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Olympia College, Kuantan Celebrates Founders Day with “Go Green” Activity

The Founder’s Day is celebrated yearly as a tribute to Olympia College’s founding father, the late Mr
Winston Pereira. The event is celebrated to spread the beliefs and vision of the late founder as well as the
success and his huge contributions to the local education industry.

To celebrate the Founder’s Day in a different way, the staff and students of Olympia College, Kuantan
campus made a trip to Sungai Lembing. Sungai Lembing is a tin mining town, 42 km northwest of
Kuantan in Pahang, Malaysia.

‘Lembing’ is a Bahasa Malaysia word for Spear, and "Sungai" means River. The local legend states that
the local Ruler saw a vision of a spear in the river nearby and thus named this town after his vision.

The staff of OC Kuantan - Mr Suresh and Ms Kamala had organized this trip with the assistance of Mr
Surya and Mr Eddy.

The group started their climb to Sungai Lembing Hill at 6.30 am and once they had reached the hill, they
made a declaration to create awareness and support the “Go Green” environment.

Thereafter, they visited the Sungai Lembing museum. The Pahang Sungai Lembing Museum was
established to remember the glorious days of Sungai Lembing town, as the richest producer of tin in the
country.

There are few hanging bridges at Sungai Lembing to connect the people from the other side of the river
to the main town. The students were very excited when they went for a walk on the hanging bridge.

Mr Sundar, the principal of OC Kuantan thanked the organizers and all staff and students who have made
this event a great success.

“We care for our Students, we care for One Malaysia and we care for the World.” he added.

The Declaration to Create Awareness on “Go Green” Environment

 Educational institutions are responsible for teaching and training millions of people. Colleges are
at the hub of local and regional economies and our influence stretches far and wide. We therefore
have a critical role to play in protecting the environment and showing the way forward to all.
Today, we, staff and students of OLYMPIA COLLEGE, KUANTAN will pledge to go green in
all areas of our business.

 Climate change is a concern for each of us. Solutions are within our grasp and are ready to be
implemented by individuals, communities, businesses and governments around the globe. Going
green is about making a demonstration and a declaration of our hope and concerns for the future
of our planet.

 We declare that we are going to do our best to go green in the future. It will mean reducing waste
in every way. Too much of what's convenient is also bad for the environment. We also declare
that our eco friendly actions are more than just a gesture. We will strive to walk instead of
driving, going easy on the gas when we are driving, changing out our light bulbs, using reusable
water bottles. Some other ways are to go green are to print less, use less plastics, recycle, plant a
tree, grow your own vegetables, print only if necessary, off the lights and water when not in use.
All this will makes a huge difference.

 We will be at the forefront to change people's behaviors and promote greater respect for the
environment wherever possible.

Olympia College’s cutting edge and industry oriented Diploma in Business Studies programme will
equip students with the right professional skills required by the multi-national corporations. Students
will be expected to participate, debate, analyse and appreciate the thinking of the various business
leaders and their leadership styles.

Olympia also offers the management oriented Diploma in Business Management programme which
was developed in consultation with CEO’s, Senior Managers and the Malaysian Qualifications
Agency (MQA) to help fill the gap for competent middle managers in the industry.

The graduates from the Diploma in Business Management/Business Studies programmes will also be
recognized for exemptions and on completion of an integrated project will be awarded the prestigious
Higher National Diploma (HND) from Edexcel, UK.

This guarantees entry into 2nd year of an undergraduate degree locally or to over 200 universities in
UK, USA and Australia. Students who want an European exposure can also completed their degree
through the University of Information Technology and Management (UITM), Poland at very
affordable fees.

Olympia College offers Masters & Undergraduate Degree, Higher National Diploma (UK), Diploma
as well as Certificate programmes. The College has affiliations and partnerships with international
bodies and institutions such as University of Derby (UK), Edexcel International (UK), Schiller
International University, American Management Association (AMA, USA), Business & Hotel
Management School (BHMS), Switzerland, University of Information Technology and Management
(UITM) Poland and such. The college allows everyone from SPM to working adults entry at various
points. Programmes conducted are both full-time and part-time.

Olympia College also offers scholarships to the needy and outstanding students – The Scholarships
available are The Olympia College Principal’s Scholarship for Deserving Students and The Winston
Pereira Premium Scholarship for Excellence*. Study/PTPTN loans can also be arranged. * Terms and
conditions apply.

Olympia offers Business Studies, Business Management, I.T & Computing, Hotel Management,
Secretarial studies, Accounting and Finance, English Language and MBA.

Visit any of Olympia’s centres nationwide for more information or call 03-20503688 (Kuala
Lumpur), 03-7770 5555 (Petaling Jaya), 04-2286898 (Penang), 07-2233868 (Johor Bahru), 09-
5177868 (Kuantan) or 05-2433868 (Ipoh). Email: raffles@olympia.edu.my Website:
www.olympia.edu.my

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