POST NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SMK METHODIST (ACS) IS THE CHAMPION OF S.O.X. ALL-STARS HOOPS, THE ULTIMATE 5-ON-5 BASKETBALL COMPETITION! - The Champion clinched RM5,000 cash prize, trophy and goodies bag worth RM500 - KUALA LUMPUR, 3 August 2011 – The inaugural S.O.X. All-Stars Hoops crowned its first Champion, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Methodist (ACS), that walked away with RM5,000 cash prize, trophy and goodies bag worth RM500. The Champion emerged triumphant after battling 15 other teams from all over the country. The Grand Finals took place last Saturday, 30 July 2011 at Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort, Indoor Basketball Court, Kuala Lumpur. Meanwhile, Lim Yong Aun, 17 from Hua Lian High School were chosen as the Most Valuable Player and he took home RM500 cash prize, trophy and goodies bag worth RM500. The second prize winner were awarded RM3,000 prize money, trophy and goodies bag worth RM300 while the third prize winner won RM2,000 cash prize, trophy and goodies bag worth RM200. The fourth prize winner garnered RM500 cash, trophy and goodies bag worth RM100. For full listing of the winners, please refer below: TITLE PRIZE WINNING TEAM RM5,000 cash + Trophy + Goodies Bag SMK Methodist (ACS), Kuala Lumpur Champion worth RM500 RM3,000 cash + Trophy + Goodies Bag Pay Fong A Team from SMK Pay Second Place worth RM300 Fong, Melaka RM2,000 cash + Trophy + Goodies Bag Pei Chun High School, Johor Third Place worth RM200 RM500 cash + Trophy + Goodies Bag SMK Durian Tunggal, Melaka Fourth Place worth RM100 Most Valuable RM500 cash + Trophy + Goodies Bag Lim Yong Aun, 17 years old, from Hua Player (MVP) worth RM500 Lian High School, Perak "Besides benefiting and enhancing a student’s overall academic development, the S.O.X. All-Stars programme provides a good platform for students to engage in fun co-curricular activities with their peers,” said Celcom Axiata Berhad’s Chief Marketing Officer, Zalman Aefendy Zainal Abidin, adding that the S.O.X. All-Stars programme kicked off with S.O.X. All-Stars March and Cheer in year 2009. "Due to the overwhelming response we received from the first edition ‘March and Cheer’, we embarked on the second edition known as ‘Drum and Dance’ early last year. The programmes under the S.O.X. All-Stars umbrella promote excellence in a range of areas for the benefits of a student’s overall development, encompassing Academic, Music, Sports, Science and Technology as well as Environment. The S.O.X. All-Stars Hoops is a new chapter under the sports pillar and we plan to venture into the other areas in the near future. We hope that the S.O.X. All-Stars will serve as a platform for the youth to communicate outside the classrooms and help cultivate interests in extracurricular activities as they are equally important as academic results,” Zalman further added. Four preliminary rounds were held nationwide namely at Sarawak (East Malaysia); Kuala Lumpur (Central Region); Melaka (Southern Region) and Perak (Northern Region) whereby the top 4 teams from each preliminary rounds travelled from their respective states to the Grand Finals event in Kuala Lumpur. The preliminary rounds combined witnessed participation of 52 schools with a total of 768 students. Below list of qualifying teams for the Grand Finals event: Preliminary Round Qualifying Teams 1. SMK St Joseph, Sarawak 2. SMK Serian, Sarawak Kuching, Sarawak (East Malaysia) 3. SMK Paku, Sarawak 4. SMK Batu Kawa, Sarawak 1. Tsun Jin High School, Kuala Lumpur 2. SMK Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur 3. SMK Methodist (ACS), Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (Central Region) 4. Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan (SMJK) Chung Hwa, Kuala Lumpur 1. SMK Durian Tunggal, Melaka 2. Pei Chun High School, Johor Melaka (Southern Region) 3. SMK Pei Fong, Melaka 4. SMJK Katholik, Melaka 1. Hua Lian High School, Perak 2. SMJK Yuk Choy, Perak Ipoh, Perak (Northern Region) 3. SMK Seri Keledang, Perak 4. SMJK Sam Tet, Perak 988FM DJs – DJ Mike and DJ Nick alongside Vibe – hosted the adrenaline pumping finale event whereby the crowd were treated to an electrifying hip-hop dance feat by Electroshot and Da Monster’s closing performance! To create more hype and also serving as another avenue to spread the excitement of S.O.X. All- Stars Hoops was through Kolony, the first of its kind and latest mobile SMS-based social network community. On Kolony, S.O.X. users can keep all their buddies in the loop via cool features such as FREN (add friends and follow their updates), DING (send private messages to friends) and BOMM (broadcast status to all friends). Kolony is FREE for S.O.X. users and that’s not all as S.O.X. users also get free Koinz, points needed to perform the fun Kolony activities, whenever they make calls! On a daily basis, 10 Koinz will be rewarded for the first to fifth call and from the sixth call onwards, users will gain 20 Koinz per call. These free Koinz will be awarded on the next day. To get infected with Kolony; simply register via SMS by sending KOLONY <nickname> to 25333 to be part of this infectious wave! For more information, please log onto www.kolony.com.my. S.O.X. prepaid customers can enjoy the best rates such as: Lowest rates to their 8 Favourite numbers (8pax) on S.O.X. for only 10sen per minute for calls and ½sen per SMS Best call rates at only 15sen per minute to all networks SMS rates of 1sen to friends on the same network and 6sen to friends on other networks Best Video Call rates - 15sen per minute to friends on the same network - 30sen per minute to friends on other networks Best MMS rates of 20sen per MMS In addition, S.O.X. customers will also enjoy the biggest bonuses in the prepaid market, such as: • Every Month Bonus – With more usage on their S.O.X prepaid, customers will get free credit every month • Birthday Bonus - Free calls and SMS to their 8pax numbers for seven days on the customer’s birthday week • Surprise Bonus - Get surprise bonuses on special days upon reload • Graduation Bonus – Get free credit and special offers when customers graduate from S.O.X. to U.O.X. on their nineteenth birthday. To get a S.O.X. starter pack, customers just need to buy a reload of RM10 which are available at Celcom branches, Celcom Blue Cube outlets, and school road shows nationwide. For further info, please visit www.xpax.com.my/sox. -end- .