Singapore Short Films Festival in Perth

Event: Singapore Short Film Festival in Perth

Date: 11th and 12th November 2011

Time: 19:30 - 21:30

Venue: State Library WA Theatre

Contact information: sffperth@ecu.edu.au

Are you missing bit and pieces of the diverse cultural aspects of Singapore while being a student far from home? Coming this November, in celebration of the burgeoning film and arts industry in Singapore and to bring Singapore closer to Singaporeans away from home, the Edith Cowan University Singapore Student Association with support from the Overseas Singaporean Unit, and in support of the Arts Management Student Organisation of WAAPA is proud to present an event which will showcase short film productions from both aspiring and established film producers right here in Perth.

We would like to share Singapore's cultural diversity with everyone and hence welcome everyone from all walks of life to come join us on these two fabulous nights. We hope to see you there!

The Singapore Student Welcome Reception 2011

The Singapore Student Welcome Reception is jointly organised by the Overseas Singaporean Unit & Singapore High Commission in Australia and is supported by the Singapore Student Associations of Western Australia.

Date: 24th March (Thursday)
Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel Grand Ballroom North
Time: 6pm

*RSVP your attendance at* http://wasingaporean.wordpress.com/

ECUSSA Welcome Party 2011

Are you a Singaporean Student starting your first semester at ECU?

Or someone who wants to know more about SIngapore and/or the activities the ECUSSA community do?

Then join us for our ECUSSA Student Welcome Party!!
...
ECUSSA is part of a large network of student organisations in Australia who provides various supports to overseas Singaporeans students during their stay and studies in Australia.

International Students are also welcome to join us in this event to find out more about SIngapore and what activities ECUSSA has for the year.

Date: 26th February Saturday
Time: 2.30pm Registration Starts
Venue: ECU Mt Lawley Student Village
Activities: registration, ice breakers, sharing session and BBQ

For more details, please contact Brandon at 0404 575 392 or click here to register on facebook!!

DIRECTION
Students from ECU Joondalup Campus please meet up in front of the e-resource Library at 1pm.
look out for direction signs around ECU Mt Lawley Village to the village

Message from our new president.

Dear all,

Warm greetings from Edith Cowan University Singapore Student Association, hope your all having a great start for the new year so far! :)

For those of you who have just joined us, the ECUSSA is a part of a large network of Singapore students associations that provides various supports to Singaporean students during their studies in Australia. We also conducts various events throughout the year to keep the overseas student community active and connected.

As we welcome everyone back to another year/semester, I would like share a teaser to everyone of some events that is upcoming this month. We will be holding a welcome party and Perth city tour for the new and current students to mingle and mix around before school start officially. Those who have graduated are also welcome to join us in these events and share your experiences in Perth. More details of the events will be release shortly.

In order to keep the contact list current, I would also like to ask for your cooperation in updating your personal details for future contacting and references. Please give me your Full name, Singapore &/ Australian Contact number, Birthday, Address, ECU Faculty, Year of course and Skype/Msn/Email.

Since its still the new year.. Here's wishing you and your love ones a very Happy Chinese New Year and a great year ahead for all!!

I look forward in meeting all of you personally at our next event.


Best Regards,

Brandon Ong

President
Singapore Students Association
Edith Cowan University
Email: brandono@our.ecu.edu.au

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Traffic Light Party

Curtin, ECU and Murdoch Singapore Student Associations present Traffic Light Party!

Party out all night with Singaporeans at The Library Nightclub, Northbridge.

All are welcome! Special priced drinks before 11pm!

$10 for pre-sales ticket
$15 for door-sales ticket

For more information and tickets, please call:
Roy 0411 738 793 (ECU)

Insights@Singapore: Tourism & Hospitality

The Tourism & Hospitality sector is an important pillar of Singapore’s economy, accounting for 4% of GDP, 150,000 jobs and S$10.8 billion in Tourism & Hospitality receipts. Singapore has big plans to grow Tourism & Hospitality into a key economic engine – tripling Tourism & Hospitality receipts to S$30 billion, doubling visitors arrivals to 17 million, and creating an additional 100,000 jobs in the services sector by 2015. These targets will drive future initiatives and catapult growth in the Tourism & Hospitality industry over the next decade, catalysed by a S$2 billion Tourism Development Fund.

Be there at Insights@Singapore: Tourism & Hospitality, jointly hosted by Contact Singapore and the Singapore-Western Australia Network (SWAN), to find out more about the Tourism & Hospitality industry in Singapore.

Date: Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Time: 6pm
Venue: Duxton Hotel
Cove Private Dining Room
1 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000, Australia

To Register click here

Coral reefs & climate change: A message for Copenhagen

Extended video can be watched here:
http://www.vimeo.com/7962248

How do expatriates feel about Singaporeans?

