[ The Opportunist ] by Niger Lim

What is the event? The ASEANpreneurs Youth Leaders Exchange (AYLE) is a week-long exchange programme organized by ASEANpreneurs, bringing together student leaders and entrepreneurs from all ASEAN-member countries. Hosted in each of the 11 countries on a rotating basis, this event provides an opportunity for delegates to visit ASEAN-member countries and learn their economic development and localized entrepreneurial culture. Some of the programme components include student paper presentations, panel discussions with prominent regional entrepreneurs, workshops, visits to successful local start-up businesses and dialogues with distinguished local leaders. Application is open to university undergraduates from any of the ASEAN-member nations, namely, Brunei Darrusalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam.

When is it going to happen? The event will be held on 15-20 May 2008.

Where will it be held? Singapore will proudly host the First ASEANpreneurs Youth Leaders Exchange Programme. Delegates will be provided with accommodation in halls or residences located within the National University of Singapore (NUS) campus. The Organizing Committee’s operational headquarters is located at the NES House. Most of the daily activities will be conducted at the NUS Business School while the rest will be held off-campus.

Why is it significant to conduct this event? The aim of this exchange is to officially launch the ASEANpreneurs: The Youth Leaders Network by bringing together entrepreneurial student leaders around the region and inspiring them to take action and become advocates of ASEAN entrepreneurship in their respective countries. Through this programme, we hope to empower these leaders with the skills and knowledge, to ultimately strengthen economic integration, cooperation and growth among ASEAN-member countries.

Who are involved in this event? The organizing team is the first batch of the ASEANpreneurs Core Committee, consisting of students from the NUS Entrepreneurship Society, who are also founding members of ASEANpreneurs: The Youth Leaders Network. Each ASEAN-member country will send two delegates, preferably young entrepreneurs and/or leaders of their university’s enterprise clubs, to participate in this exchange programme.

To apply for this exchange programme, please visit http://www.aseanpreneurs.org/apply.html

Source: Daily Mail

This is the first image of how the interior of London’s most expensive property will look.

 

The computer-generated picture visualises the £100 million One Hyde Park penthouse, the most expensive flat in the world, upon completion in 2010.

Other homes in One Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, have already sold at record prices of £6,000 per square foot.

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Russian oligarchs, oil barons, Saudia princes and A-list stars are among those said to be buying the Candy brothers apartments.

Managed by brothers Christian and Nick’s development company Candy & Candy, the project features 80 flats designed by architect Richard Rogers with communal spas, squash courts and a private wine-tasting facility.

The most expensive penthouse apartments will feature bullet proof windows, purified air systems and "panic rooms" and everyone on site will have access to an underground passage leading to the nearby Mandarin Oriental hotel.

Half of the units have already been sold at an average of more than £20 million each with average per square-foot prices hitting £6,000 this year.

The figure dwarfs London’s earlier record struck last June when a newly converted flat stretching across the first and second stories of two Regency houses in the nearby Lowndes Square, Belgravia, sold for more than £4,250 per square foot.

 

A consortium-of which Christian Candy’s offshore development company CPC owns a third share, bought the One Hyde Park site for £150million in 2004 when it was occupied by the run down Fifties office block Bowater House.

Knight Frank’s head of residential research, Liam Bailey, said sales at One Hyde Park proved the super-prime property market was still strong.

He said: "One Hyde Park is the most prominent example of activity at the top of the market, but its performance is not an anomaly. The pull effect of One Hyde Park has meant that whereas £2,500 per sq ft represented the peak of the market in Knightsbridge in 2006, 18 months later £4,000 per sq ft is not only achievable, it is now expected for refurbished and newly developed properties in the super-prime sector."

The biggest group of buyers are Russian, making up a third of the total. A quarter of buyers are Middle Eastern, 20 per cent are British and the remaining 22 per cent is split equally between the European and American markets.

Nick Candy said: "We are not surprised by the variety of purchasers at One Hyde Park; it is a truly international development and is representative of London’s status as the global capital of the world."

At the end of last month the Candy Brothers sealed Britain’s most expensive home property deal when Chelsea Barracks, located between Sloane Square and the Thames, was bought by the Qatari government and the Candy brothers for £959 million.

www.careerpath2008.wsnw.net

Collaboration between the Seksyen Kaunseling Dan Bimbingan and AIESEC Universiti Malaya will culminate in the hosting of Career Path 2008 (CP08). CP08 is a major event in Universiti Malaya’s annual calendar focusing on guiding students to future career opportunities.
This event has successfully been organized for 5 consecutive years. The event managed to obtain participation from over 50 companies and 12,000 visitors (students). Seksyen Kaunseling Dan Bimbingan provides positive opportunity for young graduates and undergraduates alike to learn decision-making skills, enhance personal skills and build confidence; through remedial, developmental and preventive aspect. Their mission is to provide assistance to students/ undergraduates in self-development through tutorials and psychology counseling. AIESEC is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential to have a positive impact on society. Present in over 100 countries and territories impacting more than 23 000 members, we enable organisations to interact and source high potential university students and graduates that demonstrate leadership, self-awareness and an ability to make things happen in diverse environments.

List of participating companies:-

SHELL (Platinum Sponsor)
BASF (Gold Sponsor)
GE (Gold Sponsor)
MAXIS (Silver Sponsor and Telecommunications Partner)
ASTRO (Media Partner)

Accenture
California Fitness
Fitness First
Global Intelligence
O.Y.L Manufacturing
Motorola
Freescale
Schlumberger
Eu Yan Sang
EXIM Bank
F-Secure
Morgan Stanley
Federal Auto Cars
Kotra Pharma
Western Digital
Aeon
Habib
Intel
UEM Builders
UOB Bank
Proton
Cheng & Co
Vitrox
DHL IT Services
Malaysia Airpports Bhd
EON Bank
JSPL
Honda
ZTE
Qimonda
Siemens
Top Glove
Ramunia
Jotun
Texchem
STEC
HLB
Sunway
Deloitte
Petronas
CIMB
IPP
AZRB
eBworx
Maybank
Mamee
HSBC
Stemlife
Naza