S. Australia to waive tuition fees

More than 25,000 children of foreigners will benefit from new policy

KUCHING: Deputy Premier of South Australia Kevin Foley announced last Friday that education tuition fees involving the children of foreigners staying in South Australia will be waived.

“More than 25,000 will benefit from this policy,” Foley said through a press statement issued in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

According to him, South Australia was home to over 25,000 foreign students last year, a figure seen as a reflection of its growing popularity as a great place for education investment.

The statement said Adelaide offers world-class education at all schooling levels and it is home to six universities, namely the University of Adelaide, University of South Australia, Flinders University, Carnegie Mellon (US), Cranfield (UK) and Ballarat (Victoria).

It said waiving education tuition fees would make for better investment climate.

“South Australia is a great place for investment. As we all are aware, the economic meltdown is slowing things down. But in every adversity comes an opportunity,” Foley was quoted as saying at a dinner reception hosted by the South Australian government in Kuala Lumpur last Friday.

The April 17 dinner was graced by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu.

Foley also called upon Malaysian business community to get in touch with South Australia for more business opportunities, saying the state “is riding the crest of an economic wave”.

“About AS$45 billion worth of major projects, either underway or proposed, are creating development, investment and employment opportunities,” he said.

He said South Australia’s capital, Adelaide, is rated as the continent’s most cost-competitive city for business by KPMG Competitive Alternatives Report 2008.

More significantly, he said, South Australia has the demands of commerce and industry and people living a great lifestyle or a high standard of living.

Adelaide is rated the world’s third-best destination for business travel and the best in Australia, and one of the world’s top seven most liveable cities, he said.

“South Australia is synonymous with its rugged outback, unspoilt coastline and the beautiful city of Adelaide. Put tourism aside, South Australia blends more things than thought,” he said.

“From seafood to wine, cricket, mining, manufacturing and education, South Australia has earned its good reputation as one of the choicest destinations for both the business community and tourists,

“And for wine lovers, South Australia is the centre of the Australian wine industry, producing half of the nation’s wine and 57 per cent of national wine exports,” he said.

It's Been A While

well i must say it has been an awfully long time since more than 2 ke wei's have seen each other. thanks to mr.goh for his brilliant efforts , 4 ke wei's that includes Myself, Sam, Shaun and Mr.Goh made the trip down to taman sea for one of the best pork chop yee mee and loh mee you'll ever have. (courtesy of shaun himself)

it was good catching up with each other. a slight update from everyone, Shaun is busy working and had an amazing business trip to Datai,Langkawi for some auditing, Jeff is busy with his studies but he claims he is pretty bored now a days since everyone has left, Sam is studying for exams and is making waffles at waffle world (heh!) myself would be busy with my studies, exams on the 23rd of April , and a fortnight from that the bigger exam.

Shaun and Jeff wanna start their diet blog something like body spaces on bodybuilding.com . So maybe anyone wanna publish their bodyspaces account and we can all try get a little more lean. especially shaun, he claims working life has made him eat more. 4 servings of noodles or rice during lunch at Restaurant OK.

After dinner we had drinks at pj indo mee and some karat mamak to watch macheda score YET AGAIN to tie up another 3 points for united.

the other ke wei's, were busy , justin went up to GENTING to study for his finals. Agu was tied up at a COD4 final which he won, and sticky was at his easter concert over at SEGI college.

Going out with Sam would mean nothing without this.....

cam whores. btw, shaun is holding up his KPMG id card. Each of us got his business card. First full time working ke wei.

A truly enjoyable night out.

To all those having their Mid Sems good luck (nest and xiang, dunno if mai and jinn have any) , final papers for justin and sam. and projects for heff. Shaun just needs more motivation on his diet. Anyone else having anything important lately? OH YEAH GOOD LUCK SAM FOR THE RUN AT THE CURVE. 10KM

oh and yes, happy resurrection HEH-SUS! its easter! so to all our christian and catholic members and readers, we wish you a happy easter sunday, and may the lord cleanse you of thou sin.

to the non christian and catholic members have a great easter break (only applies to aussie)

LYN is next level...

honestly a ghost hunting society?!?!?!

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/939061/+1820

and again, MACHEDAAAAAAAA

A Tribute to an Adversary, a Friend and a Brother

One year has gone since the passing of Andrew Yap. He was a fantastic passer and shooter of the ball, a true warrior on the field and most of all, a warm-hearted jovial friend. I speak on behalf of KWFC, in saying that we truly honour you, Andrew and we will always remember this day. Let us not forget to live our life to the fullest as that is what Andrew would've wanted us to do.

p.s thanks for macheda's goal yesterday. much appreciated. God bless =]

most progressive kewei down under

well done lah!good job!

