BY ELGIN CHONG AND EMMANUEL PHUA n important rite of passac•• in a yotlllg person's life is the day A he or sh<' l,>r~duaws. And to <~le brate this milestone, RP pulll'll o ut aU the slops for its eightl1 r,radualion ceremony 011 lhe 2Slh of May. Kicking nff Llw lhn'E-'·Jay p rngrdm llll' was gw:st· of-honor Mr Tan Chuan-Ji n, Acting Minister for M.mpowcr .md Senior Min.isler of Stale, Ministry of Nationa l Dl>velopmtlnt w ho dt~livered a spPPt:h U1al d1allengcd graduates to find tl1cir purpose in life .md to do work th~ l is useful to others in society. "What determines success, as related to Singapore Idol winner and TOP GI~A DS: Plmebe Yt1t1 ~ IJirngntltr:!h am/ XmJit'r Tau nu slagf.! ou daJ rmt'. "II is fmJH>Y­ the eurlier<JUC~tion IllS ked a ll of us here The Final 1 judge Taufi" dboul w hat redlly nta llers to you, is nol tautllmt we {ilul somdhin~ that moliuolt~ ttS because ll gives usn ~ool, snM P/l(l('bt. ju• t how much monl'y you make or how Batlsah speaks to the high 011 U1c corporate ladde r you climb. "It is i.mporl<mllhal we findsomeUm1g and the sole a'Cdpicnl for U1c Tay Eng Republican Post about his It v.~JI often rcaUy hoJJ dow11to a couple th,u motiv.lles us because it gives us a Soon Gold Medal, agn.>cd wal.h Mr Tan. musical success, teaming goal," ~aid Phoehe w ho was award~d Ht> feels PBL helped ltiJn greatly. of U1inc.•. ll wiU be tht• difft•nmn• U1a t experiences and what It's you make to U1P peoplt! around you. TI1t> the Nanyo~ne Sd10larship hy Nanyanc way U1at you l11Mt people," said Mr Tan Tcdmological Un iversity (NTU). "RP's Problem-Based L.canm1g (P6L) like on the other side of the 111 his dosing ream•r ks. <~ p proach suits me beet~ usc I um ~•ble to judging panel. Mr To~ n ol•o spoke about being n>JevanL nllch up eusit:.r ilnd is irt<ilru menl.cl.l in And treating people well is soo1ething l-lc said: "Tcdtnology may advance helping me do well," said Xavier, who BY LEE JOON LEI medal-winner Phoebe Yew Elan Kian, quickly, causil1~ what we !cam today has a 3.92 CPA and a p lace to study 25, kuows <l thin 1~ or twn about. Tht• to btKOnu) n u Ldalc;~d. HnwC!ver, Lh l~ Enp,int~t)ri ng HL NTU. He:. w.:as diSO il one of us had interviewed a Diploma in C ustomer Relations & .1bWty to solve problems wUJ not be graduate (rom u,.~ lnslilule ofll•dmic.ll celebrity l>efore ruHl so the Service Management (DCRStv!) student irrelevant." And this is someUting RP Edumlion (ITE). tension in the mom was pal· gratluatt.>t.l wiU1 a perfect 4.0 p,ratl•• dot>~ r~ally wvll an. N p~ble as the team wailed for Taufik point awrap,e (CPA). H•'r a im i.~ to J,.. A tO t<~ l o f -1,060 1: ruduat<·~ from 35 Balisah, Singapore's most popular "in U1e hospitality indust1y dellvming Xavil')' Tan Khcn Leong, a Diploma in d.ifferent Diploma progrilllmu~s Singapore lt.fol alu mni. 20 minulf1S top4 notch service to c..-·ustome.rs". Aerosp~ce Avionics (DAA) stutle nl grddtwled th.is ye<~.r. R l.lter U1an our scheduled Ume, he sud­ denly appears, with his munager and a Mediacorp staff in tow. Wcdring a hi1~ s mi iP, a simple gn>y t-shirt and CEC launches Media Lab jeans, he greets everyone warmly. BY OSWALD GERARD AND A• Zark, our editor introduced him· rea l-life projctlS. "lt i ~ n platform fo r for Huma nity Bam YourSofc .. Pvc)nl, imd MYSARA AUARU sP.If, TilUJik noti<"es hi.~ skater shoes studrnts to work un inJ ustry proj <'C~~ tlw Publir Servict> D i vL~iun (PSD). "Our a.nd says: "You skate too? I like you l is a size of a classroom tucked und<lr two tracl<s, one for j otm1 ali~m s tudenL~ worked with PSD to come up a l.nwdyt" away on Lhc third floor of El and the other for PR and Marketing with a video for Public SeNicc Week,'' I and most passersby would newr COniiJ1Unicntions:," lw aJUv..d. sa id Mr Wa ng. nit was cornplimenlt'd ( CONnNUED ON PAGE 7) guess that inside Lhis smaU room, a by the Prime Minister and we arc very team of dedicated shtdcnl reporters Media Lab activities cover aspects frou1 proud