Brisbane Merdeka 2008

51st MERDEKA Event @ Brisbane Australia

brought to you by

MASCA QLD, PPMQ and UQMSA

Malaysian Students Council of Australia (MASCA) is an official Malaysian student body that is affiliated with the Malaysian Students Department (MSD) of Australia, led by MASCA National and all other state bodies i.e. MASCA Queensland, NSW, etc. The main purpose of MASCA Qld is to help coordinate and unite Malaysian student bodies within Queensland. MASCA QLD does this by supporting the main Malaysian student associations in Queensland i.e. from the University of Queensland (UQ), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Bond University (BU) and Griffith University (GU). This year, MASCA Qld hosted the National Conference and Games (NCG) and this event boasted 400 participants from all over Australia. Other events that MASCA Qld has been involved with are the Merdeka Celebration, Hari Raya Open House and the Queensland Sports Carnival.

Merdeka Gala 2007

MERDEKA GALA 2007
in conjunction with Malaysia's 50th Golden Jubilee
8 September at Brisbane Convention Centre, Australia

Note: This blogpost is courtesy of Patchay@Blogspot.

*** [PHOTOS ONLY] ***

Hiresh, Michael Ng and Chin

Michael Ng, Linggesh (UQMSA 2008 President) and Hiresh

Hong Wai, Pinky and Ai Wei

Michael Liu and the GANG

Is good to have Mr Oz joining our celebration...

happy moments...

and... the "cool" moments ...might get the girls drooling?

Hiresh and Ms Secretary Karen (I mean for UQMSA)

Yu Ting, the Silat Boy, not bad for a Chinese born

Lotsa Malaysian aunties and uncles from around Brisbane... apparently they outnumbered students here

Merdeka Gala Snapshots

THE END

Tags: Malaysia, merdeka and Brisbane.

Merdeka Week Events

Although this is already on the Merdeka Celebration 2007 website, I just thought I'd post a short event calendar here for everyone:

1st September: Merdeka Fest 2007 Gathering
2nd September: Pantun Merdeka Competition
5th September: Merdeka Movie Screening
7th September: Solat Hajat Merdeka
8th September: Merdeka Gala Dinner

Do go to the website for a more detailed description of every event, including times, dates and venues.

Tickets sales were absolutely fantastic yesterday; isn't it just so typically Malaysian for everyone to buy tickets on the last day that we open our booth? Lol! I think it's safe to say that we are about to sell out since as of yesterday, only one table was left. It's only a bit more than a week away but I think I speak for all the committees when I say we are so hyped about all the performances, great food, lucky draw prizes and all that in Brisbane's best function venue! This Merdeka Celebration is going to be awesome and well-worthy of our 50th year of independence.

Alright, everyone. Are you ready for the Malaysian Gathering? ;)

Changes to Ticket Prices for Merdeka Gala Night Dinner

Good news! The prices for tickets to the Merdeka Gala Night Dinner have been changed, yay! It will now cost you only $50 per person. Therefore, we will not be subsidizing tickets by pairs any longer. However, if you would like to buy tickets for a table (10 persons) with UQMSA, it will only cost you $490 instead of $500. Double awesome!

Don't forget that our ticket booth will be open outside the main refec area from 12 pm till 4 pm for the next two coming Wednesdays. So get your tickets before they sell out! A quick recap on the event:

Date: 8th September 2007 (Saturday)
Venue: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (Southbank)
Time: 6:30 pm till 12 am

We're excited too! ;)

Merdeka Gala Dinner 2007

Hello everyone!!

Thanks for coming to our BBQ this afternoon and we hope everyone has enjoyed it as much as we did!! Despite the hot sun, it was great meeting both our old and new members again. Quite a number of you guys were actually enquiring about the Merdeka Gala Dinner and here you go, a detailed email on it!!

The Merdeka Gala Dinner is a collaboration between several Malaysian associations around Brisbane, including UQMSA. More efforts and funds have been put in this year because it's our 50th Anniversary and also because of the huge success of the event in the previous years. Our theme this year is "A Walk Back Into History" and the dinner will be held in the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on the 8th September 2007 from 6.30pm to 12am. Guests are required to dress in traditional or formal attires.

Tickets are priced at AUD60 for non-Malaysians, AUD55 for Malaysians and AUD30 for chidren 12 & under. But, as long as you're a UQMSA member, you'll get the Malaysian price at AUD55. What's more, if you buy in pairs, you'll only have to pay AUD105 instead of AUD110. We're going to our limits in subsidizing you guys, don't you just love us?

We'll be selling the tickets starting next week, all the way till a week before the event. So get your tickets asap before we run out of them!! Our booth will be set up near main refect next Thursday from 12pm to 4pm and for the consecutive 2 weeks, it'll be on Wednesday from 12pm to 4pm as well.

Wanna know what's worth the AUD55 you're paying for?
The event includes performances such as silat, band performances, multicultural dance, Sumazau dance, choir performances and so on. Not forgetting our exotic Malaysian cuisine!! Just one more thing, there'll be lucky draws!! Come on, be patriotic for our 50th!!

If you guys have any enquiries, please visit the event website at www.merdeka2007.cjb.net or just drop us an email.


Warm regards,
Your committee of 2007