THE INSTITUTE Annual Report for Year Ended 31 March 2012

The Chinese Opera Institute was set up in 30 June 1995 as a company limited by guarantee. It was registered under the Charities Act.

UEN Number 199504600N Registered Address 182 Cecil Street #02-05 Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre 069547

Management Committee / Key Position Holder

Name Position Date of Appointment 1) Mr Lim Fang Hua Chairman 7 Feb 2006 2) Mr Lim Ooh Chye Director 1 Oct 2011 3) Mr Lin Hong Deputy Director (Artistic) 1 Jan 2012 4) Ms Lim Lay Chin Finance and Administration 19 March 2012 Manager

Board of Directors/Trustees The Management Committee was elected at the Annual General Meeting held on 16/9/2011

Name Position Date of Appointment 1) Mr Lim Fang Hua Chairman 7 Feb 2006 2) Lee Nancy Mrs Nancy Ng Director 7 December 1998 3) Mr Choo Thiam Siew @ Ang Thiam Director 16 Sept 2011 Siew 4) Mr Poh Sin Choon @ Poh Seng Director 18 Dec 2008 Choon 5) Mr Ang Mong Seng Director 13 Mar 2002 6) Mr Lim Huan Chiang Director 18 Dec 2008 7) Mr Tan Yoke Han Director 9 Sept 2011

Banker DBS Bank Ltd UOB Bank Ltd Bank of China

Auditor SC Teo & Co Investment Adviser NA Other Adviser(s) NA

Address: 182 Cecil Street, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre #02-05 Singapore 069547. Telephone: 62226551/7 Email: [email protected] OBJECTIVES

1) Promote appreciation of the art form among the youth 2) Nurture a core of new generation Chinese opera performers 3) Create original Singaporean Chinese opera 4) Infuse theatrical influences of other cultures to enrich the medium 5) Provide professional training and research on popular opera forms 6) Raise standards of local Chinese opera groups 7) Collaborate with local Chinese opera groups 8) Promote Singapore through Chinese Opera to the international stage

POLICIES:

Finance & funding

The COI receive annual grant of $90,000.00 and subsidiary grant of $3,890.00 from NAC from April 2011 to Mar 2012. The other income is generated from teaching and performing; renting out of costume; public donations and sponsorship of programs.

REVIEW OF THE YEAR (APRIL 2011 TO MARCH 2012)

Staffing as at 31 March 2012

Name Appointment Date of Appointment Mr Tan Ooh Chye Director 1 Oct 2011 Mr Lin Hong Deputy Director (Artistic) 2 January 2012 Ms Lim Lay Chin Finance and Administration 19 March 2012 Manager Mr Guo Xu Qian Lecturer Year 2009 Mr Sheng Zhong Xin Executive Officer 1 November 2011 Ms Guan Yang Lecturer 1 January 2012 Resigned on 31 March 2012

Address: 182 Cecil Street, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre #02-05 Singapore 069547. Telephone: 62226551/7 Email: [email protected] Calendar of Events

If Art Form State if Sponsorship Audience Ticketing participated No. of (Drama, organised or name of amt no. % total total no. of No. Project title Date Venue by group, shows Dance or participated sponsor no. for no. compli state length Music, etc) by group sale sold issued of time 01. ”Bao Lian Deng” 6/5/2011 Singapo 1 Huang Mei COI 1,500 300 re Opera 人 Futsing Associat ion

02. AEP：Visit to the 11/5/2011 Wee 1 AEP COI 1,125 75 人 Care Chinese Chinese Opera Institute Singapo re Pte Opera Ltd Workshop

03. Hainanese Opera 13/5/2011 Golden 1 Hainanese COI & Oversea 5,000 600 Performance Theatre Opera Hainan s Movie 人 Performan Hwee Kuan Pte Ltd ce 04. Hainanese Opera 14/5/2011 Golden 1 Hainanese COI 60 人 Conference Theatre Opera Conference 05. AEP：The World of 16/5/2011 Dunman 1 Chinese COI 1,400 420 High Opera 人 Chinese Opera School

