Anderson send champs Malacca crashing

KANGAR: Former champions SMK Anderson signalled their return to form in the MHF-Milo Champion Schools hockey tournament when they sent defending champions Malacca High School crashing to a 3-1 defeat in the opening Group A match at the Perlis Sports Complex here yesterday.
Anderson schools had won the title 10 times but were sent packing in […]

Hockey: SMK Anderson thrash Malacca High School

KANGAR: Former champions SMK Anderson signalled their return to form in the MHF-Milo Champion Schools hockey tournament when they sent defending champions Malacca High School crashing to a 3-1 defeat in the opening Group A match at the Perlis Sports Complex here Friday. The Anderson schools had won the title 10 times but were […]

SMK Kulim stun Anderson

SUNGAI PETANI: Kedah’s SMK Kulim upset group favourites SMK Anderson 3-2 to book their place in the quarter-finals of the 100PLUS Super Cup Under-18 Champion Schools football national Finals here.
Both teams had gone into the match with a point each but Anderson were the tournament favourites. However, it was the Kulim side who took the […]

Creative efficiency

By Michael Cheang

THE recent Toyota Eco Youth Programme exhibition reveals one thing – Malaysian students are not short on effort and creativity.
Browsing around the displays put up by the 15 participating schools at the event held at Cititel Mid-Valley in Kuala Lumpur, one could see that the students had put a lot of effort into […]

Kelantan school wins title

By PERCY D’CRUZ
Kelantan’s SMK Hamzah Machang pulled off two major upsets defeating both the defending champion and last year’s runners-up en route to emerging as champions of the nine-day National Under 15 School Centres of Hockey Excellence Tournament.
Twelve state hockey centres were in the competition fray with the exception of representatives from Sabah and Sarawak […]

Friendship gives Faizul’s career a boost

FAIZUL , 47, never thought that a friendship he struck up with a businessman some 20 years ago would have had such a great impact on his career.
Now, the businessman – Kudrat Maritime Sdn Bhd managing director and chief executive officer Ashruff Hassan – is not only still his good friend but also his mentor […]

Osman sets an exemplary example

MIM Speaks
By ISA ISMAIL
WHILE most civil servants today only make it to the pinnacle of their careers just before retirement, Tan Sri Osman Samsuddin Cassim was given great responsibility much earlier. In 1966, the current Malaysian Institute of Management’s vice president was appointed Secretary-General for the then Labour Ministry at the age of 36.
“Today, you […]

Stamp of approval

They are really flying high! Not only have they hit the headlines, our academic top scorers are also finding themselves increasingly sought after to endorse products and publicity campaigns. SHARMILLA GANESAN checks out this emerging trend.
Being featured in advertisements or public service messages is no longer just the domain of models or celebrities. Many […]

US varsity offers surprise scholars

BY SHARMILLA GANESAN
educate@thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: Gaining admission to not one, but eight, top American universities is a feat indeed.
SPM top scorer Anushree Lalitha Subramaniam herself was taken aback by the positive response from eight of 10 universities she applied to.
So much so that Anushree, one of the country’s top three scorers in SPM (Sijil Pelajaran […]

A champ in his studies

LIVING up to his name, Johan Safree Aris Chandran emerged the top SPM student in Perak by scoring 13 1As.
The youngest child of a physician father and radiologist mother, the 18-year-old scored 1A in Bahasa Melayu, English, Islamic Studies, History, Mathe-matics, Science, Additional Mathematics, Accounting, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Tasawwur Islam and English for Science […]

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