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           Sunway Competition                                                                                                      in business, which was the  main factor  require face-to-face and review exchanges,
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           2022 Winners’ Interview
           2022 W                    inner               s  ’ Int          er     vie        w                                     the  Investment  Portfolio  Competition.  and stage fright.
                                                                                                                                   Moreover, talking about their preference
           Jointly reported by: Craig Ng Sr1ScA, Khoo Xin Yi Sr1ScA                                                                of the online settings of the competition,        The members of “TiTAN” did not know
                                                                                                                                   “Future  Presidents”  think  both  of  the
                                                                                                                                   settings consist of their own pros and cons       where to start, and it was difficult for them
           Starting from a simple online workshop,  Although the members faced some                                                                                                  to understand all aspects of the stock at the
           to the submissions for the preliminary  unavoidable                  communication         issues                       so there is no difference for them.               beginning. To solve this tough problem, the
           round, to the grand finals, we are proud to  throughout the competition, the “Defined”                                                                                    team asked someone who has experience
           present 5 of the Sunway Diploma Studies  team felt fulfilled after finishing in second                                  “Everything was new to us, so we started  in stock investment for further assistance.
           Competition (SDSC) winning teams from  place. Furthermore, the team initially knew                                      from  zero  and  learnt  everything  about  “Any investment has risks, everyone should

           Kuen Cheng High School.                           that Sunway College has a lot of interesting                          investment by doing research on the  be cautious.”
                                                             competitions and they chose to participate                            Internet.” Despite the team having basically
                                                             in the Web Designer Competition because                               zero idea where to start from, they still
           The competition was split into 4 categories,      they like to challenge something different
           namely  the Web  Designer Competition,            than usual.                                                           managed to succeed in the competition and
           Investment        Portfolio      Management                                                                             they enjoyed it a lot. “If we had a chance, we
           Competition, Business Challenge and                                                                                     would totally join the competition again in
           “Study on Reels for Reals!” Competition.          “Defined”      enjoyed     the    competition                         the future”, said “Future Presidents”.

                                                             because programming was something they
                                                             had never learnt and now they were able                                                                                 4. Team “KC Elites” - Business Challenge
           The members of the winning teams each             to present their work easily. To quote: “If
           received bursaries (for the programs in           we have the opportunity, we may choose to                                                                               3rd Place

           Sunway Diploma Studies) and certificates          participate in other types of competitions,                                                                             Chew Qi En, Gwendolyn Ng, Wan Ning
           of commendation.
                                                             in order to explore our other inner potential,
                                                             but also to cultivate our interests.“                                                                                   After hearing about the competition from

           To  further  understand  the  competitions                                                                                                                                their bookkeeping teacher, KC Elites
           from the insider perspective of the                                                                                                                                       decided to join in on the Business Challenge
           participants, we’ve invited the winning                                                                                 3. Team “TiTAN” - Investment Portfolio            for the experience. Though the competition

           teams for an exclusive interview.                                                                                       3rd Place                                         was held online, they preferred it that way
                                                                                                                                   Angelina Bernadette, Oah Yuet Ching,              as they were able to present their final
                                                                                                                                   Chee Meng Fai                                     product without much pressure. However,
                                                                                                                                                                                     it was more of a problem for them to take

                                                                                                                                                                                     current market demands into account as
                                                              2. Team “Future Presidents” - Investment                             When the ”TiTAN” group found out that  they usually aren’t required to look into
                                                              Portfolio 2nd Place                                                  they won the award in the Investment  such economic problems.
                                                              Wan Jee Cheng, Calvin Chun, Kok Shyuen                               Portfolio     Competition,        they     were
                                                                                                                                   surprised and relieved. Talking about their

                                                                                                                                   “preference of this competition to be held        “We recommend joining this competition.
                                                             As a group of commerce stream students,                                                                                 If it’s held physically next year, we think
           1. Team “Defined” - Web Designer                  “Future  Presidents”  wanted to enhance                               online or physical”, they mentioned that
           Competition 2nd Place                             and strengthen their relevant knowledge                               they prefer the competition to be held            it would be a great way to show your

           Ng Ying Hui, Chai Xin Yan, Chan Sze En                                                                                  online because online presentations do not        potential and learn from your opponents.
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