower needs with 75% of the graduates employed in their relevant fields within six months upon graduation.
• To encourage the internationalisation of the country's higher education by attracting foreign students, making up to 10% of the total student population at diploma, bachelor and postgraduate levels.
• To increase the cohort of individuals (17 – 23 years of age) who have access to higher education to 50% and widen opportunities for lifelong learning of all forms of conventional and non-conventional higher education.
• To ensure that there is continual increment in funding of public universities with a ratio of 30% borne by comprehensive/focused universities, 40% for research universities and the balance by the Government.
• To offer adequate and quality higher education infrastructure, at par with the best practices adopted internationally.
• To offer financing facilities to student with potential and qualified to gain access to higher education.
• To enhance strategic alliances with local and foreign higher education institution, and renowned local and foreign research institution in the field of research, development and commercialization.

Motto

"LEADING KNOWLEDGE EXCELLENCE"

MASC Promo Clip Contest

Malaysian Accounting Students Convention very first pre-event :

MASC Promo Clip Contest

                                                has come to you !!! 

MASC Promoting Video Making Contest is organised by University of Malaya Accounting Club, the Ad-hod Committee of Malaysian Accounting Students Convention.

It opens to all Malaysian residents and will run from 10/09/2010 at "00:00:01" to 20/10/2010 at "00:00:00".

The theme of MASC Promo Clip Contest is Competent, Ethical and Socially Responsible.

To participate in this contest, capture and create the video of yourself with the criteria as

listed below. Videos that does not fulfill required criterias shall be disqualified.

Your video MUST include :

i.   MASC official logo.

ii.  MASC official website (http://www.umac.um.edu.my)

iii. MASC 2010 registration date (10/10/10 – 1/11/10)

iv. Contact Method of the organizer (through Facebook, Blogspot, or contact Mr. Koh Ming Cher and Ms. Tee Khai Shin)

• Participant must submit their entries together with their personal information(as listed below) with their videos through email to masc10@live.com

• The personal information that must be included with the entries are:

i.   Name of Participant

ii.  IC No

iii. Contact Number(home) and (mobile)

iv. email address

v.  Facebook account name and email

vi. Mailing address

Language that included or presented in the video must be in English only. Other languages are not encouraged.

• Each entry received during the Contest Period will be serialized according to the time of receipt (yy/mm/dd/hh/mm/ss/). In the event of duplicate entries from the same participant, the submitted entry which is most recent will be treated as a valid entry. In the event of duplicate submissions from different participants, the first submitted entry will be treated as a valid entry based on the time of receipt. 

• Entries sent to the masc10@live.com will be uploaded online and are able to be viewed.  The judging system of this content is distributed in two stage. All the participant whoever submited their entries and qualified as the participant will automatically become the participant of the stage one , and judge by the rules as below.

Stage one: The panel of judges will select ten [10] finalists ["the Finalists"] from the qualified submissions. The judging criteria shall be based on content, creatvity,execution and

effect of the video to the Contest. The criteria for judging the winners are as follows;

• Content ( 30 % ): Is the "message" engaging and appropriate to the theme of the contest?

• Creativity ( 20 % ): Is the idea shared innovative and creative?

• Execution ( 20%): Is the use of technology effective and used appropriately to get the "message" across to the audience?

• Effect ( 30% ): Was the overall effect achieved in communicating to the audience?

The ten finalists will be announced through the press media or email or other reasonable steps.

Stage two: The top ten finalists will be judged by the criteria listed below, using the same video that they had submitted in stage one.

• Videos of the top ten finalists will be uploaded in the Malaysian Accounting Student Convention (MASC) facebook fan page.

• The top ten videos need to collect as many “like” as the participant can.

• Participant can use the anyways to collect the “like” in the Facebook but it must not breach any Malaysia laws and the terms of Facebook

• Video uploaded by the organizer in MASC fan page with the most “like” will be the winner.

• Public responses or comments are not considered in the judging.

• The Judges' decisions are final and no correspondence thereon will be entertained.

Technical Requirements

• All video submitted must comply with the following specifications:

• Minimum video length : 15 seconds

• Maximum video length : 2 minutes

• Format Allowed : MP4, MPEG, MOV, MPG, MPEG, AVI or WMV, FLVformat

• The participant MUST included of inserted or presented the content listed below:

• MASC official logo.

• MASC official website (http://www.umac.um.edu.my)

• MASC 2010 registration date (10/10/10 – 1/11/10)

• Contact method of the organizer (through Facebook, Blogspot, or contact Mr. Koh Ming Cher and Ms. Tee Khai Shin)

Submissions that do not adhere to these requirements will be automatically disqualified. An email notification of disqualified entries will be sent out to the participants.

Winners and Prizes 

• The prizes for this contest consists of two [2] categories.

• The First prize winner will win CASH prize + CERTIFICATE issues by the

University of Malaya and a MYSTERIOUS PRIZE with total worth exceed RM400.

• All prize packages, details and specification are subject to changes at the sole and absolute discretion of the Organiser.

 Prize Redemption

• Each participant can win only one [1] prize throughout the Contest. By the end of the Contest Period, there will be ten [10] prize winners.

• The Organiser shall reserve the right at its absolute discretion to substitute any of the prizes with that of similar value, at any time without prior notice. The values of the prizes are correct at the time of printing. All prizes are given on an "as is" basis and all hampers are not exchangeable for cash, credit, other items or voucher, in part or in full.

• Winners will be notified via emails or called on their phone number. The Organiser will not be held liable in the event the winner(s) cannot be contacted for whatever reasons after at least three [3] attempts by the Organiser or its agents to contact the winners.

• All winners must abide by the terms and conditions of the party[ies] arranging and/or providing for the prizes and the terms and conditions attached to the prizes, if any.

A clearer picture about MASC

Here are some pictures that we captured during MASC 2009.

We hope that these pictures will give you a better picture about MASC.

Enjoy!

The arriving of the participants.

Briefing by the Organizing Committee before registration.

One of the registration counter.

say Cheese! XD

A short briefing about the program.

During the Opening Ceremony.

~Four Flowers~

In the lecture hall.

Convention dinner and closing ceremony.

Mr. Tan Chin Teck and the VIPs.

 

 

See You in MASC 2010!