Sunday, November 01, 2009
After seven months of battling it out, the meeting of minds came to an end, with much fanfare, but not before the finalists took the challenge to a whole new level.
Monday, October 26, 2009
PUTRAJAYA: It was a clean sweep by Penang when teams from SMK Bukit Jambul and Chung Ling High School pipped 13 other state champions in two categories to claim absolute bragging rights to having the mightiest minds at the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds national finals in Putrajaya yesterday.
PUTRAJAYA: Special incentives such as one or two months’ salaries are being considered as tokens of appreciation for the contribution of principals and headmasters in excellent performing schools.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
PUTRAJAYA: It was the final round — literally — to show just how mighty their minds really were.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Lower-secondary students from Maktab Sultan Ismail in Kota Baru (left) and SMK Bahang Penampang in Kota Kinabalu students drawing ballots from a bowl held by RHB Group Corporate Communications senior manager Mastura Adnan, to determine the order of their oral presentations at the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds hands-on challenge today.
October 21, 2009
PETALING JAYA: Three days – that’s all the time left before the 28 teams of brainy people from 14 states meet for the national challenge of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds to decide, once and for all, which team has the mightiest minds.
September 27, 2009
Come Oct 24 and 25, these 14 state champions from the upper secondary category will go head to head in the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds national finals to be held at Palm Garden Hotel, Putrajaya.
September 20, 2009
These 14 state champions from the lower secondary category will battle it out at the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds national finals to be held at Palm Garden Hotel, Putrajaya, on Oct 24 and 25. Which team will emerge the “mightiest minds”?
September 13, 2009
THE outpouring of cheers and congratulations for the winning teams of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds state challenges may be over but the final celebrations have yet to begin.
August 2, 2009
Teens win state
challenge through
sheer hard work and
determination.
July 27, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR: Horoscope signs, pop songs and the recent Malaysia-Manchester United football match were only some of the interesting general knowledge topics found at the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds Federal Territory state challenge.
July 20, 2009
PETALING JAYA: After 12 state challenges involving hundreds of teams, a lower-secondary category trio from SMK Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, Kajang attained the perfect score of 200 in the first round of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds Selangor state challenge.
July 19, 2009
ANY team which has participated in the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds contest would agree that having a firm grasp of textbook-based theories is not sufficient to come up tops in its two-round state challenges.
July 12, 2009
JOHOR BARU: It was a “mental block” start but that did not hold the SMK Mohd Khalid team back from winning the upper secondary category of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds Challenge here Saturday.
July 5, 2009
A six-hour car journey from Sandakan to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah paid off handsomely for three students of SM Convent St Cecilia when they emerged champions in the upper secondary category of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds Sabah state challenge two weekends ago.
KUCHING: Constructing an arch suspension bridge model based on the Penang Bridge won SM Matang Jaya here the ticket to represent Sarawak in the national-level RHB-The Star Mighty Minds Challenge in Kuala Lumpur next month.
June 28, 2009
KUALA TERENGGANU: Top minds of Tereng-ganu students were put to an extreme test during the nationwide RHB-The Star Mighty Minds Challenge here yesterday.
June 21, 2009
Research paid off for students of SMK Bahang in Penampang and St Cecilia Convent in Sandakan when they emerged as winners of the Sabah leg of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds competition here yesterday.
May 25, 2009
GEORGE TOWN: The air-conditioning system at the Queensbay Mall failed to stop beads of sweat from forming on 17-year-old Yeoh Sengming’s forehead as he put the final touches on his model – a wind-powered carousel that can carry four objects.
May 24, 2009
THE RHB-The Star Mighty Minds challenge has swept through half the nation, pushing students’ minds to the limit as they solve brain benders and construct creative models. The state challenges have left a trail of exhilaration, and for the state champions, great anticipation for the finals.
May 18, 2009
IPOH: SMK Methodist Tanjung Malim student Michael Goh Joon Seng received his best-ever birthday present when his team emerged champions in the upper secondary category of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds 2009 Perak state challenge.
