The day has arrived. After weeks after weeks of preparation and late night meetings, we braced ourselves for the actual event - the Official Launch. Here are some of the compilation of pictures during the first day of the fair:
1. The crowd waiting patiently for the arrival of all the guests-of-honour.
2. The arrival of the guest-of-honour, YB Dato’ Seri Kong Cho Ha, Minister of Housing and Local Government.
3. YB Dato’ Seri Kong Cho Ha giving his speech to officially open the Trade & Career Fair 2009.
4. All the VIPs on stage prior to the ribbon cutting ceremony. From left are: YBhg Datin Linda Ngiam, Group MD/CEO, The Star Publication Berhad, Prof Dato' (Dr) Teo Chiang Liang, Chief Executive of KBU International College, Mr. David Lee Director of Your Part Time Sdn Bhd, YB Dato’ Seri Kong Cho Ha, YBhg Tan Sri Dato' (Dr) Teo Soo Cheng Chairman, KBU Board of Governors, YBhg Dato' Teo Chiang Kok Member, KBU Board of Governors and Mr See Hoon Peow Principal of KBU International College.
5. MOU signing ceremony between Mr. David Lee Chuen Chieh, Director of Your Part Time Sdn Bhd and YBhg Dato' Teo Chiang Kok who is also the Director of Bandar Utama City Centre Sdn Bhd.
6. Press conference after the launching ceremony.
7. Star-Jobs Online booth where their personnel were doing resume assessment sessions for the public.
8. CEO Live@Studio V: Venture capital/funding. From left are: Husni Salleh, CEO of Venture Capital Management Bhd(MAVCAP), Dato’ Badlisham Ghazali, CEO of Multimedia Development Corporation(MDEC) and Wayne Lim, CEO of MALAYSIA SME. The session was moderated by StarBiz Deputy News Editor BK Sidhu.
9. CEO Live@Studio V: Funding. From left are: Nazrin Hassan, CEO of Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd. and Andrew Wong, CEO of MCA ICT Resource Centre(MIRC). The session was moderated by Singular Asset Management Chief Investment Officer Teoh Kok Lin.
10. CEO Live@Studio V: IT and business process outsourcing (BPO). From left are: Hanson Toh, Country Manager of Google Inc., David Wong, CEO of SNT Global/Chairman of PIKOM and Munirah Looi, CEO of Valdo-Brandt International. The session was moderated by The Star’s deputy executive editor Soo Ewe Jin.
Well, that's about everything in summary captured on camera for the first day. Stay tuned for more pictures and updates from post TCF 2009!