06. AEP：Learning Chinese 19/5/2011 Bartley 1 Chinese COI 2,500 50 人 Sec Sch Opera the Fun Way Opera 07. AEP：Visit to the 24/5/2011 NUS 1 Chinese COI 1,860 186 High Opera 人 Chinese Opera Institute School of Math and Science

Address: 182 Cecil Street, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre #02-05 Singapore 069547. Telephone: 62226551/7 Email: [email protected] 08. Workshop 1-2/6/2011 MOE 2 Chinese 150 Opera COI 人

1,500 09. AEP：Visit to the 23/6/2011 Singapo 1 Chinese COI 200 9 人 re Opera Chinese Opera Institute Chinese Girls’ Pri Sch 10. AEP：Learning Chinese 28/6/2011 Tanjong 1 Chinese COI 725 40 人 Katong Opera Opera the Fun Way Pri Sch

11. AEP：The World of 11/7/2011 West 1 Chinese COI 1400 800 人 Grove Opera Chinese Opera Pri Sch

12. AEP：Visit to the 11/7/2011 Fernvale 1 AEP COI 675 45 人 Pri Sch Chinese Opera Institute Chinese Opera Workshop

13. AEP：The World of 12/7/2011 West 1 Chinese COI 1190 800 人 Grove Opera Chinese Opera Pri Sch

14. AEP：Visit to the 12/7/2011 Fernvale 1 AEP COI 690 46 人 Pri Sch Chinese Opera Institute Chinese Opera Workshop

15. AEP：Visit to the 15/7/2011 West 1 AEP COI 1,440 96 人 Grove Chinese Chinese Opera Institute Pri Sch Opera Workshop

Address: 182 Cecil Street, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre #02-05 Singapore 069547. Telephone: 62226551/7 Email: [email protected] 16 AEP：Visit to the 15/7/2011 West 1 AEP 97 人 Grove Chinese COI Chinese Opera Institute Pri Sch Opera 1,455 Workshop 17 AEP：Learning Chinese 18,19,20,28 Ai Tong 1 Chinese COI 1260 360 人 Sch Opera the Fun Way /7/2011 Opera 18. AEP：Chang E’s Ascent 18/7/2011 Ai Tong 1 Chinese COI 1,400 800 人 Sch to the Moon Opera

19. AEP：Chang E’s Ascent 19/7/2011 Ai Tong 1 Chinese COI 1,400 800 人 Sch to the Moon Opera 20. AEP：Visit to the 19/7/2011 Ai Tong 1 AEP COI 410 41 人 Sch Chinese Opera Institute Chinese Opera Workshop 21. AEP：Visit to the 20/7/2011 Ai Tong 1 AEP COI 780 78 人 Sch Chinese Opera Institute Chinese Opera Workshop 22 Ramayana 21/7/2011 Pico 1 Chinese COI 2000 500 人 Arts Opera Internat ional Pte Ltd 23 AEP：Visit to the 22/7/2011 Ai Tong 1 AEP COI 840 84 人 Sch Chinese Opera Institute Chinese Opera Workshop 24 AEP：Learning Chinese 22/7/2011 Hai Sing 1 Chinese COI 1680 100 人 Catholic Opera Opera the Fun Way Sch

25 AEP：Learning Chinese 27/7/2011 Nanyan 1 Chinese COI 1000 80 人 g Junior Opera Opera the Fun Way College

Address: 182 Cecil Street, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre #02-05 Singapore 069547. Telephone: 62226551/7 Email: [email protected] 26 AEP：The World of 28/7/2011 CHIJ St. 1 Chinese 800 人 Nicholas Opera COI Chinese Opera Girls’ Sch 1400

27 AEP：The World of 01/8/2011 NUS 1 Chinese COI 1400 425 人 High Opera Chinese Opera School of Math and Science 28 AEP：The World of 25/8/2011 Nanyan 1 Chinese COI 1400 800 人 g Girls’ Opera Chinese Opera High Sch

