TARC ACCA 2005: important accouncement for those who are going to SHU

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Friday, May 20, 2005

important accouncement for those who are going to SHU

Below are some of the matters to be highlighted b4 departing for SHU :

1. Pay the remaining balances of your air ticket and collect it once it is ready. (MAS Airlines - full price at RM2772 which are subject to changes in airport taxes and prices quoted by different agents)

2. Highly recommended to purchase an insurance policy. Do remember to collect your policy from your agents and bring it together to UK.

3. For those whose passport had expired, renew your passport as soon as possible.

4. Buy a bank draft amounting to 2496GBP issuing it to 'SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY'. Highly recommended to buy the draft in Malaysia and bring it to UK as the bank charges in UK will be in GBP which eventually will be very costly when converted to RM. Do consider Bumiputra Commerce or RHB as the charges is the lowest in the market. Exchange rate for GBP now is quite low, so buy it as soon as possible.

5. Highly recommended to open a savings account with any foreign bank in Malaysia. Preferably HSBC as there are 10 HSBC branches in Sheffield. Your parents may then bank in your living expenses anytime to your HSBC Account in Malaysia without incurring any high charges as in using TT. Take your ATM card to UK to withdraw your living expenses from the ATM machine there. Charges per withdrawal in UK is RM5 (lowest charges as compare to method as in TT which is the highest, or depositing a bank draft into your UK bank account whereby you will incur bank charges in GBP on depositing). By using this method, you then wont need to open a new bank account in UK as withdrawal can simply be done through ATM machine there. Opening a new bank account in UK requires tedious procedures and it takes time for the bank account to be activated. Further enquries do refer to the officers in the respective foreign banks. For HSBC, u will need an introducer to open new bank account in Malaysia.

6. Alternatively, you may choose to buy a bank draft or travellers' cheque on the whole lump sum of your living expenses in UK and bring it to UK. You may then open up a new bank account there and deposit the bank draft or travellers' cheque into the account. You will thus only incurred an initial charges in GBP on opening the bank account and one off charges on depositing your bank draft. Travellers' cheque will be charged 1% on the amount you bought. Estimated living expenses for the duration is 1000GBP (not inclusive of Tour subsequent to the completion of the course).

7. As for the stuff that you will have to bring to UK, do seek advice from seniors.

Any further enquiries, kindly contact me at 017-4799892 (until 16th June 2005) / (60)12-4470074 (M'sian hp. no. used in UK) or email me. Those using MSN Messenger, u may add me at tkhai_nien@hotmail.com or Yahoo Messenger at khai_nien@yahoo.com or ICQ at 24993236. I will try my very best to help out.

See ya then at convocation (if you do attend) and all the very best in your ACCA Exams!
Khai Nien
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