The Empire Hotel and Country Club held a prize presentation ceremony

The Empire Hotel and Country Club held a prize presentation ceremony for the Amateur Photography competition to all the nine winners in each category - People, Interior and Exterior.
During the competition, over 125 photos were submitted by 60 participants.
The first prize winner in the People Category was Safuan Hj Abdul Majid. He won a Canon EOS 1000D SLR Camera, a gift voucher for two-night-three-day stay in Deluxe Room at The Empire Hotel and Country Club and a certificate.
Second place went to Rickster, who won a Canon Power Shot E1 Compact Camera, a one-night-two-day stay in Superior room and a certificate, followed by Hj Tejudin bin Hj Sulaiman, who came in third place and won a Canon IP2772 Printer, a dinner voucher at Pantai Restaurant and a certificate.
Meanwhile, in the Interior Category, the winner was Safuan Hj Abdul Majid, who won a Canon EOS 1000D SLR Camera, a gift voucher for two-night-three-day stay in Deluxe Room at The Empire Hotel and Country Club and a certificate.
Hj Ilham Rohaidi bin Hj Mashud won a Canon Power Shot E1 Compact Camera, a one-night-two-day stay in Superior Room and a certificate when he came in second place. Third place went to Hajah Hanisah binti Hj Muhammad, who won a Canon IP2772 Printer, a dinner voucher at Pantai Restaurant and a certificate.
In the Exterior Category, the first prize was grabbed by Rickster, who won a Canon EOS 1000D SLR Camera, a gift voucher for two-night-three-day stay in Deluxe Room at The Empire Hotel and Country Club and a certificate.
Meanwhile, Mohd Yussof Jabberi won a Canon Power Shot E1 Compact Camera, a one-night-two-day stay in Superior Room and a certificate, whilst Hj Mohd Hamdani bin Haji Abu Bakar won a Canon IP2772 Printer, a dinner voucher at Pantai Restaurant and a certificate, when they won second and third place respectively.

Caremony begins with photos slide presentation feautaring photos submittion and competition avtivities followed by General Manager speech and prize and certificate presentation to all sponsor, judges and winner.

This competition was opened to amateur photographers with the theme 'Experience The Magic' which is in line with the hotel's 10th anniversary. The competition was well received by the local residents. The hotel's management was amazed with the submitted photos and will keep and utilize the photos for any commercial purposes.
The Amateur Photography Competition was held from July 20 until August 6 and exclusively sponsored by Canon.

Blood donation @ The Empire Hotel & Country Club

Blood donation by Sumantri.

My first blood donation after 5 years away from South East Asia joint The Empire Hotel & Country Club a blood donation campaign held at its meeting room on Tuesday 10th August 2010 for RIPAS Hospital Blood Bank and participated by more than 100 staff members
The Empire Hotel and Country Club has long been committed in helping community development and the donation was part of the hotel's social responsibility in assisting RIPAS Hospital Blood Bank to stock up on blood supply for those in need such as cancer, leukaemia patients, accident victims, surgical patients, premature infants, burn patients, trauma victims and blood disorders like thalassaemia, haemophilia, and sickle cell disease.
The Empire Hotel & Country Club holds blood donation campaign every year and it is well supported by their team and management.
Feel great can get back on track in helping other people.

The Empire Hotel & Country Club's Amateur Photography Competition final selection by Sumantri

The Empire Hotel & Country Club's Amateur Photography Competition final selection by Sumantri.

The first ever Empire Amateur Photography Competition held in conjunction with the His Majesty 64th birthday and The Empire Hotel & Country Club 10th Anniversary. The Theme of competition was “Experience the Magic “open with 3 categories; People, Interior and Exterior. There are 64 Participant given the opportunity to photograph the hotel premises excluding guestroom and back of the house from 20th July to 27th July 2010

Winners were selected based on 3 unique ways process:
Stage 1, 5 local Professional Photographer panel were invited to select the best of 10 each category from 127 photos received entrée.

Stage 2, is censor stage, divided into three different censor, first is censor originality of photos submission, all soft copy of best 10 from each category has been checked by canon and second was to check the profile of the participant through professional judges to ensure none of them professional. Next censorship is select 5 best photos out of 10 base on hotel business perspective, selected by the management of The Empire Hotel & Country Club.

Stage 3, is voting, the best of 5 photos from category of People, Interior and Exterior were display for 3 days at the Horizon Café, the hotel staff cafeteria, the Empire Hotel & Country Club staff were given the opportunity for voting. The highest voted were automatically the winner of this the very first time Empire Amateur Photography Competition.

Its final judging process held from 3 to 6 August 2010 the staff hotel voted for the best of 5 from each category. The Top three winner in each category will be announced on 6th August 2010 at 2.30 PM at The Empire Hotel & Country Club