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Nanyang Polytechnic
Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. History Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) was established on 1 April 1992, and enrolled its first batch of students for its School of Health Sciences and School of Business Management in July 1992. The School of Engineering and the School of Information Technology were opened in July 1993. The French-Singapore Institute, German-Singapore Institute and the Japan-Singapore Institute were transferred from the Economic Development Board to the Polytechnic in February 1993. NYP originally operated from five temporary campuses (Bukit Merah and Tiong Bahru: School of Business; Jurong: School of Engineering; Outram: School of Nursing; Yishun: School of Engineering and School of Information Technology) before moving to its permanent home in Ang Mo Kio in April 1998. In April 2021, the School of Chemical and Life Sciences (SCL) was rebranded to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Nanyang is the romanization of two common Chinese place names. It may refer to: Written as 南洋 (Southern Ocean) * Nanyang (region), a Chinese term denoting the Southeast Asian lands surrounding the South China Sea ;China * Nanyang Fleet, Qing dynasty naval fleet based in Shanghai * Shanghai Jiao Tong University, originally Nanyang Public School * Nanyang Model High School, or Nanyang Middle School, Shanghai * Nanyang, Yancheng, a town in Tinghu District, Yancheng, Jiangsu ;Malaysia * ''Nanyang Siang Pau'', a Chinese language newspaper ;Singapore * Nanyang, Singapore, a residential precinct * Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts * Nanyang Girls' High School * Nanyang Junior College * Nanyang Polytechnic * Nanyang Primary School * Nanyang Technological University * Hwa Chong Institution, formerly Nanyang Overseas Chinese High School Written as 南陽/南阳 (Southern Yin and yang, Yang, as in "yin and yang") * Nanyang, Henan, a prefecture-level city * Nanyang Basin, Henan * Nanyang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federation Of International Robot-soccer Association
(FIRA) is an international organisation organising competitive soccer - usually 5-a-side - competitions between autonomous robot A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may ...s. History In 1996 and 1997, this competition was known as MiroSot and was held in Daejeon, Korea. The 1996 competition offered a challenging arena to the younger generation and researchers working with autonomous mobile robotic systems. From 1998 through 2008, it was called the FIRA Cup, and in 2009, it became the FIRA RoboWorld Cup & Congress. The 15th RoboWorld Cup was held at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bangalore, India in September 2010. In 2013, it took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The championship started on August 24, 2013, and ended on August 29. At that time, it involved five categorie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Lewis
Lionel Lewis (born 16 December 1982) is a retired Singaporean footballer who played for Singapore national football team as a goalkeeper. He played for Home United from 2004 to 2012, having played for Geylang United and the Young Lions in his earlier years. Lewis made his international debut in 2002 and made 73 appearances for the Singapore national football team. He was named the 2004 Tiger Cup MVP, and was nominated for the 2006 Asian Footballer of the Year award. After his retirement from professional football he has worked for Nanyang Polytechnic managing student sports. Club career Lewis first played for Geylang United, and is recognised as one of an outstanding trio of keepers – the other two being Shahril Jantan and Hassan Sunny — that have turned out for the club. After a brief career at Geylang, where he made a total of 60 appearances, he joined the Young Lions to become part of the first Young Lions side to play in the S.League in 2003. In August 2004, the poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hariss Harun
Hariss bin Harun (born 19 November 1990) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a defender and captains both Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore national team. He is Singapore's youngest debutant, making his first international appearance at the age of 16 and 217 days. Hariss is known for being a versatile player with combative and play-making abilities. Predominantly a centre-back, Hariss has played as a central midfielder, right-back, or as an attacking midfielder. He is recognised for his leadership skills and is the former captain and vice-captain of Young Lions and LionsXII respectively. Club career Young Lions Hariss began his career along with Young Lions in the S.League in 2007. He became the youngest S-League player in 2007, aged 16 years 3 months and 18 days. The Football Association of Singapore had granted Hariss special dispensation from a rule that allowed players only of 18 years and above to play. In Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anupama Aura Gurung
Anupama Aura Gurung ( ne, अनुपमा गुरुङ) (born 16 August 1988) is Miss Nepal Earth 2011. She represented Nepal in Miss Earth 2011 which was held on 12 November 2011 in Pattaya, Thailand. Early life Anupama Aura Gurung, real name Anupama Gurung, was born on 16 August 1988, Singapore to a Gurkha Contingent officer and lived in Singapore till she was 21. Gurung spent her secondary school years at Geylang Methodist Secondary School where she was vice-captain of the softball team. She enjoys public speaking and hosting events. She manages to speak English fluently, Nepali conversationally and some Mandarin. She completed her nursing diploma in Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore and is now pursuing her BBA from Islington College (formerly known as Informatics) Nepal where her major is in Business. An ambitious being, she had set her mind to become an entrepreneur at age of 15. She is living currently (2013) in Kathmandu, she still follows her dreams and wants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Peh
