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Newsletter

MSAJ

Kanto

2010

January to December 2010

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Index

Keynote from President 2010 3

MSAJ in a glance 5

Executive Board of Committee 2010 7

Development of MSAJ 8

Structures of MSAJ 9

Administration and Execution 10

Management of MSAJ 11

Registration 12

Web System 13

Financial 14

Activities in 2010 15

Acknowledgement 29

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Keynote from President 2010

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Salam sejahtera and Salam 1Malaysia,

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to the Board of Executive Committee members of MSAJ

Kanto 2010, the Advisors of MSAJ and the members of MSAJ for making term 2010 an excellent year for

MSAJ.

2010 was a busy year and the Board had worked hard to improve and develop MSAJ as an association

representing Malaysian students in Japan. This newsletter is compiling what we had done in 2010 and

hopefully it will be reference for the future development of MSAJ, not only in Kanto but also all around

Japan.

2010 was also the year to implement the changes that were agreed from previously, mainly (1) MSAJ Kanto

worked as one Division and not the Central (Pusat). And also (2) the Bureau systems were put into action,

allowing members to participate according to their interest.

However, there are still lots to work on the changes and development of MSAJ, to make MSAJ a better

student association for students. These developments will not come through without the cooperation from all

parties involved in MSAJ; the Advisors, the Board of Executive Committee, the members etc.

Finally, I would like to congratulate the new elected board and wishes them all the best. Also, I would like to

urge members and students to participate actively in the development of MSAJ and the contribution to

members and society.

Ben Foo Ming Sheng

President

Malaysian Students‟ Association in Japan

MSAJ Kanto Division term 2010

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MSAJ in a Glance

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Malaysian Students’ Association in Japan (MSAJ) was established in 1976, with the main objectives

of uniting Malaysian students in Japan and taking care the welfare of its members. This association is opened

to all Malaysian students who are studying or taking courses for more than six months.

As the number of Malaysian students has increased from time to time, the association has also grown bigger,

and at present, there‟re 5 Divisions: Kanto, Kansai, Tohoku, Hokuriku and KYUMA.

Note: Kanto Division covers 12 Prefectures: Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki,

Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Gifu, Aichi, Mie.

Below shows the stakeholders of MSAJ.

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Board of Executive Committee 2010

President Ben Foo Ming Sheng

Vice President 'Awadh Asyraf Bin Supri

Secretary Subasni Kumaraveloo

Vice Secretary Tang Chye Sin

Treasurer Azril Haniz bin Abdul Aziz

Web System Crew Edhuan Bin Ismail

Web System Crew Haris Bahrudin

Web System Crew Mohd. Haikal bin Mohd. Zaini

Web System Crew Tan Tun Jie

Bureau of Registration Iman Amira Binti Mat Isa

Bureau of Registration Christine Kee

Bureau of Welfare & Communication Zulakmal Bin Dabat

Bureau of Welfare & Communication Aime Aqelah Md Ismail

Bureau of Cultural & Social Siriphong Koammapat Niran

Bureau of Cultural & Social Lim Jun Hao

Bureau of Sports & Recreation Gan Elaine

Bureau of Sports & Recreation Tan Ling Cheik

Bureau of Academic & Career Lai Chai Ei

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Development of MSAJ

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Structures of MSAJ

Year 2009 and before

MSAJ Kanto worked as the Central (Pusat), which mainly controlled the Registration and Funds of MSAJ.

The main reasons were (1) MSAJ started from Tokyo, which is near to the Embassy of Malaysia and (2) Most

Malaysian students focused in Tokyo and Kanto area.

Year 2010 and beyond

Discussions among Divisions of MSAJ were made in 2008 and 2009 and concluded with the Amendment of

Constitution and Structure 2009. With the growing number of Malaysian students all around Japan, Divisions

were created to reach out the needs of students and to create platforms of communication among Malaysian

students.