May 16, 2009
GIVING back to the community, McDonald’s Malaysia is proud to be a part of Mighty Minds 2009. The fast-food company is the official sponsor for the event organised by The Star and RHB Banking Group.
May 12, 2009
GEORGE TOWN: The exams going on at the Methodist Boys School (MBS) here has not dampened the enthusiasm of students who are keen to take part in the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds 2009 Penang state-level competition.
May 3, 2009
KUANTAN: They were all full of hope their portable telescopes would be shortlisted as among the top final five.
April 26, 2009
SEREMBAN: It was the last few minutes before the buzzer went off. Hearts pounding, lower-secondary participants of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds hands-on challenge worked quickly on the final touches to their cylindrical advertisement model.
April 23, 2009
IPOH: The mid-year examinations coincide with RHB-The Star Mighty Minds Challenge in Perak.
April 19, 2009
There was no secret recipe for their success. Sheer grit, team work and creativity were the main ingredients for the champion teams to secure their places in the national finals at the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds state challenges.
ALOR SETAR: Excited shrieks filled the air as supporters and shoppers cheered, and jubilant teenagers made no bones about it – they were showing off their prowess in Maths, Science and General Knowledge and having pure, unadulterated fun in the process.
April 12, 2009
Finger-biting, head-scratching and feet-tapping – these were part of the body language of some of the anxious 330 secondary school students when answering tricky questions during the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds 2009 Perlis state challenge.
April 5, 2009
ATTENTION secondary science and maths whiz kids:
A rural school beat fierce competition from several boarding schools to take three of six prizes in the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds 2009 Kelantan state challenge.
April 3, 2009
NERVES were strung tight last Sunday for over 350 Malaccan secondary school students who took part in the first leg of the nationwide RHB-The Star Mighty Minds challenge.
AMONG the crowd of spectators hanging over the first-floor railing was 15-year-old Jervis Ong from Selangor.
March 30, 2009
Mind-boggling questions and challenging hands-on tasks were not obstacles for Kolej Yayasan Saad students who came out tops in both categories of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds challenge here.
March 15, 2009
Attention all mighty brainiacs! If you have not signed up for the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds challenge, be quick to do so as registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
March 14, 2009
Gather your two best friends who are smarty pants, fill up a form and wheedle your teacher into accompanying your team to the most happening event for secondary students – the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds challenge.
March 7, 2009
Excitement levels at Kolej Yayasan Saad in Ayer Keroh are running high with the students vowing to give other contestants in the upcoming RHB-The Star Mighty Minds challenge a run for their money.
February 24, 2009
Science and Mathematics subjects will be boring without The Star’s F4F5 pullout, SMK Seksyen 18, Shah Alam students said.
February 22, 2009
Running a large-scale competition like RHB-The Star Mighty Minds requires a large sum of money. It has been made possible thanks to RHB Capital Bhd (RHB Cap) which has pledged RM2.5mil.
February 15, 2009
WANT a chance to knock out your peers in a battle that requires teamwork, IQ, speed and creativity?
February 14, 2009
STAR Publications (M) Bhd and RHB Banking Group have teamed up to organise “RHB-The Star Mighty Minds”, a competition which will test the skills and knowledge of secondary school students using fun and exciting methods.
Intelligence alone is definitely not going to cut it!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
PETALING JAYA: Three days – that’s all the time left before the 28 teams of brainy people from 14 states meet for the national challenge of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds to decide, once and for all, which team has the mightiest minds.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Come Oct 24 and 25, these 14 state champions from the upper secondary category will go head to head in the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds national finals to be held at Palm Garden Hotel, Putrajaya.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
These 14 state champions from the lower secondary category will battle it out at the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds national finals to be held at Palm Garden Hotel, Putrajaya, on Oct 24 and 25. Which team will emerge the “mightiest minds”?
Sunday, September 13, 2009
THE outpouring of cheers and congratulations for the winning teams of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds state challenges may be over but the final celebrations have yet to begin.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Teens win state
challenge through
sheer hard work and
determination.
Monday, July 27, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR: Horoscope signs, pop songs and the recent Malaysia-Manchester United football match were only some of the interesting general knowledge topics found at the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds Federal Territory state challenge.
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