24th ASHRAE Malaysia Chapter Annual Dinner

On Friday, 23rd of October 2009; the 24th Annual Dinner of ASHRAE Malaysia Chapter was held at the Grand Ballroom of Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel, Petaling Jaya. The event was attended by members of ASHRAE Malaysia Chapter from different backgrounds. A number of 5 students from the ASHRAE-UniKL MFI Student Branch were given the opportunity to attend this grand event. They were Mohd Azrul Hafis Azmir, Mohd Nazrin Nahar, Izdihar Zahirah Ibrahim, Mohd Haniff Abdullah, and Kisogana Rathanasamy.

The purposes of the dinner were to held a ‘breaking the ice’ session between other student branches and introduce students to peoples from the industry, thus, gaining valuable knowledge and experience from them.

The dinner started with a mini exhibition at 5.30 pm. Upon arrival, guests were given a souvenir from the participating sponsors of the dinner. At around 7.30 pm, members and guests of the evening were seated at their reserved tables, followed by a welcoming speech by the organizing chairman, Mr Chan Jian Wen.

At around 7.50 pm, dinner is served to all guests. While having their dinner, guests were entertained by special shows throughout the evening, followed by speech from the President of ASHRAE Malaysia Chapter, Ir. Philip Khew Siew Lian.

Next, the installation of the 2009/2010 Board of Governors & Committee Chair for ASHRAE Malaysia Chapter was carried out, followed by an award presentation.

Before the night ends, a Lucky Draw was conducted and winners were given special prizes.

Overall, the dinner was successful. This is the first involvement of ASHRAE-UniKL MFI Student Branch into such event, and all attending members gained lots of knowledge and experience while building their network with other student branches and peoples in the industry, since its official establishments in June 2008.