September Holiday Theatre Workshops for 3 to 7 year olds - The Emperor’s (and His Missus’) New Clothes
Date: 6 to 9 September 2010 (Workshop), 9 and 10 September 2010 (Presentation)
Location: ACT 3 Drama Academy, ONE-TWO-SIX Cairnhill Arts Centre, 126 Cairnhill Road
Time: (Workshop) 9.30am to 12pm; 3pm to 5.30pm; (Presentation) 9 Sep - 5.30pm; 7pm; 10 Sep - 10am; 11.30am
Nearest MRT: Orchard

Well-known for its drama enrichment programmes for the young, ACT 3 Drama Academy is pleased to introduce its September Holiday Theatre Workshops for 3 to 7 year olds based on a well-loved classic, allowing the young to embrace role-playing to explore universal themes such as friendship, self-discovery, perseverance and courage.

Well-known for its drama enrichment programmes for the young, ACT 3 Drama Academy is pleased to introduce its September Holiday Theatre Workshops for 3 to 7 year olds based on a well-loved classic, allowing the young to embrace role-playing to explore universal themes such as friendship, self-discovery, perseverance and courage.

Fees: $220

Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games – Competition Schedules and Venues
Date: 14 – 26 August 2010
Location: Bishan Sports Hall, Bishan Stadium, East Coast Park, International Convention Centre, Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang Field, Kallang Tennis Centre, Marina Reservoir, National Sailing Centre, Sengkang Hockey Stadium, Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore Sports School, Singapore Turf Club, Tampines Bike Park, Toa Payoh Sports Hall, Toa Payoh Sports Complex, Escape Park, The Float @ Marina Bay
Features: First Youth Olympic Games that will feature 5,000 athletes and officials, 20,000 local and international volunteers, and more than 320,000 spectators. There will be more than 26 Sports competition including Aquatics, Athletics, Basketball, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics, Hockey, Wrestling and more.

Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Competition Schedule and Venues

1. Aquatics

Diving
Venues: Toa Payoh Swimming Complex
Date: 21 Aug 2010 - 24 Aug 2010

Swimming
Venue: Singapore Sports School
Date: 15 Aug 2010 - 20 Aug 2010

2. Archery
Venue: Kallang Field
Date: 19 Aug 2010 - 21 Aug 2010

3. Athletics
Venue: Bishan Stadium
Date: 19 Aug 2010 - 21 Aug 2010

4. Badminton
Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Date: 15 Aug 2010 - 19 Aug 2010

5. Basketball
Venue: *scape
Date: 15 Aug 2010 - 23 Aug 2010

6. Boxing
Venue: International Convention Centre
Date: 21 Aug 2010 - 25 Aug 2010

7. Canoe-Kayak
Venue: Marina Reservoir
Date: 21 Aug 2010 - 25 Aug 2010

8. Cycling
Venue: Tampines Bike Park
Date: 17 Aug 2010 - 19 Aug 2010

9. Equestrian
Venue: Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre
Date: 18 Aug 2010 - 24 Aug 2010

10. Fencing
Venue: Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre
Date: 15 Aug 2010 - 18 Aug 2010

11. Football
Venue: Jalan Besar Stadium
Date: 12 Aug 2010 - 25 Aug 2010

12. Gymnastics
Venue: Bishan Sports Hall
Date: 16 Aug 2010 - 25 Aug 2010

13. Handball
Venue: International Convention Centre
Date: 20 Aug 2010 - 25 Aug 2010

14. Hockey
Venue: Sengkang Hockey Stadium
Date: 16 Aug 2010 - 25 Aug 2010

15. Judo
Venue: International Convention Centre
Date: 21 Aug 2010 - 25 Aug 2010

16. Modern Pentathlon
Venue: Singapore Sports School
Date: 21 Aug 2010 - 24 Aug 2010

17. Rowing
Venue: Marina Reservoir
Date: 15 Aug 2010 - 18 Aug 2010

18. Sailing
Venue: National Sailing Centre
Date: 17 Aug 2010 - 25 Aug 2010

19. Shooting
Venue: Singapore Sports School
Date: 22 Aug 2010 - 25 Aug 2010

20. Table Tennis
Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Date: 21 Aug 2010 - 26 Aug 2010

21. Taekwondo
Venue: International Convention Centre
Date: 15 Aug 2010 - 19 Aug 2010

22. Tennis
Venue: Kallang Tennis Centre
Date: 15 Aug 2010 - 21 Aug 2010

23. Triathlon
Venue: East Coast Park
Date: 15 Aug 2010 - 19 Aug 2010

24. Volleyball
Venue: Toa Payoh Sports Hall
Date: 21 Aug 2010 - 26 Aug 2010

25. Weightlifting
Venue: Toa Payoh Sports Hall
Date: 15 Aug 2010 - 19 Aug 2010

26. Wrestling
Venue: International Convention Centre
Date: 15 Aug 2010 - 17 Aug 2010

Visit Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Official Site at http://www.singapore2010.sg for more information.

