THE business world is a place where only the toughest survives and 26 Form Four students from Penang Chinese Girls High School (PCGHS) prove to their peers that they have got what it takes to make it in the business world by clinching the Young Enterprise (YE) Challenge Trophy.
They beat teams from 21 other secondary schools to take home the trophy for Best Managed YE Company this year at the 19th Young Enterprise Programme Achievers Showcase held at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Penang on Thursday.
With handicrafts, toys and bookmarks as their sale products, the girls worked from February to August to get everything together, literally starting from scratch.
Student Chou Zhao Min, 16, said they spent RM2,040.92 on raw materials and other expenses to make the handmade items.
“But we managed to cover our cost with a total revenue of RM7,485.40,” she said.
PCGHS’ RM5,444 profit margin was certainly good enough to beat St. Xavier’s Institution (SXI), Methodist Girls School and SMK Sacred Heart to second, third and fourth places respectively.
The best annual report achievement award went to SMK Dato’ Onn, followed by SMJK Chung Ling, SMJK Union and Penang Free School.
For best product achievement, SMJK Phor Tay was the winner with SMK Convent Green Lane the first runner-up while SMK Batu Maung and SMK Datuk Haji Abdul Kadir took the third and fourth placing respectively.
At the YE sales fair in Queensbay Mall, SXI had the best overall stall while SMK Dato’ Onn was best in customer service. SMK Convent Green Lane was best in teamwork, SMJK Phor Tay best in promotions while SM Teknik Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra had the best decorated stall.
Penang YE programme area chairman Yew Tian Tek, who is also Motorola Technology Sdn Bhd managing director, said the programme taught the students communication skills, teamwork, time management and how to run a business company successfully.
“These young achievers were not lectured by their YE advisors on how to run their company but were allowed to discover their own talents and learn from the challenges they met along the way, giving them invaluable and unforgettable lessons that will help them find success in life later,” he said in his speech.
More than 15,000 students had participated in the YE programme since it began in 1989 as a community education programme that inculcates the entrepreneur spirit in Form Four students.
Deputy Chief Minister II Dr P. Ramasamy, who represented Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at the awards presentation ceremony in USM, congratulated the successful students.
“This programme certainly deserves continued support from the various industries and the Education Ministry,” said Dr Ramasamy, who is also state Economic Planning, Education, Human Resources and Science, Technology and Innovation Committee chairman.
The YE programme was organised and supported by the American-Malaysian Chamber of Commerce and the state Education Department’s co-curriculum unit.
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So that's about it. Today, we went to TGIF to celebrate our success. Almost all were present, including the teacher advisers and the Fed-Ex people. Everyone had the time of their lives. And note, it was because of the people that everyone was happy, not because of the food.. XD I shall not further elaborate on the ********** food lest they sue me. Besides, their service was quite good. XD friendly is the word!! We ate lots, and lots, till everybody was almost at the verge of bursting..(oh well, i guess not everybody, cause zm still had appetite to have fries at McD after that! After all that food!! )
Fed-Ex advisers were also present
Chaw Yeh's birthday is due in a few days time, so we celebrated with her beforehand. And yeah, she was asked to stand on the chair and sing "yue liang dai biao wo de xin" =P
The Simpsons!!
The Valence Code-ies
Hail! The blackies!!
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Well, I guess this will be the last of the Jivey-ians. Since they've already had their last say in YE a long time ago. This maybe the last gathering ever that we'll ever have for years to come. I'm glad every one have come a long way, and still enjoy each others' presence. It's been a long journey. Every one's worked so hard to achieve something beyond what they've hoped for. They have dared to hope for the best, and BEST did they come out in this year. Despite little quarrels that we all had during this year, we managed to pick ourselves up and look at the wider aspect, the main target. And despite all those misunderstandings that cooked up during the process, everyone remained united to the end, alas, conquering the MAIN HIGHLIGHT of the year
- THE OVERALL CHAMPIONS!!
A TOAST TO THE JIVEY-IANS!!! CHEERS!!!
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