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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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