Mind Festival is back!

Tan Sri Fernandes giving his speech in Mind Festival

SETAPAK & KAMPAR: Tan Sri Dr Tony Fernandes gave an inspiring talk in front of thousands of people in Setapak during the Malaysia Festival of Mind VII. He shared his experiences on turning AirAsia around and making it into a huge successful airline company.  In his talk, he gave examples on the need for changing mindsets, thinking like world beaters and remaining positive in times of difficulty. He also advised the audience to ‘dream the impossible and believe the unbelievable’.

The Malaysia Festival of the Mind VII was organized by the Malaysia Mental Literacy Movement (MMLM) together with UTAR and KTAR. The event was held on 2 different venues both in the main campus of the KTAR in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur on 1^st October 2011 and UTAR, Perak Campus in Kampar on 8 to 9 October 2011.

The purpose of organizing this event is to highlight the importance of mental literacy and creating awareness of the human mind so that people can fully utilise their brainpower. In addition, the event also introduced memory skills, creativity, thinking skills and speed reading to unleash one’s unlimited potential.

The festival attracted visitors ranging from secondary school students to veterans to join the event. Students were very interested in the talk on Sudoku, as commented by Teoh Jun Yong, a secondary school teacher who came along with his students. Another teacher, Mary Thomas who came from Johor Bahru with her daughter and a friend, looked forward to getting ideas from the festival to help students who have problems in their studies.

Reported By:

Ching Xin Zhi

Jong Chia Ping

Loke Yew Fai

Tain Kahmun

Yen Jian Siang

SAUSAGEFEST!

Fancy sausages? The first-ever SausageFest! is taking place on the 17^th of November (Thursday), at The Bee, Jaya One, from 8pm to 12am. This event aims at making appetite charity by offering free sausages for a minimum donation of RM1 in which every RM5 contributed also entitles one to a lucky draw to win an iPod and other great prizes. Admission is free while the non-stop sausage feast will be accompanied by artistes and a line-up of rising local pop bands, namely Leo Lee, Our Sunsets, The Weakenders, The Wishing, Locust Day Dream, Heart-A-Tack, Car Crash Hearts and Bob The Sausage for the partakers’ enjoyment.

All proceeds from the event will go to StART Society, where underprivileged children are provided education in fine arts and performing arts. Founded by Datuk Vincent Lee, the StART Society holds faith in the power of arts in transforming the less fortunate by accommodating healthy channelling of emotions as well as skills for a better tomorrow.

The Million Happy Faces Project will also see to spreading their optimism at the event. Partakers are encouraged to share their smiles and stories with the team in their mission to combat negativity. The project targets the collection of a million smiles, ultimately to be produced into outdoor exhibitions across cities to instill and inspire positivity.

If you miss this event or crave for more, the SausageFest! will relive itself on the 24^th of November (Thursday), the same time, at The Laundry Bar, The Curve with serenades from Seconds To Collide, An Honest Mistake, Rosevelt, Bob The Sausage, DJ Yee Hoe and DJ Bui Yen @ The Choobs to make the night.

For more information and updates, check out their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=254479301253883 and RSVP today!

Fung Mei Qi                        09UJB06610

Chin Zih Yin                        09UJB07000

Teh Yin Ping                        09UJB07178

Lim Jia Sun                          09UJB06353

Sabrina Wong Jen Wee      09UJB03803

Yee Jia Xin                         09UJB08929

‎11% increment of UTAR bus fare

PETALING JAYA: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) will increase the bus fare starting on 1st January 2012 which will costs RM0.80.

Datuk Dr. Engineering Chua Hean Teik, President of University of Tunku Abdul Rahman mentioned that such increment was made by the institute after the board of committees have agreed to increase 11% from the previous price, which is RM0.70. . He explained that the institute could not absorb previous cost further after the hiking of diesel price by 66.5% which is from RM 1.08 to RM 1.80 per litre.

