Speech Day 2013 slides

Editor's Notes

• #18: During this 10 weeks duration, our 30 selected students will undergo interesting and fun art-making workshop conducted by the Asian's contemporary artist, Ms Hazel Lim. The project start date is from 08 January-26 March 2013, a two hourly session held on every Tuesday, 3.30pm-5.30pm at ARTroom2.
• #24: His involvement in the industry began in 1989, where Laurence embarked on career in event designing after graduating. With more than 10 years of experience in his belt, he founded Avivar Audience Communications in 2001 and has taken these experiences to new heights by canvassing valuable opportunities for the team in many major national level events, which include Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Events (Announcement Ceremony, 1-Year Countdown, Mascot Launch, 99-Days Countdown and Sports Presentation), National Stadium Closing Ceremony, WaterFest Singapore, Play Singapore, Adventure Singapore, Enterprise 50 Awards, Total Defence Awards, HSBC Wakeboard World Cup, SCAPE* Launch Parade, The Cathay 75th Anniversary Celebrations, LoudFest and NTUC U-Run, to name a few.Beyond the works within the company, Laurence has also undertaken many notable projects over and above his busy schedule and these include being the choreographer for NDP 2008’s Bay Show, the production manager for Sleepless Town the Musical, and The Full Monty Musical, and using his design experience to be a judge for the National Commonwealth Product Design Competition in 2006-2008. With 20-years of experience in events at helm, Laurence has been able to provide sound advice and creative solutions for a myriad of events.
• #25: His passion for Power Boat Racing started when he was in the Navy (Naval Diving Unit) where he was involved in driving various fast crafts during active service.From young, his parents have always encouraged him to enjoy sports and he has strong afinity for water & boats. He started wakeboarding professionally and eventually became a Wakeboard coach with the Singapore Waterski & Wakeboard Federation where part of his role was to drive fast Speed Boats. Eventually, he advanced to driving speedboats for leisure. He was also actively organizing water-related sporting activities for the Singapore Sports Council as well as for corporate companies. In 2008, he was appointed the lead choreographer for NDP 2008, Sea-Display where he invited 2 Power Boat racers from Malaysia to perform, and that first encounter with Power Boat racing.
• #26: As there was no Power Boat Team in Singapore yet, his only way to pursue his passion for Power Boat Racing was to race privately in Malaysia. He worked very hard to improve himself and within a short period of time, managed to climb up the ranks among the Malaysian racers. In 2009, the State of Selangor hired him to race for them professionally in the Malaysian National F3000 (Formula 3) circuit. In August 2011, the Singapore Power Boat Association approached him to start a National Team (Team Singapore). His patriotism made him quit Team Selangor immediately to return home to race for his country for free.
• #27: November 2011: He was over taking the race leader from Abu Dhabi for the first position before his boat was involved in an accident. His boat was badly damaged and he suffered a sprained back, dislocated 3 spinal disc, a swollen skull, and 6 days of mild amnesia.
• #29: The Co-Curricular Activities System serves as a platform at which students can develop their character and build up resilient traits, which would not be achievable through classroom rote learning.
• #46: Bryan went on to study Environmental and Water Technology at Ngee Ann PolyHe was granted special exemption from internship at external industry to do research related to environmental science at the Ngee Ann Poly lab.He invented a portable filter that helps separate arsenic from ground water, making it safer to drink.He designed it to be small and light, and he envisaged it as being used by people in countries such as India and Bangladesh, to make their ground water safer.