Colin's Update

hey guys, enjoyed your post jinn. the scooter must be damn fun with the awesome weather down there.

I honestly have not much to update on. its pretty much the same here. just that my work load is getting to me.

that is my desk now, pretty much all the time. :(

my first exam is on the 23rd of next month, and next week i'm going to seremband and pd for hospital visit.

and yes, ernest ,xiang kev, (ah mai maybe ). theres this place in solaris mt kiara that sells beer for only 50 sens. yes 50. your initial payment of 22 ringgit for the first bottle, 50 sens for the subsequent bottle. well you definately can get your money's worth.

futsal aside, i have yet to play together with everyone. i've played with sam, i've played with jeff, i've even played with sticky , all on separate occasions. but the mah's ar, too busy i tell you. sorry i dont have gold goal post for you.

2 more months till i see you guys in melbourne !!

Adelaide Update!

Ladies, Gentlemen and zits.

How're yall doin laa...?

Been a while since I updated yall bout my current status.

Finally found a place to stay. It's in North Adelaide, not too far from the city. Nice peaceful suburb which is close to shops and all. And when I say peaceful, I mean.. soo peaceful that even the dead can rest.

Lol. Ok.. Whut im getting at is actually a graveyard that's right behind my house. Like literally RIGHT BEHIND!

Im in the kitchen now, behind my kitchen is the tv room, behind my tv room is the back yard, and behind my back yard is Phil Carson's tomb. Bless his soul.

Yeah, but it's actually really peaceful la. Not like the cemeteries back home where there's chanting and monks walking around. No offence to any walking chanting monks but it's just not the best thing to see at night la k..

I was the first to move in, so i was in the house alone for the first 4 nights. Was cool having the house to myself, could blast the music up, be as messy as i want, walk around naked, yeah stuff like that.

Was a weeedle bit creepy when it came to the night.

Last friday was friday the 13th, I Looked out and there was a full moon. I was estatic! I put on my dancin shoes and waited for Michael Jackson and his troop of zombies to do the thriller with me. But yeah, they didn't show up..

Anywayz, the other housemates moved in already. Currently staying with 2 Australians and a Sarveen.

So, one day I was waiting for the bus in the city and it was taking forever, it was like a good 45mins till I noticed that the girl beside me has been sitting there since I got there.

So we started talking casually, complaining about the bus and stuff. After awhile I asked her, "where ya heading?" She replied "Oh, um.. North Adelaide", you? And I was like, cool, North Adelaide, Medindie Gardens. She smiled and said "Oh, great, im moving there this weekend."

I asked, "Which Road?"

She was like "Chalbury Road.."

I jumped and was like "I live on that street! Whut house are ya at?"

"44..?"

"I was like... Helloee Housie!!"


Such a coincidence..

That's the story of how I met Heather, my housemate from Sydney.

The other fella's an 18 year old footy player. As in AFL, Australian Rules Football. He's Jonathan. We call him Jono.

Good bloke. He plays for like a Div 1 footy team. He plays golf, surfs, plays tennis, he's into dirt bikes, he's gonna design and build surf boards and sell them soon in the backyard.

We're a happy household. Except that the Sarveen's a lil dirty. Messes the kitchen, doesnt wash his stuff, and peees all over the place!!

So yeah, my other housemates call him MIFS. Mister-Indian-Freak-Show!

Lol. But yeah, He's a nice guy... Just a lil dirty.



So like we were watchin Zoolander and so happen, Zoolander is assigned to kill the Malaysian prime minister. And Jono just bursts out laughing and mimes zoolander.. And since then he goes on and on about "KIlling the Malaysian prime minister.." So im like.... Shut up you convict!

So yeah.. I call him convict and he calls me refugee.


One day I came back from class and they were packing stuff. So I asked "where yall heading?"

Jono : Oh im goin surfing with Heather and some other mates

Heather: Wanne come?

Jono: Er.. I don't think there's space in the car for Justin, but we'd go some other time with him for sure.

Heather: Why don't ya just sit in the booth since you refugees are used to small confined places and stuff!

Racist Australians.

Lol.

Nahh it's all good, we just like racist jokes.


Oh yeah.

I got tired of waiting the for the bus and stuff..

So i'd like yall to meeet....













Peggy!






Yeah, she my new ride. She's secondhand. Got her for $800. Been surfing online and monitoring the classifieds for 3 weeks. She comes with a one year warranty,tools, helemet, manual, gloves and oil!

Bought her from a Korean dood who was rushing to go to Sydney. So he gave me a good price.

