Thursday October 30, 2008
Higher education students can now participate in acompetition that will equip them with the right business skills forthe future.Known as the HSBC Young Entrepreneur Awards (YEA) 2008/09, it is opento teams of up to three members who are pursuing diploma or degreestudies at a higher education institution in Malaysia.HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd deputy chairman and chief executive officerIrene M. Dorner (pic) said this was a regional business plancompetition run concurrently in five other countries."We hope this will provide undergraduates with the opportunity todevelop their interest in entrepreneurship, enhance their creativityand help them acquire new business skills," she said at the launch ofthe competition.Dorner said gold award winners would walk away with RM15,000, anincrease from the RM10,000 given away in previous years."At HSBC, we believe that it is the younger generation who will becomeour future leaders."We also believe it is the younger generation with an enterprisingspirit that will help propel the nation to the next economic level,"she said.The competition will first be judged on a national level and the goldaward winner from each country will then move on to compete in theregional competition which will be held in Hong Kong.For the first round of the competition, students have to submit anoutline of an innovative business idea through an online submissionform.Students can apply for entry into the competition at the YEA websiteat www.asiayea.com.The closing date for entries is Dec 12. Look out for more details inthe Star Education pullout in the weeks ahead.
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