Welcoming and opening speech (APHCA 02/11)

Honourable En Mohd. Zulkifli Bbdul Rauf

Deputy Secretary-General, Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia
Dr. Jose Q. Molina, chairperson of APHCA
Dr. Andrew Speedy, representative from FAO-AGA
Dato Mohd. Nordin, director-general of DVS, Malaysia
Dato Matta Abd. Rahman, chairman of the session organizing committee
Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen
Distinguished delegates, observers
Ladies and Gentlemen
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We are honoured with the presence of ....

We welcome you Sir.
A long pending desire has been fulfilled today with the presence of Mr. ..... in
our midst, I welcome you, sir.
SIR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS INDEED, A GREAT PLEASUREFOR US THIS MORNING, I
WOULD LIKE TO SAYWELCOME TO

Honourable Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Honourable

Director-General of the Department of Veterinary Services, Chairperson of APHCA,
distinguished delegates and guests, ladies and gentlemen, colleagues: It is with great
pleasure that I speak on behalf of the FAO Animal Production and Health Division.
Welcome and good morning
First of all I would like to thank En Zulikifli Rauf, Deputy Secretary-General, Ministry of
Agriculture for his presence to officiate the meeting.
First of all, I would like to convey the apology from Dato Abi Musa Asaari Mohamed Nor,
Secretary-General, Ministry of Agriculture, Malaysia, for not being able to come to this
opening session of APHCA this morning.

We are delighted and honoured to host this 61 Executive Committee Meeting and the
26 Session of the Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(APHCA) today and to welcome you to Malaysia.
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I wish to extend a warm welcome to fellow delegates from the various countries. I realize
that you are fully dedicated to the sessions that will follow but I do hope you will also take
time to enjoy fascinating Malaysia with its tropical setting, friendly people and multicultural cuisine.
I recognize that these sessions are principally designed to enhance the development of
the livestock industry within the Asian-Pacific Region. These annual gatherings enable
the building of a productive dialogue between APHCA and member countries. They also
provide an invaluable opportunity for networking and fruitful contacts between countries.

In the good old days, APHCA was an active body for dissemination of information,
conducting training programs, facilitating the exchange of officers, and organizing study
tours. Member countries created national currency funds to cover expenditures for incountry costs. It was novel at the time. Visitors needed to pay for international travel only.
I believe that this system is still relevant and should be revived.
As a founding member of APHCA, Malaysia has an excellent association with APHCA.
Over the years, we have been supportive of the policies and projects under APHCA. This
is the fourth time that the meeting/session is being held in Malaysia, the last meeting
being held in 1991. We are delighted to be given the opportunity to host this meeting
again this year. We are pleased that as much as 40 delegates are in attendance - being
from the fourteen member countries namely Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lao
DPR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka
and Thailand. We are also pleased to welcome the twenty experts in livestock production
and health, who are present to impart their expertise to the Meeting/Session.
Malaysia is giving strong emphasis on the development of agriculture, including the
livestock sector, to increase food production. In
Speaking about livestock production, I would like to emphasize on the importance
Malaysia places on measures to control animal diseases. We are very conscious of the
grave threat
I am pleased to note that APHCA has scheduled a half-day workshop with the theme
Their presence will contribute first-hand local experience, which would be useful to the
forum.
Nevertheless, it must be recognized that sensible precautions are needed to ensure that
the disease never again takes hold and public confidence is restored. FAO is already
undertaking Technical Cooperation Projects on the surveillance
We must remember that there are other, more widesprea