She's only 50cc and South Australia law allows me to ride using my driver's license.

She's awesome and I love her!






...Oh and pls dont tell my mum.

Cheers!





Oh yeah, Mai, a few friends and I went for the soundwave festival. Awesome line up of bands. Couldn't resist.

He're some pics.







This is Alice, a girl I met on the bus. We lost her in the mosh. Poor girl, hope she's alive.





.. is so awesome live!



Yeah, we caught underoath, one of Ernest's fav bands. Still dont get their music. Moshing was heaps fun tho.



Forever The Sickest Kids - Great punk band which im starting to like. Good Performers.







Jack's Mannequin did a great show too. But was only for like, 40mins.





Yeah. We caught Lamb of God. They were quite scary at night. Lol.



Football's been great. Ah Mai and I joined a team, Uniwhites. They're a social league team from Adelaide Uni.

Good mix of young and old doods. Ya have young vibrant and aggresive players as wells as experianced players from the The Super League(One division below the A league) and various divisions in the team. They find a right balance between serious football and good fun, so at the moment, im pretty happy with the team. Training is on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saturday is matchday. We're still going through preseason as the league has not started yet. Been playing friendlies and stuff

Been training with them for about 4 weeks now and i've so far found myself in the A team for the past 3 (it's tHree not tree.) friendly matches. So it's all good. Mai's in the B's at the moment but shud be able to get into the A's once he's settled with his assignments and stuff. No sweat.

Would still prefer to get a few B team games under my belt just to boost confidence and get into form. Still abit blur due to not touching a football since my regular calls to Ganesren every friday night.

So far the coach has put me on the right wing and up front. Still not used to the weather and the more physical style of play here. Get banged and pushed around alot. It's also pretty common to the find your lips crackin and yr throat extremely dry on the pitch.

But yeah, here's to a good season with the Whites! Check them out at uniwhites.com



Thats Mai with Yao Wen, a dood from Pushmore too.



Mai, playing with his hair on the field.



Lovin the breeze.


So yeah.

So far im doing pretty good here in Adelaide. Beautiful city with loadsa festivals and stuff.


Loadsa baskers and performers on the street doing amazing, funny, silly, stupid, weird things.




Yeah I know, what the heck right?



Some doods on the street randomly playing all sorts of percussions which my friend Ian and I decided to join, bangin the bongos we saw.





Some festivals..




Beautiful city.


So how's everyone doin? Peeps up at Melb? Down at the zabaa ally? Dood with Golden Chin Up bar?

Do update! I really wanna know how yall are doin. Even if it's just a few sentences do blog. It'll bring a smile to all our faces =)






Song of the Mo: MGMT : Electric Feel

OMG JINN NEST!

REMEMEBER WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO DESIGN THE SHIRT AND WE TRIED TO LOOK FOR DANGEROUS GASES!?!!!?!?1

OMFG!!!! I FOUND A GUY SELLING IT

ON LOWYAT!!!!

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/882814

its a sad day for us united fan , and that includes you ah mai

what a horrible defeat especially at old trafford. i bet you ah mai's sad as well. hehe its been a while haven't been speaking to the adelaide guys. and so far i've only seem jeff and sam on two seperate occasions. justin mah la too good for futsal already.

anyways, 9 more games. united for the prem!

Adelaide!

Gday Mates!

Great ta hear yall are doin miserably without me back home..

Ahahaa.. Just kiddin man..

My flight was great..

Slept all the way.

Im still homeless.. But it's all good. Bunking at two different places at the mo. Both in city. Gonna check a place in the suburbs later. Probabbly gonna stay with some locals. Hope they like Malaysian fart. Quite on form these days. Must be all that subway with onions. Weather's good.. Always breezy.. I really like Adelaide.
Think I can get used to this lifestyle.

Everyone here's really nice. Random conversations with strangers are pretty common. Still not used to not J walking. It's like even when there are no cars, people are willing to wait for the traffic light to cross the street. And they'll walk to the end of the road at the pedestrian crossing just to get to the other side. No more waving the Tunku Abdul Rahman Merdeka Hand at cars while crossing.

Oh yeah.. And the water here's abit salty i must say. The currents probably pushed the water from Krabi all the way here. Bloody Ji Fai...



Anyways..


I'll just briefly take yall on a photo tour of Adelaide.



Here's Rundle Street, probbably the busiest street in the town. This is where all the shops are. Pretty common to see ppl basking, doing magic tricks, playing with wierd balls and stuff just to get a couple of dollars.




This is Rundle Street at night. So not used to everything closing at 5. It's day light savings now so.. yeah, everything's just a lil faster.