Yahoo! SEA speaks to expatriates in Singapore to find out their thoughts on how they feel about the locals.

Students-led forum 2010 - Outcome

Students overseas: Don't worry about jobs when you return
by Saifulbahri Ismail

SINGAPORE - There is no need for Singaporeans studying overseas to be paranoid about their employment prospects when they return, said Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan.

At a forum here attended by about 300 Singaporeans studying in Australia, he addressed their concerns about the competition from local graduates for jobs here.

Case in point: An IT graduate who returned to Singapore last month after studying in Brisbane, Australia for a year. Though it is still early in his job search, he is worried: "I think employers in Singapore would prefer graduates from local universities ... They might not even look at my resume at all, knowing I'm an overseas graduate."But Dr Balakrishnan assured the students that Singapore is a meritocratic society. "We will select the best person for the job based on his or her ability, and performance and it doesn't depend upon your race, religion, gender, wealth, social class or where you happened to have studied in, whether it's in Australia or Singapore ... You will be judged on your own merits," he said.

He observed that many overseas graduates have returned and been offered opportunities because of the value employers saw in them.But he also reminded the students to manage their expectations - they should not expect and demand success to be delivered to their doorsteps. Last year, some 7,800 Singaporeans enrolled to study in Australia.

Source: Today

Student-led Forum 2010

Happy New Year people... please take note of the upcoming event by NSSA (Network of Singaporean Students in Australia)

Titled The Meeting Point, this would be a student-led forum, organized by the NSSA. Most details have been finalized, as is the program for the day. the details are as follows:

Theme: Australia-Trained Talents for Careers@Home

Venue: NTUC Auditorium, One Marina Boulevard
Level 8, One Marina Boulevard
Singapore 018989
Tel: (65) 6213-8811
Web: www.ntuc.org.sg/conference

How to Get to NTUC Centre:
By MRT - Raffles Place Interchange
By Bus - Collyer Quay / Clifford Centre
(Service Nos: 10, 70, 97, 100, 107, 130, 131, 162, 196)



Date: 19th January 2010

Time: 1200h – 1600h

Guest-of-Honour: Dr.Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports

Registrations are via the registration page found on the wordpress site. more details are also available at the site:

www.nssa2010.wordpress.com

Aims and Objectives:

The purpose of the forum is to raise awareness of the Australia-educated talent pool. Through the forum, current students, graduates and employers will have the opportunity to meet and interact so that:

1. Australia-trained Singaporean can gain a deeper understanding of the needs of the industries
2. The employers can broaden the potential talent pool that the industries can tap.

We hope to promote a better understanding of Australian graduates:

* Diverse and sizable industry-ready graduates yearly
* Graduates who are able to adapt to different environments and working cultures
* Graduates that push boundaries and highlight some achievements

So come on down for a frank and open discussion with industry leaders, on the challenges we face and the solutions that may be implemented by us and the employers to keep us competitive and relevant.

Program Outline

1200h Lunch Reception with Representatives from Private Sector (max of 200)

1230h Registration for Forum Opens

1315h Registration Closes

1320h Opening Address by Emcee

1330h Guest-of-Honour and Keynote Address by Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan

1340h NSSA Address by Jason Shen

1355h Sharing by Industry Leaders

Mr. Clement Woon, Chief Executive Officer, SATS
Mr. Loh Hoon Sun, Managing Director, Philips Securities
Ms. Bernadette Sim, Director, Public Service Division)
1440h Discussion Panel Session

1525h End of Panel Session

1530h End of “The Meeting Point” followed by PSD-hosted Tea Reception

1800h End of PSD Tea Reception

Goodbye... Semester 2, 2009.

As the semester draws to a close, SSA would like to wish all students the best of luck for their coming exams.

ECU National Day Rally Relay Bang

An Event to welcome students from past and present and to commemorate our nations 44th belated birthday... we will be screening an encore telecast of the NDP for those who didn't catch it. Free NDP goodie bags for participants while stocks lasts! So sign up for this event on facebook and seeya there!

Details
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Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009
Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm
Location: ECU Joondalup 07.104
Street: 270 Joondalup Drive
City/Town: Perth, Australia

Contact Singapore is partnering a wide variety of key employers in the vibrant growth sectors of Healthcare Services, Research & Development, Public Service, Legal Services and Financial Services, to present the exciting employment opportunities in Singapore.

In August, we will be hosting a series of web-based seminars (webinars) for you to ‘meet’ and chat with industry representatives from various sectors. A webinar is a web-based seminar that is transmitted over the Web. Besides being able to watch the presentations, you will be able to interact with the presenters, post questions and receive answers in real time. Upon registration, you will receive a link to the webinar, as well as a login name and password which will allow you to access the webinar.

