Publication: Berita Harian, p 9 Date: 17 May 2008 Headline: Two Outstanding MalayIMuslim Graduates from SMUYs School of Accountancy

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Dua pelaj ar Melayu/Islam jurusan perakaunan SMU lulus cemerlang Bekerja di firma perakaunan terunggul setelah tamat pengajian

BELIAU pernah hilang minat dalam mata pelajaran perakaunan sewaktu di bangku sekolah menengah.

Malah, hasrat untuk men- duduki peperiksaan GCE Peringkat '0' dalam subjek itu dibatalkan sama sekali.

Tetapi baru-baru ini, En- cik Isa Halim Gan, berjaya mencapai anugerah Magna Cum Laude atau pencapaian distinction tinggi atas kece- merlangannya dalam juru- san perakaunan di Universi- ti Pengurusan Singapura ( S m .

Mengulas tentang penca- paian itu, beliau berkongsi:

"Saya berasa begitu lega. Pencapaian Cum Laude yang diterima pada awal- nya, telah membakar sema- ngat saya untuk terus beru- saha bagi mencatat prestasi yang lebih hebat. Mujurlah saya berjaya!"

Beliau turut ditawarkan pekerjaan di salah sebuah fi- ma perakaunan dan konsul- tasi terunggul, Pricewater- housecoopers (PWC), sete- lah meraih ijazah.

Bidang yang pada suatu ketika 'disingkjrkan' kini ber- tukar menjadi kerjaya pili- han.

"Dulu, saya berhasrat

mendalami industri perhote- lan seperti ayah. Saya amat mengagurninya. Jarang se- kali ada warga Asia yang da- pat mengecapi kejayaan da- lam suatu industri yang ham- pir sering diterajui warga Barat. Tetapi semuanya berubah pula atas dorongan keluarga dan rakan-rakan."

Seorang lagi siswazah Me- layu/Islam Sekolah Peraka- unan SMU yang meraih ke- putusan cemerlang ialah Cik Nur Linmaslinda Mat Isa. Beliau turut menerima pen- capaian Cum Laude di upa- cara penyampaian ijazah Ogos lalu.

Cik Nur Linmaslinda kini bertugas sebagai konsultan di firma PWC.

Selain pencapaian akade- mik, kedua-duanya juga mengirnbangi masa dengan

kegiatan riadah serta suka- relawan. Encik Isa misal- nya, merupakan Presiden Kelab Badminton SMU.

"Kurikulum pengajian SMU amat fleksibel. Ia mem- "Kurikulum bolehkan ciri-ciri kepimpi- nan saya menyerlah lantas berkembang," katanya.

Cik Nur Linmaslinda pu- la pernah menganggotai Ja- watankuasa Pimpinan Belia CDC North East.

Encik Isa dan Cik Nur Linrnaslinda adalah antara kohort siswazah SMU yang berjaya meraih pekerjaan ha-

penga'ian SMU amat 1 leksibel. la memboleh- kan ciri-ciri kepimpinan saya menyerlah lantas

nya dalam purata enam bu- ian setelah tamat pengajian. ber kem bang."

Kohort keempat dan yang terbesar SMU. telah men- - Encik Isa Halim Gan. catat kadar yang tertinggi (hampir 100 peratus), dari se- gi para siswazah yang di- tawarkan pekerjaan.

FOTO: TUN1 SHARIFF BIDANG PERAKAUNAN BAWA KUAYAAN: Cik Nur Linmaslinda Mat Isa dan Encik Isa Halim Gan meraih ijazah cemerlang di Universiti Pengurusan Singapura (SMU) dalam jurusan perakaunan.

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Publication: Berita Harian, p 9 Date: 17 May 2008 Headline: Two Outstanding Malay/Muslim Graduates from SMU’s School of Accountancy

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Two outstanding Malay/Muslim Graduates from SMU’s School of Accountancy Two outstanding Malay/Muslim Graduates from SMU’s School of Accountancy are currently working at a renowned accounting firm. Mr Isa Halim Gan had expressed losing interest in an accounting subject while in secondary school so much so that he did not take it for his GCE ‘O’ Levels. But recently, Mr Isa was awarded Magna cum Laude, for his degree in Accountancy at SMU. Reflecting on his achievement, he shared, “I felt relieved. This award has driven me to work hard and strive for better results. I’m glad I succeeded!” Mr Isa was also offered a job at one of the accounting industry’s prestigious firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers upon his graduation. Where he once shunned accounting, it has now become his career. “In the past, I planned to immerse myself in the hotel industry, just like my father. That industry is dominated by Western and Caucasian entrepreneurs, and seeing my father succeed, I wanted to follow in his footsteps. With my family and friend’s encouragement, I made a different decision.” Another graduate from SMU is Ms Nur Linmaslinda. She was a recipient of Cum Laude at SMU’s graduation ceremony last August. She is currently working in PricewaterhouseCoopers as an associate. Besides their strong academic achievements, both Mr. Isa and Ms Linda also spent time on co-curricula activities and community service projects. Mr. Isa was the President of SMU’s Badminton Club. “SMU has a flexible academic curriculum which allowed me to develop my leadership skills,” says Ms Linda, who was a member of Young Leaders Committee at CDC Northwest. Both Mr Isa and Ms Linda are among SMU’s fourth cohort (and the largest) of graduates to have secured jobs within six months after graduation.