We dealt with the important issue of alternative protein sources

We hope shortly to sign an agreement with ano
We must not forget that it is important to ensure that t
In this regard, FAO has recently obtained support
A noteworthy achievement
it is my fervent wish that we all work together to make APHCA stronger and more
relevant to the promotion of animal production and health in Asia.
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, todays multifaceted livestock industry and
fast changing world calls for a close partnership between countries. Globalization
presents many challenges to our Region and as such we should cooperate with the aim
of achieving mutual benefits. I hope these sessions will highlight possible avenues for
cooperation between countries and also come up with beneficial, cutting-edge
resolutions, which can positively impact the livestock industries of member countries.
In closing, I wish to express my gratitude to all delegates and observers for their full
cooperation and contribution to the 61 Executive Committee Meeting and 26 Session of
APHCA. I take this opportunity to thank the joint organizers FAO-RAP/APHCA and the
DVS for organizing this meeting and for providing the necessary funding. I would also
like to express my gratitude to the APHCA Secretariat and the DVS Organizing
Committee for their diligence. The various sponsors for lunches and dinners are also
thanked for their kind hospitality.
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I wish the participants a very fruitful and productive Meeting/Session and with that, I
declare the 61 Executive Meeting and the 26 Session of the Animal Production and
Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific open.
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I wish to thank the FAO Representative and APHCA for their support in the preparation of
this meeting. Thanks to members of the Organizing Committee, the staff of Holiday Villa
and all those who have contributed their untiring effort in making this APHCA Session
and Workshop a success.
On behalf of the Executive Committee, I would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the
Malaysian Government, particularly the Ministry of Agriculture and the Department of the
Veterinary Services for graciously hosting the APHCA meetings. And to every body, I
wish that we will have a very productive and successful meeting and workshop.
We hope the meeting will be a success and we thank the Government of Malaysia as
hosts and the Organizing Committee for enabling this to take place.
Thank you.

Welcome and Introduction

Good morning, and welcome to Eastern Connecticut State University. We are happy to host
what we anticipate to be a day of constructive and robust discussion focused on energy
efficiency.
The setting here is appropriate for this discussion, as many of the buildings you see here have
incorporated energy efficiency principles, and the University is the home of the Institute for
Sustainable Energy.
In New England, we like to think of ourselves as first in many areas, and that is certainly true in
our leadership in environmental and energy issues. Todays discussion also is the first regional
activity
associated with the implementation of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency, a plan
with considerable support from the US EPA and DOE and a diverse group of business,
environmental and state agency representatives.
While we rightfully can claim leadership in many areas, we often fail to really see ourselves as
a region. Too often, we lapse into town to town competition, with Connecticuts 169 towns or
Massachusetts 351 towns pulling us away from realizing our full regional potential.
We sometimes get bogged down into minutia on whether one state or another can lift
something, and instead of achieving progress with three, four or five states, we agree on the
lowest common denominator and all six states suffer as a result. We often fail to punch above
our weight.
Today, I am charging each of us to put aside, at least for today, that narrow focus, and begin to
think about how we can realize our full regional potential. Our electric grid goes across all six
states, and for purposes of todays discussion, I would challenge each of you to think in terms
of us as one comprehensive region. Lets think creatively and I encourage you to move out of
your comfort zone.
You are here representing your states and agencies since you are the ones who implement the
important environmental and energy programs in each of our states. However, in order to carry
forward, we need to engage our commissioners, to show them the importance of energy
efficiency and that it is an issue that can bring considerable benefits to the region.
So, the challenge here today is to engage at a level that may be above where youre usually
comfortable with, or are permitted to operate in. We want to get out of the weeds and into the
air a bit, not necessarily at the 30,000 foot level, but maybe at 3,000 feet. High enough to see
how the dots connect, but not so high that we lose the practical implementation aspects at
which you are so good at recognizing.
To the extent that anything we discuss today will lead to and/or require changes in state
policies, it goes without saying that we clearly acknowledge state sovereignty and the
individual steps that may be needed to accomplish these goals and objectives.
My goal, my challenge to you today is to encourage you to participate fully using your state
experience, to use that experience as a framework for our discussions today, and to think of
the bigger picture, what can we accomplish as a region, and how that would benefit all of us.
New England is home to 12 million people, it houses two of the states in the top five per capita
income nationally, has the best education of any region in the country and is the most
politically progressive. Lets harness that potential and work today on what we could build
together to turn the region into the most energy efficient in the country, grow our economy to

provide local jobs and achieve our goals to improve air quality and to stabilize the climate.
Thank you for coming today and I look forward to an active and heady discussion.

