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Academia 88 - an international exhibition
on academic institutions and educational
tools fair was held on April 8 to 11 at
Changkat Pavilion.
Hosted by HIMS Exhibition and Con-
ferences (M) Sdn Bhd, the objective of the
fair was to provide to students and parents
accurate and up-to-date information on the
availability of higher educational facilities
and opportunities both locally and
abroad.
Sunway College representatives were
present at the exhibition to provide first-
hand information on the twinning concept
and on the courses offered by our affiliated
universities.
The response from the public was
good. It was clear that the visitors were
made up of various groups of people. They
were mainly students but most of them
were accompanied by parents. The students
were generally those who had just received
their S P M / S T P M results and were un-
decided about their future plans.
The large crowd who visited our booth
were impressed with both the courses and
the facilities available at Sunway College.
They were just as impressed with our
booth, which I thought was the neatest and
most well-decorated in the exhibition hall.
I shall not mention that it was Pat Khoo
and yours truly who fixed the place up.
On the whole, it was useful and
worthwhile for Sunway College to have
taken part in this educational fair.
Although many of the visitors had
heard of. Sunway College, most were
unsure of the range of courses that are
available. We also had the opportunity to
promote our professional courses which
were launched shortly after the educational
fair.
Christina Wendy Lee
Human Resource Division Ong See Yan explaining the twinning concept to an enquirer

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