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700 Participants Turned Up For The Inaugural UEM Sunrise Fun Run – Nusajaya 2015

• UEM Sunrise Fun Run – Nusajaya 2015 is an inaugural running event hosted exclusively for its employees, family members and members of the media which aims at promoting healthy living and fostering closer relationships amongst the stakeholders.

UEM Sunrise Berhad (“UEM Sunrise” or the “Company”), the master developer of Nusajaya, one of the five flagship zones of Iskandar Malaysia, successfully organised the UEM Sunrise Fun Run – Nusajaya 2015 for its employees, their families and members of the media in Nusajaya, today.

Going the extra mile to help build sustainable communities has always been a priority for UEM Sunrise and today through this inaugural five-kilometre run, they have been running the miles to promote a healthy lifestyle as well as to further strengthen the relationships between the employees, their family members and the media besides showing the support for two local non-profit organisations (“NGOs”).

There were five categories opened to participants:-

• Male Staff race
• Female Staff race
• Boys race (Male 9 years old and above)
• Girls race (Female 9 years old and above)
• Media race

The excited participants arrived as early as 6.45 am on Saturday morning at the Puteri Harbour International Ferry Terminal in Puteri Harbour, Nusajaya. By 7.30 am, approximately 700 participants were flagged off by Anwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UEM Sunrise.

Speaking to the media after the run, Anwar Syahrin said, “I am thrilled that so many people joined us for the event today, it has been an exciting morning for all of us. We have noticed that running is becoming increasingly popular in Malaysia, so we decided to host this event exclusively for our employees and their families as well as for the media”.

“In conjunction with the National Sports Day recently declared by the Government, we took this opportunity to show our support and work in tandem with the government and share the aspiration to transform Malaysia into a sports nation,” he added.

During the event, two non-profit organisations namely Yayasan Ikhtiar Nusajaya Johor (“YAKIN”) and Madrasah Tahfiz Az Zahra (“MATAZ”) received donations of RM5,000 each from UEM Sunrise’s Sports and Recreational Club.

Anwar Syahrin added, “Apart from inculcating a healthy lifestyle for our stakeholders, the event also serves as an avenue to support the charitable NGOs which have also been continuously contributing to the community development of Nusajaya which is aligned with UEM Sunrise’s CSR Strategy – that is based on two-prong namely, Education Enhancement and Community Development.

The prize giving ceremony commenced with the announcement of the champion for Media category which went to Uu Ban Leong from The Star Publication. Uu Ban Leong walked away with RM500 worth of cash prize, champion’s medal and certificate of participation. While the first and second runner ups went to Zulkarnain Akil from Medkom and Yeo Siew Li from Sin Chew Daily which took home a cash prize of RM300 and RM200 respectively, medals as well as a certificate of participation.

For Employee’s Children Girls category, the champion went to Shafiqah Nasuha Samsudin which walked away with RM500 worth of cash prize, champion’s medal and certificate of participation. While the first and second runner ups were awarded with RM300 and RM200 cash prizes, medals and certificates of participation which went to Nur Aishah Azhar and Sharifah Natasha Syed Nizzal respectively.

Meanwhile for Employee’s Children Boys category, the winner went to Lukman Hakim Ramli which walked away with RM500 worth of cash prize, champion’s medal and certificate of participation. While the first and second runner ups went to Muhd Hakan Imran and Muhd Ameen Abdul Razak which took home a cash prize of RM300 and RM200 respectively, medals as well as certificate of participation.

For Female Staff category, the champion prize went to Nurul Huda Esa which allowed her to take home a cash prize of RM500, medal and a certificate of participation. While the first and second runner ups went to Usarani Rama Krishnan and Nurul Husna Siadin which took home a cash prize of RM300 and RM200 respectively, medals as well as a certificate of participation.

The ceremony ended with the prize giving for Male Staff category. The champion goes to Mohamad Izam Shah Zainal Abidin which walked away with RM500 worth of cash prize, champion’s medal and certificate of participation. Meanwhile the first and second runner ups were awarded with RM300 and RM200 cash prizes, medals and certificates of participation which went to Perdana Sapoetra Ismail and Syed Nizzal Syed Noh respectively.

All runners who completed the run were also presented with a finisher medal and certificate of participation. The event ended with a lucky draw with the top three prizes consisting of two flight tickets to Bali, an iPhone 6 and a flat screen television.

Gracing the event was Yang Berhormat Dr Haji Zaini Haji Abu Bakar, Assemblyman of Nusajaya, who received the donation on behalf of YAKIN, as well as UEM Sunrise’s staff, family members and the members of Johor media.