In 2010, MSAJ Kanto started off being one of the Divisions of MSAJ. However, Majlis Tertinggi (Higher

Council) couldn‟t be achieved in 2010. The reasons are among such as follows:

1) Each Divisions (including Kanto) focused on each Divisions. Cooperation Inter-Divisions were to be

improved.

2) Divisions are not active due to lack of information passed down by seniors.

Fig. The structures of MSAJ

Bureaus of MSAJ

The Bureau system was focused in MSAJ Kanto. The SIX Bureaus of MSAJ and the objectives are as such below:

Web System Crew: To build, maintain and maintain the systems of MSAJ

Registration: To register students and maintain the database of MSAJ

Welfare & Communication: To communicate and provide welfare to the stakeholders of MSAJ

Cultural & Social: To develop Malaysian culture in Japan

Sports & Recreation: To develop sports and recreation among members

Academic & Career: To develop academic and career among members

NOTE: The Bureaus are led by Executive Committee members of Bureaus BUT the participation is opened to

members of MSAJ

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Administration and execution

Previously, the activities and programs were administered and executed only by the EXCOs of MSAJ (Model 1).

However, with this model, ALL the events (average 6 to 7 annually) and administration of MSAJ were ONLY the

responsibilities of EXCOs, which caused burden to EXCO members, who are also students.

In 2010, some of the events/programs (eg MSAJ Career Fair) were administered by a special committee, consisted

by EXCO of MSAJ and members who volunteered (Model 2)

Also, some of the activities/programs were given responsibilities to the Bureau (Model 3), for example Hanami.

This will help EXCOs to improve leadership and management skills. It will be ideal to have more participation

from members in each Bureau and be involved not only in the activities but also the administration and the

development of MSAJ (Development of MSAJ through Development of Bureaus).

Other models are hoped to be developed, to fill the needs of managing MSAJ as an effective organization while

improving soft skills (leadership, management etc) among students.

Fig. The models of administration and execution in MSAJ Kanto 2010

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Management of MSAJ

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Registration of students

1. Registration of students under program Ambangn Asuhan Jepun (AAJ) and Institut Bahasa

Teikyo (IBT) sponsored by Jabatan Perkidmatan Awam (JPA) is done with the collaboration with

Kelab UMNO Jepun (KUJ). The students are divided into two groups. The information of

Registration is as such below

Registration of Group 1

Venue: Toko Hotel

Date: 21 March 2010

Registration of Group 2

Venue: Imperial Palace Hotel

Date: 22 March 2010

Number of students registered in Kanto Division: 33 persons.

2. Japanese Associate Degree (JAD) is a program sponsored by Yayasan Pelajaran MARA (YPM).

The registration of students from program JAD is as follows:

Venue: Hachioji Seminar House

Date: 26 March 2010

Number of students registered in Kanto Division: 18 persons

3. KTJ is another program sponsored by JPA, to give opportunities to Malaysian students to study

engineering in colleges of technology in Japan (KOSEN). The registration of students from KTJ

program is as such below:

Venue: Hachioji Seminar House

Date: 30 March 2010

Number of students registered in Kanto Division: 20 persons

4. Overall, 71 students have registered to MSAJ Kanto Division from AAJ, IBT, IBT and KTJ in the

year 2010.

Reported by,

Iman Amira binti Mat Isa

Bureau of Registration

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Web System

MSAJ Web System Crew or officially known as the Bureau of System and Media works to build, develop

and maintain the systems of MSAJ.

1. MSAJ Homepage

http://msaj.net/

2. MSAJ Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Malaysian-Students-Association-in-Japan-MSAJ/

3. MSAJ Twitter

http://twitter.com/MSAJ_Japan

4. MSAJ mailing list and mailing system

5. MSAJ Adevertising

http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msaj.net%2Fmainwp%2Fdocuments%2FMSAJ%

2520Advertisement%2520Rates.pdf

6. MSAJ Media

7. MSAJ on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMSAJ

http://www.youtube.com/user/MSAJkanto

Web system crew will need more participation from members to improve the systems in MSAJ,

especially students who are interested in IT solutions.

