Sungei Road Flea market – Project by WKWSCI Students

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Posted on: 13 May 2013


NTU students discuss business opportunities and challenges in Myanmar – 19 Apr 2013

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Posted on: 30 April 2013


Romantic Dating at the fingertips – Comments by Asst Prof Trisha Lin

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Posted on: 29 April 2013


‘Huang Wenyong phenomenon’ has created buzz across Singapore – Comments by Assoc Prof Lee Chun Wah

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Posted on: 29 April 2013


New approaches to citizenship – Comments by Dr Liew Kai Khiun

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Posted on: 19 April 2013


From the Margins to Centre Stage

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Posted on: 15 April 2013


Fostering Kampung Spirit in Needy Youth

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Posted on: 15 April 2013


No, Indian rojak does not come from India

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Posted on: 01 April 2013


“Fairy-fail” … is now a Strong Fairytale

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Posted on: 27 March 2013


Connecting with Chinese nationals through Weibo, ST, 25 March 2013


Four final year project students – Tan Xin Qi Lisa, Tan Sie Mun, Chia Zhaoyuan Alvin, Woo Zhen Wei – have set up a Weibo account, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, to help Chinese nationals living here to learn about Singaporean society and culture in a light-hearted way.

Posted on: 26 March 2013


Survey result: Singaporeans appear to be happiest people in Asia
Lianhe Zaobao, page 5, 20 March 2013

A survey based on what people are saying on social media has shown that Singaporeans are among Asia’s happiest people. The survey is conducted by Eden Strategy Institute (ESI), a consultancy on social innovation, and tracks the use of predetermined words by users of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs and online forums. The result is contrary to a Gallup poll last year that claimed that few Singaporeans experienced positive emotions. Asst Prof Shirley Ho Soo Yee from NTU’s WKWSCI, believes that the survey result does not represent the view of most Singaporeans, and that it just shows that Singaporeans who often use social media are happy because they treat social network sites as a platform to entertain and express their own opinions.

Posted on: 20 March 2013


The Rise & Shine Campaign gets into the Singapore Book of Records!


Besides spearheading an extensive breakfast campaign for kids, four NTUWKWSCI students have gotten into the Singapore Book of Records for gathering the most number of people to eat breakfast together.

The Rise & Shine Carnival brought together more than 1,300 people to The Lawn@Marina Bay on the morning of 3rd March, Sunday, with around 800 families enjoying picnics, sports tryouts and stage performances.

The event was graced by guest-of-honour Minister of State of for Health, Dr Amy Khor, and co-organised together with a group of mothers who are holding a health expo in September.

The main aim of the record-breaking carnival was to promote a healthy start to the day for kids and the importance of family bonding.

Posted on: 04 March 2013


The Rise & Shine Breakfast Campaign makes headlines in Straits Times and Shin Min!


Four NTUWKWSCI undergraduates came together to spearhead the Rise & Shine Breakfast Campaign, Singapore’s most extensive breakfast campaign for children as part of their Final Year Project. Since last December, this community movement has been travelling to public libraries, shopping malls and primary schools across Singapore to reach out to parents and children to spread their messages through thought-provoking ambient installations, interactive theatre performances and other on-the-ground activities such as cooking demonstrations and storytelling sessions. The campaign culminates into a breakfast picnic carnival which will see an attempt to break into the Singapore Book of Records for the Largest Breakfast Picnic on 3rd March 2013 at The Lawn@Marina Bay. Two independently conceived entities but with a common objective of raising happier and healthier children, the FYP team co-organises the Rise & Shine Carnival together with a group of mothers under the Rise & Shine Expo.

Posted on: 22 February 2013


Wooing the stork with fairytale spin

A group of NTU’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information students is telling fairytales in an effort to encourage young couples to live happily ever after - by having children earlier. Four final-year communication studies students have rewritten 15 popular stories, giving them a witty spin about fertility and encouraging Singaporeans to start a family. The stories, published at www.thesingaporeanfairytale.com, is a six-month long campaign, one of the five projects to benefit from Project Superglue – a pilot grant scheme the National Family Council to fund youth projects that promote family bonding.

Posted on: 13 February 2013


Encouraging marriages and births through fairy tales: NTU undergraduates reinterpret "Happily ever after"

To encourage young people to get married and give birth earlier, four NTU undergraduates from WKWSCI have merged fairy tales with "hard truths" and come up with new stories, including one about a Golden Goose that can no longer lay eggs as it is too old, an allusion to the fertility challenges that women face above the age of 35. The concept is part of their Final Year Project, and it is one of five projects that has benefited from Project Superglue, a pilot grant scheme launched by National Family Council to fund youth projects that promote family bonding. Selected projects will be showcased as part of NFC's National Family Celebrations in June 2013.

Posted on: 13 February 2013


Funds for youth projects promoting family bonding

The National Family Council has launched a pilot scheme to encourage youths to start projects that promote family values and bonding. Called Project Superglue, the scheme will provide successful applicants one-time funding of up to S$10,000. One group which received funds created a collection of tales called Happily Ever After ... Now What? They put their own spin on well-known fairy tales, incorporating information about fertility issues. NTU undergraduate Chan Luo Er said the group plans to distribute their books in universities here.

Posted on: 13 February 2013


The Youth Hawkerprise Campaign makes headlines again!

