Sunway Alumni journeys to the east
Wong Chee Ming
Wong Chee Ming was looking set to pursue his undergraduate degree programme in the West when he enrolled to do his Canadian International Matriculation Programme (CIMP) at Sunway in June 1998, but then circumstances changed when the Asian Financial crisis hit; instead, he is now happily pursuing his Master of Business Administration at one of China’s top MBA schools.
After completing the matriculation programme a year later, although he had to give up every hope he had to pursue his degree abroad due to the financial crisis, Chee Ming wasn’t the kind who would give up easily. He enrolled himself with a local private university and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2002.
“I decided to work in China after graduating because I was thinking of the opportunity to work and live in another country just for the experience. As a fresh graduate, it was a great experience for me,” he tells us.
Good Memories
Reflecting back to his one year stint at Sunway, Chee Ming says he has many good memories. One thing that stands out the most about the CIMP programme, however, is that the programme was designed to help him discover himself and whatever talents he never realised he had. It was never designed to assess “me” based on the academic content.
“CIMP is assessed based on projects and course work. Through all the assignments, I began to discover who I was. Two topics which I found specifically very helpful were on Modern Western Civilization and Families in Society, where I had to prepare class presentations.”
Two lecturers in particular have made an impact on his life. One of them is Don Mah, a lecturer in Modern Western Civilization. The other was a Malaysian lecturer who taught him Families in Society, whom unfortunately Chee Ming is unable to recall her name.
Compared to other pre-university programmes that he had done, he eventually realized that CIMP conducted at Sunway was a great choice. In his own words, he says: “It’s the best for me!
In the span of past ten years, Chee Ming’s career has taken him on a journey to the East –to countries like China and Bangladesh, — where he has accumulated invaluable working experience with a number of organisations including PD Enterprise Ltd, an Australian- Hong Kong-based company with a manufacturing base in Guangdong; M Webster Holdings Pty Ltd in Shanghai, which owns various leading fashion labels in Australia, such as Jigsaw, David Lawrence,
Marcs, Morrissey; a brief stint in Bangladesh with Hop Lun Ltd, a Hong Kong-based company in garment business for six months; and Fuji Crystal Manufacturing Ltd, a Hong Kong-based glass manufacturing company.
Currently, he is pursuing his MBA with Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in Shanghai, China, where he has
lived and worked since 2002.
His advice to other CIMP students: “Yes, I can! Everything is possible.”
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