of them." hd ve been hard dl work. This room is eclitori,tl to clesign and PR ~<nnpaig n railed tht• Mt~dia Lab and tht• nrarly planniJlC. From story meetil l p,~ tn To enrourar,•' the largt!r RP family to 50 shadcnts from Lhc Diploma in Mass interviews .md photo-shoots to be p.u1 of the newsroom, head of the Comuumic11tion (DMC) are responsible hramting. f~d l itawrs g~tide stu d~nt~ Mecb<t Llab, Senior Acdd~! m k St11ff Mr fn r this publication (the revampt!d t•v('ry ~ll'p of tlw w.Jy. Mr W.lllJ~ David Chin SdiJ studc•nts from nLht-'r Republican Post) and lhe soon-to-be explained that pxojects wUJ cover media schools ,uc welcom e. launched republ.icanpost.sg industry practices ll1.1t in l~grdtC p n nt.. o nline, broodeast a nd social media. "We h.lve a rew Slu denlS from oLhe.r The lab forms part of the CLLrriculum diplomas joiltiJ1g the Lltb ~nd we for DMC - to vvc students .a liiSte of "So while the stu dents produce m ~ tcr ia l welcome non-CEC students to joil1 th.c wh11l il is lik~! to run both " news.rotttn for Lhe Republ.ic.an Post, whkh we h~ve ~!clitorial !uHl PR teams,'' said Mr 01i11. .tnd .J public n>Jatioos (PR) ag~ncy w ith had all ah1np, w hal i.q new is U1at it will long meetings M1d crazy dc~dllncs. lic· fn with the web version and social Bu t il is not a job for the faint-hearted. Din.><:lor for Lh ~ Cl'nlre for Ent~rpriw n1.ediu as well. News w ill bt•coa11e more Chi~! ( E..litor, Muhamm<t d Z ai l,mi 1111 d CommtUlin ation (CEC), Mr \o\4arren integnated this w11y,'' said Mr Wang. (Z.tek), u third year DMC student suit!: Wang, was part of the ltMm of slll(f w ho "It Wcl4i nPrvP~wn.~kj ne Lo know the c,1u1c up with the idea of the Mcdi~ Students i.nvol vcd in the t1cwsrooa11 do an10LU\l of work this job enta ils, but Llab. not just work wilh projc><.ts in school. it's clefmitely exdbnt: lo know lh11t TilUs far, U1ey ha VP worked with U1e Mt>dia Lab is J',Oinp, in Lh~ l'ir,ht Ht~ said the main n>ason for U1~ Media exltmMI dienL-; jncluding National d.ire<·Lion. It cives us a ta~te of what Lab Is to expose U1c stttdcnts to m ore Heritage Boaid, the B.<rdays-Habllat worklng Ufc is Ukc in the 1\'.al world."R POST NEWS Editor's Note ince term ended in Fcbmary this yea.~ a group of us luwe been busy working out of a smaU roomii>-E4.1Lhas becomesomelhiltg o( a second ]tome to us-Juccting several limes a week to Sbrainstorm story ideas, work o ut schedules and update our facilitators on our progress. There were many sacrifices- dates had to be ca ncelled, travel plan.. ~ changed and there were lots of tired days and nights. The wondcrfu Iteam is pictured below. But looking at this issue of Republican Post, the first revamped edition, makes it all worthwhile. What you have in your haJtds is not just our hard work but a slic~ of history. We hope that Lhi~ team of talented student reporters, -photographers and designers, can produce a paper that will be the nltmber one source of news for every student 01 RP. We hope to report things that matter to you, in and out of school. We cover a wide range of topics because we know you arc interested in loads of things - we've got news features (orientation hignlights), interviews (ateck out our fea·ture on a trio of musician~), sports (did you 1d1ow thel<P'" Women's Soccer team rocks?), fashion, food and mol'e. The hit~hligh t of this i.<;_~ue is our interview with Fillall judge Taufik Batisah. It was a thrill to meet hiJ\1! Wl' ~re io tl;le process of g~tting our online site l'P and nmnlr11g aod you wj)l be a bl~ to ge.t updates on news and views. Uul none of this would work if we don't have your support- r-ead o ur stuff and teU us what you thillk. If you want to contribute or have an interestillg story to tell, drop us a lille, we willb<o mor~ than happy to talk to you. We hope you enjc>y relic ling these stories. Your stories. Till the next issue, Muhammad Zailani Bin Ismail Q)~ 1ceJM 'EcJJ.b.n Emmwrrwl L<ftto Right: Znki, Noor & Luqmmr Q)es~,.