The Youth Hawkerprise Campaign, a Final Year Project by 4 CS undergrads-Eunice Chew, Hazel Tan, Mark Cheng and Wendy Aw, have been featured in a full page spread on Straits Times that was published on 5th February 2013! The article shares about the lives of existing youth hawkers and their success stories of running a business and being a "Youth Hawkerpreneur". This youth initiated movement is timely with the government's plans to build 10 new hawker centres in the coming years and the Youth Hawkerprise team have garnered much support for their efforts to encourage more youths to take up the hawker trade. The Youth Hawkerprise photo exhibition is open to public at Tiong Bahru Market till 7th February 2013!


Posted on: 06 February 2013


Super hawkers cause a stir—Final year project by WKWSCI students The Straits Times, Life! page E4, 19 Jan 2013

Posted on: 21 January 2013


Reporters who graduated from WKWSCI covered Nomination Day for the Punggol East by-election

At least 8 reporters covering Nomination Day for the Punggol East by-election, held on 16 January 2013, were from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information.

They represented six news agencies at North Vista Secondary School where they waited for candidates to put in their nomination papers for the hustings on 26 January.

The reporters are Annabelle Liang (on professional internship at AFP), Philip Lim ( graduated 2010, correspondent for AFP), Jeanette Tan (graduated 2011, reporter for Yahoo! News Singapore), Lee Lay Ming (graduated 2010, reporter for Shin Min Daily News), Elizabeth Law (graduated 2012, journalist for The New Paper), Alvina Soh (graduated 2009, reporter for Channel NewsAsia), Elizabeth Soh (graduated 2010, reporter for Yahoo! News Singapore), and Yong Shu Hui (graduated 2010, senior broadcast journalist for SAFRA Radio).

Posted on: 21 January 2013


Super hawkers cause a stir—Final year project by WKWSCI students The Straits Times, Life! page E4, 19 Jan 2013

Posted on: 21 January 2013


WKWSCI Chinese media workshop: Students study news operation,Lianhe Zaobao, zbNOW, page 4, 16 Jan 2013

Posted on: 17 January 2013


The comedic talent, Mr. Rishi Budhrani

The school would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to our alumni Mr. Rishi Budhrani, who is the first Singaporean winner of the Hong Kong International Comedy Competition in October last year! For more information, please visit our FaceBook page at www.facebook.com/WKWSchool

 

 

Posted on: 16th January 2013


WKWSCI Study on National Attitudes towards Homosexuals -- Shift in Public View,The Straits Times, page B6 and online, 10 Jan 2013

Posted on: 10 January 2013


Driving the Singaporean Dream -- Worries over agent's fees add to hardship, The Sunday Times, 9 Dec 2012, pages 10-11

Posted on: 10 December 2012


Keeping Singapore's media rules relevant – Comments by Drs Ang Peng Hwa & Cherian George, The Straits Times, page B8, 30 Nov 2012

Posted on: 30 November 2012


Knowledge management needs a rethink – Comments by Dr Lee Chu Keong ZDNet.com, 26 Nov 2012

Posted on: 27 November 2012


Govt changing way it engages diverse society; moving towards persuading people and accommodating views – Keynote speech by Janadas Devan at Conference for eDemocracy & Social Media (CeDEM), 15 Nov 2012

Posted on: 19 November 2012


He is too good at being bad – Actor Jerry Yeo (Class of 2012)

Posted on: 10 November 2012


Perspectives Film Festival - Breakthroughs in Cinema

Posted on: 08 November 2012


Can China's internet firms balance nationalism with global dreams?

Posted on: 30 October 2012


14 F&B firms pledge to curb advertisements aimed at kids

Posted on: 30 October 2012


5 to-do’s to maintain reputation after cyber-attack: Comments by Ast/P Augustine Pang

Posted on: 23 October 2012


Dream Team for local movie fares – expert comments from A/P Stephen Teo

Posted on: 17 October 2012


WKWSCI's valedictorian, Class of 2012, Mr Ng Kaijie won the first prize in the open category for the photography competition Imagining the Future: Europe and Southeast Asia

Posted on: 17 October 2012


Developing an E-Commerce Strategy for small firms – Study by A/P Ravi Sharma & A/P Theng Yin Leng

Posted on: 16 October 2012


'Gangnam Style' Rides Into Overdrive according to Ast/P Liew Kai Khiun

Posted on: 16 October 2012


Media Preview of Newsplex Asia at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information

Posted on: 09 October 2012


Prof Ang Peng Hwa: Our SG conversation: Let's talk about identity and values

Posted on: 05 October 2012


Thinner Avatars give fat kids the push to exercise – Assoc Prof May Lwin

Posted on: 03 October 2012


GO-FAR reports on Bhutan - in The Business Times

Posted on: 03 September 2012


WKWSCI Students Win the Most Popular Award in Singapore Creative Video Awards

Posted on: 29 August 2012


Filament 2012

Posted on: 29 August 2012


Thursday's the Day to Go All the Way for Civic Duty in Singapore’s Baby Landscape

Posted on: 15 August 2012


We, the Citizens of Facebook – Expert Comments from WKWSCI Faculty

Posted on: 13 August 2012


Dr Trisha Lin gives expert comment on media literacy and cyber wellness

Posted on: 08 August 2012


WKWSCI advertising team comes up with a winning ad idea for charities

Posted on: 08 August 2012


WKWSCI Student Journalists on 12-day GNH study tour

Posted on: 19 July 2012


Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information - Your Future Begins Here