TENTATIVE PROGRAM
-T H E A R R I V A L O F T H E H O N O R A B L E G U E S T S
- M A RT I A L AR T S P E R F O R M A N C E
- P H O T O G R A P H Y S E S S I O N -PERFORMANCE OF : ACTION
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Call to Order
Good Afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen. We are about to begin our Welcome Ceremonyso please find a seat
and make yourself comfortable. Thank you.
Welcome Address
Honorable guests,Representative of Bangkok Thonburi University, Mr
__________________________anddelegates.Representative of Johore Educational OfficersRepresentative of
Muar Educational OfficersThe Headmasters,Teachers,Ladies and gentlemenA very good afternoon to
everyone and welcome to SK Bakri Batu 5, Malaysia. In our traditional Malay greeting I would
like to say Selamat Datang to all of you. So pleasesit down, relax and enjoy the rest of the afternoon.I a m
K ha i ru r R az i a nd I a m Za t ul l i fa h. We ha d b ee n g iv en th e t as k b y ou r
d e a r h e a d m i s t r e s s t o b e y o u r e m c e e f o r t h i s a f t e r n o o n . We t h a n k y o u a l l f o r
g r a c i n g t h i s o c c a s i o n . We a r e d e l i g h t e d t o w e l c o m e e v e r y d e l e g a t e t o o u r s c h o o l ,
a n d e x t e n d t h e warmest welcome to those who have traveled from distance. I would like to express
our heartfelt gratitude for your presence at this memorable occasion. It is indeed a pleasure tohave you all
today. We are looking forward to meet you, hear and share your views withus because Education and learning
open a new door to a world of progress.
Performance of Action Songs and Nasyid
Honorable guests, ladies and gentlemenFor the next performance, youll be entertained with nasyid
performance by the groupAl Muttaqin which consists of standard 2 students. For your information, this
group is thefirst runner up for the Maharani Zones Nasyid Festival.Afterwards, a group of standard 1
students will be performing an action song called I h a v e b e e n w o r k i n g o n t h e R a i l r o a d .
T h i s g r o u p a l s o h a s w o n t h e f i r s t p l a c e f o r t h e Maharani Zones English Festival
and will be representing Muar district for the districtcompetition.Let us all give them a resounding
round of applause.Lets clap our hands once again for the fascinating performance.
Speech by GB
Honorable guests, ladies and gentlemenWithout further due, let us welcome our dear headmistress,
Pn Hjh Maznah Bt Amir togive the opening speech.Thank you for that inspiring message.
Speech by Guest
Honorable guests, ladies and gentlemen N o w l e t u s l e n d o u r e a r s a n d o p e n o u r h e a r t s t o t h e
i n s p i r a t i o n a l m e s s a g e f r o m t h e official representative of Bangkok Thonburi
University,______________________ Thank you very much for that inspiring message
Certificate give away

Honorable guests, ladies and gentlemen Now please welcome our headmistress, Pn Hjh Maznah Bt
Amir to the stage to
givea w a y t h e c e r t i f i c a t e t o o u r h o n o r a b l e g u e s t f r o m B a n g k o k T h o n b u r i
U ni v er s i t y,
Thank you.
Message of Thanks from school
The event has almost come to an end but as the famous - Cesare Pavese quote, We do n o t
remember da ys; we remember moments. As we proceed with a tour around
t h e school, may this day be memorable for all of us.
Closing Remarks
Well, I believed thats about everything ladies and gentlemen. We have finally come to the end
of our occasion. It has been a great day and a wonderful afternoon with all of you.Again thank you all for your
presence. God bless and good day to each and every one of you.
Thank You
A tour around the school
-Lead by Khairur Razi and colleagues.- A s h o r t b r i e f t o d e l e g a t e s . Divide into 2 major groups

MC Script
[2:15 pm]
Eloise: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Chestnut Drive Secondary School. Thank you for
gracing our schools 2 Students Leaders Investiture. My name is Eloise
nd

Fatullah: and I am Fatullah. We would be your MCs for this afternoons ceremony. Todays program
sequence is reflected in the program sheet. If you do not have a copy of the program sheet, you can raise your
hands and our Peer Support Leaders will hand you a copy. [pause to allow PSLs to give copies to guests who
do not have program sheet]
During the ceremony, we would request the audience to stand when the Guest of Honour arrives and at the
singing of the School song.
Eloise: The ceremony would be starting shortly. We would appreciate it if you could kindly switch your
mobile phones to silent mode. Thank you.
[2:25 pm]
[Diyanah signals NCC contingent commander to get ready. Diyanah signals to MCs that Guard of Honour is
ready.]
Fatullah: Ladies and Gentlemen, please join our hands together to welcome our Guard of Honour, the NCC
contingent.
[NCC contingent marches in. Stand in position. Commander to bring contingent at-ease]
[Ashwini waits for GOH at foyer and escorts him up to the hall entrance when he arrives.]
[2:30 pm]

[Diyanah signals to MCs that GOH has arrived. Student Councilors and Student Leaders are ready to enter
hall]
Eloise: Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present to you, our Student Councilors and Student Leaders.
[NCC Contingent commander brings contingent at attention. AVA plays grand entrance music. Sec 1 Student
Councilor enters the school hall when they hear the music.]
Our Secondary 1 and 2 junior Student Councilors. [pause]
Our Secondary 3 and 4 senior Student Councilors. [pause]
Our Student Leaders from the Uniform Groups and Band. [pause]
The Excos and Vice Presidents of our Student Council. [pause]
[Student Councilors and Student Leaders will walk up to the stage steps]
The Presidents of our Student Council.
[Music stops. Presidents will wait at the top of the Guard of Honour to welcome GOH]
[small pause]
Fatullah: Ladies and Gentlemen, please stand and let us welcome our Guest-of-Honour, Mr. Tony Wong Jensen.
[NCC Contingent commander gives command for Contingent to salute. SC Presidents to guide GOH, P and
VP to their seats. NCC contingent commander gives command to ease salute.]
Fatullah: Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain standing for our school song.
[Flag bearer marches to centre of aisle, hoists up the school flag. Commander gives command for all to stand
at-attention. AVA plays the school song. School song ended.]
Fatullah: Please be seated.
[NCC will march out once the audience has seated. Contingent commander gives command for Contingent to
dismiss from hall. Student Leaders on stage will disperse orderly to their seats.]
Eloise: A very good afternoon and may I extend a warm welcome to our Guest-of-Honour, Mr. Tony Wong Jensen, our Principal, Mr. Teoh Teik Hoe, our Vice Principal, Mr. Mohammad Nasim, distinguished guests
and everyone present. We want to thank you for being here to celebrate this occasion together with us.
Today we celebrate the investiture of our new Student Councilors. We would also like to thank our graduating
student leaders in the Student Council, Uniform Groups and Band for their contributions to the school.

Fatullah: The theme of todays ceremony is Thinker Inspirer Servant. This is also the motto of our schools
Student Council. The student leaders of our school aspire to develop these qualities in our lives. You would
hear more about this from our Student Council Presidents later.
It is now my pleasure to call upon our Guest-of-Honour, Mr. Tony Wong - Jensen, up on stage to deliver his
speech. [Ashwini and Diyanah escort GOH on stage. They advice GOH that he is requested to stay on stage
to present certificates to the graduating school leaders after his speech. They stand behind stage while GOH is
delivering his speech.]
Eloise: Thank you, Mr. Wong. We would now invite Mr. Wong to give away certificates of appreciation to our
graduating senior NCOs of the Uniform Groups and Band. These students have served well and are held in
high regards as leaders in their respective CCA groups.
[Faye to prepare Senior NCOs to go on-stage]
Fatullah: From the National Police Cadet Corp,
1. Staff Sergeant (SSG) Sharran S/O Rajendran, also awarded the Best Cadet (boys)
2. SSG Liana Nadhirah Bte Saheid, also awarded the Best Cadet (girls)
3. SSG Alif Zulfikaar B Kamsani
4. SSG Jason Gan Zhi Hui
5. SSG Yschelle Lim Yi Xiu
6. SSG Tan Lin He Anderson

