DECC will be be holding a talk this Saturday (31st March 2007) on Oxford and Cambridge. The details are as follows: 

Topic: Life & Experiences @ Oxford & Cambridge Universities 

Date: 31st March (Sat) 

Time: 4.00 pm 

Venue: DECC, 55-1 Jalan SS21/1A, Damasara Utama (Uptown), 47400 Petaling Jaya 

Speakers: 

Allen Ng 

Allen was the president of the Cambridge University Malaysia Society in 2001. He is currently work as a practising Economist with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), having completed his degree in Economics on the BNM Scholarship. Prior to that, he completed his ‘A’ Levels with Taylors College. 

Allen originates from Ipoh and is contemplating crossing the bridge with a MPhil degree in Economics from Oxford University. 

Tony Pua 

Tony graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics in 1991 with a scholarship from MTC Foundation. Prior to that, he had his secondary education at Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College in Singapore under the ASEAN Scholarship. 

He worked in a multinational consulting company for almost 2 years before venturing out to set up his own company in 1997. He listed the company in the Singapore Exchange in 2001 before divesting his stake in the company in early 2007 to focus solely on socio-political community work. 

A token fee of RM10 is collected to help defray the cost of the running DECC. 

Please help spread the message around to interested parties. You can also reach Tony Pua at tonypua(at)yahoo.com.

Thanks to Justin for the head-up. Sorry for the delay in posting this notice though. You can read Justin’s article on YSD scholarship application here.

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The deadline for applying to the Monbukagakusho Scholarship to study in Japan is 30th March, 2007 - 5 days from today. More information and the application forms can be found here. Scholarships are offered to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Hurry and apply!

Articles by a current Monbukagakusho Scholar, Khaw Kim Siang, can be found here and here.

This is slightly belated, but congrats to Wun Min on her acceptance for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Class of 2011!

All the best - we’re so proud of you!

Descartes Education Counseling Centre is finally kicking off its activities with Nathaniel Tan, Harvard Class of 2004 sharing his experience of applying for and studying in the prestigious Harvard University.

The details are as follows:

Date: 25th March 2007 (Sun)

Time: 10:30am

Venue: Descartes Education Counseling Centre @ 55-1, Jln 21/1A, Damansara Utama. 

If you’re going from KL Sentral, take the Rapid KL T82 bus and it will stop at the bus stop directly in front of DECC (according to Tony Pua).

See you there!!

MIT Club of Malaysia will be giving a free undergraduate admissions talk for students who wish to apply to MIT this year or in 1-2 years. The detail is as below:-

Venue: Royal Selangor Golf Club, Jln Kelab Golf (off Jln Tun Razak), 55000 Kuala Lumpur

Time & Date: 1030am-12 pm, Sat 14 April 2007

Dress code: Smart casual

Contact no: 03-9206 3333

You may also email htewe[at]alum[dot]mit[dot]edu or premraj[at]jaalaa[dot]com for more details.   

The United World Colleges-Malaysia Scholarship is open for application! Students who have completed SPM/IGCSE are invited to apply. Visit www.uwc-my.org for more details.

To learn more about the United World Colleges from a Malaysian perspective, read about Nithiya’s first-year experience and Pui Shen’s motivations for applying to UWC. Nithiya is currently in his second year at UWC-USA and will be attending Princeton University this coming fall. Yoong Pui Shen is a first-year student at UWC-USA.
Also, visit www.uwc.org to learn more about the history of the UWCs and the IB programme.

Discover US Education - KL ‘07 is rebranded from Experiences KL ‘06 and is organized to create greater awareness of US education among Malaysians. It will feature an educational exhibition and a series of seminars. The educational exhibition consists of booths manned by facilitators, who are current students or alumni of US universities & colleges.

The details of the education fair is tentatively as below:

Venue: Mid Valley Exhibition Centre (MVEC) - 3rd Floor

Date: July 22, 2007 (Sunday)

Official Website: Discover US Education - KL ‘07

You may now sign up as an attendee here. Please also promote the education fair to your friends!!