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Financial

No. Details Debit Credit

1 Balance from 2010 2,338,068

2 Registration 597,000

3 MSAJ Career Fair 2010 1,568,869

4 Web Advertisement 56,000

5 Bank interest 1,038

6 AGM (2010) 12,110

7 Photography Workshop 20,090

8 Lunar New Year 114,000

9 Orientasi Kohai 4,580

10 Hanami 72,540

11 ASEAN Festival 26,970

12 Summer Gathering 21,262

13 Mt Fuji Climb 59,840

14 Merdeka Media Competition 76,000

15 Sambutan Hari Raya 74,100

16 Photo Outing 12,280

17 MSAJ-KUJ Sports Tournament 107,394

18 Career Workshop 20,050

19 Malaysian Night 286,279

20 AGM (2011) 112,060

21 MSAJ Career Fair 2011 (Deposit) 131,400

22 Meeting of EXCOs 126,030

23 AYNJ meeting 13,350

24 MSAJ Divisions 411,963

25 Bank (handling fees) 1,050

26 Misc 26,020

Balance 2011 2,831,607

¥4,560,975 ¥4,560,975

*reported in Annual General Meeting, 10 January 2011

Reported by,

Azril Haniz bin Abdul Aziz

Treasurer

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Activities in 2010

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Photography workshop

Date: 23 February 2010

Time: 10.00am-5.30pm

Venue: Embassy Hall, Embassy of Malaysia in

Tokyo,Japan

Participation: 22 person(s)

Introduction

“Travel and Portrait Photography” is the first

photography workshop MSAJ has ever organized. The

workshop was initiated by a group of students and fans

of Saiful Nang who hoped to meet and learn from him

in Tokyo.

Objectives of Workshop

The objectives of this workshop are as follows:

・Image compositions ( Ro3, symmetry etc)

・Understanding contrast & color

・Understanding lines & pattern

・Usage of lenses and appropriate focal ranges

・Setting the camera for portraits and travel

・How to take travel photos that have selling potentials.

・How to take portrait pictures that people are willing

to pay a thousand ringgit for it

・Practical Session: Learn the way Saiful Nang shoots

photos

Throughout the workshop, we felt that the trainer and

participants have achieved the above goals.

Schedule of Workshop

The schedule of the workshop was as follows:

0900-1000: Arrival of participants

1000-1115 : Basic Theories of Photography

1115-1125 : Break

1125-1230: Theories of Photography, Tips on

Shooting

1230-1300: Lunch Break

1300-1630: Practical session in Shibuya

1630-1730: Critics and Comments

Conclusion and Thoughts on Workshop

Being an inaugural photography workshop

co-organized by MSAJ, this event is promising as

many of Malaysian students are really into

photography. Besides, we tied up a good relationship

with Saiful Nang, who is also the Principal of Malaysia

Academy of Photography Arts (MAPA), and we can

look forward to a re-collaboration with him in making

a more successful photography workshop in the future.

Reported by,

LAI CHAI EI,

Bureau of Academic & Career

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Lunar New Year Celebration

Date: 27 February 2010

Time: 1000hrs to 1230hrs

Venue: Rasa Malaysia Restaurant, Ginza

MSAJ organized the Lunar New Year Celebration at

Rasa Malaysia Restaurant, Ginza, one of the few

Malaysian restaurants in Japan. In spite of exam season,

about 50 students, staff from the Embassy and working

Malaysians in Japan attended the celebration. The

celebration started with a short speech by the President

of MSAJ Kanto Division and the guests were then

invited to have their meal. It was buffet style

Malaysian food. Satay, Nasi Lemak, Curry etc were

served. Everyone was free to chat and mixed around.

The celebration ended at 1230hrs. It was a good

opportunity for everyone to exchange ideas and know

each other in spite of the small crowd.

Reported by

Ben Foo Ming Sheng

President

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Orientation

Orientation of students from AAJ and IBT

Date: 21-23 March 2010

Venue: Embassy of Malaysia in Japan, Toko Hotel,

Narita View Hotel.