Eloise: From the Saint John Ambulance Brigade,

1. SSG Koh Zhao Schwen Shane
2. SSG Pang King Yiu
3. SSG Tan Si Hui Emmeline

Fatullah: From the Concert Band,

1. Band Major Muhammad Farid B Jumadi
2. Drum Major Nurul Asyiqin Bte Ismail

Eloise: From the National Cadet Corp,

1. Master Sergeant Neo Ling Sheng
2. SSG Jagdevan Singh
3. SSG Dinesh Kumar S/O Paramasivan

4. SSG Mohamad Noh B Jaffar

5. SSG Muhammad Haikal Radzuan B R
6. SSG Paramasivam S/O Annamalay

[Graduating Senior NCOs to take picture with GOH at steps of stage]

Thank you Mr. Wong for giving away the certificates.
[Diyanah escorts GOH back to seat. GOH seated. Senior NCOs to return to their seats.]
Fatullah: The Student Council has undergone major changes in the last 2 years. The current retiring batch of
graduating Student Council leaders was instrumental in implementing many changes. Now, let us sit back and
enjoy a video that they have put together to share with us their journey. After the video, the out-going
President of the Student Council, Ms Ashwini will present her speech.
[AVA to play video. After video, Ashwini walks to podium to deliver her speech. After speech, move quickly
to seat.]
Eloise: Thank you, Ashwini. I would now invite our Vice Principal, Mr. Mohamad Nasim to come on stage to
present the certificates of appreciation to our out-going Student Councilors.
Mr. Nasim, please.
[Diyanah escorts Mr. Nasim on-stage. Faye prepares graduating students to go on-stage.]
Eloise: Presenting to you, our graduating student councilors
1. M Sahesh
2. Burgos Gabriel Robert Manalo
3. Ex-co member, Nur Syahirah Bte Syed Ibrahim
4. Ex-co member, Rachel Goon Bao Xian
5. Vice President, Liana Nadhirah Bte Saheid
6. Vice President, Quah Kok Kiong
7. Vice President, Sinn Chansereyroth
8. President Ashwini D/O Balachandran

[Graduating Student Councilors to take picture with Mr. Nasim at the steps of the stage]
Thank you, Mr. Nasim.

[Diyanah escorts Mr. Nasim back to seat and then move to backstage. Vice President designates to move to
backstage. All graduating Student Councilors to return to their seats except the Vice Presidents and President
who remain on-stage.]
Fatullah: We would now invite the out-going and in-coming Vice Presidents to come on stage for a simple
handover ceremony.
Liana Nadhirah Bte Saheid, Vice President and Head of Voice of CDians will now hand over her appointment
to Faye Tan Yong Heng.
Quah Kok Kiong, Vice President and Head of Daily Operations will now hand over her appointment to
Charmaine Ng Sum May.
Sinn Chansereyroth, Vice President and Head of Peer Support Leaders will now hand over her appointment to
Jesslyn Trixie Ogmund.
[Vice President swapped blazers, held in hand]
Eloise: We would now invite the outgoing and in-coming Presidents to move to the front of the stage for a
simple handover ceremony.
Ashwini D/O Balachandran, President of Student Council will now hand over her appointment to Nurul
Diyanah Bte Anbar.
[All Presidents and Vice Presidents to move to the front of stage for photo taking. All to return to their seats.]
Thank you, Presidents and Vice Presidents.
Fatullah: Ladies and Gentlemen, we are coming to the most exciting part of our ceremony, the investiture of
our junior Student Councilors. These Student Councilors have been stringently selected and trained. They
have passed their training and are now conferred the Student Councilor badge.
Eloise: We would start off with the Secondary 1 Student Councilors. They are,
1. Caselyn Tan Jing Wen
2. Raja Syarah Addlina
3. Tan Quni Jeanie
4. Pavithradevi
5. Nurazreen
6. Muhd Azry Khairy

[While the Secondary 1 student councilors are moving up on-stage, R7 prepares their parents to go on-stage]
I would now like to invite their parents to come on-stage to pin the Student Council badge on their childs
uniform.

