KL Industry Trip 2008: Day One

On the first day, 16th July 2008, our group of 28 club members accompanied by Club Advisor Ms Su Sueh Ing and lecturer Ms Kueh Chare Nee arrived at Kuala Lumpur’s LCC Terminal on an Air Asia flight circa 11am. We were greeted and introduced to Ms Leong Pui Kuan, a CPA recruitment officer from CPA Australia, Malaysian Division office, who became our tour guide for the day. From there, we stopped at roadside food stores for lunch before driving down to Parliament.

Arrived at KL. Everyone's looking out for Ms Leong.

This is Ms Leong Pui Kuan from CPA Australia (Malaysian Division). She was our tour guide for the day.

The next stop was to Parliament. Our visit there was certainly an eye-opening experience. The security was tight and the guards would check on our dress code before entering the Dewan. The visit here allowed us to witness the way the laws in our country are being made or enacted, that is through the tabling of Bills and Amendments of existing acts. Our guide from Parliament explained the concepts of bill amendments and introduction of new Bills in the Senate and House of Commons. We had the chance to be the spectators of live debates in both the Dewan Negara (The Upper House) and Dewan Rakyat (The Lower House).

Following that, we had a brief shopping stint at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) before being brought to our lodgings, Traveller’s Palm Lodge and Red Palm at Bukit Bintang to settle in for the night.