MSAJ with the cooperation with KUJ had help JPA to

run the orientation program for the new students of

AAJ and IBT. I was responsible to lead the group of

Executive Committee from MSAJ and KUJ

The orientation was divided into 2 groups, which is

21-22 March for Group 1 and 23 March for Group 2.

The orientation for Group 1 was held in Toko Hotel

and the Embassy of Malaysia while the orientation for

Group 2 was held in Narita View Hotel. In general, we

were responsible to help JPA to greet the students in

Narita airport and to send the students to their

destinations. I also gave short explanation to students

about MSAJ. With the help from EXCOs from MSAJ

Tohoku and KUJ, we also registered new students.

Hopefully MSAJ can continue help JPA to run the

orientation program and give good FIRST

IMPRESSION to new students in the future.

Reported by,

Haris Bahrudin

Web System Crew

Orientation of students from KTJ

Date: 31 March – 1 April 2010

Venue: Toko Hotel

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As previous years, MSAJ and KUJ had supported

HRD Embassy of Malaysia in the orientation of KTJ at

Toko Hotel. With the support from seniors all over

Japan, we received the new students at Narita airport

and follow the ride to Toko Hotel, where the new

students stayed a night before being sent to their own

colleges. The students were given briefing back in

Putrajaya and therefore they only spent a day in Tokyo.

The students were tired of the long flight and the

excitement of new life in the Land of Rising Sun. This

program helps seniors to know more about the juniors.

Reported by,

Ben Foo Ming Sheng

President

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Hanami

Date: 4th April 2010

Time: 1000hrs-1400hrs

Venue: Yoyogi Koen

1. Objectives

-to gather Malaysian students and to know each

other(juniors-seniors)

-to collect new members

2. Food

-bentou from hotto motto

-snacks and drinks

-potluck concept (attendants is welcomed to bring their

own food and contribute to this event)

3. Ice Breaking

-We prepare a sets of card (trump card is the easiest), 3

sets for example. Then we'll ask everybody to write

their name and university at the backside of the card

and wear them like a name tag. Then we can make a

game. Since there are 3 sets of card, there should be

3cards with the same number/color/pattern. So, if we

can find the other 2 who wear the same card as us we'll

get a present. This way, people will talk to each other.

The fastest group will win the prize if they can really

say out each other‟s name and university.

- prizes for the fastest 3 groups only.

4. Bingo

-divided into 3 sessions

-total 20 prizes (6 to 7 prizes for each session)

5. Mini Sakura Photo Contest

-open to members only

-participants are limited to one photo only

-2 hampers only for this contest

6. The flow of the event

10.00am – arriving of the attendants

11.00am – BINGO session 1

11.30am – Ice breaking

12.00pm – mini sakura photo contest starts

12.30pm – photo contest ends and BINGO session 2

1.30pm – photo contest result will be announced

before BINGO session 3

We managed to get a very good response for this time.

There were many new comers who came with their

seniors. There were many private students attending

too. Hanami is a very good activity to attract people to

know more about MSAJ.

Reported by,

Gan Elaine

Bureau of Sports and Recreation

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Career Fair

Date: 3 May 2010 (Mon)

Time: 1030hrs to 1830hrs

Venue: 7th Floor Event Hall, Curian Building, 5-18-1

Higasi-Ooi, Shinagawa-Ku, 140-0011 Tokyo

Objectives

The objectives of the Career Fair are as such below.

1. To provide job opportunities for Malaysian Students

in Japan

2. To allow students to get better understanding about

the corporate world.

The Career Fair is also a very important source of

fund for MSAJ to cover expenses of our activities,

especially when we are not receiving any financial

support from other parties. Please understand that all

he payments received are used in all our management

and organization of our activities annually.