For ticket information and sales, visit http://www.singapore2010.sg/public/sg2010/en/en_tickets.html

Channel Management Masterclass
Date: 26th - 27th Aug 2010
Location: Traders Hotel, Singapore
Time: 8.30-17.00
Nearest MRT: Orchard

Channel Management masterclass is specially designed for those who apply indirect sales and marketing strategies. By joining you will learn best practices to gain
insights, practical tools and tips to come out with an effective techniques to improve your channel performance

To find out more about this workshop, please reply to nori.k@unistrategic.com or call Nori at DID: (65) 6825 9619 with the subject title code “CMX” and I shall
forward you the full program.

Effective Expatriate Management Masterclass
Date: 23rd- 24th Sept 2010
Location: Traders Hotel, Singapore
Time: 8.30-17.00
Nearest MRT: Orchard

With current labor market situation, there is a growing trend for workers who have skills that are in demand to move between companies both within and across national border. Hence, this brings its own challenges to employers, who have to cope with increased risk, and more complex legal and procedural matters.

As skilled foreign workers are likely to play a significant role, UNI Strategic has arranged a masterclass on Effective Expatriate Management Masterclass at which
several important expatriate management issues will be addressed, to help HR departments and Finance managers get to grips with the complexities.

In this 2-Day masterclass will cover comprehensive insights and in-depth practical and theories on issues such as tax planning, payroll administration and integration of the array of disciplines of HR, accounting/ finance, tax, payroll, compensation and benefits.

Our trainer, Dave Leboff has more than 30 years of experience and is an internationally recognized expert in global mobility and international assignment
program management. By attending this masterclass, you will get to discover globally proven approaches and mastering your ways to improve program execution.

To find out more about this workshop, please reply to nori.k@unistrategic.com or call Nori at DID: (65) 6825 9619 with the subject title code “EMX” and I shall
forward you the full program.

Handa Singapore Classic
Date: 9th-12th September 2010
Location: Orchid Country Club
Time: 7am
Nearest MRT: Yishun

For the first time in Singapore, the Handa Singapore Classic will make its debut at the Orchid Country Club from September 9-12, 2010. Sanctioned by the Asian Tour and supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, Singapore Golf Association, Singapore Professional Golf Association, Singapore Ladies Golf Association, SPH Magazines, my golf kaki, the US$400,000 Handa Singapore Classic promises to be an annual highlight on Singapore’s sporting calendar where golf fans across the region can look forward to each year.

Celebrate National Day with Putu Bola
Date: 8th and 9th August only
Location: All five Ananda Bhavan outlets. Addressesof Ananda Bhavan Outlets:
- 221 Selegie Road (Open from 8.00 am to 10.30 pm daily)
- 58 Serangoon Road (Open from 8.00 am to 10.30 pm daily)
- Blk 613 Buffalo Road #01-10 (Open from 8.00 am to 10.30 pm daily)
- 95 Syed Alwi Road (Open 24-hours)
- #036-056, Changi Airport Terminal 2 (Open 24-hours)
Time: 8am to 10.30pm

You may have heard of Ding Ding Candy and Dragon Beard Candy - popular desserts of yesteryears. But have you heard of Putu Bola?

Celebrate this National Day at Ananda Bhavan, Singapore’s oldest and most established Indian vegetarian restaurant, with sweet memories of the Putu Bola dessert, a favourite Singaporean dessert of the 1970’s that was thought to have been lost over time. Made with rice flour and grated coconut, the soft and fluffy dessert shaped like a ball was invented by the iconic Putu Mayam sellers who migrated to Singapore from India.

Brought back to life especially for the National Day period, the dessert is bound to invoke memories of carefree childhood days gone by. The younger generation of today can also get a chance to experience a part of history by indulging in the nostalgic dessert.