Vanessa Peh Ting Ting (born 16 December 1994) is a Singaporean actress, model, entrepreneur and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Singapore World 2018 on 14 September 2018. She represented Singapore at the Miss World 2018 pageant and advanced to the Top 30 of Miss World Grand Final. Personal life Vanessa was raised in Singapore. Her father and mother are Chinese. She is an actress, model and entrepreneur by profession. She has studied in Nanyang Polytechnic and majored in Medicinal Chemistry and interned at Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB). She is multilingual with the ability to speak English, Mandarin, French and Hokkien. She was also a ballet student in the Royal Academy of Dance in London and a piano student, graduating with distinctions from ABRSM. Pageantry Miss Singapore World 2018 Vanessa is the winner of Miss World Singapore 2018. She was crowned as Miss Singapore World 2018 pageant at Resort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hossan Leong
Hossan Leong (; born 10 July 1969) is a Singaporean stage and screen actor, television host, radio deejay and comedian. Personal life He was born 10 July 1969 in Singapore, Leong was educated at Anglo-Chinese School and Anglo-Chinese Junior College and studied electronics at the French-Singapore Institute, which was since transferred in February 1993 and currently part of Nanyang Polytechnic. Career Leong started his showbiz career as a television actor and starred in several TCS English and Chinese language dramas during the 1990s before diversifying into theatre and comedy. Having learned French while studying at the French-Singapore Institute, he is fluent in the language and worked with the Alliance française for some time. In 2010 he was conferred the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. Besides acting, Leong was also a radio deejay with Gold 90.5FM. He came under media spotlight after he was reportedly censured for announcing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantalle Ng
Chantalle Ng (; born 17 June 1995) is a Singaporean actress. Early life and education Ng is the daughter of Mediacorp artiste Lin Meijiao and former actor Huang Yiliang. The couple divorced in 1997 when Ng was only a few months old. Ng studied at Ai Tong School, Presbyterian High School, Nanyang Polytechnic and Singapore Management University. She graduated from Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems in April 2019. During an interview on talkshow "Hear U Out" in 2021, Ng revealed about her relationship with actor Huang Yiliang while she grew up. While Ng enjoyed playing sports with Huang, Ng revealed about an incident with excessive hard canings that left her in hospital for a week, leading to it being a police case. Even though the charges were eventually dropped, Ng cut off contact with him. After that programme was shown, on 26 September 2021, Huang responded to the allegations on Facebook live, saying that his heart was "rip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Wong
Carrie Wong Si Tian (; born 1 January 1994) is a Singaporean actress. She was discovered through the reality television competition '' Hey Gorgeous''. Early life The only child of a housewife mother and father who works in a security firm, Wong was raised in a Chinese-speaking family. Her father is Singaporean while her mother is a Malaysian Chinese. She studied at Evergreen Secondary School and graduated with a diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management from Nanyang Polytechnic in 2014. Wong was a blogshop model during her polytechnic years. She was scouted in her final year for '' Hey Gorgeous'' in 2013, where she made it as the second runner up. Career Wong was chosen as one of the six contestants for the Preliminary Rounds of Hey Gorgeous in 2013, emerging as a first runner-up. Wong made her acting debut in ''Scrum'', where she plays a disabled Sport Sciences polytechnic student. It aired in February 2014 on Channel U. In September 2014, Wong starred in her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo Tan
Tan Romeo (; born 9 April 1985) is a Singaporean actor, who has been named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill. Tan came into prominence after finishing in fourth place on the tenth season of the television series ''Star Search'' in 2010. Education Tan studied at Ngee Ann Secondary School and multimedia technology at ITE MacPherson. Acting career Romeo Tan made his television debut on the fourth season of '' Heartlanders'' in 2005. In 2010, after completing his filming for ''The Best Things in Life'', Tan participated in the tenth season of ''Star Search''. He auditioned for the competition and was accepted for the competition. Tan finished in fourth place, losing the title to Jeffrey Xu. He was offered a two-year contract by MediaCorp together with Xu, Adeline Lim, Sora Ma, James Seah, and Darryl Yong. In 2012, Romeo Tan was the first among his fellow ''Star Search'' finalists to be given a supporting role in the critically acclaimed police procedural series ''C.L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infocomm Clubs Programme
The Infocomm Clubs Programme is a Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) for primary schools, secondary schools and junior college students in Singapore, set up in 2006 by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is a statutory board under the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). History Following the passing of the Info-communications Media Development Authority Bill in Parliame .... See also * Intelligent Nation 2015 References External links Infocomm Talent PortalNational Infocomm Awards {{Education in Singapore Schools in Singapore Internet in Singapore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tan Kah Kee
Tan Kah Kee (; 21 October 1874 – 12 August 1961) was a Chinese businessman, investor, and philanthropist active in Singapore and the Chinese cities of Hong Kong, Shanghai, Xiamen, and Guangzhou. A prominent figure in the overseas Chinese community in Singapore and wider Southeast Asia during the 20th century, he was responsible for gathering much support from the community to aid China in major events such as the Xinhai Revolution (1911), the Kuomintang's Northern Expedition (1926–28), and the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45). Apart from donating most of his assets and earnings to aid China in those major events, Tan set up funds in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong and contributed to the establishment of several schools in Southeast Asia and China's Fujian Province, including Xiamen University. Life Tan Kah Kee was born in Xiamen, Fujian Province in 1874 during the Qing dynasty of China. In 1890, at the age of 16, he travelled to Singapore in the Straits Settlements to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
