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Ink Newsletter | October 2015
Editorial We are looking forward to our Back to School (“BTS”) season 2015/16, which will kick off very soon in November. This campaign carries the theme ‘For Real Adventurers’, as launched in Europe and Latin America markets for BTS this year. As always for the BTS season, we will be launching new and exciting products to cater to the needs of the different consumer groups across the various channels this year. You will be able to find all our BTS products in the hypermarkets, book stores, departmental stores, and your local neighbourhood dealers (otherwise, please ask them to stock up on your favourite products!). Of course, you will be able to get everything at our office and the Pelikan Store at The Gardens Mall. As part of the BTS campaign, we are also running the ‘For Real Adventurers’ colouring contest. The contest starts from 1 November 2015 till 31 January 2016, and offers prizes worth more than RM10,000 in total! Read
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on to find out more about our BTS campaign and For Real Adventures colouring contest, and tell all your friends about it. In other exciting news, we have finally finalized our art/ writing/drawing/painting classes at the Pelikan Store, The Gardens Mall. The first art class will be organized on 31 October 2015, just in time for Halloween! This will be the first of many marketing activities being planned at the art corner of the Pelikan Store, and with your support, our goal is to fill that corner with lots of fun, inspiration and creativity. Want to know how you can participate? Read on and spread the words to your friends and family! Last but not least, I want to wish Happy Deepavali to those who observe the festival of lights that will be celebrated on 10 November. Happy Deepavali!
Phikyin Loo
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The exciting Halloween is just around the corner! To celebrate the day, Pelikan Store is running a Halloween Specials promo starting from 29-31 October 2015. The exclusive 3-day promo offers the popular herlitz’s Smiley World products at 30% discount. As part of the Back to School (BTS) campaign 2015/16, we are running a contest called ‘Real Adventurers Colouring Contest’. The contest offers prizes worth more than RM10,000 in total and starts from 1 November 2015 until 31 January 2016. To join the contest, all you have to do is buy Pelikan products worth RM30 or more in a single receipt. Fill up the Pelikan Real Adventurers Colouring Contest form that comes together with a colouring sheet and use your creativity to colour/decorate the colouring sheet, then mail it to us together with the receipt of your Pelikan product purchase. The form and colouring sheet is available at all Pelikan’s BTS point of sales including selected outlets of Mydin, AEON BIG, Giant, Times bookstores, MPH Bookstores, Kinokuniya Book Stores, Isetan (KLCC, The Gardens Mall) and Pelikan Store at The Gardens Mall. This contest is open to all Malaysian aged 18 and below except for the employees of Pelikan Malaysia and the immediate family members. Spread the word!
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Have you used your Pelikan Store discount voucher? It’s valid until this Sunday, 1 November 2015 so better plan your visit to Pelikan Store now to get your favorite stationery! The voucher entitles you to a RM10 off for every purchase worth RM30 or more in a single receipt.
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Pelikan participated in the Children’s Education Show that took place at the Mid Valley Exhibition Centre for 3 days from 25-27 September 2015. The exhibition focused on children’s early education and showcased non-stop entertainment and activities for children and families. Pelikan booth which displayed a combination of Pelikan and herlitz products were crowded by visitors who kept everyone busy with their questions and interest shown especially on our colouring products. Other than the booth, Pelikan also organised a colouring contest, Little Adventurer Colouring Contest for the visitors of the exhibition. The contest managed to attract more than 40 participants.
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In collaboration with Kids Around, Pelikan hosted a canvas painting session at the Pelikan Store, The Gardens Mall, for the ‘Paint The Town Beau’ event on 20 October 2015. The event was organised to promote Carrement Beau, a French childrenwear label. Pelikan provided Plaka paints, blue aprons and blue water containers for the event and sponsored prizes for the best canvas paintings. Close to 30 children took part in the painting session. Ms Phikyin Loo was present as a judge and to present the prizes to the winners.
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Pelikan sponsored textilmalen paint for Nippon Paint’s Colourful Reads Mini Celebration that was held on 22 September 2015 at Rumah Kasih Harmoni. The event was held to mark the end of Nippon Paint’s Colourful Dreams Project, a children art exhibition that was held in 2014. In the Colourful Reads event, the textilmalen paint was used for the t-shirt painting activity. A total of 67 participants aged 7 to 18 took part in the event that also included other activities such as career advice and pathing for the older children, and interactive games for the younger ones.