The university stated that the fare adjustment is just as UTAR has never increased the bus fare since it started its service back in 2005. However, the president also declared that the new fare will not affect the number of trips per day.

Immediate response was made by UTAR students said that UTAR can follow other universities by providing shuttle bus service as current practice could burden them.

There are quite a few other private universities around that provide free shuttle bus service to their students. Keeping in view of this fact, the institute can come up with a similar concept of logistics.

UTAR should make consideration on students first before making any changes. Quite a large number of students derive from middle class families, and that they rely heavily on UTAR bus services, therefore the new bus fare might be a burden for the students.

Group Members: 

Chin Pui Wui             09UJB04049

Ernst Gan Tze Chun   09UJB08753

Lew Yentze               09UJB05659

Phooi Loo Peng         09UJB06972

Tee Qiau Wei            09UJB08729

Travel for Disabled

Beautiful Gate Foundation for The Disabled as the event coordinator is going to organize an event which fall on the end of November 2011 together with other joint coordinator that focusing on Accessible Tourism for the Disabled and Elderly. Based on the research, there are a large number of disabled populations which in total of 205.7million within the region. They are the potential travelers which can boost up the tourism’s market. The main objective of this exhibition is to telling and creates awareness to the society towards Accessible Tourism and Barrier-free Society. 

This event is to promote the accessible tour packages for the disabled and elderly people to let them understand that they are actually could also make their travel dream come true. In addition, Barrier-free Society means that every facilities, buildings, transportation vehicles and more are specially design for the disabled or people with physically disadvantages. This is a good opportunity to let the disabled and elderly to understand that they will not have the problems when travelling, because everything that included in the accessible tour packages is barrier free and accessible activities that suit them. Other than promoting accessible tour packages, there are a lot of activities will be going on in this event, such as disabled group dance contest disabled singing contest and others. 

     

Organizers will be setting up booths that are relating to the accessible transportation, sports, medical aids and more. The “Accessible Tourism Promotes National Development” exhibition will be held at Sunway Pyramid on 26 and 27 November, 2011.  The event is open to public, so everyone is welcome to join this Tourism for All exhibitions which could understand more about accessible tourism. 

Please login to http://www.beautifulgate.org.my/pro-icat/programmes/exhibition/ for any further information.

Group Member

1. Chang Siew Ting 0900781

2. Cheok Pei Chia 0901113

3. Ng Wee Kiat    0902158

4. Siow Su Yuin    0901810

5. Tay Jia Wen      0901625

Share Life, Give Blood

UTAR, PETALING JAYA:  A blood donation campaign organised by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) was held on the 19th and the 21st of October 2011 at the PD BLOCK (PD 011) of UTAR’s Petaling Jaya campus. It was open to all staffs and students of the campus.

The campaign is held at the beginning of the every new semester each year. It is also incorporated into the orientation program of both January and May intakes for the freshmen. This is to get them involved with activities around UTAR and also for them to do an altruistic deed.

This blood donation campaign themed “Share Life, Give Blood” drew about 67 students, mostly from Foundation level. Everyone was eager to help and those that had not reached the stipulated age of 18 years old had to get written permission from their parents.

At first, some of the students were quite hesitant about donating blood; however the volunteers and the nurses from University Malaya cleared their doubts and eased their minds. Each donor's weight and haemoglobin level was checked before the donation of blood and refreshments were also provided for the donors. Moreover, each of them did not go back empty handed but received goodie bags from the organisers.

We hope that our university continues to organise blood donation campaigns as it helps us give back to our community. Moreover, students could get involved and recognize the need for donating blood. It will also encourage them to become regular, voluntary blood donors in the future.

Ann Santana Francis 0900495

Daniel Lee Yun Rhui 0900216

Jessica Ann Selvadurai 1001393

Lee Yew Siong 0902461

Yap Lee Shi 1007285

Voices from the unheard

Life Sdn Bhd is well known for their forte in delivering real stories onstage is now back with their seventh edition that focuses on the plight of refugees in our country. Life Sdn Bhd annual installment entitled Refugees which directed by Dato’ Faridah Merican with the collaboration of The United Nations High Comissioner For Refugees (UNHCR).

