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UP’S BUSINESS RETREAT 2 18th JANUARY 2023

The year 2023 kicked off with our Annual Business Retreat at Double Tree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur on the 18th of January 2023. The Annual Business Retreat serves a great platform to appreciate and reward employees’ hard work, dedication, and contribution that they deliver to the organization throughout the year.

UP's Managing Director, Ir. Raj Kumar announced the company's direction and business plans for the year and hopes for continuous momentum in performance for 2023. The success of the company financial performance was a stepping stone for UP to venture into much bigger project for the year ahead. Along with that, many rewards and recognition were presented on the day to celebrate the success of projects completed in the year 2022.

Rewards such Perfect Attendance Award, Best Core Division, Best Support Division, Best Employee (Core Division) and Best Employee (Support Division) as well as recognitions such as Longest Service Award was given out to UP GOC staffs! UP took this opportunity to appraise and reward all deserving winners for their contribution and hard work throughout the year. List of Rewards and Recognition Award Recipients are as below.



2023 UP Awards

Longest Service Award



  • Mr. Poupalan Annakilli
  • Kishanya Ganasen
  • Mohd Rumaizi bin Ruslan
  • Muhammad Razif bin Ramli
  • Surin Raj A/L Ganasan
  • Saranya A/P Ravindran
  • Mohd Hamafi Imran
  • Muhammad Zamani bin Zakaria

Perfect Attendance Award



  • Surin Raj A/L Ganasan
  • Pravin A/L Thanabalan
  • Abdul Mu'izzuddin Bin Jalil

Best Core Division



  • Project Management Office & Tender

Best Support Division



  • Human Resource

Best Employee (Core Division)



  • Pravin A/L Thanabalan

Best Employee (Support Division)



  • Subatra A/P Krishnan


The purpose of the Business Retreat was also to rebuild and re-energize all UP GOC staffs in preparing them for the year ahead. For this, a special guest speaker, Mr. Shankar Santhiram, Managing Consultant, Leadership Coach, Author, and Weekly Columnist at The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad were invited to the Business Retreat to share his years of experience on staying motivated and driven with a purpose. The event concluded with Managing Director’s closing speech and a group photo session with everyone.