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Singapore SMU undergrads raise S$64,000 for elderly

Singapore SMU undergrads raise S$64,000 for elderly

SINGAPORE — A group of 30 undergraduates have led the Singapore Management University (SMU) to raise S$64,000 in cash and in kind in a nine-month university-wide community service effort.

The cash proceeds raised will be used to support underprivileged seniors under the Lions Befrienders Service Association’s (LBSA) outreach programmes, conducted through its Senior Activity Centres.

The in-kind donations — 2,500kg of food and necessities — were on Saturday delivered to 170 households at Mei Ling Street under the care of the LBSA, as part of a walkathon challenge.

Some 505 SMU representatives, including students, faculty members and staff, took part in the 8km walkathon, journeying from the SMU campus to the Queenstown Community Centre, carrying a backpack load of 5kg of in-kind donations. The walkathon capped off the annual social project, called the SMU Challenge.

Since January, SMU students have been going door-to-door offering to do household chores in exchange for donations. Street collection drives were also carried out.

Volunteers also spent time interacting with the elderly at the Lions Befrienders (Mei Ling) Senior Activity Centre who are living in one-room and two-room rented units.

Second-year business student Ler Jie Qi, Chairperson of this year’s SMU Challenge, said: “I believe it is important to spread the message of giving back to society. It is something everyone of us can do by getting those within our circle of influence to be involved in meaningful events such as the SMU Challenge.”

“Having such an event not only allows us to create a greater impact on the people we serve, but also builds upon a stronger and more unified SMU family,” she said.

On Saturday, SMU also earned a place in the Singapore Book of Records for the Largest Mass Walk Carrying Groceries, a record previously set by SMU students, faculty and staff in 2010 with 197 participants.

Singapore BCA offers new degree on 3D modelling software. Using such software, otherwise known as Building Information Modelling, has long been touted by the Government as a way to identify potential problems in construction before actual work begins, thereby increasing productivity.

Singapore BCA offers new degree on 3D modelling software.

Using such software, otherwise known as Building Information Modelling, has long been touted by the Government as a way to identify potential problems in construction before actual work begins, thereby increasing productivity.

Here is the press release in full:

Singapore, 17 September 2013 - The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and The University of Newcastle (UON) Australia are offering the Bachelor of Construction Management (Building) Programme (BCM), which equips graduates with strong grounding in management and building information modelling (BIM).

The Programme offers diploma holders in the built environment a pathway to further enhance their academic as well as improve their career prospects with new skills and expertise.

Under the four-year degree Programme, students will gain construction management knowledge and skills with an emphasis on using BIM, a three-dimensional technology that allows building professionals to explore a building project digitally before it is even built.

BIM has been identified as one of the game-changing tools to improve construction productivity. The impetus for the built environment sector to embrace this technology is driven by mandatory requirements for the use of BIM for regulatory approval of building projects greater than 5,000 square metres by 2015.

Students from the Programme will learn the application of BIM in construction technology and services, project planning, building measurement, cost planning and estimating, contract administration, building law and economics. In their final year, students will apply what they have learnt by working on construction projects using BIM or embark on research topics involving construction management in the built environment.

BCA Academy Managing Director Mr. William Tan said: "BCA is proud to partner the University of Newcastle - one of the most progressive universities in Australia - for this Programme. The strong academic and research capabilities of University of Newcastle complements BCA Academy's effort in delivering quality education and practical training in Singapore's built environment sector. The Bachelor of Construction Management (Building) programme with strong emphasis in BIM will produce students with specialised competencies to serve the needs of the industry for an excellent built environment in Singapore.

"We invite diploma holders and practising professionals looking to improve their career prospects to consider the dual specialisation in BIM and construction management that the Programme offers," Mr. Tan added.

University of Newcastle Australia Pro Vice-Chancellor (Singapore) and CEO, UON Singapore Professor Amir Mahmood said: "Celebrating the launch of the Bachelor of Construction Management (Building) with BCA Academy is the University's way to create value to the evolving construction industry. With Building Information Modeling embedded in these courses, we see the alignment with Singapore's emphasis on increasing productivity and innovation."