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[R7 invites parents back to their seats when they have pinned the badges.]
Lets give a round of applause for the Secondary 1 Student Councilors.
[Secondary 1 SCs move to back of stage]
Fatullah: We would now invite the Secondary 2 Students Councilors on stage. They are,
1. Chartel Manipula Andres
2. Eloise Arellano Borbon
3. Gayathri D/O Vijaya Kumar
4. Samantha Chuan Wei Yee
5. Sheryl Goh Yi Fen
6. Jeselle Anne P Egipto
7. Aaron Hogan
8. Mikhail Hud B Halil
9. Nur Sabrina Bte Roslan
10. Danial Zuhaily B Zulkafie
11. Larry Tan Wei Jie
12. Siti Riana
13. Ummi Nur Haida
14. Abdul Muttaqin B Rahmad

[While the Secondary 2 student councilors are moving up on-stage, R7 prepares their parents to go on-stage]
I would like to invite the parents of these Secondary 2 Student Councilors to come on stage to pin the Student
Council badge on their childs uniform.
[R7 invites parents back to their seats when they have pinned the badges.]
Lets put our hands together for the Secondary 2 Student Councilors.
[Secondary 2 SCs move to back of stage, in-front of Secondary 1 SCs]
Eloise: Most of our Secondary 3 student councilors are experienced student leaders. I would now invite my
Senior Student Councilors on-stage. They are:
Ahmad Haziq Khalid B Ahmad F

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Benjamin Tan Kai Xin

Lee Ka Xin
Muhammad Fatullah B Amanullah
Stetsyuk Kirill
Vigneswaran S/O Balachandran
Latchiya Prhiyan A/L Chandran
Mohammad Nahar B Hassan
Jacinda Wang
Jovin Diong XinYi
Muhammad Sholihin B Salman
Rusydi
[While the Secondary 3 student councilors are moving up on-stage, R7 prepares their parents to go on-stage]
I would like to invite the parents of these Secondary 3 Student Councilors to come on stage to put the Student
Council blazers on for their child.
[R7 invites parents back to their seats when they have put on the blazers for their child. Ashwini and Roth to
invite the parents of P and VP designates to backstage.]
Lets give the Secondary 3 Students Councilors a big hand.
[Secondary 3 SCs move to back of stage, in-front of Secondary 2 SCs.]
Fatullah: I would now invite Mr. Teoh, our Principal, to come on-stage to give out the letter of appointments
to our Vice President-designates. [Liana escorts Mr. Teoh on stage]
I would like to invite their parents to come to the front of the stage to help their child put on her blazer.
[Ashwini and Roth invite parents to go to the front of the stage, arranging them in the right order.]
Ladies and Gentlemen, the new Vice Presidents:
1. Charmaine Ng Sum May
2. Faye Tan Yong Heng
3. Jesslyn Trixie Ogmund

[Each VP goes on stage, first to be dressed by their parents, and then proceed to get their certificate of
appointment from Mr. Teoh. After taking the certificates, the new VP moves a step back. Once all VPs
received their certificates of appointments, they have a photograph together with their parents and Mr. Teoh.
After photograph, Roth invites parents back to seat. VPs move back to stage and stand in front of the Sec 3
Student Councilors. Liana advices Mr. Teoh to remain on-stage]
Eloise: Ladies and Gentlemen, may I now present you the new President of the 7 Student Council, Nurul
Diyanah Bte Anbar.
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[Diyanah goes on-stage. Ashwini invites Diyanahs parents to the front of the stage to put on the blazer for
her. Diyanah receives certificate of appointment from Mr. Teoh. Diyanah will have a photograph with her
parents and Mr. Teoh. Liana invites Mr. Teoh back to his seat. Ashwini invites Diyanahs parents to their
seats. Diyanah moves to the podium to deliver her Presidential Acceptance speech.
[After speech, Diyanah will lead the Student Councilors in the Student Council pledge. After pledge, all
Student Councilor will move to the back of stage. Curtain closes]
Fatullah: Ladies and Gentlemen, the 7 Student Council would now present the song, You Raise Me Up by
Josh Groban. This is a song dedicated to all our parents, teachers and seniors who have helped us and will
continue to help us in our growth and development as leaders. We hope you would enjoy the song and find
inspiration in it.
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[Curtain opens. All Student Councilors are in-position. Song sung. Student Councilors remain on stage.]
Eloise: We have now come to the end of the ceremony. We would like to thank you for spending your time
with us this afternoon. We would now invite our parents and guests to proceed downstairs for refreshments.
Peer Support Leaders, please guide our guests to the reception area.
EMCEE SCRIPT
Prepared By: Puan Hajjah Mahani Binti Mohamad
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Pre - announcement
1. ASSALAMUALAYKOM WRT WBT
2. GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
3. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL THE GUESTS TO BE SEATED AS OUR Memorandum of
Agreement Signing CEREMONY WILL BEGIN SHORTLY.
4. ALSO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT OUR HANDPHONES ARE IN SILENT MODE OR BE
TURNED OFF