Companies Participated

1. Agensi Pekerjaan JAC Sdn Bhd

2. Alps Electric (M) Sdn Bhd

3. Canon Opto (M) Sdn Bhd

4. Fuji Electric (M) Sdn Bhd

5. Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam

6. Kobe Precision Technology Sdn Bhd

7. Konica Minolta Glass Tech (M) Sdn Bhd

8. Miyao-Toki (M) Sdn Bhd

9. Nitto Denko Corporation

10. Northern Corridor Implementation Authority

11. NTT MSC Sdn Bhd

12. Panasonic Group of Companies in Malaysia

13. Pasona Singapore Pte Ltd

14. Rohm Semiconductor (M) Sdn Bhd

15. Rohm Wako Electronics(M) Sdn Bhd

16. Sharp Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd

17. Showa Denko K.K.

18. Showa Glove Corporation

19. Taiyo Yuden (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd

20. Toshiba Electronics Malaysia Sdn Bhd

21. Tokuyama Corporation

22. Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.

23. Yamaha Electronics Manufacturing (M) Sdn. Bhd

*For more information, please refer to Career Fair

2010 Final Report

Reported by,

Ben Foo Ming Sheng

President

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ASEAN Festival

Date: 20th of June 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 1130hrs-1800hrs

Venue: MP Hall, Komaba International House

Participation:

1.LSAJ (Laos); 2.MSAJ (Malaysia); 3.CSAJ

(Cambodia); 4.ISAJ (Indonesia); 5.BYNJ (Brunei);

6.VYSA (Vietnam); 7.SNIE (Japan); 8.IMBSF

(Myanmar); 9.AFSJ (Philippines)

Registration:

174 registered at the reception. Total of participants

were around 280 people.

Schedule

0900hrs Preparation

1130hrs Opening Ceremony

1200hrs Booth Exhibition & Food

Bazaar

1300hrs Stage Performance

1500hrs Sharing Session

1600hrs Fashion Show

1730hrs Closing Ceremony

1800hrs Cleaning Up

a. Preparation.

The hall was opened at 0900hrs for preparation. Not

many were there until 1100hrs.

b. Opening Ceremony.

There wasn‟t any crowd at 1130hrs, so the opening

ceremony was delayed to 1200hrs. Opening speech

delivered by Mr. Ben Foo Ming Sheng (MSAJ),

followed by Sopha (CSAJ).

c. Booth Exhibition & Food Bazaar.

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Booths started their operations at 1130hrs and ended

around 1730hrs. Most sold their countries‟ cuisines

and also handicrafts.

d. Stage Performance.

Eight countries participated excluding AFSJ

(Philippines). The order was as shown bellow.

Organization Performance

1. LSAJ (Laos) Live singing

2.MSAJ (Malaysia) ABC Special

3. CSAJ (Cambodia) Poung Neary

4. ISAJ (Indonesia) Tari Piring, Tari

Poco-poco

5. VYSA (Vietnam) Hello Vietnam

6. SNIE (Japan) Ifudodo feat. SNIE

7. IMBSF (Myanmar) Man Tg Yate Kho

8. BYNJ (Brunei) Presentation

e. Sharing Session.

MSAJ presented two Malaysia traditional games,

which were seven stones and skip the squares. Five

groups with one Malaysian in each group were formed

to teach and lead those who were interested in. 30

minutes for everyone to experience it and there was a

small competition for each game. Top three winners

got souvenirs from different countries.

f. Fashion Show.

Eight countries participated excluding BYNJ (Brunei).

The order was as shown bellow.

Organization

1. LSAJ (Laos)

2.MSAJ (Malaysia)

3. CSAJ (Cambodia)

4. ISAJ (Indonesia)

5. VYSA (Vietnam)

6. SNIE (Japan)

7. AFSJ (Philippines)

8. IMBSF (Myanmar)

g. Closing Ceremony.

Song singing session was next as we sang the song

„We Are One‟ all together. Mr. Ben Foo Ming Sheng

(MSAJ) delivered the closing speech with description

of AYNJ, followed by words from each country‟s

representatives in their national language.

Hall.

a. Event Controlling.

b. Decoration.

We booked the hall on 19th of June 2010 (Saturday),

1800hrs-2100hrs for preparation. ISAJ and SNIE did

their rehearsal and MSAJ set the PA system.

