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Who knew spending RM50 buying books could win one a Suzuki Grand Vitara? Well, Lee Hor San certainly wasn’t expecting it by the looks on his face.

Lee emerged as the Grand Prize winner of the Read & Reap Contest in the prize giving ceremony held today. His winning entry was titled ‘The Lord of the Fly – An Autobiography’ about a zipper tycoon revealing his private life and stories of living in the fastener lane. The Read & Reap contest was organized by MPH Bookstores last year in conjunction with its 105^th Anniversary.

“Reading a book in itself is an enriching experience and we thought why not take it a step further? As we were also celebrating our 105^th anniversary last year, we wanted to do something a little different to reward our customers. That’s how the idea for this contest came around. Of course, this wouldn’t have been made possible without the generous contribution of our sponsors to help make reading exciting and rewarding which falls in line with our vision of developing a knowledgeable society,” said Dato’ Ng Tieh Chuan, Chief Executive Officer of MPH Group.

Since March last year, any customers who bought a minimum of RM50 worth of books, either at MPH Bookstores outlet or through its web store, mphonline.com, would be eligible to enter the contest. Going with the concept of books and reading, participants were asked to count the number of books in a given image, come out with a creative book title and a short synopsis.

Each month, one main prize winner was selected to enter the finale by a panel of judges from MPH Bookstores, DRB-Hicom, SamsungMalaysiaand an editor from a local daily. The entries of all ten finalists were eventually posted on mphonline.com and open to public voting. Coupled with the points from the panel of judges, the Grand Prize Winner was finally determined and revealed today.

Prizes for the Read & Reap Contest were sponsored by DRB-Hicom (Suzuki Grand Vitara), SamsungMalaysia(Samsung Wave S8500) and i-River (iRiver Cover Story).

Results of MPH Read & Reap Contest

Grand Prize        : Suzuki Grand Vitara

Winner                 : Lee Hor San

Title                       : The Lord of the Fly – An Autobiography

Description         : A zipper tycoon ‘reveals’ his ‘private’ life and shares his stories living in the ‘fastener’ lane.

Special Prize       : Samsung Wave S8500 + Bluetooth Headset Samsung WEP 470

Winners               :

1. Ho Joon Ming                                     : A Handful of Dreams & 10 Copper Coins
2. Teh Chong Foo                                   : Absence Makes the Heart Grow Bonkers
3. Oh Teik Peng                                      : Sixty Six Successful Steps for Staying Single Single-Handedly
4. Chong Soon Kit                                  : One Season of Solitude, One Reason for Gratitude
5. Christina Soh Ling Xian                     : 1001 Ways Not To Piss Your Mom Off

Consolation Prize             : Bluetooth Headset Samsung WEP 470

Winners                               :

1. Lee Mei Jin                                         : The Puny Purple Pumpkin FromPoland
2. Nur Amalina Binti Mohd Amin    :OMG!
3. Wong Chin Wei                                 : Jack and Jill: Impossible to Ignore
4. Chong Kwok Leong                         : Stupid Cupid, Simply Splendid!

The results for December’s Read & Reap is out! Congratulations to Christina Soh (1001 Ways Not to Piss Your Mom off), your entry has just won you an e-book reader and you’re now in the running to drive home a Suzuki Grand Vitara.

Congratulations go out as well to our consolation winners, you each win book vouchers.

• Sandra Chuo (My “ITliterate” Mother)
• Liew Chee Keong (Prankenstein)
• Kok Ying Fan (You’ll Die After Reading This)
• Lau Li Kung (Flashing Red, White and Blue)
• Danny Oh (Marriage Fundamental Flaws: Treating Your In-laws Like Outlaws)

We will contact the winners in one to two weeks’ time for your prize collection. If you’ve given us your home number, do alert your family members to expect a call from us. In the event that you do not hear from us two weeks from today, drop us a line with subject MPH Read & Reap Contest together with your name and contact number at contests@mph.com.my

Winners are being determined by:

1. Purchases of RM 50 and above (in the same month of purchases) in MPH Bookstores or mphonline.

2. Correct Books Count submitted.

3. Most Creative Book Title determined by panel of judges.

Panel of judges comprises of representative from MPH Bookstores, Samsung Malaysia Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd, Managing Director of Suzuki Malaysia Automobile Sdn Bhd and Ms Tan Gim Ean (experienced editor from a local newspaper).

The results for November’s Read & Reap is out! Congratulations to Chong Soon Kit (One Season of Solitude, One Reason for Gratitude), your entry has just won you an e-book reader and you’re now in the running to drive home a Suzuki Grand Vitara.

Congratulations go out as well to our consolation winners, you each win book vouchers.

