The 1st Annual Young Corporate Malaysians Summit

Date: 12 December 2009

Venue: Menara Integriti, off Jalan Duta

Acknowledgement: YCMS Team and sponsors

Theme: Reinventing & Liberalising Malaysia's Economy

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VIP attendees included: YBM Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah; YBhg Tan Sri Halim Saad, former CEO of Renong; Dato' Johan Raslan, Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia; Dato' Charon Mokhzani, Deputy CEO of CIMB Group; Dato' Justin Leong, Head of Investments Genting Group; Tengku Zafrul Tengku Aziz, Group Director K&N Kenanga Investment Bank; Omar Mustapha Ong, Managing Partner of Ethos & Co; Michael Foong, Executive Partner of Accenture Malaysia; Reza Ghazali, Managing Director of Korn Ferry Malaysia; Dr Hartini Zainudin of Yayasan Salam Malaysia.

Met many great people along the way, from Accenture to PwC to UOB Kay Hian.

Patchay pictured with Omar Mustapha Ong

I brought up many issues to discuss such as the concept of 1Malaysia, our education system in particularly scholarships and integration of our school systems into "Single Stream" based on education quality, emphasis on English (particularly in Science) and preservation of the National Language and Mother Tongue languages.

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Live & Inspire With CEO of Maybank Group

Date: 14 Jan 2010

Venue: Starbucks Coffee Bangsar Village 2

Special Guest: Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar

Acknowledgement: Live & Inspire Team and sponsors

Rarely you would hear a prominent CEO talking to youths in none other than a Starbucks store.

And best of all... Maybank is sponsoring free Starbucks in conjunction with its 50th Anniversary.

Hope to attend more events in coming months.

Now back to work.....

Birthday Cards are getting sexier nowadays.

I believe these cards are available at Jaya Jusco stores nationwide.

Welcome to Resorts World @ Sentosa, Singapore

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Special thanks to "Jpatokal" for these wonderful photos

at the Soft Opening today.

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Singapore's first ever Casino will be opened at a later date, but won't be too long from today's opening of 4 hotels.

The underground hall leading towards the casino is magnificent.

Somehow the casino main entrance differentiates between Singaporean/PR and foreign nationalities.

The much anticipated Festive Walk retail mall is still closed for construction works.

Amongst stores that you can expect are those you could easily find on Orchard Road such as Bvlgari, Chanel, Coach, Tod's and Ralph Lauren.

There is also Asia's first Victoria's Street BRA store.

Singapore's first Hard Rock Hotel has a nice man-made beach and lagoon. Its Rang Mahal Restaurant looks quite exclusive.

Hotel Crockfords' Chihuly artworks stunned me for a moment. Impressive!

Festive Hotel indeed has a more jovial mood.

Frankly, the whole area is still under massive construction. I say give it another few months and we shall partayyy there!

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KL will unveil its latest high-end shopping mall in August 2010... and around two dozen more malls are coming around !!!

Fahrenheit 88, the former KL Plaza is set to open its doors in the third quarter of this year. It will offer a new retail experience to complement the shopping belt of Jalan Bukit Bintang.

The newly makeover 5-storey shopping mall is expected to house over 200 tenants, most of which will be the hippest, trendiest and most classy couture, information technology and F&B outlets in Kuala Lumpur.

Plans are underway to bring in several international luxury brands into the mall.

The shopping mall is now co-owned and co-managed by Pavilion KL, a world-class shopping mall just across the road.

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Meanwhile, numerous shopping malls and integrated hybrid retail centres are expected to open around Kuala Lumpur this year given the improved economic outlook. Recently opened malls are Sunway Giza Kota Damansara, The Sphere Bangsar South, Bangsar Shopping Centre Extension and Wangsa Walk.

Amongst those opening later in 2010 are:

- SStwo Mall;
- 1 MontKiara;
- The Empire Gallery Subang Jaya;
- Subang Avenue Mall;
- Citta Strip Mall, Ara Damansara;
- Viva Mall, Jalan Loke Yew;
- The Tube @ Dataran Prima;
- Setia Walk, Puchong;
- 1 Shamelin Shopping Mall, Cheras; and
- Suria KLCC New Wing.

There are approximately 25 more shopping malls that will be built around KL, PJ, Subang Jaya and Shah Alam in the next 6 years (2011-2016), including several luxury ones catering to the affluent crowd.

# THE END. Reporting by Patchay.Com. Graphic by TheEdgeProperty and TheStar.

Miss Malaysia World 2007 Deborah Priya Henry has got a look-alike sister...

Clap your hands and let's welcome:

Rachel Henry, a newcomer in the Malaysian showbiz industry.

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Photos courtesy of Juice Magazine Online.