In conjunction with Malaysia 60th Independence Day and Malaysia Day, KYP Students Development Center (SDC) has organized an Intellect Carnival 2017. The carnival was held on 8th, 11th, and 12th September 2017 at KYP Residential College, Tanjung Lumpur.
The objectives of the Intellect Carnival are to nurture the spirit of patriotism and unity among students, as well as to uphold the Malaysian culture. A lot of activities for the students were held during the carnival, such as Debate Competition, Pantomime Competition, Pantun & Speech Competition, and Merdeka Singing Competition.
The closing ceremony of Intellect Carnival 2017 was conducted on 12th September 2017 at KYP Residential College, Tanjung Lumpur. The ceremony started with an opening formation by Askar Wataniah 505 KYP Club followed by the closing speech by YH Dato’ Norhishamuddin Yaacob, KYP Managing Director. Askar Wataniah 505 KYP Club has a total number of 100 students joined. Thirteen (13) of them have managed to be recruited and nine (9) of them have successfully completed a one month recruitment course and received a private soldier ranks or known as Pranita.
“I was really impressed with Askar Wataniah 505 KYP Club just now. They were good and hopefully the numbers of students joined will increase,” said Dato’ Hishamuddin. He also emphasized on the importance of English usage among students. “We are an English medium college and soon we will be a University College. Therefore I urge every student to communicate in English. This carnival is a great platform for you. Entering the activities like debate, speech, and pantun will help you to increase your confidence level as well as your communication skills,” said Dato’ Norhishamuddin. Apart from that, Dato’ Hishamudin also encouraged the students to be the best in every aspects, not only for the college, but also for themselves. “We want to be the best among the best. Just like our tagline, Pearl of the East, the best in the East Coast,” added him.
The closing ceremony ended with a certificate giving to the nine (9) students who received the private soldier ranks (Pranita), followed by a prize giving ceremony to the winners of the competitions.
List of Winners
Merdeka Singing Competition
First : Faculty of Business Management (FBM)
Mohamad Firdaus Bin Mohd Sapiee
Firsairol Bin Azahari
Firzaiman Bin Azahari
Khaeryl Idham Bin Khairul Nizam
Second : Faculty of Creative Arts, Heritage & Tourism (FCAHT)
Nur Farisya Diyana Binti Mohd Farriz
Third : Faculty of Agro-Biotechnology (FAB)
Muhammad Amierul Daniel Bin Adnan
Amirul Ikhwan
Speech Competition
First : Faculty of Industrial and Technology Management (FITM)
Nithyashini A/P Sundar
Second : Faculty of Industrial and Technology Management (FITM)
Mogana Ram A/L Krishnamoorthy
Third : Faculty of Creative Arts, Heritage & Tourism (FCAHT)
Nur Damia Qistina Binti Rohezat
Debate Competition
First : Faculty of Business Management (FBM)
Nik Mohammad Aqmal Bin Nik Mohammad
Mohamad Amirul Amrin Bin Mohd Othman
Mohamad Hafiz Haikal Bin Huzairi
Nurul Aishah Binti Haji Sulaiman
Second : Faculty of Agro-Biotechnology (FAB)
Muhamad Farhan Ikhwan Bin Abdul Razak
Muhammad Muhibbudin Bin Badardin
Amirul Ikhwan
Mohd Norman
Third : Smart Tahfiz
Nazurah Huda Binti Che Parizan
Muhammad Rafiqi Bin Azhar
Mohamad Idris Bin Mohd
Pantomime Competition
First : Faculty of Agro-Biotechnology
Second : Faculty of Business Management
Third : Centre of General Studies
Pantun Competition
First : Faculty of Technology Management (FITM)
Nur Hasanul Najihah Binti Mohd Shahrunnizam