Life Sdn Bhd had their debut play in 2004 and ever since then their minimalist approach in addressing an issue by the actor and non-actors that always left the audience in awe.

This play will be focussing on the issues of refugees as their presence are deny and stories are unheard by many in this community and in this play voices from seven refugees of young men and woman from Myanmar, Somalia and Sri Lanka will be shared to the audience.

Deborah Priya Henry, Miss Universe Malaysia 2011 and refugee rights advocate and Susheela Balasundaram of UHNCR will be present on that day to share experiences during the show.

The play will be also featuring original scores from homegrown singer-songwriters Ariff Akhir and Ian Chow.

Below are the details for the play:-

Time & Date: 26^th (preview night) – 29^th October 2012 at 8.30pm

                          30^th October at 3pm

Venue: The Actors Studio @ LOT 10

Ticket fees: RM33 (Adults), RM23 (Students, disabled & TAS card holders),

       Promotion (RM23 flat for preview night)

Box Office: Call / Walk-In (KLPAC at Sentul Park , 03-4047 9000)

                      The Actors Studio at Lot 10 (03-2142 2009 / 2143 2009)

Website: www.theactorsstudio.com.my  / www.unhcr.org.my

References :

Association Of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia. (n.d.). Dato’ Faridah Merican. Retrieved fromhttp://www.kancilawards.com/2010/dato-faridah-merican 

Poignant tales. (2011, October 20). Retrieved fromhttp://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F10%2F20%2Fsoundnstage%2F9715016&sec=soundnstage

Showbiz: Life in limbo. (2011, October 24). Retrieved fromhttp://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Showbiz_Lifeinlimbo/Article/#ixzz1bwabBxK0

UNHCR and The Actors Studio bring “Life Sdn Bhd 7: Refugees”. (2011, October 17). Retrieved from
http://onevoiceforthevoiceless.wordpress.com/

Group members :

CHONG JUN LIM                         0906308

KUMUTHADEVI A/P SARATHI  0902192

LOH HWEE PENG LOURDES      0905269

MAH YI CHIEN                             0907008

WONG POH GUAN                       0900335

Running with Compassion

            

Have you ever notice that the list of the endangered animal species is getting longer? Being a member from the list, one of the most special animals found in the rain forest of Borneo region is the Orang Utan. However, the numbers of the Orang Utan has decrease tremendously with deforestation activities going out of control and the lost of habitats. Accordingly to record, it is said that the population of Orang Utan has drop by 80% for the past 100 years and there are fewer than 7,000 of them still can be found in the wild forests of Borneo region.

With the collaboration with Burt’s Bees Malaysia and Orang Utan Island Foundation (OUIF), the Rotaract Club of Port Klang Centennial are calling for YOU to join in the Orang Utan Island Foundation Awareness Walk to help create awareness among public to save the Orang Utan and join into the aids of the OUIF.

           

            Date                : 30th October, 2011

            Time                : 7am to 10.30am

            Distance          : 3.5 km

            Venue              : The Curve, in front of Fitness First Centre

            Registration     : RM30 (RM25 goes to OUIF)

Goodies bag worth of RM 50 will be given to each participant, including Burt’s Bees beeswax lip balm, Mini Milk and shea body wash, Mini hand salve, etc. At the same time, you will be eligible to join the lucky draw and Q&A Quiz whereby you will get the chance of winning a 2D1N, Bukit Merah Lake Town Resort x 7 and Burt’s Bees hampers worth RM100 x 6.

So, what are you waiting for? Come and join into the fun while giving the Orang Utan a brighter future by supporting and raising public awareness for endangered animal species.

Kindly download the registration form from http://www.mediafire.com/?0qljcrlz572owvm or visit to any Burt’s Bee’s outlet.

For any further information, please login to https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109255042517939.

Group Member:

Siew Siu Yen              0901810

Fun Suet Yee              1007205

Lee Yee Wei               0902193

Lee Poh Yin               0901023

Sandra Yap Fui Ching 0901370

A Malaysia Musical Journey - In Perfect Harmony

KUALA LUMPUR: In Perfect Harmony, a Malaysian musical journey that explores popular songs of local artistes and international favourites in the last four decades. This musical was held at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) from 6th – 23rd October 2011 whereby local young talents and famous guest artistes were involved.

In Perfect Harmony’s concept of a time travelling radio show from 1970s onwards to present inspired music lovers in attendance. The multi-cultural musical promoted themes like love, unity and peace that highlighted Malaysia’s cultural diversification.

The star studded musical featured local artists such as Tan Soo Suan, Tria Aziz, and Chang Fang Chyi as the lead singers with radio legend Patrick Teoh as narrator and comedian Douglas Lim as deejay. Fresh faces of twenty multi-racial talents also made up a group of ensemble in this performing arts. Meanwhile, special guest appearance like Zainal Abidin, Sean Ghazi, Dato’David Arumugam and The seasons 4 were invited to round up the performances.

This musical was presented successfully by The Star in collaboration with Dama Orchestra in conjunction with their 40th anniversary celebration. With such strong positive support, Dama Orchestra will soon organise another entertaining musical, “Empress Wu” that will further enhance Malaysia’s future in local performing arts field.  

Reported by:

Chin Ming Wei               0908496

Dana Yong Wan Teng    0904714

Lee Suven                      0906971

Ng Seow Toong            0906307

Tan Shin Nee                 0907765

Don't Duck It

          Don’t Duck It is a social media campaign that works under the ‘Passionately You’ Cervical & Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign which is voluntary cooperated between Assunta Hospital, Asia Assistance, Jaya One and PJ Live Arts.

         ‘Passionately You’ was aimed to increase awareness and early detection of cervical and breast cancer among the community aged between 18 up to 45 years old. It also helps in fund raising for Assunta Hospital Foundation’s Social Welfare Fund which provides subsidized treatment for those cancer patients from low income group.

         In order to trigger more attentions from the public towards this campaign, Don’t Duck It Party was organized by using several social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Blogs with the purpose to reach further mass and spread the important messages of the campaign.

       ‘Passionately You’ was 2months on-going campaign which starting from 1^st of October until 30^th of November 2011. The party was held on the 22^nd of October 2011 (Saturday) at Palm Square which located in Jaya One, Petaling Jaya. The party began at 12pm until 10pm and it was carried out with a lot of fun activities such as FREE breast examination and on-site vaccination at a special promo price, acoustic performance by Tony Leo, cheerleading performance by CHARM, the Don’t  Duck It Party Moves flash mob. Moreover, Amber Chia, Malaysia Famous Model has also attended the party to show her support toward the campaign.

       There are still a lot of people unaware that breast cancer is the No.1 cause of cancer deaths among Malaysian. This campaign provides a deeper understanding on the causes and preventions for Cervical & Breast Cancer to all the women. Even though the party has over, you can still show your support toward the campaign by getting your friends to pledge to keep the message goes continually and stronger!   




Group Member

Wong Sin Ru 0902027

Lim Pui Yoke  0901427

Terrance Tam Kian Fui 0901777

Tan Yen Jun 0903972

Wennie Sim 0904854  

   

UTAR Chinese Orchestra Concert 2011

                 Come experience a truly oriental night being serenaded by the whimsical sound of traditional Chinese musical instrument that is sure to leave you wanting more. The passionate youth from the Chinese Orchestra Society (COS) of University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) will be having their concert on the 29 October 2011, at 8pm in the Heritage Hall (Block A) of UTAR Kampar Campus. The concert will serves as a platform for the members of the COS to present their growth in the forgotten art of Chinese Orchestra.

                  The concert will be conducted by Ryan Choon, the leader of the COS, and also Set Yu Jian. The concert will have 45 members of the COS performing.  Audience can anticipate the most memorable TV drama theme songs and also some nostalgic folk songs that will definitely bring back the memory of our childhood. They will also be paying tribute to the famous 12 Girls band by playing some of their greatest hits.

                  Highlight of the night will be the solo Chinese trumpet performance by Lee Yeen Shing who is an experienced traditional Chinese musical instrument teacher. Besides that, there will be a breath-taking east meet west performance where you will get to see the beautiful combination of piano and Gu Zheng. This performance will be performed by Liew Zhian Ming, a Gu Zheng player of over 7 years, and also a lecturer, Foong Hoong Cheng.

                  The public are welcomed to attend the concert. For ticketing information, kindly contact Mr Lim at 017-6727657 or Ms Teoh at 016-5264688. Ryan believes that his team will manage to change public’s perception towards Chinese Orchestra if the public would give it a chance and watch their concert. For a glimpse behind the scene of the concert, kindly visit http://utarco.blogspot.com/


Reported by:
Hoo Seng Jing 09UJB06615
Leong Khang You 09UJB07003
Ng Kiat Chong 09UJB06049
Simon Chow 09UJB03600
Yin Thien Hao 09UJB00084

Rockaway Festival 2011

Despite the cancellation of two very well-known international artistes, namely Sum 41 and Dashboard Confessionals, Rockaway Festival 2011 still managed to rock the neighborhood with the signing of the internationally popular bands The Used, All Time Low and Story of the Year. Following the huge success it was last year, Rockaway Festival 2011 continues its tradition of being the only and largest rock act in Malaysia that lasts 12 hours nonstop featuring international and local acts on the same stage.  This year over 7000 people came to rock at the Carpark A of the Bukit Jalil Stadium on the 8^th of October. Some came as early as 9.00 am as the event starts from 12.00 noon to 12.00 midnight with tickets being priced at a very affordable RM 88.

One day before the big event, The Used appeared for a press conference meeting held at The Palace of the Golden Horses to shed some light and create hype on the event. After the dust and flash photography had settled in, it was time to rock!

Over 15 local acts took stage, namely Deja Voodoo Spells, Hujan, Kyoto Protocol, Metalasia, Pop Shuvit, Love Me Butch and many more as the crowd was whipped into a frenzy with their showmanship and musical prowess. The main highlights, however, were the international acts, The Used, All Time Low and Story of the Year. All Time Low had girls throwing their undergarments on stage, The Used got the crowd head banging and Story of the Year oozed charisma and energy throughout their performance.

Overall, Rockaway Festival 2011 was a great music festival that promoted the local Malaysian music scene that was reinforced by great international acts. Rockaway Festival 2011 One Buck Short & Friends, together with Livescape Asia. Bring on Rockaway Festival 2012 please!

Charanpirabu 09UJB06446

Foo Hui Bin 09UJB07082

Harpal Singh Olikh 09UJB07019

Tan Chen Ee 09UJB00783

GO GREEN WITH FILMS - THE 4TH KUALA LUMPUR ECO FILM FESTIVAL 2011

“We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet.”

             Leonardo DiCaprio

Go green with conventional ways? No way! Have any idea on how nature of environment blended with video production? Yes, no doubt, is through FILM! Filmmakers from around the world are here to show the environmental friendly practice through their masterpieces.

A local nonprofit environmental organization, EcoKnights is proudly to present the 4^th annual Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Fest 2011(KL EFF 2011) which held at Dataran Tunku Canselor, University of Malaya from 28^th to 30^th October 2011.

KL EFF 2011 which founded in 2008 is the first and biggest green film festival which ever held in Malaysia. The festival is a one-stop centre to educate Malaysian youth about having a green lifestyle through film screening and exhibitions by local green organizations.

Varieties of award winning environmental films which include 23 Malaysia films and 40 International films are ready for screening. The films are presented in variety genres such as documentaries, creative short films, narratives, animation and also children’s films.

