Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Convocation Day was held on 5 October until 7 October 2013. The ceremony was held at Sultan Ibrahim Hall, UTHM. Your Highness of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar as the chancellor of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia condescend to finish the promulgation ceremony of the new convocation hall of Universiti Tun Husssein Onn Malaysia also known as Sultan Ibrahim Hall. Almost 3520 student was involved in receiving their certificates covered all stage of study such as Doctor Philosophy, Master, Degree and Diploma.
The vice chancellor of UTHM, Professor Dato’ Dr. Mohd Noh Dalimin had finish the opening ceremony of Convocation Feast that was held on 2 October 2013 at the UTHM Marching Field.
Many people came to the Convocation Feast site to see the glorious of the feast. A lot of seller also participate to sell their product such as food and beverages, clothes, plants, perfumes and many more. Majority of the seller that participate on this event was students, staffs and public residence around Parit Raja, Batu Pahat and Kluang.
The Koperasi UTHM Berhad was the event management that been appointed to manage this carnival. Therefore, Koperasi UTHM Berrhad had prepared about 380 lot of stalls to be rented for 7 days.
This is the interview from one of the seller that involved in the carnival.
Hidayah : Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh and good evening. Today, I will interview one of the seller at this convocation feast.
Hidayah: Madam, could you introduce yourself.
Seller: I yam or Tukiam binti Yusof. I am from Coway Malaysia.
Hidayah: Madam, how much the university charge you for one booth rental?
Seller: We had be informed that the charge for one lot of the booth is RM900 at the middle and RM1000 for the corner booth.
Hidayah: Is it for one week?
Seller: Yes, it is for one week.
Hidayah: Can you tell us how did you know about this event?
Seller: We in this business line very alert for any news, so we got the information from friends, internet, from advertisement that spread. We really want to join this event.
Hidayah: So, from the variety of your product, which one get the most attraction from the customers?
Seller: So far, our product is the product that people need, so Coway which meant Cooperation Way is to bring wellness. So the consumer goods in Coway have 4 things which is air filter, water filter, toilet use and shower. All these is advance product because this product come from Korea where in Korea, this product already known for almost 30 years and had been done with specific researched complete with R&D. Korea is the second producer of water filter in the world after US. So, what we target here is water and air filter.
Hidayah: So, how about the response that you get from the customer so far?
Seller: When we talked about consumer goods, we target all kind of people either new bridal or family. So the most response I get is for water filter and some for air filter. But water filter is something that people like to compare with other brand in the market. When they use the local product, they had waste their money because after a few years, they will change to other product. But they already know from he advertisement and internet, that Coway is the best product. Many sectors had used our product either government or private.
Hidayah: So one of the reasons why people attract to this product is because the product is already established.
Seller: Yes, right!
Hidayah: What is your sales target for this event?
Seller: Actually, we came by a group from our office in Kluang. 4 of us target to sell 10 units each of us which meant 40 units.
Hidayah: This is my last question, what is your hope from the university for the improvement for future convocation fest?
Seller: Improvement... so far it’s already good. What I can say is, I want to join this kind of event every year. Congratulation to UTHM and this is my hometown, I am very proud of UTHM.
Hidayah: Thank you madam.
REPORTED BY : RAHMI HIDAYATY BINTI MARWAN