• Anna (The World Without Grey)
• Kiran (Rumahku Tiada Nilai)
• Ahmad Najib Mohamad (13 Cars and Counting: A Serial Winner Secrets)
• Shaun Liu Sai Weng (Don’t Chop My Head Off!)
• Keh Pin Tat (Thirty Two Terrific Table Tricks to Tickle Tablemates)

We will contact the winners in one to two weeks’ time for your prize collection. If you’ve given us your home number, do alert your family members to expect a call from us. In the event that you do not hear from us two weeks from today, drop us a line with subject MPH Read & Reap Contest together with your name and contact number at contests@mph.com.my

Winners are being determined by:

1. Purchases of RM 50 and above (in the same month of purchases) in MPH Bookstores or mphonline.

2. Correct Books Count submitted.

3. Most Creative Book Title determined by panel of judges.

Panel of judges comprises of representative from MPH Bookstores, Samsung Malaysia Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd, Managing Director of Suzuki Malaysia Automobile Sdn Bhd and Ms Tan Gim Ean (experienced editor from a local newspaper).

The results for October’s Read & Reap is out! Are you this month’s main prize winner? Congratulations to Chong Kwok Leong (Stupid Cupid, Simply Splendid), your splendid entry has just won you an e-book reader and you’re now in the running to drive home a Suzuki Grand Vitara.

Congratulations go out as well to our consolation winners, you each win book vouchers.

• Alex Foo Chuan Lit (Black Sleeves, Worn Blue Jeans and Rounded Glasses)
• John Cheah (An Apple A Day Keeps Others At Bay)
• Nur Syafiqah (Pocketful of Sunshine)
• Noran Shah Bin Nordin (Bisikan Fatamorgana)
• Rusnida Talib (Self 2D – Destroyed & Developed)

We will contact the winners in one to two weeks’ time for your prize collection. If you’ve given us your home number, do alert your family members to expect a call from us. In the event that you do not hear from us two weeks from today, drop us a line with subject MPH Read & Reap Contest together with your name and contact number at contests@mph.com.my

Winners are being determined by:

1. Purchases of RM 50 and above (in the same month of purchases) in MPH Bookstores or mphonline.

2. Correct Books Count submitted.

3. Most Creative Book Title determined by panel of judges.

Panel of judges comprises of representative from MPH Bookstores, Samsung Malaysia Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd, Managing Director of Suzuki Malaysia Automobile Sdn Bhd and Ms Tan Gim Ean (experienced editor from local newspaper).

Congratulations to Lee Hor San for your entry The Lord of the Fly – An Autobiography. You’re our Main Prize Winner for August’s Read & Reap Contest and you are also in the running to win a Grand Suzuki Vitara!!

Well done too to our Consolation Winners:

- Carmen Cheok (Think Like A Duck)

- Razali Jantan (Have a Heart: Plight of a Transgender)

- John Cheah (“Straw” berry: The New “Black” berry)

- Justen Wong Han Wei (I Know You Know I Don’t Know)

- Alex Foo Chuan Lit (Nation of the Deaf, Blind and Mute)

We will contact the winners in one to two weeks’ time for your prize collection. If you’ve given us your home number, do alert your family members to expect a call from us. In the event that you do not hear from us two weeks from today, drop us a line with subject MPH Read & Reap Contest together with your name and contact number at contests@mph.com.my

Winners are being determined by:

1. Purchases of RM 50 and above (in the same month of purchases) in MPH Bookstores or mphonline.

2. Correct Books Count submitted.

3. Most Creative Book Title determined by panel of judges.

Panel of judges comprises of representative from MPH Bookstores, Samsung Malaysia Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd, Managing Director of Suzuki Malaysia Automobile Sdn Bhd and Ms Tan Gim Ean (experience editor from local newspaper).

We’re into our sixth month since this contest started in March. For those who have been submitting your entries but haven’t been picked as the Monthly Main Prize Winner, do not give up just yet. You still have time to enter and maybe drive home a  Suzuki Grand Vitara!

Here are the winners for the month of July. Is your name here? If your name is Wong Chin Wei (Entry Title: Jack and Jill: Impossible to Ignore) congratulations, you’re our Main Prize Winner for July! Congratulations too to our consolation winners:

1. Zachary Ng Eng Loon (Entry Title: Simple Home Exorcism: A Guide to Troublesome Parenting)

2. Ashwini (Entry Title: From Drab to Fab in 30 Days)

3. Araman Amru (Entry Title: The Alternate Me…)

4. Frankie Yap (Entry Title: The Mysterious Ouija Board)

5. Lim Teong Hean (Entry Title: I Was There!)

We will be contact in one to two weeks’ time for your prize collection. If you’ve given us your home number, do alert your family members to expect a call from us. In the event that you do not hear from us two weeks from today, drop us a line with subject MPH Read & Reap Contest together with your name and contact number at contests@mph.com.my

Winners are being determined by:

1. Purchases of RM 50 and above (in the same month of purchases) in MPH Bookstores or mphonline.
2. Correct Books Count submitted.
3. Most Creative Book Title determined by panel of judges.

Panel of judges comprises of representative from MPH Bookstores, Samsung Malaysia Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd, Managing Director of Suzuki Malaysia Automobile Sdn Bhd and Ms Tan Gim Ean (experienced editor from local newspaper).