NTUC Income Kite Festival Singapore 2010 presented by ACT 3 International
Date: 18 and 19 September 2010
Location: The Promontory @ Marina Bay
Time: 4pm to 8pm
Nearest MRT: Raffles Place

18 and 19 September 2010, 4 to 8pm – Kite Flying Days at The Promontory @ Marina Bay

Back for the second year with even more activities and talents, Kite Flying Days will showcase the best of kites and kite flying. The public can take in the full glory of these beautiful objects in a wide open space with their own kites as well. One and all can look forward to a festive atmosphere that is enhanced with performances from musicians, dancers, puppeteers and magicians; kite making workshops; and exciting performances by ten international kitemasters from Thailand, Switzerland, Japan, Malaysia and the U.S – eight more than last year. This free event will be held right in the city at The Promontory @ Marina Bay, Marina Boulevard. The nearest MRT station is Raffles Place, and parking can be found at NTUC Income (One, Marina Boulevard) and Marina Bay Financial Centre.

To the top of the world and back-One man’s journey to climb Everest
Date: 30 July 2010, Friday
Location: NTU Alumni Club, Level 3 Auditorium, Confucius Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 11 Slim Barracks Rise (off North Buona Vista Road), Singapore 138664
Time: 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm
Nearest MRT: Buona Vista

Lien Choong Luen (???), a passionate adventurer, will be giving a talk to the public on 30 July 2010 to share his experience of climbing Mount Everest. Chronicling his determination and steadfastness in his ascent of the world¡¯s tallest mountain, the talk will showcase his determination and steadfastness in reaching the peak, the same traits his grandfather, Lien Shih Sheng (???), one of Singapore’s most influential Chinese authors from the 1950s, ossessed when he made his way from China to Singapore in search of a better future.

The talk will held in conjunction with the final round of Lien Shih Sheng Youth Chinese Essay Competition 2010 (?????????????) organised by the Lien Shih Sheng Youth Chinese Literature Endowment Fund (??????????) together with Confucius Institute, NTU (??????????). In its fourth year now, the essay competition hopes to motivate more young people to excel in their mother tongue, and nurture that interest as they mature.

About Speaker:
An active outdoors sportsman, Lien Choong Luen has been actively involved in various outdoor activities. These include marathons (e.g. Ironman Triathlon and Gobi Desert Ultra Marathon), adventure racing, freefall parachuting and mountaineering. Besides his recent conquest of Mount Everest, he has also scaled the heights of Mt Cook and Aconcagua, the tallest mountains in New Zealand and South America respectively.

Fees: Free admission

Contact Person: Cailing
Tel: 6514 1934/6514 1062
Fax: 6779 7859
Email: cailing@ntu.edu.sg

7th International Feng Shui Convention
Date: 20/11/10 & 21/11/10
Location: Resorts World Sentosa, West Ballroom, Basement 3
Time: 10am - 7pm
Nearest MRT: Harbour Front

The 1st IFSC was launched in 2004, and is the only international convention that brings together widely recognized schools of Feng Shui. Comprising of conferences, workshops and an exhibition, the 7th IFSC is the premier
event for the congregation of world-renowned Feng Shui professionals, practitioners and enthusiasts.

Join us over 2-days of engaging talks as our Masters divulge their “secrets” in the Convention, aptly themed “Feng Shui 2011 Secrets – Revealed”.

LIVE
Date: 24th July 2010, Saturday
Location: Library @ Esplanade, level 3
Time: 11.00am to 8.00pm
Nearest MRT: City Hall / Esplanade

A one-day event, ‘LIVE’, will be held at library@esplanade! We welcome you to experience and participate in fun-filled activities and enjoy performances by local acts. Admission is free and all are welcome!

Highlights of our Event:
Celebrity guest Alaric Tay will be joining us from 3-4pm! And a Film Makers Dialogue featuring Anthony Chen & Michael Kam from 6.30 to 8pm. Performances by local acts such as Casting Skylines, SavingSomeone, Zahidah, Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Baracuda, Look Behind!, Joshua Simon & Steph Micayle will be at the library@esplanade too!

Goodie Bags to be given away, a chance to win an Acoustic Guitar Set worth $300 and an Electric Guitar Set worth $500, proudly sponsored by Cristofori Music School in a lucky draw, a pair of SINGfest 2010 passes & a Lenovo Laptop worth $1000 for the winner of our competition, The Vingle.

Visit our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=130135683678729&ref=ts for more information.