Decorations of the hall, mainly the stage were done by

helps from SNIE, ISAJ, MSAJ lead by Nirmala and

Riski (ISAJ).

c. Promotion.

The banner, pamphlet and questionnaire were

prepared by Amy (BYNJ). Banner printed with the hall

layout on it, pamphlet with the description of AYNJ

and schedule of the day, and bilingual questionnaire.

Sound

System

Stage

Performance

Fashion

Show

Faizal

Akmal

Abdul

Rashid

(MSAJ)

Arianne Dumayas

(AFSJ);

Bunnarith Nom

(CSAJ)

Amy Harun

(BYNJ);

Duong Thu

Huong

(VYSA)

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Reported by,

Lim Jun Hao

Bureau of Cultural and Social

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Summer Gathering Part 1: Networking and Project

Management

Date: 18 July 2010 (Sun)

Time: 1300hrs hingga 1630hrs

Venue: Multi purpose hall, Staff Apartment, Embassy

of Malaysia

Malaysian Students‟ Association in Japan (MSAJ)

Kanto Division organized Summer Gathering Part 1:

Networking and Project Management, as an effort to

gather Malaysian students in Japan, especially Kanto

Area, and to create sustainable networking.

The schedule for the program was as such below:

1300hrs Registration

1315hrs Introduction

1330hrs Session 1: Networking

1430hrs Break

1500hrs Session 2: Project Management

1630hrs Dismissal

The event started with registration and preparation of

the hall. Thirty five students from various Universities,

National Colleges and Organizations attended the

program. A short introduction on the event and

introduction of MSAJ was done by Ben Foo before

going into Session 1: Networking.

Session 1: Networking aimed to understand each other

by making introduction of participants/ organizations

and the Malaysian environment in own area.

Participants were divided into 5 groups according their

affiliation; 2 groups for Universities, 1 group for

National Colleges, 1 group for Japanese Language

School and 1 group for Organizations (IPIJ). Self

introduction and discussion on Malaysian environment

in their own area were made. As time was limited,

each group was represented by one participant and

short presentations were made by each group.

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Snacks and drinks were prepared for break time.

Break was set as long as 30 minutes to let participants

to talk and know each other.

The program moved on with Session 2: Project

Management. Session 2 aimed to train group work

among students and problem solving. Participants were

divided into 5 groups but were mixed without

regarding their universities/colleges/organizations.

Each group was given an assignment to think of

issues in Malaysia and with the knowledge and

resources they have, solutions were discussed.

Presentations were made and comments/questions

were given by participants. Among the issues were

usage of English in Malaysian education, crime rate,

low salary, traffic congestion and subsidies. Issues

were current issues. However, concrete solutions were

hard to derive because of limited authority as students

Therefore, positioning is important to discover the

ability to solve issues. Issues involving students

(youth) should be discussed in future.

Participants were actively involved in the program and

communicating among each other. As feedbacks from

participants, the program was interesting and such

program should be continued in the future. Also,

understandings among organizations were made and

further collaboration will be made in near future.

However, there were also feedbacks noting that more

concrete and ongoing projects should be discussed.

Reported by,

Ben Foo Ming Sheng

President

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MSAJ Mt Fuji Hike 2010

Date: 7th August - 8

th August 2010

Venue: Mount Fuji

Weather: Fair weather

a) Participation:

21 registered through mail. 2 didn‟t turn out on that

day. Total of participants were 19 people excluding

ajk.

b) Schedule and time

1900hrs The arrival of participants at 河口

湖駅

2000hrs Depart to 五合目

2050hrs Preparation and 集合写真

2130hrs Warm up, divide into groups and

kick off

0400hrs Reach about 200m before the top of

Mount Fuji

0510hrs Reach the top of Mount Fuji

0615hrs Starting to climb down

1000hrs Reach 五合目 and go home

c) Comment from some participants

(1) I come, I see, I conquered and… I suffered.

(2) Definitely won‟t come again because tiring.

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(3) Nice experience but the route is no end.

