Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre’s Employee Enrichment Programme Partners and Ramadan Rhapsody

By Laura Lee

C&G signatory for the MoU was represented by its Head of Sales for East Asia, Victoria Horrox while the Convention Centre was represented by Pyor, who also exchanged some documents with GO1 Partner Activation Manager Aizat Hashim

The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre has partnered with United Kingdom's City & Guilds (C&G) to launch a ‘Competent F&B Specialist In Business Events Industry’ training initiative, which will not only provide global recognition for its in-house training programmes but also take its talent development to another level.

At the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony held at its venue on 21 March 2019, 10 of its in-house trainers received their appointment letters from C&G, which will enable them to start their training sessions.

Thumbs up from Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre General Manager Alan Pryor and its in-house trainers, including Vickneswaran (fourth from left) with their C&G appointment letters 

Kudos go to the convention centre’s human resources team for securing this collaboration with C&G, which has given over 500 work-based qualifications through 8,500 colleges and training providers in 81 countries worldwide. 

Its Director of Human Resources Muhammad Vickneswaran Abdullah said phase one of this training initiative, expected to kick off in May, will cover culinary, beverage, food safety, people management and banqueting skills. 

Its phase two module will be more venue-centric, focusing on event coordination, audio-visual and information technology-related competencies, meeting designs and set-up. It will be rolled out by mid-2020. 

“This will be offered to industry players and stakeholders as part of our contribution to the overall development and enhancement of the Malaysian hospitality and business events industry,” Vickneswaran added.

At the same event, the convention centre also unveiled its new learning management system, EduClick, developed in collaboration with GO1 Learning (M) Sdn Bhd, a leader in online learning and education.  

EduClick will provide employees with opportunities and flexibility to grow and enhance their skills via an ‘on-the-go learning’ platform where 60% of it will be conducted online while the rest will be practical.  

So far, over 100 employees have registered for its first round, Vickneswaran remarked.

                                    Ramadan Rhapsody

The dessert section

On a lighter note, I was back to the Convention Centre the following week for its Ramadan preview and was impressed by how it has maintained the quality of its sumptuous and extensive contemporary and international spread. 

It has also come out with new offerings such as ocean prawns topped with the durian, not the fresh fruits though.  

I love its new beverage, salted caramel teh tarik which was frothy as its staff had “pulled” it well and after going for a few rounds of buka puasa previews, its famous roasted Harissa whole lamb was attractively decorated to catch your attention. I had a few slices of it served with rosemary sauce.

A wide variety of sauces and condiments to go with the roast lamb

I was more than happy when I could lay my hands on my old favourites like its deep fried cempedak and was recommended by others at the preview to try its apam topped with durian puree.     

On the far right is its ocean prawns topped with durian sauce. I also tried its sliced fried lekor and goreng pisang.

As a business event venue, the Convention Centre also has a corporate buka puasa promotion for 100 persons and above throughout Ramadan from RM128 nett a person apart from its promotion for the public which is tagged at RM150 nett per person. 

Companies taking up its corporate buka puasa promotion have the option to personalise them with various Chef Action Station’s add-ons. 

Reservations are required for corporate events. For more information on its corporate buka puasa enquiries or bookings, call +603-2333 2877 or visit www.klccconventioncentre.com.