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Greetings
Doa/salam pertemuan dan ucap selamat
BISMILLAHIRAHMANIRAHIM
ALHAMDULILLAHI RABB AL-ALAMIIN

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WASSOLATU WASALA MU ALA ASROFIL ANBIYAA E WALMURSALIN, WAALAA AAA LIHI

WASOHBIHI AJMAEEEN.
RABBISSROHLI SODRI, WAYSSIRLI AMRI, WAHLUL UQDATAN MINLISAANI YAFQOHUU
QAULI
ASSALAMUALAYKOM WRT WBT AND
GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

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Protocol Honourable mentions
Y. Bhg Dato Prof. Dr. Alias Daud, VICE CHANCELOR of UNIVERSITY SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN
Y. Bhg. Dato Agil Natt,
PRESIDENT
of INTRNATIONAL CTR FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE
Y. BHG. PROF. DR. MOHD AFANDI MUHAMAD
DEPUTY VICE CHANCELOR FOR ACADEMIC AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
Prof. Madya Dr. Shahul Hameed Haji Mohamad Ibrahim,
Head of CHARTERED of ISLAMIC FINANCE PROFESIONAL DEPARTMENT
(or CIFP Department ) at INCEIF

DEAR RESPECTED DEPUTY VICE CHANCELOR OF UniZSA,

REGISTRAR,
DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF BUSSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING
DEPUTY DEAN,
HEAD OF DEPARTMENTS,

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COORDINATORS,
ASSISTANT REGISTRARS,
AND GUESTS FROM MEDIA

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Welcome guests / Participants

WELCOME TO THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT SIGNING CEREMONY

BETWEEN UNIVERSITY SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN AND THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR
ISLAMIC FINANCE.

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Background

USUALLY, MOA IS ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN PARTIES WITH THE DESIRE TO WORK
TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS.
THIS COLLABORATION BETWEEN UNISZA AND INCEIF WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE
UNIVERSITY TO OFFER 8 COURSES UNDER THE CHARTERED ISLAMIC FINANCE
PROFESSIONAL (CIFP) WHICH WOULD QUALIFY THE STUDENTS TO RECEIVE 2 DIFFERENT
CERTIFICATES THE BACHELOR DEGREE IN FINANCE MANAGEMENT WITH HONOURS AND
CIFP CERTIFICATE PART 1. WITH THE ADDED VALUE, UNISZA GRADUATES WILL QUALIFY
TO SIT FOR CIFP PART 2 CERTIFICATES, WHICH IS RECOGNIZED BY PUBLIC SERVICE
DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT TO A BACHELORS DEGREE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVER
INCEIF HAS ENTERED INTO MOU WITH A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN MALAYSIA.

7)
Speech by VC

NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE

Y. BHG DATO PROF. DR. ALIAS DAUD,

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VICE CHANCELOR of UNIVERSITY SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN FOR A SPEECH

PLEASE WELCOME!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH Y. BHG. DATO

9)
Speech by President /CEO of INCEIF

NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE

Y. BHG. DATO AGIL NATT,
PRESIDENT /CEO
of INTRNATIONAL CTR FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE
PLEASE WELCOME!
****************************************
THANK YOU VERY MUCH Y. BHG. DATO

10)
MOU Signing Ceremony

NOW WE HAVE COME TO THE MAIN PART; THE REASON WE ARE HERE FOR: THE MOA
SIGNING CEREMONY.
The Signee Representing UniSZA is
Y. Bhg Dato Prof. Dr. Alias Daud, VICE CHANCELOR of UNIVERSITY SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN
And representing INCEIF is
Y. Bhg. Dato Agil Natt,
PRESIDENT