(4) I will keep my leg in fridge and won‟t use it

for two weeks.

(5) Should have subsided with more money.

(6) Too crowded.

d) Conclusion

I couldn‟t say this is a success but overall is

still a success.

Problems:

I. We didn‟t have lots of time together. At first, I

thought by dividing into groups we can make

sure everyone keep up and if there anyone lost

we will realise sooner. Every group will meet at

every pit. However, it‟s too crowded that we

hardly move a bit. Furthermore, not everyone

has the same physical strength. We can‟t wait

everyone at the every pit because of the time

and the crowd. In the end we just were walking

in our particular group. This is not our objective.

We even couldn‟t take a group picture on the

peak of Mount Fuji. To me this is the most

sadness place. Luckily we still at least have

group picture at gogoume.

There are places to improve.

I. We should subsidy more money.

Although we agreed to give subsidy for food

only, we should subsidy about 3000yen or more

as the travel fee and equipment are so

expensive. I think we MSAJ afford it. The

equipment such as torchlight (1000yen),

oxygen (850yen), stick (700yen), shoes

(7000yen) and raincoat (500yen) are already

cost 10050yen. From Shinjuku to gogoume

costs 5800yen plus return.

II. We should assemble at 五合目 instead of eki

As there are buses from Shinjuku to 五合目

and 五合目 is not very wide. It is easier and

cheaper to meet at the 五合目.

III. I think we need to make this event longer so

that we can reach our objective.

We can try something like 一泊二日 to reduce

the tireness of participants and we can do some

events during the rest time. It is just an idea to

make this event more interesting.

Reported by,

Tan Ling Cheik

Bureau of Sports and Recreations

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KTJ Workshop

Date: 30 August 2010

Time: 1030hrs to 1800hrs

Venue: KTJ INTEC Section 17, Shah Alam

The program was suggested by Ben Foo, President of

MSAJ 2010 three years ago and this year MSAJ.

Among the objectives of the program are to provide

information of studying in Japan to juniors in KTJ and

to train students to organize programs. This program

was supported by KTJ and Kosen Kikou. The program

is led by Nursyairah binti Hasnol Basri from Kisarazu

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Kosen. 17 seniors and 7 Lecturers from Kosen and

Universities around Japan attended the program.

The morning session was Q&A session where juniors

interacted with seniors to know more especially about

lifestyle in Japan. After lunch, the session was passed

on to the lecturers to introduce and give information on

Kosen and the courses available.

This program brought information to the juniors as

there were many questions which Seniors can answer,

such as life in Kosen, in Japan, Halal Food, etc.

Hopefully, this program can be continued in years to

come.

Reported by,

Ben Foo Ming Sheng

President

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Aidilfitri Celebration

Date: 3 October 2010

Time: 0900hrs to 1700hrs

Venue: Embassy Staff Apartment

The Adilfitri Celebration was held together with

the Advisors of MSAJ, Pn Siti and Mr Annizam,

and also together with Kelab UMNO Jepun KUJ. It

was open house and we had 100 over visitors,

students and working Malaysians, from early

morning to late evening.

Reported by,

Ben Foo Ming Sheng

President

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Mt Takao Photography hike

Date: 13 November 2010

Time: 1300hrs to 1700hrs

Venue: Mt Takao

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KUJ-MSAJ All Japan Sports Tournament

Date: 20 November 2010

Time: 1100hrs to 1800hrs

Venue: CK Square, Niiza Sports Complex

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MSAJ Career Building Workshop

Date: 5th December 2010

Time: 1230hrs-1630hrs

Venue: Asia Bunka Kaikan (ABK) Room 101

Schedule :

1230hrs Registration and know each other session

1300hrs SESSION 1: Introduction - Objectives of the

workshop and definition of career building.

1330hrs SESSION 2: Self and Work Field Analysis:

Knowing you and your opponent.