Simply register at the webinar of your choice at http://www.contactsingapore.sg/careers@singapore_au09/

1) eCareers@Singapore: Professional Services
Date: Thursday, 06 August 2009
Time: 5.00pm – 6.00pm EST (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Hobart)
Time: 4.30pm – 5.30pm (Adelaide and Darwin)
Time: 3.00pm – 4.00pm (Perth)

2) eCareers@Singapore: Public Sector
Date: Tuesday, 11 August 2009
Time: 5.00pm – 6:30pm EST (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Hobart)
Time: 4.30pm – 6.00pm (Adelaide and Darwin)
Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm (Perth)

Looking forward to your participation.

This event is hosted by Contact Singapore.
For more info visit the website
http://www.contactsingapore.sg/careers@singapore_au09/

SINGAPORE COMMUNITY DAY 2009 @ CANBERRA

The Overseas Singapore Unit (OSU) based at the High Commission in Canberra is organising The Singapore Community Day in Sept 09.

The invitation reads as follows:

Dear Fellow Singaporeans,

SINGAPORE COMMUNITY DAY 2009 @ CANBERRA

Singapore Community Day is back! The Singapore High Commission would be organizing Singapore Community Day from 26-27 Sept 2009. On behalf of the Singapore High Commission, the Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU) would like to cordially invite you and family to attend the Singapore Community Day.

26th September (PM): Community Day Friendly Golf Game (self paying and RSVP by 30 Jun 09) or Half Day Tour of Canberra (limited seats)Singapore Community Dinner coordinated by the Canberra Singapore Club (self paying)

27th September : MAKAN BESAR from 10 am till 2 pm
@ Singapore High Commission, 17 Forster Crescent Yarralumla, ACT 2600

Attire: Smart Casual

For inter-state travelers, the High Commission had appointed Mr. John Richard of Best Travel & Tours Management as our Hospitality Partner. You can contact John at john@besttravelmgt.com.au or (O) 03 9545 3255 / (M) 0412 844 792 for your travel requirements by 7 Aug.

Please email to Ms Courtney Lewis @ courtney_lewis@sgmfa.gov.sg on a first-come first-served basis to rsvp with your full name, email contact and indicate if you are: (a playing golf – rsvp by 30 Jun, (b) taking part in ½ day tour – rsvp by 26 Aug, (c attending the Makan Besar at High Commission – rsvp by 26 Aug. To attend the Community Dinner – rsvp by 26 Aug to Ms Linda Chen from the Canberra Singapore Club @ can.spore.club@gmail.com

Thank you.
Best regards,
Kok Wee, GOH
Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU)

Slip Slap Slap 'em on! Welcome Party - Sem 1, 2009

Its time to get together again, meet new friends, old faces and stretch that hand out to each other with food or frisbee and other social games. Snacks and finger food provided and if you need a ride home, shepard urself back to Joondalup with everyone else where rides are very kindly made available. Free food, free rides, and new kakis.. who dun wan? siao. eh.. bring ur friends also lah! but FASTER RSVP on Facebook or contact anyone of us!

Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: FLOREAT Beach
Transport: Provided from ECU Joondalup - Floreat Beach.

*We will carpool so please make sure you let us know that you do require transport there. If the response is overwhelming, we will arrange for private transport.

Mambo 2009

Friday Night Fever!!! Of bell bottoms and tight flowery shirts.. Back to the past with retro music and dressings.. Not to forget the good O' traffic directions from Wednesday nights in Mambo Zouk.. It Starts Friday, March 27, 2009 at 9:00pm till late!

Tickets on sale now..

Hellooooooooooooo!

Hi guys,

First of all, SSA would like to wish all the new and existing Singapore Students a belated welcome to ECU and Semester 1, 2009. With the semester already in full swing, we trust you folks are adjusting and coping well with your academic commitments. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” …and we sincerely apologize for being rather dormant since early this year.

We are in the mist of re-organizing ourselves internally, and are still looking for volunteers to assume positions that have been vacated by EXCO members who have since graduated.

Should you need any assistance or support we are still very much contactable. All feedback or comments are also most welcomed. (Use the Shout Box)

We thank you for still checking up on this site. Do check back for future updates.

Regards,
Lawrence Fong
Vice President

“WHAT DOES THE CURRENT CRISIS MEAN FOR YOUR CAREER?”

Find out more about

• Singapore Employer/Employee Salary Expectations
• State of the Employment Market: Short term and long term perspective
• Industry Insight – Skills in Demand
• Job Security

at Careers@Singapore, 17 Jan 2009, Marriott Hotel

MORE INFO @ http://www.contactsingapore.sg/careers@singapore_2009/

Just so you know...