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of INTRNATIONAL CTR FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE

and the Memorandum of Agreement is to be witnessed by :

Y. Bhg. Prof. Dr. Mohd Afandi Muhamad
Deputy Vice Chancelor for Academic and Internationalization
And
PROF. MADYA DR. SHAHUL HAMEED HAJI MOHAMAD IBRAHIM,
Head of CHARTER of ISLAMIC FINANCE PROFESIONAL DEPARTMENT
(or CIFP Department ) at INCEIF
PLEASE WECOME
A PRESS CONFERENCE IS TO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SIGNING CEREMONY.

(11)
Closing

AS A SAYING GOES, TO EVERY BEGINNING, THERE IS AN ENDING.

AND NOW, THE MOA CEREMONY HAS COME TO ITS END.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR GRACING OUR MOA CEREMONY WITH YOUR
PRESENCE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT!
EVERYONE IS INVITED FOR LUNCH DOWNSTAIRS AT BAYU RESTAURANT.

THIS IS THE END OF THE MOASigning CEREMONY between University Sultan Zainal Abidin,
UniSZA and International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance, INCEIF.

Emcee Script for Enterprise Data Management Seminar

Time

Activity

8.55am

<To get cue from Event Manager>

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<Housekeeping note>
Ladies and gentlemen, as we are about to begin, please be seated.
I have a few housekeeping notes to make before we begin todays
program.
Firstly, I would like to seek your cooperation in completing the Evaluation
Form, which is available in your conference folder. Kindly submit the
completed form at the Registration Counter at the end of the seminar.
Kindly switch your mobile phones and pagers to the silent mode.
Thank you for your kind cooperation and attention.
9.00am

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of Symantec Corporation

and [partner], I would like to extend a very warm welcome to all of you.
We appreciate you taking time off your busy schedules to join us today. We
hope you will find the program we have lined-up for you to be fruitful and
engaging.
To kick-off this mornings program, we are pleased to have Mr. ______,
(designation) of (company), to deliver the Welcome address.
Mr ________, please.

9.10 am

Thank you, Mr _______.

Its now time for us to share with you the strategic direction of

Symantecs latest technology. We will demonstrate how our

products, NetBackup and Enterprise Vault can help you address
your enterprise data management challenges you face today
and be ready for the challenges of tomorrow.
I would like to invite _________, _______________ of ________, to deliver the
keynote address, Ultimate Makeover: Data Management Edition.
__________, please.
9:40 am

Thank you, _______, for the insightful presentation.

You can now enjoy industrial strength backup and recovery with the launch
of VERITAS NetBackup 6! The new NetBackup 6 gives you the power of
next generation management.
Before I reveal too much, ladies and gentlemen, its my pleasure to invite
_________, _________________ to share with us the new features and benefits
of VERITAS NetBackup 6..
Ladies and Gentlemen, ________.

10:20 am

<_______ finishes>
Thank you, _______.

Ladies and gentlemen, you have heard from Symantec on the

benefits and features of NetBackup 6. After the break, you will

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find out more on why VERITAS Enterprise Vault is the industry

leader in the world.
Ladies and gentlemen, refreshments will also be served in/at ______. Please
do not leave your personal belongings behind for security purposes.
The breakout sessions will start promptly after the coffee break at
10:50am. Thank you.
10.50am

Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen.

It is now my pleasure to invite __________ to share with us how VERITAS
Enterprise Vault easily archive, retain and manage your ever-growing
email files, and why IDC affirms it as THE market leader in 2004.
__________, please.

11.30am

Thank you, Mr ___________.

Closing
Ladies and Gentlemen, I hope youve found this mornings/afternoons
presentations informative and useful. I would like to request for your
assistance in completing the Evaluation Form. We would love to hear any
feedback or suggestions that you may have for us.
Kindly hand your completed forms to my colleagues at the Registration
Counter.
(Pls confirm if there is a gift, if not, to change)
1. And to thank you for spending time with us today, we have a token of
appreciation when you return your forms.
2. Thank you for spending time with us today.

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