Furthermore, a lot of interesting activities like unplugged music performances for the enjoyment of hearing, fun DIY workshops and also talks demonstrations on green services and products are lining up for you to enjoy and practice.

This event is open to all and it’s FREE ADMISSION! What are you waiting for? Grab your planner and block your time for the festival! For more information, please log on to http://www.ecofilmfest.my/home.

The 4th Eco Film Festival Promo Video 2011 from EcoKnights YouTube

Group Member:
Fong Pui San (0908497)
Lee Kah Mun (0906616)
Nelson Chin Ching Yung (0900045)
Poon Sook Yee (0900379)
Yap Choun Liang (0906617)

Where is The Promise of Our Cheaper Food ???

Petaling Jaya, 26^th October 2011. Citizens have started to find out the inaccurate of MR1M (1Malaysia People’s Menu), which the quantity and quality were being questioned by the public. Most of the listed restaurants were not aware that they were involved in the campaign.

Our reporter had conducted an on-ground survey by six selected restaurants around Old Klang Road, which had been listed in The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry official website. However, among the six selected restaurants, there were only one restaurant which practiced the MR1M program. The remaining restaurants were not aware of the 1Malaysia campaign although their shop was listed in the MR1M program.  

       

The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry has implemented the project of MR1M (Menu Rakyat 1 Malaysia) in July 7,2011. This program promised the nation to get their meal with cheapest price as low as RM2 and maximum RM4, which menu selections differ from the participated restaurant itself. Currently there are 952 restaurants in the nation took part in this program.

One of the restaurant involved in MR1M

The Original Price of Roti Canai and Tea O 

                                                                                                                                                    

MR1M breakfast set included two pieces of Roti Bakar with Tea O or Roti Canai with Tea O. The lunch set will be served by the workers which includes Steam Rice with a small portion of chicken and vegetable as well as a glass of plain water (provided upon request). 

"Ini (MR1M Menu) untuk orang miskin sahaja , orang kaya ambil ayam goreng" 

        said by owner of Restoran Al-Nafil Maju

Breakfast Set

Lunch Set

Banner that differentiate MR1M restaurants 

The participated restaurants can be identified through MR1M banner shown in the restaurant. If you are interested in MR1M program, you may visit www.kpdnkk.gov.my to download the list of participating restaurants nationwide, or dial 1-800-886-800 for further enquiry. 


Reported by :
Phua Eng Yee        0900020
Lee Hong Hui        0900233
Fong Mei Ling       0902004
Tan Yi Gee            0901227
Low Choon Lin     0908019

Change but No Improvement (Rothman Roundabout)

PETALING JAYA- The conversion of Rothman roundabout to traffic light junctions has finally reached its completion stage a month after the proposed date. However, these nine-months of transformation work which cost RM4.2 million showed no improvements in reducing the traffic congestion during peak hours at the busy junctions that connects to SS2 and Section 19 of Petaling Jaya.

According to Petaling Jaya Traffic Police Chief DSP Wong Siw Chooh, traffic lights do not differ much compared to roundabouts. It does not help to reduce the traffic flow as every driver has to wait for at least 3 minutes to move along the roads. Eventually, more cars are queuing at every traffic light junctions and extend the waiting time.

DSP Wong also believes that converting the roads to a one-way flow is the best way to reduce congestion as motorists are then forced to detour, thus reducing the traffic flow at that area.

This first phase of the project which includes the addition of a lane to Jalan harapan, Jalan 19/8, Jalan 19/1 and Jalan Universiti leading to the roundabout has affected people from all walks of life as residential areas, companies, factories and also education centres are highly concentrated at this point. Students and working adults can be seen leaving the area hurriedly to avoid the jam during the rush hours.

Upgrading work which links Jalan Harapan to Sprint Highway is expected to begin March next year. This second phase is expected to cost RM5.3 million and would further ease the congestion at Rothman.

