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It first started as an idea by one of our Engineer members from the Young Professional Alliance (“YPA”)  namely Zhi Howe - the first activity in 2015 for the YPA would be the SkyWarrior Rainforest Challenge (“ SkyWarrior ”) at the Skyrides Festivals Park in Putrajaya. After much discussion, the SkyWarrior activity was organised by the Nurses team and led by the ever capable Shobana.   The event was held on 23 May 2015 which saw the members of the YPA attempting the SkyWarrior. We were told that the record to beat would be 30 seconds (men category) and 90 seconds (women category). Strutting with confidence of beating the record, we stopped dead in our tracks when we saw the challenge before us. To those familiar with obstacle course competitions, the SkyWarrior is akin to American Warrior Ninja and Sasuke. We counted 8 obstacles to go through and any misstep will result in the participant falling into water. The obstacles were designed to test the ability to bala...

It was that time of the year again, when young lawyers and pupils of the Bar gathered to build bridges with the professionals from the other fraternities. This year, the Kuala Lumpur Bar Young Lawyers Committee (“KL Bar YLC”) as well as IEM Young Engineers Section successfully organised on behalf of the Young Professional Alliances (YPA) The Young Professional Night on 24 th October 2009 at OM a Malaya café, Annexe Central Market. This event, being one of the most awaited events drew bumper turnouts of 185 tickets, attracting professionals from the KLYLC, Young Pharmacists, Young Engineers Society; and Young MAICSA Society. The night started at 7pm with the serving of a variety of food to snack on followed by a number of ice breaking games conducted by the Young Engineers. The organising committee is delighted and overwhelmed by the phenomenal success of the event! Professionals from each fraternity were seen exchanging business cards and sharing professional experiences. The n...

Last week, the Kuala Lumpur Bar Young Lawyers Committee (“KLYLC”) were invited by the Young Engineers Section (“YES”) of the Institute of Engineers Malaysia to participate on the a futsal tournament. On 30 May 2009, KLYLC sent a team of players to Sports Planet, Section 13. The players consists of (from left to right) Lai Chee Hoe, Jack Hoi, Abdullah Khubayb, Seira Sacha, Vincent Wee, Vincent Tey and Henry. After a few rounds of match, KLYLC emerged as champion by beating all the teams in the tournament and took home the huge hamper. At the end of the tournament, the Chair of YES, Roland presented the hamper to KLYLC and followed by lunch..