Because of the Programme's curriculum - designed to cover all aspects of construction management - its graduates will be eligible for accreditation by various international bodies for professionals such as the Chartered Institute of Building and The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. They will also be recognised under the Public Sector Panel of Consultants for Quantity Surveying services. Graduates may practise as construction professionals in Australia and Singapore as they are also eligible for accreditation with the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveying and the Australian Institute of Building.

Conducted at the BCA Academy, the Programme's first intake of full-time students started their lessons on 16 September 2013. Its part-time programme will be offered in subsequent intakes.

Diploma holders from the BCA Academy and graduates from local polytechnics in relevant disciplines can earn advanced standings which will allow them to complete the Programme within minimum 2.5 years (Full-time study) and 3.5 years (Part-time study). The bachelor degree is conferred by the University of Newcastle, Australia. For more information about the Programme, please visitwww.bcaa.edu.sg.

Scholarship and sponsorship for this Programme are available for interested students under the BCA-Industry Built Environment Scholarship and Sponsorship Scheme. For more information, visit www.buildingcareers.sg.

Singapore’s R&D investments seeing encouraging outcomes, says NRF

Singapore’s R&D investments seeing encouraging outcomes, says NRF

Singapore is halfway through its five-year plan for boosting research and development. According to the National Research Foundation, the investments are seeing encouraging outcomes.

SINGAPORE: Singapore is halfway through its five-year plan for boosting research and development.

Under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2015 scheme, the S$16.1 billion plan aims to support the Singapore government's long-term vision to develop an innovative and entrepreneurial economy like Sweden, Finland or Israel.

According to the National Research Foundation (NRF), the investments are seeing encouraging outcomes.

The CREATE (Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise) Tower at the National University of Singapore is home to the NRF and it is also where opportunities are created for start-ups.

Low Teck Seng, CEO of National Research Foundation, said: "NRF over the years has invested and partnered 15 technology incubators and five early stage venture funds, and together we have invested in more than a hundred companies through them... of which, quite a few have done well, and we have exited (our investments)."

Next week, NRF will be working with A*STAR's technology transfer arm, Exploit Technologies, and SPRING Singapore to organise Techventure.

The annual conference and exhibition aims to increase private sector involvement in identifying and growing local start-ups.

Edwin Chow, executive director of SPRING Investments, said: "By bringing in this market knowledge, market know-how and experience and advice, it will help the start-ups and investor community validate the technology.

“Having the best science and the best research is important, but I do not think it is a sufficient condition for success."

According to A*STAR, activity in the innovation and enterprise space has picked up in recent years.

It spun off over 40 start-ups in the past five years, with the majority taking place in the last two years.

There were 400 licences over the same five-year period, 70 per cent of which were issued in the last two years.

Philip Lim, CEO of Exploit Technologies (A*STAR), said: "The traditional players are there but (we want) new players to come in, even non-traditional players, Singapore investors, to start to stand up and take notice, and say, 'who is here now, who is this fellow, and why is he putting money in companies that I have never heard of before, and should I be looking at this'. That is the type of buzz that we want to see."

Over the past two decades, Singapore has been increasing investments in research, as countries like the United States cut back on such investments.

Singapore most prepared country to respond to changes: KPMG study

Singapore has topped a list of 90 nations for being the most prepared country to respond to changes, according to a KPMG study.

SINGAPORE: Singapore has topped a list of 90 nations for being the most prepared country to respond to changes, according to a KPMG study.

Sweden and Qatar were ranked second and third respectively.

KPMG's second edition of the Change Readiness Index (CRI) covered 90 countries and evaluated their capabilities to respond to changes such as natural disasters, global competition, economic shocks and demographic trends.

Singapore was ranked first in the areas of enterprise and government capability to respond to changes and came in fifth for the people and civil society component.

KPMG's head for government & infrastructure in the Asia Pacific Satyanarayan R said: "Countries are being exposed to a vast array of changes -- globalisation, automation and rising costs among others -- and these create both opportunities and risks. We cannot underestimate the importance of a nation's ability to respond to change as this capability is vital to a country's success in building a sustainable economy and equitable society."

Among other findings, the CRI revealed that a country's wealth does not always translate to change readiness. A number of lower-income countries have been ranked as having greater change readiness capability compared to some of their more developed counterparts.

For example, several lower-middle income countries, including Panama and the Philippines, outperformed some higher-income countries in the rankings, placing above Italy, Poland, Brazil and China.

- CNA/gn

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