29 AEP：Chang E’s Ascent 31/8/2011 Maha 1 Chinese COI 1400 600 人 Bodhi Opera to the Moon Sch

30 AEP：Chang E’s Ascent 31/8/2011 Maha 1 Chinese COI 1400 600 人 Bodhi Opera to the Moon Sch

31 Opera Cheek Workshop 5/9/2011 Eka 1 Chinese COI 600 100 人 Training Opera Group Pte Ltd workshop 32 AEP: Monkey King & 6/9/2011 Maha 1 Chinese COI 1400 330 人 The White Bone Bodhi Opera Sch Demoness 33 AEP：Chang E’s Ascent 8/9/2011 North 1 Chinese COI 1400 100 人 Vista Pri Opera to the Moon Sch 34 Opera Family Workshop 10/9/2011 The 1 Opera COI 1250 40 人 Esplana Family de Workshop

Address: 182 Cecil Street, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre #02-05 Singapore 069547. Telephone: 62226551/7 Email: [email protected] 35 Opera Family Workshop 11/9/2011 The 1 Opera 36 人 Esplana Family COI de Workshop 1250 36 AEP：Chang E’s Ascent 12/9/2011 Anchor 1 Chinese COI 1400 1100 Green Opera 人 to the Moon Pri Sch 37 12/9/2011 National 1 Huangmei COI 2130 23 人 Workshops Arts Opera Council Workshop 38 Huangmei Opera 12/9/2011 National 1 Huangmei COI 2130 21 人 Workshops Arts Opera Counci Workshop 39 Ramayana 16/9/2011 Nan 1 Chinese COI 1400 150 人 Hua Pri Opera Sch 40 AEP：The World of 19/9/2011 NUS 1 Chinese COI 1400 450 人 High Opera Chinese Opera School of Math and Science 41 AEP：The World of 26/9/2011 Haig 1 Chinese COI 1400 150 人 Girls’ Opera Chinese Opera Sch

42. ” Children Opera talk 01/10/2011 Jurong 2 Huang Mei COI 2,500 300 人 national ibrary and performance” Opera

43. AEP：The World of 24/10/2011 Zhonghua 1 AEP COI 1, 400 300 人 Sec Sch Chinese Opera Chinese Opera Workshop

Address: 182 Cecil Street, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre #02-05 Singapore 069547. Telephone: 62226551/7 Email: [email protected] 44. 26/10/2011 Chinese 1 Cantonese 22 人 220 Workshop Opera Opera COI Institute Workshop

45. Chinese Opera Makeup 28/10/2011 ExxonMobil 1 Chinese COI 400 300 Chemical Opera Asia Pacific Makup 46. Children Opera 27/11/2011 Singapore 1 Children COI 2,000 70 人 Workshop Philatelic Opera Museum Workshop

47. Er Woo Amateur 21- Kreta Ayer 2 Chinese Er Woo N.A Musical & Dramatic 22/12/2011 People Opera Amateur Theatre Association Makeup Makup 48. The Magic of Chinese 30/1/2012 Evergreen 2 Huang Mei COI 2,700 1800 Opera(A12001) primary Opera school

49 Mandarin Opera 8/3/2012 Siam 1 Children COI 1500 280 Camp(P12002) Express Pte. Drama Ltd Workshop

50 Mandarin Opera 12/3/2012 Chongfu 1 Children COI 4392 244 Camp(C12004) School Drama Workshop

Address: 182 Cecil Street, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre #02-05 Singapore 069547. Telephone: 62226551/7 Email: [email protected] REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STATE AND EXPLANATION OF MAJOR FINANCIAL TRANSATIONS

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EXPLANATION OF THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE CHARITY’S ASSETS ARE HELD

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FUTURE PLANS AND COMMITMENTS

I. In order to reposition its role to be the point of reference and contact for Chinese opera in Singapore, various steps would be taken as follows.

1 Organising talks on Chinese opera to the public

Local as well as foreign speakers/ artistes will be invited to conduct talks and workshops to the public for the purpose of exposing them to the values and beauty of Chinese opera. The following workshops will be conducted free to the public aiming to increase their awareness and for those who would like to further enhance their knowledge and skills.

List of talks/ workshops are as follows.