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Join our art class, join the fun! Our debut art class will be held at the Pelikan Store this Saturday, 31 October 2015. Two 1 hour sessions will be conducted by our art teacher, Ms Alyssa Roslan, for children aged 12 and below. The first session starts from 3-4 pm and the second session at 4-5 pm. The theme? It’s Halloween! The children will learn to paint Halloween mask, witch hat and beautiful lantern. Want to participate? You can register at the Pelikan Store, RM30 registration fee will be charged. Places are limited so you might want to rush for this. For enquiries, please call 0322020801.
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Our partner, Times bookstores is having its Halloween promotion this weekend at Atria Shopping Gallery. As part of the promotion, they are organising a Halloween mask workshop for its members on 31 Oct & 1 Nov. We are sponsoring our oil pastels to be used in the workshop. Interested to join? Enquire at this link http://on.fb.me/1ikce3u.
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RM45.50/box
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• Textmarker 490 • Blanco Fancy Roller • Stick Pro Pen (3 pcs) • Pelifix Glue Stick 10g
• 2B Pencils Exam Standard (6 pcs) • Ruler 15cm • Eraser AS30 • Sharpener
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Special Edition Classic 205 Amethyst
Introducing the beautiful writing instrument that matches the colour of Edelstein Ink of the year, Amethyst. The Special Edition Classic 205 Amethyst is now available at Pelikan Store The Gardens Mall, KSGILL Online Penshop, MO Shop Mandarin Oriental KL, Isetan KLCC & Kinokuniya KLCC. Get yours now either the fountain pen or the ball pen version. RSP : M205 Fountain Pen F, M, B - RM 460.00/pc K205 Ball Pen - RM 430.00/pc M205 Fountain Pen M + Edelstein Ink - RM 540/set M205 Fountain Pen B + Edelstein Ink - RM 540/set
Ink Newsletter | October 2015
The current buzz word, MOVEMBER. Want to know more about it? Well read on! Article
Mo bros and Mo Sistas – who are they? You don’t have to be a man and grow a moustache to be a member of this movement. The Mo Bros are the male members who decide to grow a moustache for the month of November to spark conversation in their immediate circle, which, thanks to the power of social networks, ends up by becoming a great platform for communication. The Mo Sistas are the women who decide to join Movember and they encourage participation and help in raising funds and driving the different events that take place throughout November forward. A movement that is much more than pure anecdote
Movember: A moustache has never had so much meaning Now that November has arrived, it has brought with it one of the most original global movements in support of our health (in this case men’s health): Movember. A decade after it was launched, Movember, a combination of the two words ‘moustache’ and ‘November’ has become an initiative for collective awareness, mobilising thousands of men who, one month a year, let their moustache grow. At the same time, they organise different events to raise awareness all over the world about men’s heath problems, especially prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Another of the aims of this initiative is to raise funds to help those institutions involved in improving men’s health. Movember: The Origin Today, Movember is a great movement, which is active in thousands of towns and cities all over the world and is an example of involvement at all levels. However, we need to go back to 2003, when, in Australia, a group of 30 men decided to let their moustaches grow as an original way of supporting a friend who had prostate cancer. The initiative became bigger after 2004 with the first steps of the Movember Foundation, which, as part of its activities, focussed on raising donations with the aim of tackling prostate cancer in Australia itself.
Apart from being a platform to raise collective awareness about cancer, its problems and the reality of cancer, we must really stress the amazing ability of Movember to mobilise and to raise funds all over the world. In 2010, Movember had more than 440,000 people participating and managed to raise funds in excess of 50 million euros all over the world. If we go back to its very beginning, the Movember Foundation has raised a total of 409 million euros, financing more than 800 programmes in 21 countries. Best Doctors supports Movember and believes it is a great example of how to raise awareness, how to mobilise people and encourage them to participate collectively. We can all try to learn more by visiting movember.com. This article was featured in Best Doctors Blog. You can find the full article by following this link http://www. bestdoctorsblog.com/movember-a-moustache-has-neverhad-so-much-meaning/
Movember in Malaysia - #TheUltimateShaveOff MAKNA - Majlis Kanser Nasional / National Cancer Council Malaysia Grow or don a moustache, help spread awareness on prostate and testicular cancer. As part of our continuous effort, MAKNA and Rainbow Team volunteer group have pledged to create awareness and raise funds for financially challenged cancer patients. Prostate and testicular cancer is the focus of our latest three-month awareness and fundraising campaign, known as MOVEMBER – The Ultimate Shave Off.