I've met ppl from everywhere.. America, Germany, Switzerland, Canada.. etc etc.. but I've not met any Australians..

Lol.. Wierd eh?




Anyways.. We hit the beach on Tuesday. Was really cool. Can see myself spending most of my time here. Supposed to go surfing the other day. But there wasn't space for me in the car. So.. Oh Well..





Some Americans and Canadians I met..



Was having a good laugh about our cultural differences.

Mike the guy wearing red in front was asking the Canadians how they say Tomato.

Mike: Hey, Caroline... How do Canadians say Tomarrto?

Caroline: Um.. Don't know about the others, but I say Tomayto.

Mike: How about u Justin? How do u guys in Malaysia say it?

Justin: Um.. To be honest, Most people in Malaysia would say TO.......MAH......TOE!

Lol..


And the girl on the left is Katherine.

So we call her Kat.

And she was like.. I need a nickname.. "How do you say Cat in Malaysia?"

And i was like... "Er.. Kuching?"

"Umm.. How about Chinese?"

"I think it's Mao"

Ok.. My Malaysian name is now.. KUCHING MAO! ..Ya know.. Like Kitty Kat?

Lol..

Yeah..



Australia's a cool place with many diverse people and cultures who're really friendly.

I think i just might take Kevin Rudd's offer and stay here for a lil bit.. ;)


That's all for now..

Hopefully I have a place the next time i update yall..

Wish me luck..!

Cheers!



Keeping all in prayer,



Captain Khoo

To All KWFC members

hey guys, as you know the ke wei's are seperated between land and sea right now. Was hoping you guys would update as much as you can just like to keep everybody in touch. update your facebook, or you guys should check out twitter.com ! look for me colin quah.

so as i was saying its bout time the boys from adelaide and the boys from melb give some sort of monthly update on whats going with your lives that kinda thing just to keep the act together. like for example, today cicak hapiness in parkson and the sales lady thought it was jeff. :D

and lastly tell us your aussie numbers la fool, how else am i to contact you guys!

oh yeah and my skype user id : colin.quah so look add me up!

so guys stay in touch. and please tell me your holiday dates you uni SA boys, so its either you come to melb or i'll come down to adelaide DEAL!?

ek and xiang are bored to death. i'm like damn lazy the last few days. the rest am not too sure, probs still the same la. agu sleeping, jeff pissing in the ocean, sam playing basketball, and justin eating at tai thong. as for sticky, i havent heard from him at all! probs in adelaide now la :P hehe.

Our Last Game

even after ah mai's departure. we still managed to play one last game. against joseph and friends. they were good and yes our passes didn't work. received an sms few minutes back from cicak. and it was really touching.

since my phone cant forward msg's i decided to do it on the blog. as jinn and kev depart in the coming two days. It'll only be left with sam, jeff, ek, xiang, agu , justin and i. and again on the 25th xiang and ek will be leaving.

i highly doubt we're considered a team even though theres 5 of us left. it'll never be the same without the rest.

i will miss playing with the team, as i've always tried to give my 100% and its been a joy playing with all of you guys.

even though i was rest of the world for the first few years of this team. but it's been an honour, a gift i might add to play for this team.

Hopefully in bout 10 months or maybe middle of this year we will get to play again. thank you so much kwfc, for buying me from rest of the world :D

-no 6-

As requested

heh.

1997-2007











PLUS gym + apples + tomatoes + protein shakes + RELIABILITY(hehe insiders joke) MINUS ms read choc cake MINUS 2 plates of wantan mee for lunch MINUS nasi lemak tambah nasi


2008-till my lungs and liver fails me :D


Don't say I'm not sporting :)

Gong Xi Fa Chai

hello fellow ke wei's and kwfc followers. It's the year of the OX and everybody at ke wei would like to wish everyone a Happy Chouinese New Year, yeah thats right, especially to all you pig eating, ang pow collecting people out there.

I have a friend. His name is SAM. He will be undertaking his exams the next few weeks, and so i haven't seen him lately. He is my fellow boxer room partner. And we just love making fun of him.
MI-6 should seriously hire him, for their tactical espionage. Master of disguise , and hiding things. Literally the Houdini come Daniel Craig ( he does have a waffle for a midsection) . Unfortunatley this afternoon, at Ke Wei Headquaters, our spy satelites have picked up a signal. An array of mistakes that have led to Sam's Exposure.

At 0600 after the the united game. Sticky-seat II picked this transporder at N83, E119, W67 and S45.

Target Acquired


Further Enhancement of the image, with the latest technology, it would have been no other than Sam's Mobile. WPA.
it prooves, even the best of snakes in us do get caught. =) and sam i'll pick you up tomorrow, no worries.