EXEMPLARY STUDENTS: World-prize winners Tong (left) and Chua (right) pose with their certificates. In the centre is Voon.
KUCHING: Two students from Sunway College Kuching did Malaysia proud recently when they were judged best students in the world in the December 2012 sitting of the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) examinations.
Tong Xiao Jia achieved worldwide ranking No. 1 with a score of 97 per cent for CAT Specialist Paper FFM (Foundations in Financial Management), while Emily Chua Wan Ping attained the top worldwide placing when she scored 100 per cent for CAT Specialist Paper FTX (Foundations in Taxation).
Commenting on their remarkable achievement, Tong and Chua both expressed gratitude to Sunway College Kuching.
Tong said although she expected a good result in the exam, she never thought she would do so well.
Chua paid tribute to everyone at Sunway Kuching for playing a role in her remarkable success.
“I would like to thank my FTX lecturer Kevin Voon for his guidance and support. I would also like to thank all my other lecturers and the wonderful staff at Sunway for always encouraging and believing in me,” she said.
Chua and Tong both agreed that there was no secret formula to being a prize-winning student.
Sunway College Kuching chief executive officer Joseph Lim congratulated the two students on their remarkable achievement.
The college conducts three prestigious accountancy programmes from the United Kingdom that are accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), namely ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), CAT (Certified Accounting Technician) and LCCI (London Chamber of Commerce and Industry) International Qualifications Diploma in Accounting.
To enable prospective students and their parents to learn more about the courses currently on offer, Sunway Kuching will be holding Information Day today from 9am to 5pm and from 10am to 4pm tomorrow.
The college will also be organising Open Day on March 23 from 9am to 5pm and on March 24 from 10am to 4pm in conjunction with the upcoming CAT full-time and LCCI part-time April intakes.
To enable parents and potential students to come for counselling at a time convenient for them, Sunway Kuching will extend their opening hours from March 25 to April 7.
During this period, the college’s operating hours will be as follows: Mondays to Fridays – 8.30am to 9pm; Saturdays – 8.30am to 5pm; Sundays – 10am to 4pm.
Sunway College Kuching can be reached at 082-451221. Its campus is at Song Plaza in Jalan Song here.