SOLIDD Welcome Night

SOLIDD Welcome Night

Source: Sunway SOLIDD’s Instagram Disclaimer: All opinions by interviewees do not reflect Sunway Echo Media’s stance in any form. This is purely a raw insight into a Christian student ministry. …
Echo Buzz: Thunderbold Fully SOLD?

Echo Buzz: Thunderbold Fully SOLD?

Remember when Muar MP Syed Saddiq went bald on live after meeting his target of raising RM200,000 when he raised RM383,000? This donation was then used for his ‘1 Keluarga 1 Laptop’ campaign to provide laptops to those in need in Muar. This time around, he has been seen promoting his new program, ThunderBold on various social media platforms.

Src: Syed Saddiq goes bald after laptop donation target reached (malaysiakini.com)

Echo Buzz: The Fall of an Empire- What Happened to Jack Ma?

Echo Buzz: The Fall of an Empire- What Happened to Jack Ma?

Jack Ma as he gave a speech at Bund Summit in Shanghai on 24 October 2020.  source

In China, Jack Ma is synonymous with success. The former english teacher turned internet entrepreneur was the country’s richest person. $61.7Billion. That was Jack Ma’s estimated net worth according to Forbes. He topped Forbes China’s rich list for 2020 and ranked number 17 in the global Billionaires list for 2020. Ma co-founded the behemoth Alibaba group, a multinational technology conglomerate and also China’s largest company, in 1999. It is the closest thing Amazon has to peer and rival. Besides that, Ma created Alipay, a third party mobile and online payment platform in 2003. Growth of Alipay was rapid. In 2005, it attracted the American Internet portal, Yahoo!, which bought a 40% stake. In 2007, Alibaba.com raised $1.7 billion dollars in its initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong. Not long later, Ma created Ant group, which serves as a parent group of Alipay and other financial services. In 2020, it was scheduled for an IPO. 

SMTOWN LIVE “Culture Humanity” Concert

SMTOWN LIVE “Culture Humanity” Concert

SMTOWN Live “Culture Humanity” is a free online concert organised by SMTOWN, held on January 1, 2021 and broadcasted through Facebook, Twitter, V Live, YouTube, TikTok, Beyond Live and KNTV. The concert line-up included K-pop acts from SM Entertainment, namely, Kangta, TVXQ!, Super Junior, Taeyeon, Temin, Baekhyun, Kai, Red Velvet, NCT, WayV, SuperM, Aespa, Raiden, IMLAY and Ginjo. It has also set a record for the highest number of viewers for a Korean online concert with over 35.83 million streams from 186 countries. The entire concert was pre-recorded and filming was conducted safely in compliance with the Covid-19 restrictions. 

Discover Mauritius

Discover Mauritius

On the 24th of November 2020, Sunway’s Cultural Exchange Unit launched another successful event called “Discover Mauritius”. Mauritius is a hidden gem on earth with its beautiful scenery as well as its cultural heritage.