The 15th N-IVAQ : Breakthrough Challenges, Strive for Excellence
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​Accounting Club MMU Melaka, established back in the year 2001, has been well known for their own legendary event- the National Inter-Varsity Accounting Quiz. For the 15th year, the annual event was held bigger and better this time on the 16th April at Dewan Seri Negeri, Ayer Keroh with the motto of “Breakthrough Challenges, Strive for Excellence”
The event started off with participants and supporters registration around 8 am with all the committee members dressed up bright and bold in formal. Not long after everyone was settled in their seats, the emcees kicked off the event with a warm welcome followed by the announcement of the Top 20 teams which had made their way to the semi-finals. There was a talk by a representative, Ms. Eunice Chen from the The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
​The quiz was judged by Mr. Piong Yew Peng, Mr. Lew Zheng Loong and also Ms. Nurul Hidayah whereas the Quiz Master of the day was Ms. Marianne, our very own MMU lecturer. The 20 qualified teams were separated into groups of five which split the Semi-Finals stage into 4 rounds. It took almost 30 minutes for each round, and the participants were definitely giving their best answers to make sure they make it to the Finals.
The VIP’s arrival session was held quite formally with the presence of Tuan Hj Sudirman (Registrar of Malaysian Institute of Accountants) along with other VIPs from MMU management and also lecturers. The event Director, Mr. Adrian Chong honoured the VIPs with a warm welcoming speech. He also conveyed his thanks to all the sponsors from some of the accounting organizations and firms. The event then continued with a few more speeches by the VIPs followed by the officiating ceremony of the 15th N-IVAQ. Our very own MMU mascot- the eBee was seen buzzing around the hall and posed for pictures with the VIPs at the officiating ceremony stage.
​Lunch was served around 1pm with the announcement of the Top 5 finalists. They were none other than our very own MMU Melaka (Team A), Sunway TES (Team B), Sunway College JB (Team A), UTAR (Team A), and also KTC (Team B). The event resumed at 2pm with a GST Forum by Ms. Ng Sue Lynn and also Mr. Sim Siew Han, experts of GST knowledge. The SRC President, Mr. Saif was also seen posing a question to the speakers from the floor.
​The grand finals of the 15th N-IVAQ started off around 3.30 pm. All the teams presented on their respective accounting case analysis challenge given to them by the judges beforehand. After a long wait and an entertaining magic show, the results were announced. The Champion of the 15th N-IVAQ was crowned to Sunway TES (Team B) with a very slight accumulated point difference of 0.8 with the first runner-up, Sunway College JB (Team A), followed by MMU Melaka (Team A) as the second runner-up.
​As a whole, the 15th N-IVAQ is as massive success to MMU Accounting Club. Congratulations to the Director, Mr. Adrian and his working committee on the success of the biggest annual event of the club.
By Hema.S