Event INFO
Official RESULTS
I can't recall ever travelling to this part of the country before and even if I did it must have been during the last millennium when I was an Islamic banker and financial institutions were basically "giving out" bridging and end financing packages to the plethora of development mushrooming as a result of the construction of KLIA. The drive to KTJ itself and back to KL using the LEKAS highway was relatively peaceful with low traffic volume.
CP did relatively well by emerging Champion in the U8 category (7th overall in U12) and pocketing RM100. Despite his defeat to the top seed Perak player JGB( who finished 4th in the MSSM Kuching U12 individual event while CP only placed 8th with 4points), he managed to force his opponent to think till only 3:37 of the 25minutes alloted was left. He also drew with KT who was placed 3rd overall in the 4th round. I do have an issue however with his other draw. As for hAnA, IMO considering she had not played in any event since June's 15th ASEAN Age Group due to UPSR she was "rather steady" with 4.5points from 7 rounds.
A special note of thanks goes to Mr.Sharman Johan & Mr.Faroq Iskandar who are directors of FISSAD (M) Sdn. Bhd., an advertising agency for sponsoring the kids participation in this event. Further info on FISSAD can be gleaned from their website:- http://www.fissad.com/aboutus.html
On a side note: The main reason for registering hAnA & CP to the event is to "checkout" the KTJ campus itself as I was informed scholarships were being offered.
Upon inquiry, the lady Registrar explained that scholarships(or discounts) of 25%, 50% & 75% of the fees were offered in about the same ratio e.g. Out of 19 scholarships, 6students@25%, 6@50%, 6@75% and perhaps 1 student will get a 100% scholarship as they are rarely given out. The main criteria apart from academic excellence is an outstanding co-curricular record. She gave the example of students being in KTJ on a tennis or squash scholarship.
On the surface, the infrastructure of KTJ seemed to be better than KYS Melaka. The student demographics were 75% Malaysian students with the rest being foreigners (mostly Mat Sallehs) with Malay students constituting around 20%. The downside for me is when asked about religious activities - the respondent weren't able to answer the question and asked a student to answer...to which he said they organised Raya gatherings etc. Red flags were raised when the student mentioned that he's not a member of the Islamic Society.
Official RESULTS
I can't recall ever travelling to this part of the country before and even if I did it must have been during the last millennium when I was an Islamic banker and financial institutions were basically "giving out" bridging and end financing packages to the plethora of development mushrooming as a result of the construction of KLIA. The drive to KTJ itself and back to KL using the LEKAS highway was relatively peaceful with low traffic volume.
CP did relatively well by emerging Champion in the U8 category (7th overall in U12) and pocketing RM100. Despite his defeat to the top seed Perak player JGB( who finished 4th in the MSSM Kuching U12 individual event while CP only placed 8th with 4points), he managed to force his opponent to think till only 3:37 of the 25minutes alloted was left. He also drew with KT who was placed 3rd overall in the 4th round. I do have an issue however with his other draw. As for hAnA, IMO considering she had not played in any event since June's 15th ASEAN Age Group due to UPSR she was "rather steady" with 4.5points from 7 rounds.
A special note of thanks goes to Mr.Sharman Johan & Mr.Faroq Iskandar who are directors of FISSAD (M) Sdn. Bhd., an advertising agency for sponsoring the kids participation in this event. Further info on FISSAD can be gleaned from their website:- http://www.fissad.com/aboutus.html
On a side note: The main reason for registering hAnA & CP to the event is to "checkout" the KTJ campus itself as I was informed scholarships were being offered.
Upon inquiry, the lady Registrar explained that scholarships(or discounts) of 25%, 50% & 75% of the fees were offered in about the same ratio e.g. Out of 19 scholarships, 6students@25%, 6@50%, 6@75% and perhaps 1 student will get a 100% scholarship as they are rarely given out. The main criteria apart from academic excellence is an outstanding co-curricular record. She gave the example of students being in KTJ on a tennis or squash scholarship.
On the surface, the infrastructure of KTJ seemed to be better than KYS Melaka. The student demographics were 75% Malaysian students with the rest being foreigners (mostly Mat Sallehs) with Malay students constituting around 20%. The downside for me is when asked about religious activities - the respondent weren't able to answer the question and asked a student to answer...to which he said they organised Raya gatherings etc. Red flags were raised when the student mentioned that he's not a member of the Islamic Society.
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