1430hrs Tea Break

1500hrs SESSION 3: Sharing session on how to job

hunt and working experience in Japan

1600hrs Q&A session

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1) We have 5 speakers in total as listed below :

- Mr Higaki ( Jobstreet ASEAN Business

Consulting Japan )

- Mr Aburaya ( Jobstreet ASEAN Business

Consulting Japan )

- Andrew Soh Chih Jen ( General Electrics )

- Haris Bahrudin ( Bachelor Degree 4th year,

Tokyo Institute of Technology – MSAJ

Websystem Crew )

- Ben Foo Min Sheng ( Masters Degree 2nd

year,

Tokyo University of Agriculture and

Technology – MSAJ President )

2) Subasni Kumaraveloo ( Tokyo National College of

Technology ) took over as MC on Session 3.

3) Among the contents shared :

- The right way of thinking in choosing your

career

- Preparation into job hunting including

„when/what/where to start‟

- Different perspective of career as a foreign

student

- Information on access to know job openings

and internships by Jobstreet

- Experiences and view sharing of job hunting

and working in Japan.

- Self improvement in career building and etc

4) The event was held under relaxed mood and there

were 2 way communication between speakers and

participants.

5) Including room rental fee and snacks, we spent

8000 yen for this event and it is well under our

budget of 10000 yen.

This event was a good and rare opportunity for

Malaysian students to know more about career

building in Japan. However, participation was below

average despite free entry, free snacks and a proper

promotion in using Facebook event tool. We have

some feedbacks that suggested this event to be held in

different timing and hope the experience we got from

this event can be our reference for the next one.

Reported by,

LAI CHAI EI

Bureau of Academic and Career

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Malaysian Night

‘Malaysian Night; Rediscover Malaysia 2010.’

Date: 23 December 2010

Time: 1730hrs~2100hrs

Venue: Sumidasangyoukaikan Sunrise Hall JR

Sobu Line, Kinshicho Station South Exit.

Introduction.

Malaysia Night; Rediscover Malaysia is an event

to bring together Malaysian Students and increase

the networking between students as well among

foreigners especially the Japanese.This event is

organized to share cultural experience among

Malaysian students and the foreigners as well as to

promote Malaysian culture and tradition to the

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outsiders.

Objectives of Event.

1. To bring together Malaysians

2. To increase participation of Malaysian students

in activities organised by MSAJ.

3. To share and promote Malaysian Culture to the

Japanese and other foreigners.

4. To have fun and enjoy Malaysian delicacies.

Tentative of Event

1745hrs; Registration

1800hrs; Doors open

1815hrs; Opening act: Malaysian Cultural dances

1845hrs; Games: Number Me Right***

1930hrs; Dinner

2005hrs; Games continues

2020hrs; Contemporary Musical Performances:

Sepet 2

2040hrs; Contemporary Singing Performance : My

Malaysian Songs

2100hrs; Closing Ceremony and singing

„Negaraku‟

Conclusion and Thoughts on Event

Being an event to promote and expose the public

about Malaysia, participation by Malaysian as well

as the foreigners mainly the Japanese are vital in

order to achieve one of the objectives. Therefore

advertisement on this event must be done more

intensively and proactively inorder to attract more

into joining this event in the future. Besides that,this

event has achieve its main objective which is to

attract and include the participation of Malaysian

students in activities or event organised bt MSAJ.

Reported by,

Siriphong Koammapat Niran

Bureau of Cultural and Social

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Acknowledgement

Malaysian Students‟ Association in Japan (MSAJ) Kanto Division would like to express our gratitude to all

those who were involved in helping MSAJ 2010 to maintain and develop as an association to fill the needs of

members.

Appreciation goes especially to the Advisors of MSAJ, Madam Siti Zaharah Omar and Mr Muhammad

Annizam Mohd Mohtar,, Human Resource Development, Embassy of Malaysia in Japan, for advising and

supporting MSAJ. Also, appreciation goes to the Divisions of MSAJ, for giving the cooperation and support.

Last but not list to the members, companies, organizations and people involved, thank you for giving the

support and cooperation throughout 2010.

We hope the support and cooperation will continue and develop in 2011 and beyond.