Reported by:

Cherilynn Joanne De Silva 0908596

Chwee Sher Maine 0909005

Lai Mun Yee 0908498

Puveneswari d/o Vasanthan 0902756

Wong Wan Yi 0908500

References

Almeida, P. (July 31, 2011). Traffic lights at Rothman’s roundabout. The Malay Mail Online.

Retrieved October 24, 2011, from http://www.mmail.com.my/content/9686-traffic-lights-rothman%E2%80%99s-roundabout

Lee, P.Y. (March 1, 2011). Landmark roundabout makes way for traffic lights. The Malay Mail

Online. Retrieved October 24, 2011, from http://www.mmail.com.my/content/65194-landmark-roundabout-makes-way-traffic-lights

Nazari, H. (August 29, 2011). Jam continues. The MalayMail Online. Retrieved October 24, 2011,

from http://www.mmail.com.my/content/81325-jam-continues

N.A. (October 20,2011). Transformation of traffic lights or a temporary solution. Traffic

congestion! Sinchew Daily Online. Retrieved October 24, 2011, from http://mykampung.sinchew.com.my/node/161929

Paiz, A. F. (January 12, 2011). Rothmans roundabout to be replaced by traffic light junction. The

Malay Mail Online. Retrieved October 24, 2011, from http://www.mmail.com.my/content/60590-rothmans-roundabout-be-replaced-traffic-light-junction

Ramadas, M.L. (August 24, 2011). Construction works at Rothmans roundabout to end soon. The

Sun Daily Online. Retrieved October 24, 2011, from

http://www.thesundaily.my/node/59963

Yip, Y.T.(January 15, 2011). Traffic lights to be installed at busy Rothmans Roundabout in

Petaling Jaya. The Star Online. Retrieved October 24, 2011, from

http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/1/15/central/7778336&sec=central

Yip, Y.T. (June 10,2011). Council: Work at Rothmans roundabout should be completed as

scheduled. The Star Online. Retrieved October 24, 2011, from http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/6/10/central/8870222&sec=central

The biggest filmmaker challenge kicks off in this weekend

This weekend will have lots of shooting being spotted in Klang valley, KL 48 Hours Film Project is going to kick off this Friday night, starting from 8-9pm on 28^th November until 9pm sharp on 30^th November 2011, 40 teams of local filmmakers is going to start their sleepless weekend, squeeze out their creativity and complete a short film in just 2 days.  The kick off event is going to hold at Berjaya Times Square Theme Park Entrance.

What is KL 48 Hours Film Project? This is an open competition for everyone who has interest in filmmaking and filmmakers to challenge themselves to produce a short film in 48 hours, include script writing, casting, planning, shooting and editing. Each team of filmmakers will randomly get a character, a line of dialogue, a props and a genre to include in the film. The winning team will represent Malaysia in Filmapalooza 2012.

“Finishing everything in 48 hours and with little money is always a challenge. However, I think they are both the common restrictions on almost every film; every director and producer wants more time and more money. It’s just exaggerated in the extreme for the 48 Hour Film Project.”

-- Tim Bunn, the Director/Producer of the “The Girl is Mime”, winner at the Filmapalooza 2011

Over 90 countries of filmmakers had done this for their weekends, KL is just started from last year. To support local filmmakers in KL48HFP, screening ticket are available to buy at www.kl48hourfilm.com or during the kick off event. All the short film produce in these 48 hours will be screening at TGV KLCC on 1^st and 2^nd November 2011.

 

For more information, please visit www.kl48hourfilm.com or     https://www.facebook.com/kl48hourfilmproject

Bibliography

Kuala Lumpur 48 Hour Film Project. (2011, October 19). 10 for Tim. Retrieved          

      October 26, 2011, from Kuala Lumpur 48 Hour Film Project:

      http://www.kl48hourfilm.com/updates/10-for-tim/

Neo Yee Feng  0806424

Kok Hua Hui  0900070

Tiong Yong Keu  1000671

Wee Lin Tan  0901361