S/N Date Particulars Status 1 11 July 2012 越剧的情和美（by Zhang Yan Long） Completed 2 31 July 2012 华族戏曲工作坊（by Lin Hong） Confirmed 3 28 Aug 2012 生旦净丑（by Li Shuai Min） Planned 4 30 Oct 2012 黄梅戏的唱腔与表演（by Wang Hui） Planned 5 27 Nov 2012 戏曲的身段及把子（by Guo Xu Qian） Planned

2 Special Workshop in collaboration with the Esplanade and supported by NAC

26 Sep 2012 越剧工作坊（by main casts from 杭州越剧院） Confirmed

The above workshop will be offered to interested public with background and experience in Chinese opera performance. It will be conducted by the lead casts from Hangzhou Yue Opera Troupe.

3 Conducting technique classes on Chinese opera to the interested public

COI has been conducting classes to the public and opera fans. There are currently two recurring courses on opera performance practices and acrobatic movements. One course on the Learning of

Address: 182 Cecil Street, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre #02-05 Singapore 069547. Telephone: 62226551/7 Email: [email protected] Yue opera had completed on 10 July 2012. COI will be conducting more courses in different areas of Chinese opera including opera music courses to the public.

4 Organising a Chinese Opera Showcase Platform

Under the full support of NAC, COI will be planning to execute the above showcase platform. This platform provides an opportunity to showcase works of local Chinese opera groups in an attempt to reach out to the greater public. Besides performances, exhibitions, workshops and talks could be organised side-by-side to the performances to increase awareness of this traditional art form.

To lay the ground works, COI plans to conduct a number of focus group discussion with local opera groups. Due to the scale of the effort, we shall start with the following discussions in 2012.

• Meeting with Beijing opera groups in Singapore (August 2012) • Meeting with Hokkien opera groups in Singapore (October 2012) • Meeting with Hainanese opera groups in Singapore (November 2012)

Groups of the other types of Chinese opera will be scheduled to have similar focus group discussions in 2013, which include Teochew opera, Cantonese opera and Yue opera.

II. Marketing

• Marketing Leaflets had been produced and sent to all primary and secondary schools • The COI website is now in the process of designing and would be launched during end of August 2012 • Free talks to public • COI plans for its Open House event on 6th Sept 2012 • Showcasing during the SPH’s Chinese Cultural Festival – Performance on 19th Sept 2012 at Hong Lim Park. • Practical courses for Chinese opera lovers..

III. Participation of 4th International Teochew Opera Festival at Shantou.

COI will be participating in the 4th International Teochew Opera Festival at Shantou which will be held between 23rd to 28th Sept 2012.

An excerpt of 35 mins will be presented.

IV. Publication of 2009 Teochew opera conference papers.

Address: 182 Cecil Street, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre #02-05 Singapore 069547. Telephone: 62226551/7 Email: [email protected] The conference held in March 2009 on the development and dissemination of Teochew was a success. Academia and practitioners presented important research and discussion papers which will be collated and published in August 2012.

V. Publication of Research Paper on Cantonese Opera in Singapore

The completed paper is now under the review of appointed external assessor by NAC. COI will arrange for its publication once the paper has been cleared.

VI. Grand Huangmei Opera Performance

In an effort to showcase to the public on the professional standard of Chinese Opera Institute and to attract more people to watch, enjoy and participate in Chinese opera, COI will be staging a full scale Huangmei opera performance. It was originally planned to be carried out in October/ November 2012. However, in anticipation of the fact that it is the period when most students are preparing for exams and thereafter follows immediately the year-end long vacation, COI will propose for the show to be staged in January 2013.

MANAGEMENT AND AVOIDANCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST (applicable for IPC only)

COI has established Conflict of Interest policy & Declaration for staff. Staff are required to make full disclosure of interests, relationships and holdings that could potentially result in a conflict of interest, and abstain from discussions, and decision making when faced with conflict of interest situations.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS Statement of accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2012 is attached

Address: 182 Cecil Street, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre #02-05 Singapore 069547. Telephone: 62226551/7 Email: [email protected]