Follow our Facebook Page for update at www.facebook. com/theultimateshaveoff or go to Instagram/Facebook #TheUltimateShaveOff and Tweet @maknashaveoff, also; Visit www.theultimateshaveoff.org for more information. Funds raised from this campaign will ensure uninterrupted supply of financial assistance, surgical equipment, liquid food supplements, prostheses, and prescribed drugs for poverty stricken cancer patients. Funds will also be used to help young cancer survivors pursue their education by providing them with scholarships. Movember Malaysia Campaign MOVEMBER is a portmanteau of “Moustache” and “November”. MAKNA is carrying out this campaign to increase awareness and encourage more open and frequent conversation about prostate and testicular cancer that are not getting as much exposure as compared to other forms of cancer. In keeping with the theme of MOVEMBER, the campaign premise is to have men grow their moustache or beard from now until November then have an ‘Ultimate Shave Off’ towards the end of the campaign. The idea behind this campaign is for men to lend their voice to this cause and create meaningful conversations regarding male cancer awareness by stirring the curiosities of family, friends and colleagues with the growing of facial hair and ultimately shaving it off. MAKNA hopes that this would empower men to speak up about the less-spoken-of male-related cancer instead of avoiding the subject, which could put their well-being at risk. Radio and TV personalities, in particular MIX FM RJ Rod Montario, ASTRO AWANI anchor Syah Hairizal Kamalul Ariffin and celebrity chef Nik Michael along with popular local celebrities will be growing their moustache and beard, and participating in the Ultimate Shave Off finale on 2 December at the Great Eastern Mall. Are you ready for challenge? If yes, please drop an e-mail to Mr. Vemanna at vem@makna.org.my Your donation to this fund is a way to make a real impact in the lives of those less fortunate and support the overall mission of MAKNA in providing all possible access to necessary assistance during cancer patients’ treatment and recovery period. This article was featured in peoplegiving.org. You can find the full article by following this link http://www. peoplegiving.org/campaign-page?campId=175
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Halloween Specials!
It’s Halloween and we celebrate the day with a special staff sale! Halloween Specials sale is exclusive for Pelikan Malaysia employees, from 26-30 Oct 2015 featuring ‘Orange is the New Black’ special and ‘Value Buy’ promo. Products featured include Pelikan writing & painting products and herlitz be.bag. You can see the full product listing at this link http://issuu.com/ pelikanmy/docs/halloween_specials. To place your order, contact our customer service team Vincent (Vincent.low@ pelikan.com.my, ext 123) or Irene (irene.chong@pelikan.com. my, ext 127).
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Baby News!
Congratulations are in order for Cory Holtkamp, our Plant General Manager and Mangleswary Somalingam, Assistant Production Supervisor for their newborn baby girls. Aleya Daniella Holtkamp was delivered on 14 Oct while Cassandra Marlenne was delivered on 20 Oct. Congratulations again to both Cory and Mangleswary, on the new addition to your family.
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Raiehan’s Wedding
Congratulations to Raiehan Rahmat of PASB, on tying the knot last weekend. Her wedding reception was held last Saturday in Klang and was attended by many of her colleagues. Congrats again to Raiehan and husband Adha Zairee, we wish you a blissful life ahead. Semoga bahagia ke anak cucu.
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Join us in welcoming 2 new additions to the Pelikan family. They are Saidatul Elaika Binti Jaafar and Mohd Hafify. Saidatul Elaika, Lab Assistant for Pelikan Production, join us on 5 Oct 2015. Mohd Hafify joins PASB team as a Merchandiser on 19 Oct 2015. Welcome to the family for both.
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October Babies
Happy birthday to our colleagues who celebrate their birthday in October! They are: PASB Hamzah Bin Mohd Saad Mazuin Binti Ramli Muhammad Hazri Bin Nasaruddin Siti Mazuriati Binti Mat Jusoh Subashini A/P Kanasan PPMSB Muhammad Azahari Bin Yusop Tu Thi Kim Oanh Luong Thi Duong Nor Hidayah Binti Ab Hadi Suhaimi Bin Rahmat Tu Thi Kim Oanh Luong Thi Duong Nor Hidayah Binti Ab Hadi
Today’s the big day, That comes once a year, It’s your birthday, The day is here!
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