The MACS Centenary Projects Group would like to thank all those who have worked hard to raise funds and those who responded positively by contributing generously. Special thanks to Roy Chung who gave an immediate contribution of RM10,000 to start us off and who stayed the course despite the uncertainty of whether the book will materialise due to an apparent lack of support from others in the early stages. Thanks also to Classes of '71, '72 an '78 who were the early contributors and also to Class of '73 for their DVD and Polo-Shirt fund-raising efforts that followed.
Without funds, it would have been impossible for us, although working on a strictly voluntary basis, to carry out any of the Centenary projects, especially the printing and publishing of the Coffee Table Book even though the entire authoring, editing and graphics were done “in-house” without any costs for outside professional services.
The funds raised, along with proceeds from the pre-payments for the book, profits from the sale of MACS 100 T-Shirts and the The Macsian Pdf DVDs will be used to finance the cost of printing and publishing this Coffee Table Book. After publication and after reconciliation, a decision will be made on how any balance funds and profits will be disbursed for the benefit of the school or alumni association, if successfully formed.
In response to our appeal for funds, Class of 1973 undertook, as their contribution, to design and supply the MACS 100 T-Shirts at their own cost for sale by the MACS Centenary Projects group. Just over RM12,000 was raised through this initiative. They also primarily managed the digital conversion of all the available editions of the school magazines for the The Macsian Pdf DVD project and to date, profits amounting to RM3,690 have been raised. Almost RM8,000 in pre-paid orders for the Coffee Table Book have been collected before going to the printers.
Our thanks and appreciation to all those who have generously contributed in cash and kind (please see page below for the list of contributors).
I hope that you will find the book up to your expectations and read-worthy. While I have striven to make it as good a publication as possible, the underlying objective was to do my very best without incurring the very costly professional services for editing, graphics and publishing. The photographs in the book, even though enhanced and corrected, are more often than not, third generation prints or scans - certainly not ideal and I apologise that it had not been possible to find better copies or the originals.
Finally, I would like to thank everyone who have in one way or another helped to make the Coffee Table Book a reality:
